SnotlingPimpWagon wrote:
I would`ve liked the opless one more, if she didn`t have push up under her breasts made out of fur. Looks like a dumb detail.

And I don`t get the 3 pounds nipple tax.

Maximus, done!

Two updates in two weeks. It's amazing! As is Maximus, an awesome return to form from Stéphane Simon...

Let's begin!



Stéphane Simon has clearly enjoyed working on Maximus, for he really has performed wonders on Max Schüte's descendant... as you can see!



Let's have a recap on Maximus' descendant and background first, before we show you the sculpt!

Max Schüte hails from Germany and is, like our other descendants, a prolific supporter of Mierce Miniatures and our Kickstarter projects, and he's joined John Longshore, Tomas Johansson, Rick Boer and Seb Volkmann in becoming a descendant of a Darklands character.

From the very start, Max was very clear in what he wanted - a Germanic berserker of the Kerus, a barbarian tribe of Germany that is well-known to have been a thorn in the Romans' side for many years until the fall of the Roman Empire in the west. In Darklands, of course, the Byzantii are re-conquering the western empire, and this ensures they clash again with their old enemies the Kerusker. Here's a bit of background to Max's ancestor...

Maximus of the Kerusker, whilst now being that thorn in the side of the Byzantii, was raised amongst them: the high-born son of a Kerusker noble, Maximus was given to the Byzantii as a child by his father to become a hostage, the better to ensure the allegiance of his particular Kerus tribe, many of whom fight as foederati amongst the Byzantii. However, Maximus was always a little wild and whilst he initially enjoyed his life amongst the civilised, becoming a warrior of some renown, he eventually came to hate his masters as he realised how depraved they actually were - and escaped to Kerusland, where he found depravity and devil worship. Claiming the demon axe Skōhsla from his father and, with its power, slaying him, he escaped the Kerusker and wandered, becoming a berserker for hire amongst the many hosts that could use his skills...

Artwork by Danny Cruz



Max was very happy to have Danny Cruz draw up his ancestor and we think Danny has done a superb job, as always!

Maximus, as you can see, is a classic Germanic berserker, wearing the bear shirt and looking very wild indeed with those skull trophies. However, there are elements of his Byzantii upbringing, such as the segmentata armour on his shoulders, but that demon-axe looks very nasty indeed.

Sculpting by Stéphane Simon

Stéphane has now completed Maximus and we absolutely love him - he's a superb miniature.




 


 


 


Maximus will be a Wave 14 shipment!

How can I purchase Maximus?

Maximus is available to purchase from our webstore, in the Darklands: First Edition category (and some others too), at the special Kickstarter price of £10.00. When released, he'll likely be £14.99 in resin - he's a big lad - so you've got a good discount there!

Who were the Kerusker?

The Kerus, as we call them, were a Germanic tribe well-known in Roman times as the Cheruscii and whilst they disappeared from history under that name before 650 AD - they were said to have been absorbed by the Allemanni and the Franks - there is no reason why a small tribe of the German forests would still call themselves the Kerus.

Giants, done!

It's a great day for BaneBeasts: Mighty Monsters Part Deux, because the three Giants are now complete - and that means there's no more miniatures to

Let's begin!




A newcomer to this project, Andrew May has provided us with some stunning Darklands conversions so we thought he'd be perfect for the Giants - and we weren't wrong...!



The Giant is now complete, and looks awesome!




 


 


 


 

We decided to add an ale barrel to this guy. It's tradition. In our heads, it's Bugman's.



The Giant will be a Wave 14 shipment.




The Chaos Giant is complete too, and looks bally amazing!



The Chaos Giant is done and will be sent as part of Wave 14...




The third member of the Giant family is the Orc Giant, and he looks bloody fantastic, even if we do say so ourselves...




 


 


 


An interesting bit of sculpting on the bottom of the tree trunk... we decided to give it a bit of a backstory... many years ago, this particular tree was the subject of a bit of devilment, and a man was buried underneath it's roots. Over time, the roots have claimed the body, and when the Orc Giant claimed the tree, he also claimed the body too!



 


He'll be a Wave 14 shipment, too!




Thank you all for your patience - this project is now complete in terms of the miniatures, but not yet fulfilled in terms of backers getting their rewards.Just Wave 14 to go!

Wave 11, 12 and 13 shipments are now complete - and as always, bear in mind if shipment hasn't been paid for, nothing will ship.

That leaves just Wave 14 to go!

Once it's time for Wave 14, we will try to get everything out as soon as we can, but there's a lot to ship - and as always we prioritise orders in date sequence; i.e., if you ordered early, you'll get your stuff sent early.

Ogre Dragon

Huzzah! There's some new miniature shenanigans going on this week!

Let's go!




There's just one miniature to show this week, from Tim Prow...



The lovely Tim Prow has been contracted to convert Scaeroc from Fomoraic to Brythoniaid, and he looks great...










Scaeroc will be a Wave 14 shipment!



Eleven Infantry Hosts have shipped / are shipping!

Eleven infantry hosts from this project have been shipped (or are shipping) right now - the Albainn Gairlom, Anglecynn Duguth, Brythoniaid Teulu, Brythoniaid Rhyfelwr, Érainn Tuanagh, Fomoraic Gabrax, Fomoraic Warriors of Baalor, Jute Wihtgār, Norse Holumann, Ysian Ax-Drune and Ysian Bow-Drune Infantry Hosts - as well as the individual miniatures within them.

If your hosts from this project haven't been shipped by now, that means you either:

[*]don't have enough shipment items to justify separate shipments or you don't have any shipment items at all;[*]or you have some resin miniatures on order which need to be cast.

Note that if you have purchased similar infantry hosts from other projects, such as Savage Hordes or Savage Hordes II, we will only ship what we can (as many of them are different) and they are not guaranteed to have been shipped with your items from this project - and again, it depends on your shipment items.

What's Next?

The first samples of the Byzantii Legionarius starter host are with us, as you can see, so whilst there's a couple of corrections the production casts should be with us in October.

The Anglecynn Gesith starter host has been sent to the metal casters and we are simply awaiting the first samples. They should be with us in October now.

The Atalantes Oplites starter host is all sculpted but are in various stages of printing, although we are hopeful we'll get those in our mitts and off to the metal casters ready in time for Wave 14 now.

The Byzantii Demilegionarius starter host is still needing the alternate sculpt of Erebius (the full sculpt of Nervor is done but not with us yet), so we're getting there.

More of Chaaruch

On this gloriously moody Mierceday, it's time to bring you a bit of Gul-Gabrax action...

Here we go...



Again, there's just one miniature to show for this project this week, and again, it's a cracker from Michael Anderson!



The lovely Chaaruch is now officially amazing, which was never really in doubt.




 


 


 


One thing we forgot to mention last week was that Michael's doing the unarmoured version of Chaaruch first, and then we'll cast him, and then he'll do the armoured version... which means you can get hold of unarmoured Chaaruch at some point in the future!

Chaaruch will hopefully make it into Wave 14... we'll see...

Grung

It's another update for Darklands: Savage Hordes II, hooray! It's grim outside - let's not be grim inside!

Here we go...


We've got something for the Ysians this week, thanks to Jason Hendricks!



These guys are looking fantastic. Jason's really going to town on the Corruptors of Kraozon and we can't wait to see Udo, let along Grung!




A simple warrior of the unit, Grung is completely disgusting. Excellent!




 


 


Just to remind you all what he will look like when he's done...




Grung should be a Wave 15 shipment!

SnotlingPimpWagon wrote:
Does that mean, that Gabrax infantry host (Tain+ Herd+tarvax unit) costs 80 pounds in metal (are minos metal as well?) and 100 in resin?