Thanks Tides! For the curious, the Thuulac here is an entire horde of Water Elementals, and those Scuttling Nucránca are Kraken (the army is Trident Realms).
They did a cool Hippo Victorian Explorer mini a while back too...
Too bad (for me) as I'm a fan of the quality of the sculpts shown here overall.. but probably better for their seemingly years(!!) long backlog of existing funded fantasy figs.
Argive wrote: If they ever do a sale on big mosters/dragons I think I might get a credit card just take the hit...
Congrats on your Mierce! And yea, best buckle up, they do sales throughout the year, including BOGO monsters in the summer and a blanket X% off around Black Friday. I could really use a monster sale right now, need an Encrusted Thuulac to go with the clean one I painted a couple weeks back:
Nice! Im still wiaitng for the stuff I ordered bit curious about the turnaround and delivery time.. .
Guess im too used to next day delivery lol..
Hey guys, I just stumbled upon this miniature and was wondering if any of you have it:
Spoiler:
My idea is to take it as a base miniature and spice it up a bit to use it as Nakai the Wanderer for Warhammer. Do you know how large it is compared to 28mm infantry? Any pictures for scale comparison (ideally against lizardmen) would be highly appreciated!
BertBert wrote: Hey guys, I just stumbled upon this miniature and was wondering if any of you have it:
Spoiler:
My idea is to take it as a base miniature and spice it up a bit to use it as Nakai the Wanderer for Warhammer. Do you know how large it is compared to 28mm infantry? Any pictures for scale comparison (ideally against lizardmen) would be highly appreciated!
Aye, he's a big'un. Hard to find scale shots but he's probably as tall as a Stegadon. I have him unbuilt if you're still interested and need a shot. Here's one of the few I've seen in the wilds > http://chestofcolors.com/king-of-the-swamp/
ALSO:
The half price nobles and monstrous infantry deals have proved extremely popular and with the current lockdowns and isolations we think you'll need some more. So here's an offer to get any monsters at HALF PRICE - but there's two conditions. One, we're only offering FIVE of each miniature at this price, and two, you've only got a few days to take advantage as it ends at midnight (GMT) Monday the 23rd of March 2020, just a few days away!
Right then, Miercenaries! Here's another update for the Darklands: Mighty Monsters Part Deux project...
Bob Plociennik's been working extra hard on the Trolls of Vartheim, Leiptroll Unit and they are now all done and dusted! Wowser! Gratuitous group shot alert:
Now these guys will form the basis of a Hálftroll Unit, at some point...
Rejoice, everyone, for Yannick Fusier is not dead! Hurrah! That means he can continue to work his wondrous magical skills on Kaanrod's Mob, the Shieldwall Ograx Reiver Unit! He's only got three converted so far, but they're awesome...
Now Yannick assures me two more of these guys will be sorted soon, so that's pretty much the Shieldwall guys done; then it's the two club variants, which shouldn't take too long at all...
What's Next?
We've decided that Rafael Dioli will take over the Atalantes sculpts and he'll do the Sentinels, Kerberokolossos Unit. Yannick Fusier will do Murcunn and the Oghu Wardens, Oghureach Unit. That means it's nearly the end for this project!
A short update for Darklands: Savage Hordes III, because last time we forgot to show you the Duguth Ēored in different realms...
So Bob completed work on the Veteran Riders of Maunsfeld a while back, but we completely forgot to show you the realm versions - i.e., you saw the Duguth Ēored of Mierce, but not those from Beornica, Dēra or Eoforas. So here they are!
The best one to show is probably Cuthwulf, as we have nice shots of his shield. But be assured, the rest are very similar!
Let's start with Mierce, who get wolf tails:
Then Beornica, that get bear paws:
Dēra get some antlers:
Finally, Eoforas with tusks and so forth:
We're not quite sure how we're going to do the various kindred packs yet, but it won't be too much extra, and you can specify which one you want just by e-mailing us.
Rafael will be doing the Ax-Margh-Drunes (the Ax-Drune cavalry) shortly, as well as Rudraige on pony, along with a foot resculpt no doubt. Same for Alix on swift-horse. He'll do Kyros on Hipakolossos too - no need to resculpt the foot version though. (Rafael will be doing Albainn, Atalantes, Érainn and Ysians for the foreseeable - at least for that stuff Valentin Zak isn't doing).
Bob's going to do the new Cynemon as well as Culcca, Spartakus and a new Leónis, which means we can do all sorts of other lion-related shenanigans...!
We've another update for Darklands: Savage Hordes IV with miniatures and art!
Kurt Jakobi has been beavering away - or is that beetling away? - at the Mound Beetles because we promised there'd be new ones from this project - and here they are, The Vicious of Heardtu, Mound Beetle Unit in all their shuddering glory...
The second mound beetle is Nægmiht...
Brutan is indeed a brute!
Remember, these guys will be on 80mm bases and no doubt Bob Plociennik will be sculpting them.
So here's a lovely thing, Valentin Zak has been working hard on the Fir Danu and they're definitely getting there. Here's a scale shot to show you their size:
So these guys are still a work in progress, but Valentin is getting there and should be sending me new images very soon.
What's Next
In the very near future, Bob Plociennik will be doing the Wulfas and new Freawulfas for good measure, and then lots of everything else. Other than that, Jason Hendricks will be doing the great weapon Brute-Beasts soon...
I love the big mound beetle, thrilled to have a unit of mostly-huge ones
The striped down trolls are really nice too. I'm a fan of Mierce's version of trolls, dig how simple these ones are. TONS of uses for them in KOW, so I suppose I'll be over here scheming ...
Glad to see there continues to be a steady stream of new stuff releasing. If the constant sales help keep things afloat, then I'm all for it- I had to partake of that last half priced monsters one (and judging from the latest email, quite a few of us jumped in on that one).
I'm going to need the most Slaine- ish looking of those Fir Danu when they're done.
Also hoping that they get Yannick to keep working his way through the Ograx. Haakon was one I was really looking forward to and Yannick has done a great job of making them big, round, and mean looking.
So I was just checking out what other trolls Mierce has (spoiler: lots), and saw the art for the particular KS unit above. Whoa: Unexpected force lightning But I suppose the outstretched hands make more sense.
I'm torn between sticking to my guns and not buying anything else until most of my current backlog is cleared out vs. buying stuff that is new, available now in order to help keep things going...
I’m loving the look of the ograax Yannick has done, And is doing. Those lieptrolls came out great too.
The fir danu just look stunning! Valatin really captured the extreme poses from Danny’s concept art.
Glad to see a nice mix of computer & traditional sculpting happening across the projects. I’m glad Bob will be taking on the wulfas next. I don’t feel the freawulfs need a resculpt, but I’m guessing it’ll just entail a scaling up, repose, and small details changed/added.
Glad to hear the half price monsters sale was such a success. I’ve been trying to support these smaller studios a bunch in these time.
How is Mierce with retail sales? if i order my stuff, is it a gamble as to whether i receive anything? or do they just play those games with kickstarters?
Zachectomy wrote: How is Mierce with retail sales? if i order my stuff, is it a gamble as to whether i receive anything? or do they just play those games with kickstarters?
It's a small web store in the UK, so pretty much what you'd expect when you order stuff that's in stock. There is bit of a delay right now - I'm still waiting on stuff I ordered in the 50% off monster sale, tho I expect it this week - but between COVID, international shipping and ordering during a sale, that's to be expected.
Anyway, zero gamble if you're ordering in stock stuff. You're just a customer buying a thing that's already been produced.
My order from that sale just arrived so they're chugging along getting the retail stuff out, and that means the KS stuff will follow along
(I hope the in house metal casting isn't too messed up by corona virus, but since they were going to get a caster to come in and run their machines I fear it might slow things down some more)
OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote: My order from that sale just arrived so they're chugging along getting the retail stuff out, and that means the KS stuff will follow along
(I hope the in house metal casting isn't too messed up by corona virus, but since they were going to get a caster to come in and run their machines I fear it might slow things down some more)
Hard to believe things could get much slower then they already are, Kickstarter-wise...
Still, I guess it is good to see that people that place orders now are getting items shipped to them.
If you're due the giant scorpion from KS you can also pay the difference between that lower price and what it is now to get the hyenas & handlers free (which saves you money if you do want both)
I bit. I've been wanting the giant scorpion and getting some free dire hynena's pushed me over the edge (more so then 50% off).
The email for this stated they're looking to do more deals like this with other giant monsters from the KSers. If this one has a turn around of about a month for me I'll be interested to see what the other deals are.
The email for this stated they're looking to do more deals like this with other giant monsters from the KSers. If this one has a turn around of about a month for me I'll be interested to see what the other deals are.
Me too. I’m guessing, since they’ve teased some new jute concept art, they might do Scethaen, the Jute mega beetle next. Though they have finished sculpts for the mega turtle, mega boar, and a bunch of atlantean colossus too. This works well in making a good deal for folks who backed the ks, and new customers.
Just got my second giant crab + Gahwn, that lovable doofus with his bonking rock, in the mail. Though weirdly most exciting is the arrival of my own Mierce beanie! Partially because it's still damn cold here in Upstate NY, but frankly because fan bois gotta swag.
It's quite short about 50 pages, soft bound and landscape A4 in size,
the contents are really good, well printed, lots of art, lots of text talking about the art and design process and a wide spread of their concept artists
I'm a fan so i'd probably pay that much for it (and will if they release another volume) and if your in the habit of buying art books you know how expensive they can be
if your only casually interested it may end up feeling a bit expensive
I have it and pretty much agree 100% with Orlando. I'd also say the amount of information on the design process is way more then most of the art books I've bought for other mediums. Was really happy with it but you have to like that kind of stuff for the price to be worth it.
OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:It's quite short about 50 pages, soft bound and landscape A4 in size,
the contents are really good, well printed, lots of art, lots of text talking about the art and design process and a wide spread of their concept artists
I'm a fan so i'd probably pay that much for it (and will if they release another volume) and if your in the habit of buying art books you know how expensive they can be
if your only casually interested it may end up feeling a bit expensive
Monkeysloth wrote:I have it and pretty much agree 100% with Orlando. I'd also say the amount of information on the design process is way more then most of the art books I've bought for other mediums. Was really happy with it but you have to like that kind of stuff for the price to be worth it.
Monkeysloth wrote: or the undead. Ugg. They're a real pain to put together. Honestly, most of the stuff I've gotten form Mierce has been a huge paint to put together -- like no one there has ever assembled a mini before and just assume superglue can hold any sized connection for any reason.
Is the scale of the undead off? I hope not as I just branched out from by Byzantii to Jutes and got a bunch of them.
Monkeysloth wrote: or the undead. Ugg. They're a real pain to put together. Honestly, most of the stuff I've gotten form Mierce has been a huge paint to put together -- like no one there has ever assembled a mini before and just assume superglue can hold any sized connection for any reason.
Is the scale of the undead off? I hope not as I just branched out from by Byzantii to Jutes and got a bunch of them.
No. The scale is fine. My complaint there is the metal versions just don't assemble well. Since Mierce does all their minis for resin first the metals sometimes suffer. These are a prime example as the connection points are just too small for some of the skeleton minis and things just weren't sticking together very well.
This. Or having to glue horns on the gabrax or drunes, when they have no peg/hole setup so its just sticking two flat metal surfaces together and hoping for the best, because they're too small to pin.
I have about 20 outstanding 10 man units waiting for their metals to be set up and am really hoping they cut later molds differently, as I cant deal with the metals as is, but cant afford to upgrade em all to resin.
I could pay for the resin upgrade I just don't have good luck with the resin durability in general (not just from Mierce but other lines too). So far all the other human sized I've gotten have been fine (don't have gabrax or drunes) but the skeletons were a pain and I never did get them assembled.
Though their resins aren't any better sometimes. I have the Erin bog trees and those were took hours to assemble as nothing fit where it was supposed to as the models weren't cut very well in my opinion for casting. I haven't gotten anything that was 3d sculpted yet from Mierce so I'm hoping that being able to cut pegs and such before printing will mean most of my issues with the line goes away.
Just about every 3D sculpted model I've gotten has been smooth and easy to put together, with the exception of a couple lizard parts having the slot get excess resin needing to be cleared out.
Monkeysloth wrote: I could pay for the resin upgrade I just don't have good luck with the resin durability in general (not just from Mierce but other lines too). So far all the other human sized I've gotten have been fine (don't have gabrax or drunes) but the skeletons were a pain and I never did get them assembled.
Though their resins aren't any better sometimes. I have the Erin bog trees and those were took hours to assemble as nothing fit where it was supposed to as the models weren't cut very well in my opinion for casting. I haven't gotten anything that was 3d sculpted yet from Mierce so I'm hoping that being able to cut pegs and such before printing will mean most of my issues with the line goes away.
I thought the Wihts were all 3D sculpted.
The Byzantii and Fomoraic resin was quite easy to assemble. Significantly better quality than what I usually get from Forgeworld for instance.
MEK-QAANO, DESTROYER OF WORLDS Get the new limited edition version of Qaano before he sells out!
Converted by master-sculptor Allan Carrasco himself, Mek-Qaano, Destroyer of Worlds - based on the awesome Srónax Thuln, Qaano - was originally going to be our limited edition miniature for Salute 2020; but thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown, this year's event didn't go head. So we thought it would fitting to bring you Mek-Qaano anyway, so he can go a-world-destroying in the holy mother of the year that is 2020!
Mek-Qaano, Destroyer of Worlds
Strictly limited to one hundred casts and produced in a numbered blister pack, Mek-Qaano stands on a 60mm base and is 64mm tall to the eye, so he's a big lad for sure! With the chain-axe he's 134mm tall. You can see a 360° of him on his BaneLegions page, and a few have already sold, so be sure to grab your cast of him before he goes!
Now Mek-Qaano isn't just a collection of nuts and bolts, oh no; he's a mighty world destroyer, a sixteen foot tall legend in his own underthongs that comes complete with cybereye targeting and hard-fi spotify connection (listening to Maroon 5, mostly), a meld-armed depleted uranium belt-fed snub-cannon with back-mounted ammunition barrel and a fission-powered chain-axe shaped like the Baalor symbol, which is rather ominous for denizens of the fourth millenium. As if that wasn't enough, he subscribes to Reader's Digest and plays Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Well, everybody needs a hobby, even a two-ton woolly rhino-man with a predilection towards destroying worlds.
and my metal reiver hunters are now listed as packing (along with a few more resins) so hopefully that's the first sign of their in house metal casting taking off.... althoughi probably have a few weeks waiting before the dispatch
Beat me to it Love 'im, dunno if I'll be pulling that big shipping trigger tho.
The email also said some stuff about the various limited editions that are available. I think mostly that stocks are getting low, I don't think these minis are limited release like other companies, more like limited quantity.
Boss Salvage wrote: Beat me to it Love 'im, dunno if I'll be pulling that big shipping trigger tho.
The email also said some stuff about the various limited editions that are available. I think mostly that stocks are getting low, I don't think these minis are limited release like other companies, more like limited quantity.
Some have 93 in stock, that's hardly "limied edition" from a Mierce perspective!
Automatically Appended Next Post: Ooh, my dragon and scorpion are packing!!
Boss Salvage wrote: Beat me to it Love 'im, dunno if I'll be pulling that big shipping trigger tho.
The email also said some stuff about the various limited editions that are available. I think mostly that stocks are getting low, I don't think these minis are limited release like other companies, more like limited quantity.
They are the show exclusives that they sell at Salute plus some KSE's, they have them every year as i already have some from past Salute trips
Update #34 from Darklands: Mighty Monsters Part Deux
Jun 5 2020
Ograx Reivers, Reived
Well - today is a red letter day, Miercenaries, because Yannick Fusier has finally completed the Ograx Reiver units. So here's another update for the Darklands: Mighty Monsters Part Deux project!
This week we have:
sculpt work in progress updates from Yannick Fusier;
a link to the forums where you can see this project's fulfilment;
a reminder that if you play Darklands, head to our forums to find more players!
...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.
Get some...
Yes, Yannick Fusier is still with us and finally, finally, finally the awesome Ograx Reiver Units are done.
Let's start with Kaanrod's Mob, the Shieldwall Ograx Reiver Unit, and give you a reprise of everything...
Kaanrod is the champion of the unit and gives it his name.
He looks superb!
Fraanko is now done... we were waiting on the shieldwall version of the banner bearer.
He's basically Maanfrad with a shield on his back...
Again, Kraal is basically Kaarl with a shield on his back...
...and we were waiting on him too. He's done now though!
We've seen Raalic before...
...but we love his big belly so here he is again!
We have also seen Aatto!
He looks amazing too! And rather angry...
We saw Graanko last time...
...but he's worth another view for sure.
Now Kraalo was also shown last time...
...but it wouldn't be right not to show him again!
So these guys are done, done, done and we should be getting our grubby paws on them later on this month. They are now slated for February 2021 release in our new Kickstarter schedule.
What's Next?
Yannick Fusier will do Murcunn and the Oghu Wardens, Oghureach Unit at some point. That means it's nearly the end for this project!
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Jethro Ætulla
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June 5, 2020
So after a fairly long hiatus it's time for a Darklands: Savage Hordes III Part Deux update!
This week we have:
sculpt work in progress updates from Bob Płociennik;
a link to the forums where you can see this project's fulfilment;
a reminder that if you play Darklands, head to our forums to find more players!
...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.
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One miniature to show, for the Jutes, but in three formats...
So with mounted Ætulla being a part of this project, rather than convert the existing miniature we tasked Bob Płociennik to sculpt him digitally as it's bloody easier. That means, of course, we get a new version of him on foot, too!
Here's the Hooded Ætulla version on foot:
...and now, what you've all been waiting for, Ætulla on Horse!
It's not totally finished, but it's 98% there... hooded Ætulla on horse will be shown next time.
What's Next?
Jason Hendricks will be doing the great weapon versions of the Brute-Beasts at some point. Bob Płociennik has begun work on Savage Hordes III so it won't be long before he moves on to the cavalry from this project - although we'll probably get him to do the skorpions before anything else! Then the Cawrdraig... then the Wiht cavalry...!
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UPDATE #34
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June 5, 2020
The first update of 2020 for Darklands: Warriors of Baalor and it's another corker...
This week we have:
sculpt work in progress updates from Yannick Fusier;
a link to the forums where you can see this project's fulfilment;
a reminder that if you play Darklands, head to our forums to find more players!
...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.
Here we go...
We've a unit finished off by Yannick Fusier, for the Fomoraic, of course!
Yannick Fusier has finally finished Raad's Mob, the Two Club Ograx Reiver Unit! Swoon...
The champion of the unit is Raad
and he really is rad.
Fraado is like
Maanfrad. But with another weapon on his back.
Aarl is Kaarl. With another weapon on his back.
You'll have to imagine the horn of Kaarl in his left hand.
Graalog, an Ograx
with two clubs more than none.
An Ograx with two clubs
is Ottaak.
Aados has two clubs
now.
Naarl, he is an Ograx Reiver.
He likes to hit things with one of his clubs, and then hit them with the other club.
So that's it! Phew! Yannick has worked wonders on these guys and whilst it's been a very long wait, they're finally done. They'll be ready for a February 2021 release thanks to our updated schedule.
What's Next
Yannick will do the fully-armoured Haakon and the Ograx of Baalor; and Bob will be digitally sculpting the rest - Rikkaard in his various guises, and the Mammax...
Automatically Appended Next Post: Great to see all the Orgrax units finished (I can't remember which one I've got on order but i'm sure I have one of them coming and i'm tempted to get another too)
Probably only financially sensible for those in the uk but
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Rick_Boer wrote:A short update on what else is going on as well...
Bob's currently cutting Ingjald and getting him ready for print, although he will probably slip into June now in terms of shipping. After that he's doing movement trays for us to print (we've got a quicker 3d printer for such things) and then Culcca and some other Jute things.
Rafael is doing a secret project (TM) which will be revealed next month for July's release. Rumours of something rat-based are entirely true. After that it's back on Atalantes / Ysian / Érainn / Vras / Albainn.
Yannick (who is still not dead) is finishing up the Ograx Reivers, then he's doing the Walvax Netters.
Valentin Zak is currently doing Beornhelm, the Sleanbera Thegn (you can see pictures of him on Facebook's Darklands / Mierce Miniatures group). After that he's doing variants of Brude (Slinger / Crossbow) and then four more Sleanbera (banner bearer / herald and then warrior versions of those).
Artists - Kurt Jakobi is doing the Midden Beetles, which should be done soon, and after those, the Nihtbats; Des Hanley is doing Karaadok (Reiver Beast-Master) and Cúax (war dogs) as well as something ratty. Carlos Amaral is doing a Tiamatus Secundus (work it out for yourself) which we're very excited about! Danny Cruz is doing something for the Anglecynn shortly.
Metals - we're running Kaarstans / Maaris / Reiver Hunters at the moment with the first casts going out this week. All things Sávrar are next, but we won't get those moulds until July. Doing metals ourselves is a huge relief, believe me...
A final word about releases and the state of things here at Mierce Towers.
As you may or may not know, we can't survive on Kickstarters from years past, that doesn't pay this month's wages in any way. We can't ignore them even if we wanted to (which we don't, I can assure you). So I've attempted to bring more new releases to help us tick over. That has led to a delay in kickstarter stuff; so I hit on the bright idea of combining the two, using new releases to drive kickstarter stuff that's been done and is ready to go. That's why we've done the Bestiarius + Hyaenas / Selkilias and Wulfas / Freawulfas; this will continue over the coming months. I'll keep the new things a secret for now, but here's my plans:
April: Fomoraic (Warriors of Baalor + something new)
Dates are when the deals are offered, with them being released the month after. Some things may change in terms of order - depends really.
There will be other things inbetween these - stuff that doesn't need printing, effectively, and maybe some special things here and there.
Darklands: Second Edition - coming later on this year now. I'm splitting it into three books; A5 Apprentice rules, A4 perfect bound Journeyman Rules, A4 Hardback Master Rules.
Savage Hordes - follows on from that, hoping to have it all done at the same time.
interesting that he's doing 3 rules versions. I would hope one would be a lite skirmish game like Warcry (that would go over pretty awesome with their minis) then move up to something more akin to warmachine then move to full on mass battle but I have a feeling it's just a one sheet rules for the basic and then each version adding more but keeping the battle scale the same.
Sad to see nothing for Albian or Erainn in the list for the next year for these sales. Maybe I'll get the Vras stuff as the giant rats and rat swarms are useable for a lot of games but they're also something pretty generic that I can probably easily find STL files of and print myself.
Dear Lord, we're not getting the Warriors of Baalor until April 2021?! Isnt Formoraic one of their best selling factions? You'd think they and the reivers would get bumped up to the top of the line to help fund other molds.
I really love the models from Darklands, and want to like the company but what in the world-
"As you may or may not know, we can't survive on Kickstarters from years past, that doesn't pay this month's wages in any way. We can't ignore them even if we wanted to (which we don't, I can assure you)"
Of course you can't ignore the Kickstarters! Many people are probably in the same boat as me where Mierce has HUNDREDS of dollars of my money for YEARS with no models yet. What a ridiculous statement. Really makes me upset and question the business.
Yeah that is literally them saying that they've spent the KS funds but have not yet delivered the product. Even if they've spent it on product development or infrastructure or whatever, those funds were explicitly raised for the purposes of delivering specific products so that would not be an acceptable explanation.
Dear GOD Mantic's model are butt ugly. That looks like a toy you'd by at Hobby Lobby.
Yeah, they make great rules, but their models still generally suck.
They have improved somewhat lately, especially for vanguard, but at the cost of no longer really being a cheap option, and they are still miles behind most competitors in design and production. Weird mold lines, weird plastic, bad monopose, terrible terrible weapons etc.
The Mierce manticore blows Mantic´s weird chimera out of the water for sure.
caladancid wrote:I really love the models from Darklands, and want to like the company but what in the world-
"As you may or may not know, we can't survive on Kickstarters from years past, that doesn't pay this month's wages in any way. We can't ignore them even if we wanted to (which we don't, I can assure you)"
Of course you can't ignore the Kickstarters! Many people are probably in the same boat as me where Mierce has HUNDREDS of dollars of my money for YEARS with no models yet. What a ridiculous statement. Really makes me upset and question the business.
JWBS wrote:Yeah that is literally them saying that they've spent the KS funds but have not yet delivered the product. Even if they've spent it on product development or infrastructure or whatever, those funds were explicitly raised for the purposes of delivering specific products so that would not be an acceptable explanation.
Yeah, those statements are a bit troubling, especially for me, considering the size of the backlog of miniatures that I paid for and that Mierce still owes me.
Sure, points for honesty, but...it didn't give me the warm and fuzzies in terms of me getting everything I paid for already...
Dear GOD Mantic's model are butt ugly. That looks like a toy you'd by at Hobby Lobby.
Yeah, they make great rules, but their models still generally suck.
They have improved somewhat lately, especially for vanguard, but at the cost of no longer really being a cheap option, and they are still miles behind most competitors in design and production. Weird mold lines, weird plastic, bad monopose, terrible terrible weapons etc.
The Mierce manticore blows Mantic´s weird chimera out of the water for sure.
Because for reasons unknown (but of no surprise to anyone that's worked with Mantic), they seem to want their monsters sculpted in a scale that doesn't fit the assigned base sizes, and no one has grasped hold of the issue and either told the sculptors to shrink it down so it looks a natural fit for the base, or eratta'd the base size. The KoW rules allow monsters to go on a base bigger than the assigned size though, so unless you're ultra-competative, you don't need to worry too much about getting other brands in.
The financial comment is a no-brainer, even if day-to-day costs were budgeted into the KS prices (which I assume they were), they've obviously gone beyond the horizon that that would cover. I'm starting to see the light in terms of my KS backlog, it's still ~£900 at KS prices, but a relatively small amount compared to what I've bought in total.
I don't think the financial comment is a no-brainer? In fact, it is the opposite of what we should expect from a Kickstarter. Just because it is where we've ended up doesn't mean thats correct.
Perhaps that is my main problem. It is presented in a "well this is just how it is so deal with it" versus a continued "I am sorry I massively overpromised and took out zero interest loans by saying I could do something that was apparently never possible and am working towards fixing it."
I also don't understand why instead of sculpting models already sold, new models are being made and sold. If the goal is just to sell more stuff- why does the new stuff sell any better to new customers than the items already shown in concept art form?
Yes, going beyond the horizon with the KS money is still indicative of a negative situation. At best it means that they've used earmarked money for general upkeep, showing that their other income is insufficient for this. Covid doesn't cut it as an explanation, they seem to have been this way for years (I dropped out of the perpetual Mierce KS cycle probably over four years ago after being onboard with the first half dozen. Even back then, it seemed like a very unappealing prospect, tbh I'm only surprised that it's taken this long to finally come to the surface).
I also don't understand why instead of sculpting models already sold, new models are being made and sold. If the goal is just to sell more stuff- why does the new stuff sell any better to new customers than the items already shown in concept art form?
Because Rob knows his target audience are the people that buy most everything they release so sculpting new stuff means new things for the same people to buy. For various reasons Darklands hasn't really grown in it's fanbase so completing stuff to try and sell to people that didn't get it in the KSer doesn't bring in as much money. I'm not exaggerating either. There are some hardcore Mierce fans that are keeping everything afloat. There's probably 20 that would by stuff if they were 200 quid a model.
As for the statement. Of course it's concerning but it's expected and pretty much what everyone figured out months ago when these type of sales started as Rob had promised the aforementioned hardcore fans no more KSers (outside of the failed plastic boardgame) until they were caught up. Even if he still has all the money for the sculpts, molds and resin he has to pay wages and I know they have some more employees now when before it was a 2 man operation I believe. So being upfront about how they're paying those wages and what upcoming sales are is something that's quite welcome.
I moved to mostly only buying things from a KSer right before they shipped to avoid long backlogs, and potential financial issues, couple years ago and much more prefer the current sales for new stuff and occasional KSer stuff.
several kickstarters ran into that problem. They didnt get enough backers to really get that huge influx of cash, so they were able to pay to get models sculpted, but not printed and cast, or half of them sculpted and printed, but not shipped, etc. some combination of that.
So now, just commission smaller projects, which help pay for themselves AND part of the backlog , hence each year like 2 of the kickstarter projects finish. of 2 or 3 kickstarters (all the ones for big monsters), ive gotten everything except for 3. most recently got the 2 tailed scorpion monsters.
Now im just waiting for Kretos Beta, Scethaen, and Schros.
To try and mediate risks, i just pay the fee to ship immediately, whenever a new model is done from my kickstarter wave, so incase anything happens, i atleast have as many models as possible.
their sculpts are amazing - -espec stuff by Daniel Cockersell so i can deal with the stress of waiting but for me, its just some monsters - not in it for any of the army sets, etc).
Yeah no argument there- the game itself is brilliant. I just get rubbed the wrong way, obviously, over the lateness and lack of apparent remorse.
Moving right along- is there a good place I can go to look at pics of assembled Darklands models (of various factions)? The Facebook group is decent, but is there anywhere not Facebook related?
(I've not been for a while myself I got put off by the whole photobucket crisis wrecking my blog there, laboriously rebuilding it with a new photo site which then also folded and Wrecked it again)
anywhere else that had a lot is either not current (the beer waagh) or has pulled most of their stuff down (not just mierce) in a way that makes me suspect they now work for a minis company that doesn't want staff involved with other brands
The send the eighth blog also used to have a fair amount, but that's down and the authors now on Facebook as Daemon Inks Studios but most of the mierce stuff didn't migrate, but I think somebody has saved a lot of the content to Pinterest but I don't use that so can't poke around much but worth a search if you are
Monkeysloth wrote: There's a facebook fan group, Mierce Militia, that use to post lots of painted and assembled stuff. Not sure if they are still around.
Mierce Militia is kinda defunct now because a) the guy who originally ran it had to sell up due to financial issues, and the other two guys who stepped in with me kinda faded away. But it was only really there because Mierce themselves didn't have a FB presence so it's purpose is almost redundant now. I do try and remember to share Mierce posts to get the word out to older fans that may not have followed the official Mierce posts.
As for painted models, James Wappel is a top mini painter and regularly paint Mierce models, so he's worth a follow.
RE: the financial comment being a no-brainer, IMO it's reasonably obvious that any funding for central costs would have run out by now because most of the KSers have crossed significantly beyond their delivery date, I don't see why that's a controversial opinion. And at least they're doing something about it, there was another KS (Dust?) that failed because they had 7 months of funds, moved into a shiny new space, then rewrote the rules several times and didn't get the product to market before they got in trouble. (I think Mierce's issue was in the earlier, bigger KSers they made assumptions about sculptor availability that didn't pan out, and you can see in later KSers the communication talks regularly about "locking sculptors in" being implied to happen as the stretch goal gets achieved.)
RE: why Mierce hasn't taken off. IMO, as someone that's spent their career analysing product performance, the game rules aren't a popular product, and that's what'll really drive product. I'm glad for Rob that he wrote the ruleset he wanted to write and got it published and out in the real world, but at some point he needs to have his "Honda moment" and adjust to what the market is likely to want.
As long as Mierce stick to QUALITY, in terms of model design, sculpting, and molding, they can differentiate themselves from the market, and perhaps survive.
There was -signs- a while ago this was slipping, I mentioned the terrible (IMO) feathers on the new Jabberwocky as an example.
I am very happy with the recent models I have received.
Krekek is a masterpiece! Amazing fit (Except the two body halves for some reason), and fantastic,realistic detailed texturing!
RE: the financial comment being a no-brainer, IMO it's reasonably obvious that any funding for central costs would have run out by now because most of the KSers have crossed significantly beyond their delivery date, I don't see why that's a controversial opinion. And at least they're doing something about it,
I suppose because your comment implies to some that you think this is expected and ok (and by expected I mean expected from a healthy responsible company, not Mierce, which some people would expect this from).
I mean the projects are years late. Of course they don't have the money so it's 100% expected just from basic math and common sense.
Many of us are OK with it as we want our stuff and the only other way for Mierce to raise funds is another KSer which they agreed not to do last year. So cycling between new releases and KSer funded ones is a pretty reasonable option for long time backers.
We're past the angry stage on this as that happened quite a while ago and Rob is doing what he can to keep things afloat and deliver.
Yes I know it's expected. Zero percent of people following Mierce didn't expect this to be the case. The contention is whether it's ok, and since "Expected" can be defined as "It's fine", that's where the vagueness of "As expected" as a summary is being challenged (as far as I can see).
As I said. At least here we're pretty much past being angry and debating if it's OK. We've had those discussions. People just want their stuff and this seams the best course.
If Rob only did KSer stuff he believes they'd fail to deliver and go under. He has a better understanding of his finances and sales then we do. As long as KSer stuff keeps getting released and progress is made I know I'm fine with it. There's no other real option outside of not getting anything.
I get it, you want people to grab pitchforks and burn down a barn, as this isn't how things should have turned out. There might be some that will join you but I don't see any point in it as everything that was in the post was pieced together in this thread pages back over a year ago and those not upset are well in to the acceptance stage.
I suppose I've long since accepted the fact that there's no way I'm getting all of the miniatures I'm owed.
My backlog is huge, Mierce is clearly not in great shape and since some aren't even sculpted yet, I'm betting that many won't even get that far.
Odds are better that Mierce goes belly up before I get everything.
Odds are slightly better that I can get some portion of what's owed me, while many sculpts (funded, bought and paid for) are canceled and I'll hopefully get some sort of store credit for them which I'll quickly use on something that is actually in stock.
Worst set of odds is clearly what should have happened - I get everything I paid for.
But at no point does anyone think this is "OK" or "normal" or "acceptable".
I think there's two different "OK"s being talked about as well.
Is it OK that they haven't gotten things out in a reasonable time? No. Is it OK that they appear to not have the money to finish what was funded without extra money? No.
Is it OK that they're making new stuff to sell to help fund that instead of digging their hole deeper with KSer debt? Yes. Is them finally admitting that this is what they're doing expected? Yes
I've still got a fair chunk of stuff to get, but I do think I will get it eventually,
they still make some of the nicest minis around so there is going to be an income stream
and i'd far rather get my KS stuff eventually with regular releases making money to keep things ticking over in between than them try and fail to do all the KS stuff by itself ending up with them going pop
besides I like some of the new releases and want them too, and if my shopping habit helps others get their KS stuff too even better
Alpharius wrote: I suppose - but I find it hard to want to give Mierce *more* money when I'm still owed so much.
Nor should you if you don't want or feel comfortable doing so.
Me, I've spent more this year on them then I probably have in 2 year as it's stuff I want and turns out I do get it just a few weeks after the order instead of 4 years which is way better. Though I also only have the Mallox units and Riever Warriors (from the looks of it) in my queue that haven't been sculpted yet and everything else is just waiting on metals so if they say, only last a few more months, I'm not out very much as half my backlog just shipped.
Odds are slightly better that I can get some portion of what's owed me, while many sculpts (funded, bought and paid for) are canceled and I'll hopefully get some sort of store credit for them which I'll quickly use on something that is actually in stock.
Thats what I did. I had some stuff stuck in "yet -to-be-sculpted" limbo, so I emailed them and asked them to change my order to remove all minis that aren't available yet and I bought some stuff that was in stock instead with the credit. Feels good not having to worry about that backlog
It seems as though in house metal casting is happening now, thats a great thing.
I would love to see Mierce get to a place where they can make all the human warriors for various factions. They could easily clean up with people buying models for other skirmish games because who else makes great models like that? GW is way high fantasy.
-also yes Rob needs to make MUCH more accessible rules. As they stand now, I have a hard time thinking the game will ever get a moderate following.
They'll eat that as it's already paid for (although the extra postal costs will no doubt slow down KS fulfilment that little bit more as they have to earn extra to cover it)
ya. I don't think Rob would ask people for more. I guess I was speaking out loud as to if I should offer to pay the difference for the very reason you state.
I really like mierce miniatures, and like the premise behind the game, but every time I think about jumping in, I hear more stories about Rob being a little fast and loose with customers money, and it just stops me dead. Having bought one large model recently, I was tempted by the new manticore. That temptation dried up quickly reading the last couple of pages of this thread.
JamesY wrote: I hear more stories about Rob being a little fast and loose with customers money
I don't think this is a very accurate phrase. It's more he kept on building up a bigger backlog of models and over the years cost of everything (labor, material and shipping) have all gone up so the money for 4-5 years ago is worth less and there's always unexpected expenses that chip away at that reserve of money the longer things are pushed out. I think even the more critical people here don't think he's out buying cars with the KSer money.
That being said. Don't preorder something not sculpted and even things that are don't unless you don't mind waiting a long time (though the new items deals so far have all shipped in 4-5 weeks as promised) and if it's in stock you'll get it pretty quickly.
Automatically Appended Next Post: I also got in a box yesterday of a bunch of metal reivers and my second predorder of a giant Scorpion and Hyenas.
With the metals I got yesterday I'm down to the Reiver support (axe/shield) and Reiver Tains (which should be cast in metal this summer as they had a pre-order in like April and said metal's would be in the summer) and then just a few odds and ends that are in the metal queue and the forever not getting sculpted Mallox.
@Azreal13 that's a handy rhyme, although the fact that it exists at all only adds to my hesitation
@monkeysloth to be clear, I'm not suggesting or concerned that he is embezzling money for personal gain. I'm more concerned about the number of people who have lost money to businesses under his control over the years, and neither want to find myself in that position (which Az's rule might help me avoid) nor give my money to someone who's business practices/ethics/acumen/decisions (whatever the cause of these issues has been) has lead to so many people being left short. I know he's not the only one who hasn't been able to fulfill a KS, and I know it is probably despite his best efforts to do so, but in fairness I wouldn't buy from any company that I knew owed people long-standing unfulfilled orders without good reason (i.e. the recent lockdown.)
I wonder how much remains to be sculpted and cast, and just how ridiculously late it all is *now*, never mind how late it will all be when it (hopefully) all sees the light of day.
Has someone already worked up that list?
I'm too depressed over this whole situation to do it...
Alpharius wrote: I wonder how much remains to be sculpted and cast, and just how ridiculously late it all is *now*, never mind how late it will all be when it (hopefully) all sees the light of day.
Has someone already worked up that list?
I'm too depressed over this whole situation to do it...
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Alpharius wrote: I wonder how much remains to be sculpted and cast, and just how ridiculously late it all is *now*, never mind how late it will all be when it (hopefully) all sees the light of day.
Has someone already worked up that list?
I'm too depressed over this whole situation to do it...
Rob does still do those updates on the forums for each project.
He does, but I don't think they're very complete in terms of listing everything that is still waiting to be sculpted, etc.
It is hard to determine what miniatures go with what Kickstarter, when they were initially due, and where they stand now in terms of the overall queue.
Alpharius wrote: He does, but I don't think they're very complete in terms of listing everything that is still waiting to be sculpted, etc.
It is hard to determine what miniatures go with what Kickstarter, when they were initially due, and where they stand now in terms of the overall queue.
It is a mess.
The what's been sculpted list is about the only thing he does keep up to date. Tends to only modify data once a month but he does maintain that list.
As for what's being sculpted in what order and when finished sculpts will have molds made. Ya, the release list we got the other day is the first one we've had in probably 2 years.
Blanket 25% off until Monday! Here're some details:
Sale Voucher Details
Your 25% off UK RRP discount voucher ends on Monday the 6th of July 2020 at midnight (GMT), and you really do have some superb miniatures to spend your hard-earned cash on!
The voucher will work on all the Darklands, BaneLegions and Templar's Forge items within our webstore, but:
- not on The 2020 Mierce Miniatures Compendium - not on the Darklands: First Edition Rule Book - not on hosts or starter bundles, which have their own discounts - not on limited edition miniatures - not on any Components - not on any Kickstarter items
The voucher will work on pre-orders and, crucially, you'll still earn Moneyback - although tiered discounts are disabled when using a voucher. How do I use the voucher?
After a little hiatus it's time for another Darklands: Savage Hordes IV update...
This week we have: •concept art from Kurt Jakobi; •a link to the forums where you can see this project's fulfilment; •a reminder that if you play Darklands, head to our forums to find more players! •...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.
Anyway, here's some
So we've still got some concept artworks to get sorted for this project, mostly for the Jutes, and so up stepped Kurt Jakobi with some not-very-easy works that he has handled with a comb. I mean, aplomb!
So Kurt's second round of beetles, the Midden Beetles, aren't actually a part of this project: but they'll eventually go with the Jutboḡa host, replacing the Dwimor, who will be in a Wiht host eventually.
Now these guys will be support monstrous infantry on 60mm bases. They're unashamedly based on Bombardier Beetles that can spit acid from their rectums; needless to say, in Darklands, that will be rather nasty. So watch out for these sods on the battlefield!
The last concept artworks we need for this project are the Bats of Cisel (pronounced chisel), a unit of nihtbats that were included within the Ghūlgār host. Standing on 80mm bases, these are BIG bats! Kurt Jakobi has done the honours again.
IMPORTANT: If you've purchased the Ghūlgār host, you'll only get two Nihtbats - not Thrada, basically - so if you want all three, you'll have to purchase Thrada on his own.
...but we feel he'd have to be resculpted to match the other two.
Cuc is a nihtbat,
but he's not a cuckoo. Or cuck. Short for cuckold.
The last nihtbat of the unit is Edun...
We're thinking these guys will be done with the Mound Beetles, in February of next year...
What's Next
In the future, Bob Plociennik will be doing lots of everything. Other than that, Jason Hendricks will be doing the great weapon Brute-Beasts soon...
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It's time for another a Darklands: Savage Hordes III Part Deux update!
This week we have: •sculpt work in progress updates from Bob Płociennik; •a link to the forums where you can see this project's fulfilment; •a reminder that if you play Darklands, head to our forums to find more players! •...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.
Check out these here
Well, miniature, for the Jutes...
The final version of Ætulla - hooded, on a horse - is now done, thanks to Bob Płociennik!
So you can put a fork in him, Jute people!
What's Next?
Bob Płociennik will be doing the Skorpion Minor unit in the next month, so expect those next time... along with pretty much everything else. Except for the Great Club Brute-Beasts, which Jason Hendricks will do.
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There's still a couple of conversion units left to do on Darklands: Savage Hordes II - and Yannick Fusier has begun one of them...
This week we have: •sculpt work in progress updates from Yannick Fusier; •a link to the forums where you can see this project's fulfilment; •a reminder that if you play Darklands, head to our forums to find more players! •...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.
Let's have a look at some...
It's all Fomoraic this time around...
The original Walvax have been around for a while but as Yannick Fusier did them originally, we didn't really want to change sculptors as he has his own unique (and bloody awesome) style. Now he's got the Ograx done, he's started the Walvax Netters straight away... and why not!
The champion of the unit is Ohnaan...
...he's going to entangle you in his net and everything!
Now Horaanh is a warrior of the unit...
...and Yannick hasn't started him yet, so here's the concept to remind you what he will look like.
Waanh is the last member of the unit...
...and believe you me, he's named after his wang.
These guys are utterly beautiful and we can't wait to get our hands on them!
What's Next?
We've decided that Rafael Dioli will do the Rogue-Drunes - and so new Shadow-Drunes. Then this project is fully sculpted! Woot!
Hate to break it to you Alpharius, but I checked Rob's list of to do's on the forum and the Mallox aren't even listed there. Think he forgot -- or more likely you and I are the only ones that bought them so they're super low priority as I'm certain he's doing things by how many people purchase them in the PM.
Just built up my two new arrivals.
Selkilias the two-tailed scorpion and the big dragon lludial.
Fabulous, absolutely amazingly well sculpted, and the parts fit is phenomenal, Mierce have really stepped up in this regard.
Iludial is HUGE, and the fit is almsot perfect, the base (once you nut out how it all fits together) will stand without glue, it's a marvel of resin engineering!
SPEAKING of Mierce scorpions, there's a deal running until July 20 to get the new scorpion king, Caius Domitius, and the baby scorps, and the mega scorp if you want, at a discount.
I'll admit I'm very tempted by the full set, as I missed the mega scorp and she's really grand, but I straight up don't want Caius ... but even then it's a solid deal, despite the recent blanket 25% off!
The new shipping rate for the under 150 is just 13 quid, so not terrible. I would have ordered the Minor set but I already have plenty of scorpians...Mierce and otherwise.
More WIP for the massive dragon
This bugger is mighty tricky to photograph as he is way too big for my light box...
Apologies for the poor quality images.
I'd say he's nearly done, a fair bit of tidying up to do, and I thought I could get away without filling the joins, (Awesome fit on the moulding) but alas not...I will need to go back and fill in some.
I love that it isn't red Also I do really like that sculpt, shovel-nosed dragon heads are my fav. Somewhat ironically, I might have bought it if it were smaller But good on you for soldiering through, looking real nice.
Have been reading some of this thread and how some KS are still aren't fulfilled. Hopefully Mierce can get some type of small business loan from the Co-vid pandemic. I'm in the U.S. so not sure if the U.K. is giving those out or not. It sucks for the KS people they deserve to get their mini's. I've bought about $1500 from them over the last 2 years (through their website) and always got my orders with high accuracy. I haven't went through all of it
yet but the team that picks the product and ship it do a highly accurate job. The majority has been BOGO free deals I've bought, but also have been pretty generous on the 25% off sales.
I've been holding off lately as they seem to be getting ahead of themselves selling unsculpted mini's, ones that are 6 months to a year out. I would caution people against that as Mierce can't really predict what the world is going to throw at them between now and then. Also, if worse comes to worse, you will no longer be able to do a credit card chargeback on something you bought 6 months ago. Co-vid is still here, and mini competition is getting very tough. There has been so many STL file kickstarters and hobbyists are printing them and turning around and selling on ebay, etsy, and other venues. Their mini's look nowhere as good as Mierce's final product, but they generally advertise the 3d image and not the finished product, so get plenty of sales.
So my advice is if they have it in stock, you shouldn't hesitate to purchase to help them out. The far out preorder stuff I would pass on.
This is my WIP for the crabspear guy.
I split this one with another Miercer, he got 2, I kept one, but I swapped arms to keep both the claws the right way up, as it looked odd with one upside down.
This is Pruul...I think..anyway....
He stayed on the back burner for ages, then one day I had some left over paint in my airbrus, and thiought I'd see what it looked like on him...the splatering effect was purely accidental, but now I use that to give interest to the other minis.
Just a little more and he will be: Done.
Automatically Appended Next Post: I shuffled the bases around on some of my older minis to make better use of them in terms of size.
During this process I took Bloodmaw off his "ancient ruins" base and onto the lovely swamp base.
I also took the time to touch him up somewhat, added more washes, etc...
He now looks like this:
Automatically Appended Next Post: I have finished the "bloody Big Dragon" but I am struggling to take decent photos of him...!
EnragedOxgore wrote: Have been reading some of this thread and how some KS are still aren't fulfilled. Hopefully Mierce can get some type of small business loan from the Co-vid pandemic. I'm in the U.S. so not sure if the U.K. is giving those out or not. It sucks for the KS people they deserve to get their mini's. I've bought about $1500 from them over the last 2 years (through their website) and always got my orders with high accuracy. I haven't went through all of it
yet but the team that picks the product and ship it do a highly accurate job. The majority has been BOGO free deals I've bought, but also have been pretty generous on the 25% off sales.
I've been holding off lately as they seem to be getting ahead of themselves selling unsculpted mini's, ones that are 6 months to a year out. I would caution people against that as Mierce can't really predict what the world is going to throw at them between now and then. Also, if worse comes to worse, you will no longer be able to do a credit card chargeback on something you bought 6 months ago. Co-vid is still here, and mini competition is getting very tough. There has been so many STL file kickstarters and hobbyists are printing them and turning around and selling on ebay, etsy, and other venues. Their mini's look nowhere as good as Mierce's final product, but they generally advertise the 3d image and not the finished product, so get plenty of sales.
So my advice is if they have it in stock, you shouldn't hesitate to purchase to help them out. The far out preorder stuff I would pass on.
I ordered stuff from them and it came through no problem.
That said I probably wouldn't order things not yer released.
At the end of September, the long-awaited Uuroch, Scion of Conand from our kickstarter projects begins production - and if you purchase the all-new, never seen before Tünguuska, Savage Hammerhook before midnight (GMT) on Monday the 21st of September 2020, you'll get his warlord, the aforementioned Uuroch, totally FREE!
Uuroch, sculpted superbly by Allan Carrasco from the artwork by Roberto Cirillo, has been around for a little while both as a concept and a kickstarter project and as we're fully committed to getting all of the miniatures from our projects sorted over the next couple of years he wasn't going to be far away from production. A Scion of Conand (meaning, a son of Conand himself, the lord of the deeps in the whale sea) is a Fíorfomor of the Fomoraic kindred and, of course, the Conand realm, and they find the tears of humans to be as sweet and intoxicating as wine is to humans themselves: hence the many and various phials and bottles about his waist! Standing on an 80mm base and around 78mm to the eye, armed with a huge harpoon spear and armoured with incredibly tough clamshell shield with his lord's mark, Uuroch may command all of the aquatic warriors within the Fomoraic and so is the perfect way to get your Conand host on the tabletop, especially as he's a powerful sorcerer to boot. We'll be expanding the Conand realm over the next few years and he'll be essential!
The expansion of the Conand realm, a realm of sea-devils and water-monsters driven to raid and pillage the lands above the water and reap souls for those beneath the waves, obviously means... more monsters!! So what better monster could there be for any aquatic host than a hammerhead shark-man, such as Tünguuska right here? Sculpted superbly by Allan Carrasco from the artwork by Des Hanley, in Darklands terms he's a hammerhook, and you only need to looks at those lethal-looking hook-sickles to understand why he is called such. Able to see threats all around him thanks to his unique vision, armoured with clamshell gutplate with Conand's mark and the scavenged nets and floats of the humans that dare to fish the seas of the lands of darkness, Tünguuska stands on a 100mm base and is around 100mm tall.
Uuroch, sculpted superbly by Allan Carrasco from the artwork by Roberto Cirillo, has been around for a little while both as a concept and a kickstarter project and as we're fully committed to getting all of the miniatures from our projects sorted over the next couple of years he wasn't going to be far away from production.
Emphasis is mine. All of the miniatures from our projects... next couple of years... wasn't going to be far away from production... Aren't they already a few years behind on some of those? I'm just a bystander looking through the shop/thread window but I think this was supposed to make people feel more confident about pledging. Very nice looking sculpts though as always.
Argive wrote: I hope they do another monster/big things half price sale
That's gotta suck for the backers still waiting on the same minis. I suppose they could reorder them though and finally get it for full price or over cumulatively... Great deal for new customers though hands down.
they're clearing the backlog (mine certainly has a lot less in it than it did a year ago)
The KS backers who ordered Uuroch will be getting him around the time this offer releases
(unless their shipping pot is empty when it might need to wait on other stuff they have coming)
Argive wrote: I hope they do another monster/big things half price sale
That's gotta suck for the backers still waiting on the same minis. I suppose they could reorder them though and finally get it for full price or over cumulatively... Great deal for new customers though hands down.
Understandable.
But what can I say.. Just need a nudge as that champion of Dis aint going to buy himself otherwise
Uuroch, sculpted superbly by Allan Carrasco from the artwork by Roberto Cirillo, has been around for a little while both as a concept and a kickstarter project and as we're fully committed to getting all of the miniatures from our projects sorted over the next couple of years he wasn't going to be far away from production.
Emphasis is mine. All of the miniatures from our projects... next couple of years... wasn't going to be far away from production... Aren't they already a few years behind on some of those? I'm just a bystander looking through the shop/thread window but I think this was supposed to make people feel more confident about pledging. Very nice looking sculpts though as always.
They overextended themselves, and unlocked sculpts that werent really funded properly, They sold stuff when the pound was riding much higher against the dollar, and were by far too cheap on their estimation of how to price the metals. Those 10 man units originally sold for like 35 bucks, making them cheaper than Bones lol. Most importantly, haven't really grown their customer base, hence why they're having to do new sculpts to fund for molds on older sculpts. It is what it is, but they have been making solid progress, and have gotten the metal production in house. They ship the available stuff pretty quickly, so if something is near release I think it's safe to order.
My backlog has shrunk a fair amount, and I have metal 7 or 8 units in production now, so hopefully they'll be going out soon.
Shieldwall Goraakk the Ripper, Gabrax Gore-Horn on Tarvocx
Gore-Horns are Gabrax host champions, famous warriors that the chiefs of the Cursed Herd favour above all of their other warriors. Savage and brutal, these supreme fighters are greatly skilled in the arts of war and can often prove to be the difference in battle. Goraakk the Ripper, sculpted superbly by Bob Płociennik from the artwork by Kurt Jakobi, has been available unmounted for a while now (in three forms - Shieldwall Goraakk, Great Cleaver Goraakk and Two Cleaver Goraakk) but we thought it would be awesome to give this powerful warrior a mount. Being a host champion, he'd get one of the nastiest mounts the Cursed Herd would have access to - Aalgul the Tarvocx, a mighty bull-beast full of rage and anger - and we made sure it was spikily armoured where it would hurt most, namely on the horns! The miniature as a whole stands on a 110x70mm oval Darklands base and is around 100mm to Goraakk's eye, so it's the perfect large centrepiece for your Cursed Herd host as well as being a powerful warrior for your Darklands games!
We're also offering the mount without rider - in this case Aalgul, Goraakk's Tarvocx - at half price until Monday, with all the armour and saddle and tack; but without Goraakk, so you can pop your own rider on. We spoil you lot!
Not only, but also: here's Aalg, Charging Tarvocx, a mighty bull-beast without any equipment at all. Again, it's at half price until Monday should you want a huge no-nonsense bull-beast charging at your enemies!
Pre-ordering Goraakk on Tarvocx now is the only way to get him at half price: and once this pre-order offer ends - at midnight (GMT) on Monday the 28th of September 2020 - this deal will not be offered again and we will NOT be extending it nor reprising it. None of the above will be released to the general public until November / December as the October 24th date is when we begin production for these pre-orders. That means you'll get your order either in late October or early November, depending on when you've ordered!
Shieldwall Goraakk the Ripper, Gabrax Gore-Horn on Tarvocx
Gore-Horns are Gabrax host champions, famous warriors that the chiefs of the Cursed Herd favour above all of their other warriors. Savage and brutal, these supreme fighters are greatly skilled in the arts of war and can often prove to be the difference in battle. Goraakk the Ripper, sculpted superbly by Bob Płociennik from the artwork by Kurt Jakobi, has been available unmounted for a while now (in three forms - Shieldwall Goraakk, Great Cleaver Goraakk and Two Cleaver Goraakk) but we thought it would be awesome to give this powerful warrior a mount. Being a host champion, he'd get one of the nastiest mounts the Cursed Herd would have access to - Aalgul the Tarvocx, a mighty bull-beast full of rage and anger - and we made sure it was spikily armoured where it would hurt most, namely on the horns! The miniature as a whole stands on a 110x70mm oval Darklands base and is around 100mm to Goraakk's eye, so it's the perfect large centrepiece for your Cursed Herd host as well as being a powerful warrior for your Darklands games!
We're also offering the mount without rider - in this case Aalgul, Goraakk's Tarvocx - at half price until Monday, with all the armour and saddle and tack; but without Goraakk, so you can pop your own rider on. We spoil you lot!
Not only, but also: here's Aalg, Charging Tarvocx, a mighty bull-beast without any equipment at all. Again, it's at half price until Monday should you want a huge no-nonsense bull-beast charging at your enemies!
Pre-ordering Goraakk on Tarvocx now is the only way to get him at half price: and once this pre-order offer ends - at midnight (GMT) on Monday the 28th of September 2020 - this deal will not be offered again and we will NOT be extending it nor reprising it. None of the above will be released to the general public until November / December as the October 24th date is when we begin production for these pre-orders. That means you'll get your order either in late October or early November, depending on when you've ordered!
Man, it's been a couple years since i last heard about Mierce. Are they still just barely staying afloat thanks to Kickstarter and don't deliver products people bought for 3-4 years?
Wha-Mu-077 wrote: Man, it's been a couple years since i last heard about Mierce. Are they still just barely staying afloat thanks to Kickstarter and don't deliver products people bought for 3-4 years?
It all depends, but for the most part, yeah, they still owe a lot of things to a lot of people.
You're in an especially bad place if you ordered metals...
Grab yourself some giants at half price until Monday, but only ten of each miniature is available!
For absolutely no reason at all (that we can think of), we thought we'd showcase our gargantuan monsters from our Darklands and BaneLegions ranges this week! A goodly number of our Darklands kindreds - especially the Albainn and the Norse - feature some utterly amazing giants, and we thought it would be awesome to offer all of these fantastic gargantuans to you at HALF PRICE - but there's two conditions. One, we're only offering TEN of each miniature at this price, and two, it's for THIS WEEKEND ONLY as it ends at midnight (GMT) Monday the 12th of October 2020, just a few days away, and it won't be extended!
Grab yourself some giants at half price until Monday, but only ten of each miniature is available!
For absolutely no reason at all (that we can think of), we thought we'd showcase our gargantuan monsters from our Darklands and BaneLegions ranges this week! A goodly number of our Darklands kindreds - especially the Albainn and the Norse - feature some utterly amazing giants, and we thought it would be awesome to offer all of these fantastic gargantuans to you at HALF PRICE - but there's two conditions. One, we're only offering TEN of each miniature at this price, and two, it's for THIS WEEKEND ONLY as it ends at midnight (GMT) Monday the 12th of October 2020, just a few days away, and it won't be extended!
Wicked!! Thanks for the share. Just got me that atlantian colossus thing ive been eyeing up since I heard about Mierce. Hope I can do the paint job justice.
Really disappointing they didint include any winged Dis demons or dragons.. :( Ohh well next time
Got my Garth on manticore, and I can confirm that he does fit allright on a 75x75 base. Lots of overhang at the rear, but practically nothing up front and sides.
RECEIVED my Uuroch and Tunguuska.
Both fabulous, Mr. Hammerhead Sharkboy is huge.
The fit of these newer Mierce minis is amazing, just plonk them together, no fuss.
The details on Hammer time are awesome, very happy with him.
Uuroch is great too, cold be bigger, but considering I have Cthulhu mini with a 40cm wingspan, I guess I'm spoilt!
Every time they send me an update with pics of busty women in implausible dark age bikinis and huge gaps in their armour, I am a little put off buying more Mierce goodies... and I speak as someone who owns several hundred quids' worth of Mierce goodies already. :(
zedmeister wrote:She matches the overall look of the rest of the Thulean raiders in that they're lightly clothed ...
They do have some more heavily armoured Fomoraic mixed units coming next year ...
While I do appreciate the rebuttal
Ian Sturrock wrote:Every time they send me an update with pics of busty women in implausible dark age bikinis and huge gaps in their armour, I am a little put off buying more Mierce goodies...
I also don't disagree. It's not really a judgment on the company / sculptors involved, just more that every time I marvel at how antiquated their female 3D model is and immediately scroll on. I guess it's returning to the same old pulp fantasy fetish over and over (big round boobs, bikini, etc) that bugs me. Scantly clad fighters is cool if that's what your fantasy world supports, but change up your body types or something?
With Yuletide fast approaching, we thought we'd update you on when you need to order by if you want your webstore Mierce Miniatures before Christmas 2020!
Outside the United Kingdom
The following dates are the last posting dates before Christmas for Royal Mail's standard airmail and International Signed / Tracked / Tracked and Signed. If you order after the below dates, a UPS service can be provided upon request which should get there on time, but be warned - it's expensive, especially for the really fast services!
•Friday 4th of December - Australia and New Zealand
•Wednesday 9th of December - Rest of the World
•Thursday 10th of December - Canada, Cyprus and Malta
•Friday 11th of December - Greece, Eastern Europe (except Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia) and Turkey
•Saturday 12th of December - Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, Poland, Sweden and the United States
•Wednesday 16th of December - Austria, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland
•Friday 18th of December - Belgium, France, Ireland and Luxembourg
United Kingdom
The following dates are the last posting dates before Christmas within the United Kingdom.
•Friday 18th of December - Royal Mail Second Class
•Monday 21st of December - Royal Mail First Class / First Class Recorded
•Tuesday 22nd of December - Royal Mail Special Delivery
Order Before Those Dates
Remember that these are posting times, and you should make your order at least two days before the dates mentioned above. The above dates only apply to webstore orders - Kickstarter orders are an ongoing process and if you have any Kickstarter orders in production, they may well be shipped after the above dates.
Like last year, the real Black Friday will prove a little too close to the last Christmas posting times for certain countries - so we thought we'd give you all a whopping 30% off UK RRP on purchases from our webstore from now until midnight (GMT) on Friday, the 27th of November 2020!
What's on Offer?
Pretty much anything is covered by the sale - so, Darklands miniatures, BaneLegions miniatures and Templar's Forge hobby products - with only limited editions, components and Kickstarter items not a part of it. With over five hundred miniatures to choose from, you're spoilt for choice!
Not only can you get your hands on some of our quite amazing back catalogue, such as Krull or The Terror of Fortriu or Angrislaug or tons of others, there's also our superb new releases, such as Ingjald on Hrossíthír, Garth on Mantichora or the utterly stunning new Rēoc's Pack!
Sale Voucher Details
Your 30% off UK RRP discount voucher ends on Friday the 27th of November 2020 at midnight (GMT), and you really do have some superb miniatures to spend your hard-earned cash on!
The voucher will work on all the Darklands, BaneLegions and Templar's Forge items within our webstore, but:
not on starter bundles, battle hosts or starter hosts as they have their own huge discounts
not on any limited edition miniatures or books
not on any Components, Miscast Packs, Grab Bags or other offers
not on any Kickstarter items or other pre-orders
The voucher will work on pre-orders and, crucially, you'll still earn Moneyback - although tiered discounts are disabled when using a voucher.
How do I use the voucher?
Your voucher code is: BLAEC-FRIDAY-2020
To use this voucher simply register on the webstore, mierce-miniatures.com (if you haven't already), copy and paste the voucher code into the Voucher field in your basket when you have selected the items you want, press 'REDEEM', and the webstore will do the rest. You are not limited to one purchase and, indeed, we would ask you to recommend us to your friends with this voucher!
Their mailing list. I highly suggest if you're interested in Mierce stuff, subscribe to it. They run specials all the time and there's been some really good deals to be had.
I'm happy I was able to get Garth of Kernow on foot, as he was originally only available with the manticore (which is awesome, but I just didn't need a manticore and I dig the rider).
I'm hoping the updated Warriors of Baalor finally make it to the shop in 2021, along with their ogre buddies. Somebody needs to fight all my lizards.
highlord tamburlaine wrote: Their mailing list. I highly suggest if you're interested in Mierce stuff, subscribe to it. They run specials all the time and there's been some really good deals to be had.
I'm happy I was able to get Garth of Kernow on foot, as he was originally only available with the manticore (which is awesome, but I just didn't need a manticore and I dig the rider).
I'm hoping the updated Warriors of Baalor finally make it to the shop in 2021, along with their ogre buddies. Somebody needs to fight all my lizards.
I though i was on it already. Got a few of their kits..
I often lose track of this mailer as gmail tucks it into promotions, where it promptly vanishes from sight
Debating if I go ham and make my eventual ~20% Mierce croc-dude army for KOW into a 90% Mierce KOW croc-dude army. Tho I'm also keeping in mind that Mierce does BOGO through the summer, which serves wargame-level buying better, and I'm waiting for the other two giant croc-dudes anyway (who have a release date now - Dec 2021!)
Real Talk: I'm thinking about getting some Mierce infantry (!!!) and for the first time am confronted with the option of metal or resin. Normally I'd say resin all the way - Mierce's is great and at this point in my hobby career I'm of the opinion that metal sucks - but WOW the price difference is huge. So for those who now, how is Mierce's metal??
but it's the same bits as the resin, so there's a fair bit of tiny glue points that can be an issue especially on the hand sculpted stuff (the later digital stuff tends to have pins & sockets)
Mierce crashing down on the 'balanced on a tip toe' bloodthirster:
Order the NEW War Demons! You've only got until Monday at this price!
The awesome power of Beliayal, Khan-Rage and Mek-Khan - our new giant war demons each standing on a 120mm base and being around 275mm (11 inches) tall - is clear to see: they're even bigger than Krull. This is your chance to pre-order any of the war demons for just £124.99, saving you £75 from their eventual RRP, £199.99 - but you'd better be quick, because this is a time-limited offer: if you don't order him before midnight (GMT) on Monday the 14th of December 2020, you'll never be able to purchase him at this price again as any future offers will be a little more expensive, in the same vein as some of our previous releases. War Demons!
From left to right: Great Axe Beliayal, Servile Lord of Dis, Two Axe Khan-Rage and Great Chain Axe Mek-Khan - all 121mm to the eye, 275mm to the top of their wings (click the image for a larger image) War Demons Scale Shot
Scale shot of Beliayal (click for a larger image) Beliayal, Servile Lord of Dis
The amazing Bob Płociennik has taken the original artwork from Stef Kopinski's Krull to produce one of the most incredible miniatures we've ever seen. Like the other war demons, Beliayal stands around 275mm tall to the tip of his right wing and around 121mm to the eye; he's certainly bigger than Krull! Like Krull, however, he's a Servile Lord of Dis, a mighty demon-warlord of the Infernii kindred, able to be fielded in the hosts of Infernus and even in the Byzantii, if the army is big enough! Great Axe Beliayal, Servile Lord of Dis
Great Axe Beliayal, Servile Lord of Dis
You can purchase him as either Great Axe Beliayal or Two Axe Beliayal, although you will get the components shown for each version; so Great Axe Beliayal has a crucified nun on his inverted cross, and Two Axe Beliayal has a crucified monk (here at Mierce we're all for equal opportunities). All the various components that make up his accessories can be swapped between versions (even the BaneBeasts versions). So, you can have Great Axe Beliayal with Mek-Khan's head and Khan-Rage's hip skulls, if you really want! Two Axe Beliayal, Servile Lord of Dis
Two Axe Beliayal, Servile Lord of Dis Khan-Rage, War Demon
We've also got a BaneBeasts generic fantasy version of Beliayal, Khan-Rage, for those who don't want the Infernii upside-down-cross head and, of course, the inverted crosses hanging from his hip. The same size as Beliayal, Khan-Rage is for your generic fantasy army with stylised arrows on his axe, skulls of various creatures hanging from his belt and a curly-horned head! Great Axe Khan-Rage, War Demon
Great Axe Khan-Rage, War Demon
Like Beliayal, Khan-Rage comes with either great axe or two axes, although his skulls and so forth are the same for both versions. Two Axe Khan-Rage, War Demon
Two Axe Khan-Rage, War Demon Mek-Khan, War Demon
There's another version of Beliayal for sci-fi fans, too! Mek-Khan comes with a huge chainaxe (or two chainaxes) and a cyborg head! Great Chain Axe Mek-Khan, War Demon
Great Chain Axe Mek-Khan, War Demon
...and, of course, we have Two Chainaxe Mek-Khan, too! Two Chain Axe Mek-Khan, War Demon
Two Chain Axe Mek-Khan, War Demon Interchangeable Components
As stated earlier, all of Beliayal's components are interchangeable with Mek-Khan and Khan-Rage, so you can mix and match everything. If there's anything you'd like to change on your version of Beliayal, Mek-Khan or Khan-Rage, just tell us in the special instructions box when you go through the basket. Note that if you don't say anything you will simply get the version shown on the webstore. Please don't use Moneyback to purchase the War Demons
As this is a miniature we have to fund due to Bob's costs, the printing costs and of course the fitting sculptor's costs, please don't use Moneyback or any voucher codes to purchase any of the War Demons. You'll simply be refunded if you do so and you won't get him! Get any of the War Demons cheap now - before it's too late!
Pre-ordering the War Demons now is the only way to reserve your copy at this cheaper price, for once this pre-order offer ends - at midnight (GMT) on Monday the 14th of December 2020 - it will not be offered again at this price. It also won't be released for a while! If you want something utterly fantastic for your collection or your host, get hold of Beliayal, Khan-Rage or Mek-Khan now - before it's too late!
Happy Ordering!
For my money, the great chain axe version is red hot fire
How do I choose the free monster?
All you need to do is purchase a monster from the 2 for 1 category, and when you go through the basket simply input which free monster you'd like in the "special instructions" box. The only qualifications for the free monster is that it must be selected from within the 2 for 1 category and it must be either cheaper than or equal in price to the monster you are purchasing! As well as that, you can purchase as many monsters as you'd like and you'll still get a free monster for each one - stock willing, of course!
PLEASE DO NOT USE ANY VOUCHER CODES. Any orders using voucher codes will be rejected. Tiered discounts do apply - the more you purchase, the cheaper your monsters will be!
Has anyone seen progress sculpts for the new Erainn infantry- Men of Dún Geanainn, Sleanagh Unit? They are supposed to come out next month, just wondering if I missed an update.
No, not that I've noticed and looks like there really hasn't been any news for several months on how things are going. I like the Erainn and am interested in the set but with how long some things have drawn out I really can't remember if they've ever been shown.
I did finally bite on the 2 for 1 as I wasn't sure I needed anything but I've managed to paint up several larger Mierce things in the past few weeks for an RPG game and needed that giant naked mole rat. So I picked it and the Grundtroll up. Shipping has really jumped too. $24 for tracked, $16 for non-tracked. But that's what you get when international mail to your country stops getting subsidized. Still be a while till I'm use to paying the actual cost.
Alpharius wrote:Loving the new Ætulla, and the Walvax too.
But...
Spoiler:
Quoting an old post as I noticed last week that KSer stuff that's shown in the store now all have expected release dates. Mallox are January of 2022.
There's some things missing, Schyros for example, in their store but I think that's because the giant turtle is expected to release in the next month or two. The schedule from last summer has it as a Feb 2021 release but I think Mierce is a bit behind on that list as the current sale is the new Infernii which was originally december.
Alpharius wrote:
I think Mierce is a bit behind...
Well, this is just a vast understatement...
I received Uuroch last month.
I ordered him 2016...so 4 years for fulfilment.
My last 2 backorders are Scethæn, and Schyrós, original shipping date June 2017.
That Feb 21 date is not just late, but about the 6th time it has been pushed back!
Well, this is just a vast understatement... I received Uuroch last month. I ordered him 2016...so 4 years for fulfilment. My last 2 backorders are Scethæn, and Schyrós, original shipping date June 2017. That Feb 21 date is not just late, but about the 6th time it has been pushed back!
I know they're behind, I've been in this thread since the start so no sudden realization there from me, but I was stating in regards to the updated release schedule they gave 6-7 months ago. Though, looking at that list (as I'm bored and don't want to sleep) they managed to get June, July, August, October and December out (or at least placed on official coming next month pre-order and I assume actually shipping) as September, November and January's releases have been rescheduled to various times in 2021.
I do find it odd that Schyros is no where to be found in the store when everything else is. Maybe Rob just forgot to add the giant turtle when he got rid of the kickstarter categories last year? The new Gorgorar that were supposed to be out with it are listed as May 2021 now. It will be interesting to see how many of those dates stick as Mierce haven't been good at hitting dates for several years (thus I only order when they're ready to ship) but it does seam they tried the last 6 months with a global pandemic to boot.
I just know I want the turtle and I finally got around to building my Blood-maw I got in the very first KSer (7-8 years ago) and noticed it was missing a row of teeth which I must have overlooked. Don't want to pay full shipping for a $7 replacement part (not going to ask for a free replacement this many years later--that's on me for not noticing the first few times I thought about building it and maybe I lost it during one of those) and and trying to guess how long of a wait it will be till there's something I want up for sale I can add them too.
I had forgotten that Mierce was making a giant turtle entirely Tho google showed me that Bob had apparently sculpted it over 2 years ago: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/AA33q
caladancid wrote:Has anyone seen progress sculpts for the new Erainn infantry- Men of Dún Geanainn, Sleanagh Unit? They are supposed to come out next month, just wondering if I missed an update.
Boss Salvage wrote:I had forgotten that Mierce was making a giant turtle entirely Tho google showed me that Bob had apparently sculpted it over 2 years ago: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/AA33q
It's a pretty rocking turtle. Some of bob's best on the "giant creature" front. I'm kind of concerned that it's not listed as if there's something about it that wasn't working in molding and they're reworking it.
I's a pretty rocking turtle. Some of bob's best on the "giant creature" front. I'm kind of concerned that it's not listed as if there's something about it that wasn't working in molding and they're reworking it.
I's a pretty rocking turtle. Some of bob's best on the "giant creature" front. I'm kind of concerned that it's not listed as if there's something about it that wasn't working in molding and they're reworking it.
pre-order, scheduled for production in may 2021 (rrp for this one is £90 rather than £100, wonder it it's ended up shrinking slightly?, it's clearly still massive whether or not that's the reason as it comes with a 120mm base)
pre-order, scheduled for production in may 2021 (rrp for this one is £90 rather than £100, wonder it it's ended up shrinking slightly?, it's clearly still massive whether or not that's the reason as it comes with a 120mm base)
May 2021?
I hope so!
My top of list Mallax are now apparently slated for...January 2022!
Ian Sturrock wrote: I was thinking about them for Kings of War to represent snow trolls, but I think they'd be way too big.
I've seen them used for a water elementals horde, snow troll horde would be fine and very swank - particularly as snow trolls are on 50mm bases IIRC. You could have some height concerns depending on how tall your monsters are, buuuuut that's a problem that's easily solved ... with bigger monsters
Alpharius wrote: Interesting info posted over in the Official Mierce Forums:
Rick_Boer wrote:Darklands: Second Edition - coming later on this year now. I'm splitting it into three books; A5 Apprentice rules, A4 perfect bound Journeyman Rules, A4 Hardback Master Rules.
I don't know much else, and a quick check confirms 2.0 did not come out in 2020
Personally, I've checked out the Darklands rules a couple times and found them incredibly dense. Like, I've played many mini games with a pretty wide range of rules, but Darklands 1.0 (or at least the rulebook) was a lot to sift through
Alpharius wrote: Interesting info posted over in the Official Mierce Forums:
Rick_Boer wrote:Darklands: Second Edition - coming later on this year now. I'm splitting it into three books; A5 Apprentice rules, A4 perfect bound Journeyman Rules, A4 Hardback Master Rules.
I don't know much else, and a quick check confirms 2.0 did not come out in 2020
Personally, I've checked out the Darklands rules a couple times and found them incredibly dense. Like, I've played many mini games with a pretty wide range of rules, but Darklands 1.0 (or at least the rulebook) was a lot to sift through
Ah thank you for the info,
Yep the mierce forum seems kinda dead too, I registered but waiting for the amin to activate my account.
The rules are exactly what got me interested, I am looking for new systems to try out and Darklands seemed like a very nice pick for a really deep system, beside the interesting background and the modells.
But it will be rather hard to convince people of a system which is more or less not touched since 2018 rules wise.
Yeah I've been playing minis games since the 80s and... gave up on the Darklands rules too. I love the minis and the setting so if they could bring in someone to streamline the rules but keep the depth, I'd very much be in.
I actually still think, at heart, Darklands has a lot of potential, but the rulebook actually obfuscates rather than illustrates that.
There's an A5 "quick start" version, but frankly I'd already exhausted myself doing battle with the full size version before I got a copy and never really dig into it.
If there's a 2nd edition with a better edited, more clearly laid out book I'll still be interested in having another look.
I believe that Tim stated he wanted to do a couple versions for 2nd Edition: A more streamlined system and a quick start. But it will probably be a while.
Fortunately, my friends and I enjoy the recordkeeping and detail of the game...does not hurt that we are also Star Fleet Battles players.
Let's give you a few snippets though. In terms of production, the new Annik and Hedroc and Hound-Aberrants are actually in production right now. I'm getting them painted and then (hopefully) later on this month we'll be unveiling the promotion for them. There won't be much that's new - two new Hound-Aberrants, basically - but the promotion will give everybody the opportunity to get their hands on them all.
The Walvax Netters (late this month) and Shieldwall Fiends (April) are on schedule but they may be pushed back, we'll see. Beliayal is on course for May.
After that (at least for digital sculpts), in May, it'll be the new Leofwen and Rowena, alongside which will be Beornhelm the Sleanbera Thegn and a full unit of seven (count 'em) Sleanbera - you have three already of course. Banner Bearer and Herald + alts.
After that, in June, it'll be the Cocwocor, Cocneidr and a new monster for the Powys Brythoniaid, the Afanc. Traditionally there'll be the Ograx Reivers and Reivers. Hopefully Murcunn this month too - we'll see.
In July you'll have the new Eormanræd, Scethæn and the new mound beetles and hopefully the Byzantii - the new Auxilia, Sagittarii and Quintus / Gaius. Rumours of a new Equitus and Legionaries and Velchior are entirely true, although all of this lot in one month is a tough ask. We'll see.
August brings Schyrós, the reworked Gorgórar/Gorgóraxo, Medusel and Klóstiss, along with a new Thelliatiss in a few different weapon variations.
September is the Warriors of Baalor and a new Mananaan.
October will be Alix, Kerazek, Marzaon and the Ax-Margh-Drunes - and some new Ax-Drunes...
November is Anglecynn month with the new Duguth and the Duguth Eored, and we'll have a new Eadric and Timoth and Cynemon too.
December will hopefully be Wihts month!
So we're getting there. If you didn't know already, what I'm trying to do is get ahead of schedule: get production working first before I start a promotion and new stuff to go alongside kickstarter stuff, and get our presentation better at the same time. That means painted miniatures.
Hopefully 2021 will be a cool year for all you Miercenaries!
Now Eormanræd - that beautiful sculpt produced by Jacques-Alexandre Gillois - has been around for a fair while now, and when we created the artwork for Eormanræd on Horse JAG was still around and accepting commissions. Sadly, that is no longer the case, so we decided to get our very own Bob Płociennik to sculpt him.
Well now... Yannick Fusier, he of all things Ogrish, is sculpting the Oghureach, those ogre-centaurs we've all been looking forward to - and he's begun with Murcunn the warchief. We think you'll agree that this early work is particularly awesome!
As is our wont with these new mounted fellas and fellasses, we resculpt the foot version at the same time to make them look... well, coherent, if not super-bloody-awesome. Check out Rafael Dioli's work on Rudraige the Fat (pronounced Rory the Fat, dontchaknow) the warlord of the Uí Néill - starting with the Shieldwall foot version...
Yes indeedy, we have three mighty mound beetles on 80mm bases ahead of us, all awesomely digitally sculpted by Bob Płociennik; one will replace the original Thacaldān, which we're sad about because it's a cracking sculpt, but having two others of a different style would look odd. So Bob's done a unit of three!
OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote: Yes indeedy, we have three mighty mound beetles on 80mm bases ahead of us, all awesomely digitally sculpted by Bob Płociennik; one will replace the original Thacaldān, which we're sad about because it's a cracking sculpt, but having two others of a different style would look odd. So Bob's done a unit of three!
clear (wee colour) resin wings here
Giant dung beetles!
See, this is the kind of stuff you can't get outside of Mierce. Those are just epic
Although I'm not sure about the one with wings poking out the back, insect wings are hard to do and wings of all types are the one thing their digital sculptor has struggled with, I think. Doing them in yellow resin like they've noted is a good idea, though.
Seeing that resculpted Rudraige the Fat reminded me to check on what I was still waiting for.
I'm still waiting for items from back in 2016.
The minis look great, but they're not worth paying for 5 years in advance
B0B MaRlEy wrote: Seeing that resculpted Rudraige the Fat reminded me to check on what I was still waiting for.
I'm still waiting for items from back in 2016.
The minis look great, but they're not worth paying for 5 years in advance
Really? I thought they were slow but delivering everything? Five years is excessive.
B0B MaRlEy wrote: Seeing that resculpted Rudraige the Fat reminded me to check on what I was still waiting for.
I'm still waiting for items from back in 2016.
The minis look great, but they're not worth paying for 5 years in advance
Really? I thought they were slow but delivering everything? Five years is excessive.
The bugs look cool but that ogre is nice..
I think the "explanation" is that I'm waiting on things that were produced in resin, but not yet in the metal I purchased.
I don't think that's an excuse but I guess it's a reason?
They had a huge delay in metal as, at least according to Rob, it took them almost 2 years to even get a license from the city to set up metal casting due to the heat required so they're pretty far behind and only started last year. Why they didn't keep using the 3rd party to make metals until they could do it themselves I don't know.
I think they still use a 3rd party to make the metal molds for them though.
Monkeysloth wrote: They had a huge delay in metal as, at least according to Rob, it took them almost 2 years to even get a license from the city to set up metal casting due to the heat required so they're pretty far behind and only started last year. Why they didn't keep using the 3rd party to make metals until they could do it themselves I don't know.
I think they still use a 3rd party to make the metal molds for them though.
I assume because they sold the metal kickstarter packs too cheap... I think they were 50 pounds initially? Sculpts fell behind, so over time, the third party costs rose. If they had to hire out, I think they'd be losing money to have them cast.
They have a Half Price Nobles sale on right now. Some nice deals there, especially if you want both a mounted and foot version of a hero, though I'm always reminded on looking at the Nobles of how many more I'd be likely to buy if the women didn't universally* have really daft-looking boob armour. Personal taste, I guess, but it'd be nice if there were at least ONE faction that armoured their upper chests, as then I could buy them and not feel like I was fielding a silly army.
Monkeysloth wrote: They had a huge delay in metal as, at least according to Rob, it took them almost 2 years to even get a license from the city to set up metal casting due to the heat required so they're pretty far behind and only started last year. Why they didn't keep using the 3rd party to make metals until they could do it themselves I don't know.
I think they still use a 3rd party to make the metal molds for them though.
I assume because they sold the metal kickstarter packs too cheap... I think they were 50 pounds initially? Sculpts fell behind, so over time, the third party costs rose. If they had to hire out, I think they'd be losing money to have them cast.
That makes sense, the production costs 5 years ago are probably different from today.
It will be a huge task to keep up and speed with the metal casting.
I usually get things from them only at Salute so Im not sure how the KS side of things is going but looks like some delays are bigger than others.
Ian Sturrock wrote: They have a Half Price Nobles sale on right now. Some nice deals there, especially if you want both a mounted and foot version of a hero, though I'm always reminded on looking at the Nobles of how many more I'd be likely to buy if the women didn't universally* have really daft-looking boob armour. Personal taste, I guess, but it'd be nice if there were at least ONE faction that armoured their upper chests, as then I could buy them and not feel like I was fielding a silly army.
That does include Krull and other big daemons and some monsters!!! Half price Krul... Hmmm.... Aight Im convinced. I wanted that model since I first heard of mierce. Sad skaadi,moraine sorcerer isisnt half price too. I really wnat that mini but will bide my time.
EDIT: It also includes BaneLegions lords.
Ordered myself a Krull as well as banelegion not-malekieth. (Just wanted the dragon really..)
I have had no issues with shipping from the UK for most of the last year...almost every month Mierce sends me a box and it arrives in a couple of weeks. Spain, the Ukraine and Greece have not been an issue either...only Poland and Japan.
Japanese post delays may be some of the worst currently out there...
I actually don't care about shipping times, I was referencing the $28 USD base shipping rate This alone has kept me from ordering as much Mierce and Puppets War (Poland) as I certainly would have - during Black Friday, Mierce was the only European resin I bought, when virtually all of the minis I buy these days either come from Europe or in the form of files for my printer. It's way hard to casually jump on all these Mierce sales when I'm adding almost $30 to the end total, let alone PW's 10% off sales. (Tho Mierce's heavy sales makes it pretty close!)
But anyway, just complaining, carry on Miercenaries!
Ordered myself a Krull as well as banelegion not-malekieth. (Just wanted the dragon really..)
*Sigh....*
You won't regret it, I picked him up when he was still a Bane Beast in the final days of Maelstrom and to this day is still one of the most impressive models in my collection.
The first few times I used him as a counts as Bloodthirster at the local club he seemed to have his own personal gravity that could attract people from clear across a (really quite large) hall!
RiTides wrote: Is that unique to those two companies or did it go up suddenly across the board? I hadn't noticed but I, also, have been curbing my excess purchases
Across the board. US Federal government stopped subsidizing international shipping last year. So in reality that was always the price but the government paid part of the price.
B0B MaRlEy wrote: Seeing that resculpted Rudraige the Fat reminded me to check on what I was still waiting for.
I'm still waiting for items from back in 2016.
The minis look great, but they're not worth paying for 5 years in advance
Just to clarify...
The KS stuff is MASSIVELY delayed, no one disputes that, I received my Uuroch I ordered in 2016 late last year. 5 years after I ordered it, and 4 years "late" according to the initial KS timelines for delivery.
However, the new stuff Mierce is sending out campaign emails on are inserted into the KS backlog queue in order to provide ongoing funds to keep Mierce alive, and this seems to be working OK.
If Mierce only produced KS stuff, they've have no revenue stream, and would go bust.
So, I do buy some of their new stuff, mostly because they are still the damn finest minis on the market, but also to help keep that money flow to keep them afloat.
These 3 beetles, for example, will be made around the time they suggested, i.e July.
Hardback at A4 size and at a mighty 188 pages, The 2021 Mierce Miniatures Compendium is now available to pre-order (to be dispatched on the 2nd of April), but be warned - there's only 100 copies available, so you'd better get hold of your numbered, limited edition copy before they sell out - because they will! To that end, we're running a fabulous competition for all you Miercenaries where you could win up to £500 worth of miniatures if you purchase the Compendium!
Featuring over 800 miniatures and other products, The 2021 Mierce Miniatures Compendium shows you pretty much all of the miniatures we've ever produced, minus a few that have been resculpted and plus a few that haven't been released yet. They're all shown at roughly true scale, so you can judge their size, too.
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Ordered myself a Krull as well as banelegion not-malekieth. (Just wanted the dragon really..)
*Sigh....*
You won't regret it, I picked him up when he was still a Bane Beast in the final days of Maelstrom and to this day is still one of the most impressive models in my collection.
The first few times I used him as a counts as Bloodthirster at the local club he seemed to have his own personal gravity that could attract people from clear across a (really quite large) hall!
Monkeysloth wrote: How is this half price sale worse then any of the others they do every 3-4 months? This is been a pretty common thing for the past 2 years or so.
Am I right that the last Mierce KS (ignoring the swag one) ended on January 23, 2018? So there's some call for KSers to feel shafted as KS minis go up for cheaper than they were kicked at - technically I'm in this group too. But I also don't care and would rather see Mierce survive, plus the big sales are so dependable - and my need for more Mierce so low - that I know I can just wait and pick up stuff I want for 50% eventually.
Related to KS, was sad to see this morning that my two big croc boys have been pushed from Dec 2021 to June 2022 (or thereabouts). Bummer.
Monkeysloth wrote: How is this half price sale worse then any of the others they do every 3-4 months? This is been a pretty common thing for the past 2 years or so.
So there's some call for KSers to feel shafted as KS minis go up for cheaper than they were kicked at - technically I'm in this group too.
Sure, that's true but yxalitis has been on here for years so I'm curious why this one was painful when there was a half price monster only 4 months ago? I guess because recent stuff has been added but they were eventually going to be as for a long time, even before 2018, Mierce did 50% off sales but they were less frequent so it was expected.
Related to KS, was sad to see this morning that my two big croc boys have been pushed from Dec 2021 to June 2022 (or thereabouts). Bummer.
They can come take a seat next to the Mallax unit who just got pushed back from January 2022 to August 2022. They do a pot luck every 3rd Thursday and would love more of a variety of dishes since Daaral started phoning it in.
It might be a bit along the lines of *if* we didn't pledge 'back in the day', we'd be able to get the minis now, and faster vs. having money tied up for years and *still* not have miniatures in hand?
Maybe?
It's all sorts of messed up, if you're a backer of their past campaigns...
The sales model Mierce has used the past year or so has actually gotten me to spend more on miniatures from them then I probably have in 4-5 years combined.
Previously I had only been backing for a dollar then buying things as they were about to be removed from the KS store which was a good method until Rob started removing some earlier then that. Last big purchase was the Reivers which I've gotten half of (I by my human figures in metal).
How do their new human sized figures measure up? Previously the scale was all over the place, and on the small side. I have the original holumenn, teulu, duguth, etc and they are like 28mm historical range small.
Bossk_Hogg wrote: How do their new human sized figures measure up? Previously the scale was all over the place, and on the small side. I have the original holumenn, teulu, duguth, etc and they are like 28mm historical range small.
I want to say that the holumenn and duguth have been redone for that reason, but would like confirmation from someone paying more attention.
They started scaling them up pre-3D Sculpted era too. I grabbed a Erainn axe unit which was the first from the faction and paired it up to an Albainn Crossbowman (cat hair to scale) which was right before they started resculpting old stuff in 3d. You can see the Albainn is bigger (noted that both of these are metal versions). and the box behind them is about 2" tall. The most recent human I have from them is the Hyenna handlers from last year and they're the same size of the Albainn. Couldn't find any bluetac so I don't have one in the photo as they're all unassembled.
There are smaller figures then that Erainn as well. I've got some really old Formoric and Brythoniaid (especially the females) that make the Erainn look much bigger then it is but they're burred away somewhere as I don't think I'll ever paint such small resin figures. So I'm pretty sure the current size is the 2nd scale increase they've done.
Those are some good lookin bears, other than their Simpson's style 3 fingered hands. Odd choice.
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Monkeysloth wrote: They started scaling them up pre-3D Sculpted era too. I grabbed a Erainn axe unit which was the first from the faction and paired it up to an Albainn Crossbowman (cat hair to scale) which was right before they started resculpting old stuff in 3d. You can see the Albainn is bigger (noted that both of these are metal versions). and the box behind them is about 2" tall. The most recent human I have from them is the Hyenna handlers from last year and they're the same size of the Albainn. Couldn't find any bluetac so I don't have one in the photo as they're all unassembled.
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There are smaller figures then that Erainn as well. I've got some really old Formoric and Brythoniaid (especially the females) that make the Erainn look much bigger then it is but they're burred away somewhere as I don't think I'll ever paint such small resin figures. So I'm pretty sure the current size is the 2nd scale increase they've done.
Thanks for the pic! Glad they moved towards a bigger scale.
Bossk_Hogg wrote: Those are some good lookin bears, other than their Simpson's style 3 fingered hands. Odd choice.
Yeah, that was my choice, sorry lol. I tend to do that for creatures as a visual shorthand to show that they're not quite as evolved as humans even though they share a similar silhouette.
I just succumbed to the resin madness again and bought a whole lot of beasties from Mierce during their recent half off sale.
Even with half off my bank balance screamed in pain as I wilfully abused it leeching it to its limit for over a week before relief.
Couldnt even go out and buy milk.
It's worth it though, my bills were paid, now been food shopping and some gorgeous models are on my table.
Been assembling a trio of giant scorpions, they look real good.
I think it was the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers who pointed out that giant scorpions will get you through times of no milk, better than milk will get you through times of no giant scorpions
Ian Sturrock wrote: I think it was the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers who pointed out that giant scorpions will get you through times of no milk, better than milk will get you through times of no giant scorpions
I can always housesit for someone and then sell the house for more giant scorpions.
I can always eat out of the freezer, and use powdered milk, so no excuse not to get giant scorpions. And we all know that doubting whether I get around to finishing them is not a valid consideration, milk or no milk. Besides they were actually reasonably priced for Mierce, so half price made them bargains. Main problem I had was they they had double stingers. But they were easily convertable without harming quality, done one already and it looks better now.
The anatomy is also not correct in other ways, but its a giant monster so it can differ from the natural creature. I kept the teeth.
These come on 60mm bases to give an indication of scale I am rebasing onto clear plastic bases of the same size.
It was the Chimera and Manticore which were true luxury buys. But that Chimera, wow, it's a very nice model, and bigger than most of my dragons.
This requires a 100mm minimum and preferably a 120mm base. The mini is not involved with its base so I can give it a plain clear plastic base as per most of my monsters. However for such a gorgeous model I wonder if 'going cheap' on basing actually fits here. Genuinely torn on this.
I don't normally buy resin, or expensive single minis, and I am careful what I buy due to a fairly limited budget. Though while I do make large purchases but all are well researched beforehand and costed out. Milk or no milk; and bills come first.
But this is the fourth time I have bought Mierce stuff, in all cases due to a combo of half price sale (wouldn't touch it otherwise) and because they have something new or better that I can use.
My first purchase was the Nurgle Daemon Prince. As it was a signature character mini for a Nurgle Daemon army I could justify the cost. I had a mental block on paying for resin, but had a monocult Nurgle daemon army.
So I had a dilemma, have an army of models what were nearly all the same or go resin. So I made the plunge and started buying expensive resin. First I got some plague Toads from minimonsters.eu and went to Mierce to buy an "expensive" daemon prince. Though this is one of the first resin minis I bought, outside of some 'Finecast' I only recently assembled it, as I was getting around to doing the Nurgle army. Very tall, very brutal and fits a 75x75mm base. I also have the new GW Great Unclean One so I have thrown the Chaos Daemons bases sizes guide out of the window.
Then later I came back for an oversized Orc Wyvern. Slightly more of a luxury because I had a GW orc wyvern and this new one doesnt fit the proper base. But it was again a signiture miniature for a whole army so I bought it.
My third purchase was some ratties. I got them for RPG fodder rather than Warhammer, but I trusted Mierce by now, and it was a combo deal at an intro price. GW would have charged about the same for plastic, so I bit.
All the above was a single item on the sale. The giant rats are based on clear plastic as with 99% of my RPG collection. This was a problem for the rat swarms. I left them as they were but did not use the baes they came with. I am deciding between a thin plasticard base to fit, or some felt underlay. I will need to base them so they last though.
I have a mixed bag feeling on the rat swarms, some are better than others. Too big for WHFB rat swarms unless you decide to take 50x50mm bases, but they do look better. I might get more for my new Skaven army, but rat swarms arent much good frankly.
Then I came back for more RPG stuff and Warhammer bits just this last fortnight, blew all my money (post bills) to take advantage of the sale plus free shipping. Thisd was rtechnically two purchases, one of just over £100 for the free shipping, and another of just under another ton to add to it.
The Chimera and Scorpions mentioned above. Plus:
Wolves are staple intro monsters. It is kind of perverse that I am buying luxury quality basic monsters but using cheap plastic giants and trolls. But I am building a stable of a wide range of generic fantasy OPFOR for my games and wolves are a must have, and while wolf miniatures are very common there are surprisingly few decent sculpts and those that do exist don't mix together well to make a pack.
I wondered whether to get five wolves or ten, five wolves is a perfectly reasonable wolf pack, and I dont see the reason to up that just to provide a challenge. They are either a minor challenge to a low level party or as 'garnish' of monster accompanying something nastier.
I do have some buyers remorse over this one, it is big, bigger than it should be and I should have just relied on the Nolzur's manticore which is cheap and a very good sculpt. As the lion is properly proportioned it should be closer to lion size. I feel the same about the chimera frankly but that model was just so gorgeous I have wanted it for a long while, and will have an alt base for it as the Mountain Chimera from 8th which is nastier than most dragons.
I added these as Salamanders for my lizardman army, a box I had yet to tick. I never liked GW salamanders and while there are some viable models on bay, I liked these better and the sale price was good.
Closer to the old school Verminlord in size, so appropriate for both 8th and 6th. I prefer it to the new GW sculpt as that is too busy, and the old one, which is too small.
I recently started my Skaven army project, having put it off for years. It will likely be my last WHFB army and will be collected slowly over time due to cost of aquiring ratties nowadays. The above Mierce rats with exception of the priest will remain based as RPG miniatures, most of the army will be GW stock from eBay.
I like Skaven and they are fun, but baulked at collecting them. But I have dwarfs and I have O&G, so I really ought to get rats. Got some good deals already and topped them with this.
Finally I added a dog. PC pet option. Cost £3 so I shrugged and got him. Most of my PC miniatures are Fireforge and Frostgrave with some Warhammer and Gripping Beast plastics. If a character lasts through their intro I let my players access to a jumble of sprues of the above and let them model their own character. I ask for serious poses only and usually get them. All this only really works for humans and half elves and some elves, though I picked up some Wargames Atlantic hobbit sprues and have left over Warhammer bitz.
Thing is the PC miniatures are cheap bitzbashes whereas the 'throw in' wardog they can buy for 10 gold in the local town is a luxury model.
That pretty much covers it. Though I am likely to be back for a few pieces.
This caught my eye. Bit like Odin.
Also:
Because players character dont suffer enough. I might just get one though.
Will also pick up this at some point, for pretty much the same reason.
I might buy a Jabberwock, probably not, might not buy a Hydra, probably will, but will get ents, bears and boars cheaper elsewhere. So almost done.
Most of my Mierce stuff is sitting in the Shed of Shame, still. I've bought a fair few of their human-ish dark ages-ish warriors, almost always in the metals. And most of their wights, which are such gorgeous sculpts. Talos and one or two of the more Jason & the Argonauts type foes. Midden-beasts. Couple of their resin miscast packs... And I think that's about it? But I've not finished painting any, yet. :(
A collection of bits where the resin casting has gone wrong, mould slip and bubbles, plus breaks,
generally they're not keeping and passing on total trash, if you're a experienced modeler (or not fussed about mould slip) you'll do very well from them
There may well be a bias towards a few models as they get made up as they cast, and if they're casting, for example goz horrors, then you'll likely see several examples in a pack but there's usually enough of a mix to make it interesting
I think this was one of the Albaiin packs I picked up (the only photo I've got on the laptop)… actually the highest risk kindred as the giant which I've got a couple of sets of legs from isn't much use for anything other than making the giant, but still worth it for the other bits. The really huge stuff in most of the other kindred is monster torsos which are far easier to work into conversions
and remember that you can buy bits from mierce so you may be able to buy the bits to complete something next time you order
Yeah it's pretty random. I had some really good stuff including bog beast type torsos from one, which I think with some conversion will make for some great demonic or "evil Earth spirit" forces. Another included a lot of dragon wings... most of them one side (left, I think) which was MUCH less useful! Just meant I ended up adding the relevant right wings to the next order.
OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote: A collection of bits where the resin casting has gone wrong, mould slip and bubbles, plus breaks,
generally they're not keeping and passing on total trash, if you're a experienced modeler (or not fussed about mould slip) you'll do very well from them
There may well be a bias towards a few models as they get made up as they cast, and if they're casting, for example goz horrors, then you'll likely see several examples in a pack but there's usually enough of a mix to make it interesting
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I think this was one of the Albaiin packs I picked up (the only photo I've got on the laptop)… actually the highest risk kindred as the giant which I've got a couple of sets of legs from isn't much use for anything other than making the giant, but still worth it for the other bits. The really huge stuff in most of the other kindred is monster torsos which are far easier to work into conversions
and remember that you can buy bits from mierce so you may be able to buy the bits to complete something next time you order
although on rare occasions I've had enough bits in a single bag to make a complete mini (usually a human sized figure which is all on a single casting block so if one bit goes wrong the whole thing gets junked)
Those bags can be amazing...I got a couple of Infernii bags years ago and ended up with 4 mostly intact Krull torsos and a bunch of arms and legs (I think it was 8 Left legs?). Anyhow, after placing an order for about 70 quid in parts,I have enough correct parts to assemble a pair of winged and a pair of wingless demons.
I've bought 3-4 for them and I got at least one complete model in everyone (including monsters) but I realize it can be random and I've been lucky. I use the humans and pretty much anything in the atlantian bags to make statues both standing and crumbling as this type of resin is great for that.
They're 15mm 'big guys' from Khurasan - Assault Crabs and Sponk.
Tho google showed me that Bob had apparently sculpted it over 2 years ago: 
