Am I parsing that picture correctly, that the humans have... rifles? Are those rifles (or muskets)?

The Searing ones are pretty neat, sort of a monster from Thor vibe. I second that having them carry a Greek fire launcher would be a cool alternative, or at least piped up to shoot it from their hands.

They're shooting bolts of concentrated sun energy (so magic starwars blasters)

some of these are old, but all are worth seeing!

Ysians - Ys


Norse - Stafangr


Kthones - Arkhthon


Jutes - Wihtbearg


Fomoraic - Toraigh


Érainn - Tara


Byzantii - Lugdunum


Brythoniaid - Dyngonwy


Atalantes - Ilios


Angelcynn - Tamtun


Albainn - Dun Durn


And:

Byzantii Sagittarius Starter Host:

Remarkably, Ys doesn't look that different today!

I do love those landscapes of their cities and towns. Really brings home the feeling that these are real cultures doing their own thing.

and the real Toraigh Island (although when I went the Darklands image seemed closer to reality (cold, so cold)

Like the background stuff. Would happily roleplay the feth out of it if they had an art/background book that could be kickstarted to arrive after all interest has faded in my group.

Yeah those landscapes / strongholds are awesome

Update #1

Jan 23 2016
£15,000 - Atalantes Iliotoxotes Support Host
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We're almost funded and to celebrate that fact here's another host to aim for, the Atalantes Iliotoxotes Support Host, set at £15,000!



Led by Sunspear Kyros, who has a sunspear ranged weapon, this starter host gives the Atalantes general something no other kindred can boast - a ranged unit, the Iliotoxotes, with rifles as opposed to bows, slings or thrown rocks! Joining them are the Pyrokolossi, ancient bronze hulks that capture the power of the sun to direct upon their enemies and burn them rather nastily. These guys are alternates of the original Mesokolossi of course!

Increase your pledge by £60 to purchase the Atalantes Iliotoxotes Support Host in metal, or £90 to purchase the Atalantes Iliotoxotes Support Host in resin. You can of course purchase the units within the host individually, at the prices listed on the graphic.

Watch for more Support Hosts soon!

Out of curiosity do any of that starter sets ever make it to the website for ease of purchase with a general play guide to the force/faction? Sans discount obviously,

Zond, not yet. It's something they want to do though

As an aside, new Jutes stretch

Guess maybe that's a barrier that could be addressed. First kickstarter was 2012/2013 right? It wouldn't be difficult to put a resin bundle on the website with or without discount for players to access outside of kickstarter. Or explain how factions play a bit more.

Best to get a bunch of the metals out first, those would make for bundles at a much less frightening price point for new players. Having the rulebook on the shelves in a few months as well is another good move in that direction.

I seem to remember that they wanted the rulebook done before they put out starter sets to retail. And metals will definitely help there.

At the moment, the rulebook is key and pretty much all effort is being directed towards finishing that. Once done, I expect we'll see the website changed, etc...

Do we have an ETA on the rulebook?

It's now fully written and with the layout people so that just needs finishing and off to print

Weeks? Months?

Zond wrote:
Out of curiosity do any of that starter sets ever make it to the website for ease of purchase with a general play guide to the force/faction? Sans discount obviously,

You mean the host bundle? Not sure. The first ones from metal age are going out now, and typically stuff ends up on the store a few months after its shipped to the backers. My understanding was the metal hosts were intended as starters to help get Darklands into more stores thanks to a lower price point and ease of manufacturing (metal casts easier than resin), so I'm thinking its likely they will be available as a whole. However that does require box art, different packages, etc.

Zond wrote:
Weeks? Months?

Not sure - last we heard was (I think):

Off to printers by end of January

Printed up and starting to ship to backers in February

Available everywhere by (X)

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
It's now fully written and with the layout people so that just needs finishing and off to print

I just had a traumatic flashback to Exalted 3e, where there was much rejoining when it was announced layout was underway, then it went dark for another six months.

 Elemental wrote:

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
It's now fully written and with the layout people so that just needs finishing and off to print

I just had a traumatic flashback to Exalted 3e, where there was much rejoining when it was announced layout was underway, then it went dark for another six months.

Any particular reason why you think that's what's happening here?

Noone has more reason to want to get this book out than Rob.
Really looking forward to it.

Probably not going to go too crazy this KS, need to do some Mierce stock taking on my end and see what I'm sitting on.

 Alpharius wrote:

 Elemental wrote:

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
It's now fully written and with the layout people so that just needs finishing and off to print

I just had a traumatic flashback to Exalted 3e, where there was much rejoining when it was announced layout was underway, then it went dark for another six months.

Any particular reason why you think that's what's happening here?

It's over 18 months late as is, pessimism on release dates is fair enough.

Optional purchase just appeared - note this has already been commissioned and doesn't need funding!

MaxT wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:

 Elemental wrote:

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
It's now fully written and with the layout people so that just needs finishing and off to print

I just had a traumatic flashback to Exalted 3e, where there was much rejoining when it was announced layout was underway, then it went dark for another six months.

Any particular reason why you think that's what's happening here?

It's over 18 months late as is, pessimism on release dates is fair enough.

It is certainly quite late, but I think we should maybe wait until he's missed the revised schedule that was put out (x) months ago before getting too worked up...

 Alpharius wrote:

 Elemental wrote:

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
It's now fully written and with the layout people so that just needs finishing and off to print

I just had a traumatic flashback to Exalted 3e, where there was much rejoining when it was announced layout was underway, then it went dark for another six months.

Any particular reason why you think that's what's happening here?

Erm, because it's friggin' Kickstarter? Nothing against Mierce in particular, I just don't put faith in anybody's delivery estimates anymore, short of "It's in the post."

Given the behavior I've seen from some Kickstarters (not this one!), you shouldn't even believe that at times!

Dreāguth Deathbringer for the Jutes:



He's a wizard and a fighter, that morning star is a lantern as well.

So any info on how the factions play? I feel dumb asking this after having backed so many of their kickstarters, but the models were pretty. I'm still tempted here despite their attitude towards certain issues and their lack of communication (or tone) whenever I email them directly, but I'm wanting to know how the game plays.

Infantry and Monstrous Creatures - significant differences across factions or more or less the same? Faction wide special rules or a plethora of universal special rules attached to units? This Savage Hordes rulebook, is this supplementary rules or just army lists for the forthcoming tome?

The Savage Hordes rulebook from what I've read is kind of like an army list book with lots of background info as well.

No idea how anything plays I've only just got round to painting my Darklands minis.

 zedmeister wrote:
Dreāguth Deathbringer for the Jutes:



He's a wizard and a fighter, that morning star is a lantern as well.

Oh that is beautiful. New Stretch Goal?

I was trying to stay out of this one to save my wallet, but those Jutes....

No goal for him yet, so your wallet is safe for now...

 zedmeister wrote:
No goal for him yet, so your wallet is safe for now...

I'll have to throw in the base pledge to hold a spot. Hopefully that guy becomes a stretch goal soon.

Khthones preview!

Gorgórargós

Reptile approved.

Still not a Dewindraig though.

It is almost like these types of things fire up some sort of hidden Highlordin' Signal!

Oh yeah shes nice, I hope shes sculpted by the same person who did the gorgorars unit as I prefer their proportions.

More concepts, another Leiptroll for the Norse:

That is awesome!

And I've already got a lot of trolls for the Norse Kindred!

Leiptrolls have been teased quite a few times - I hope they finally make it in!

Magicians and sorcerers everywhere! Malus of Antioch, Magus Infernum Primus

Oh god, something else that looks like it will be really amazing. And the Pseudo-Roman style.


Damn you Mierce. I don't want to put in for Byzantii. My poor wallet. I'm on a student's budget as it is.

New stretch:

£13,750 - Exclusive Nobles I

Here's a thing... in our previous projects we've produced a number of alternate warlords and warchiefs - nobles - exclusive to that project and only in resin. After numerous calls for their resurrection in metal, you can now purchase the first set of Exclusive Nobles, at £13,750!



We've brought you these guys because we have so many new backers from recent projects that may never have seen any of these miniatures, or had the chance to own them. So get hold of them now!

Produced in metal only and strictly exclusive to this project - you will not be able to purchase them anywhere else - these guys will be with you shortly, at £13,750, so get pledging for them now - because once they're gone, they're gone forever!

Does Enslaved Agriosavra come with two head options, or just one? I liked the open mouthed version of Agriosavra best, which is in the main picture, but I haven't see any sculpts come with alternate parts like that before so I'm guessing it doesn't?

Damn I like that Magus.

I had no interest in the Infernii, but that's a cool looking design. Especially if they end up having all those flames included as a scenic base.

Speaking of concept art, what happened to those Albainn ogre-centaurs from a while back? I think they were a missed stretch goal a few KS's back, did they get an update since then in one of the ones I wasn't really watching?

No they haven't been shown since, I was hoping to see the Jutgar but I'm doubting they will return in this kickstarter.

 Elemental wrote:
Speaking of concept art, what happened to those Albainn ogre-centaurs from a while back? I think they were a missed stretch goal a few KS's back, did they get an update since then in one of the ones I wasn't really watching?

Cavalry are a "if we get loads of money" option on this KS (because I was asking about Cawrdraig in the comments), which is a shame as Cawrdraig and the ogre-centaurs are the two things I really want.

 GiraffeX wrote:
No they haven't been shown since, I was hoping to see the Jutgar but I'm doubting they will return in this kickstarter.

What were the jutgar? Living troops?

Does anyone remember some fish-man monster? I cant remember if it was a baalor critter or a ysian thing made from them.

Yeah they were pic below

If you're talking about Conjunct XIX for the Ysians we've only seen art for it,



(although I'd love it to hit the sculpting bench)

Oh my gosh, I need that thing . Probably not going to see it in the short term, but if we do I am all over it!

So, looks like some concepts are missed:

Update art for Maari, Reiver Witch:



And an alt-version. This one I wont display, but link to. The reason being is this comes with a NSFW warning!
http://mierce-miniatures.com/projects/ksdsh2/fomoraic_maari_03.jpg


Finally, this nutter:

Érainn Cruimther:

Maari was shown but it was on page 220, so it got buried quick! I'm not a fan of the alternate version, but really like that basic concept sketch above

Maari could totally hang with some of those Circle Druids.

Just saying...

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
If you're talking about Conjunct XIX for the Ysians we've only seen art for it,



(although I'd love it to hit the sculpting bench)

Yeah! That's the one. That thing is pretty boss, hopefully we get it (and the critters its based on) one day.

 zedmeister wrote:
So, looks like some concepts are missed:

Update art for Maari, Reiver Witch:



And an alt-version. This one I wont display, but link to. The reason being is this comes with a NSFW warning!
http://mierce-miniatures.com/projects/ksdsh2/fomoraic_maari_03.jpg

I love the concept for Maari, she's a cool looking character, but I feel they need to do more to make her alt version a bit more different than the original.

I don't have any issue with her 'exposed assets', but if you look at any of they previous KS exclusives that Mierce has done I just feel like she needs some sort of change to her head or weaponry, or SOMETHING. Masked Nuala was a pretty subtile change, as are most of the 'helmed' versions of characters, but they really feel different. Perhaps a new hairstyle, a helm, hood, or a new top to her staff. A lovely 'come hither hand, or a frozen head in place of her weapon might be kind of cool too. At this point they're just not selling me on getting both versions.

On a side note, i had originally planned on painting her with pure white skin and hair, sort of an 'Ice Witch' motiff, but I'm realizing she's just going to look like 'Lady Death'.

I really like the artwork for the Fomoraic host and Maari, have Mierce announced who the sculptors will be, or is it too early?

I agree with everyone regarding the alternative Maari artwork, It's not very subtle is it?

New Update: Infantry Starter Hosts are back.

Due to popular demand, we've worked long and hard to bring you some fantastic Infantry Hosts to serve as a great introduction to Darklands and of course to bolster the armies of every kindred out there!

Here's all the Infantry Hosts you can go for in one graphic:

A few have been asking and it's been posted: A short summary of each Kindred's play styles

Albainn - very anti-magic, lots of giants and ogres that dish out good combat skills
Anglecynn - ferocious and fast but fragile, cunning and sneaky, these guys hit hard but find it difficult to survive protracted combats
Atalantes - strong and slow, the automata never break and are implacable enemies
Brythoniaid - swift, shooty death - the dragons breathe fire upon the enemy and the infantry shoot the rest
Byzantii/Infernii - solid infantry, murderous monstrous infantry and much hell fire to burn the enemy
Érainn - a good all rounder; nasty infantry and monstrous infantry, huge tree-beasts and life magic
Fomoraic - combat orientated; they're very nasty in combat, not much shooting and use the cold to affect the enemy
Jutes - the undead allied with humans; resurrection of warriors that die. They're quite slow, but very difficult to shift
Khthones - mostly monstrous infantry, these guys hit hard and use venom to debilitate larger enemies
Norse - fast and strong in combat, lots of flyers, but very little cavalry and ranged attacks
Ysians - ferocious creatures and corruption, the infantry are very good, but nothing has much armour to speak of


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Mad Nun anyone?

Nerys, Abades of Môn:

Wow, alt Maari is just lazy. I hope that gets more work!

The spear unit there looks pretty sweet though. I hope to see that in metal someday.

Nice that the hosts are back. Still unsure what I want based on playstyles but glad a guide is finally there

You mean the human (living) infantry for the Jutes?

If so, yes, I hope so too!

And *when* they finally appear and are funded, they'll certainly be available in metal too!

Remain calm, this is a Demimagus



Still a rough and the final piece may be different

Is that different than the other one we saw before, or is it the same guy?

Both illustrations were pretty cool.

It is different - a different unit entirely!

(I think!)

The other one we saw was all human, this one is half dæmon.

Oh god my wallet.

I do hope it comes out a lot better than Erebius the Demiurion. Either the paint job doesn't do the model justice, or it really doesn't look right to me.

 RivenSkull wrote:
Oh god my wallet.

I do hope it comes out a lot better than Erebius the Demiurion. Either the paint job doesn't do the model justice, or it really doesn't look right to me.

What do you reckon on the Yannick's Hennebo sculpts?


This one is still WIP

 zedmeister wrote:

 RivenSkull wrote:
Oh god my wallet.

I do hope it comes out a lot better than Erebius the Demiurion. Either the paint job doesn't do the model justice, or it really doesn't look right to me.

What do you reckon on the Yannick's Hennebo sculpts?

Paintjob as the primary problem it is then, though I think part of it is simply the style of the miniatures that I'm not too keen on.

I'll wait for my Erebius on Behema to arrive, and reserving final judgments for when I have the model in hand.

 RivenSkull wrote:

 zedmeister wrote:

 RivenSkull wrote:
Oh god my wallet.

I do hope it comes out a lot better than Erebius the Demiurion. Either the paint job doesn't do the model justice, or it really doesn't look right to me.

What do you reckon on the Yannick's Hennebo sculpts?

Paintjob as the primary problem it is then, though I think part of it is simply the style of the miniatures that I'm not too keen on.

I'll wait for my Erebius on Behema to arrive, and reserving final judgments for when I have the model in hand.

IMO, the original Erebius is one of the weaker sculpts. The cloak and face/horn and foot in the demon transition parts didnt come out so great (unless I got a mediocre cast). He still painted up OK, just not cracking any of my Mierce top lists. For what its worth, they used the Dan Cockersell's rider figure from the mount as the unmounted metal version, and the problem areas look cleaner on that sculpt.

Blight Vras

My Clan Pestilens monks are all nodding their heads in acknowledgement of a nice looking concept.

Mierce may get me to pick upsome Vras yet...

Cool concept art, but I wonder what he is holding in his hand? With Darklands other nudish miniatures I can only wonder.

@Grefven - it's decomposing flesh.

Uh oh!

Golgog Goat-Eater...



He will be the equivalent of Alix for this project... he brings monstrous infantry with him; it'll be slightly different in that he will be able to bring different monstrous infantry in his warband, so you're not stuck with a unit of the same thing.

So Golgog, plus let's say... a Srónax... a Dyndraig... a Troll... all out for their own ends... (note, some monstrous infantry may not be able to be taken - Fiends, for example, don't care about money or working conditions, so they won't be able to be taken).

Again, you'll have to back this project to get any free monstrous infantry, and how much you can have depends on your current pledge. You'll still have to buy Golgog - he'll be £30 and resin only.

The artwork above is just a rough, but on Monday (I'm at the accountants all day tomorrow) I should have the full artwork and so will bring you a proper stretch goal with all the monstrous infantry you can go for.

That's an Oghu Stone weapon, by the way (he was Albainn).

Now that is not only just what this project 'needs' to kick it into gear, but an awesome concept in every meaning of the word!

 Alpharius wrote:
Now that is not only just what this project 'needs' to kick it into gear, but an awesome concept in every meaning of the word!

It's a cool concept, only that the character wields the weapon wrong. As he holds the axe/hatchet right now means that he will hit someone with the side of the weapon and not either of the sharp or blunt head.

1) It is still a rough - maybe they'll switch it up a bit?
2) Even if they don't, it's still awesome!

 Alpharius wrote:
1) It is still a rough - maybe they'll switch it up a bit?
2) Even if they don't, it's still awesome!

I hope they change it Otherwise, for me, it's the little thing that can destroy a good concept.

I may as well just give them all my money now then, he looks very cool and is a great idea.

I'm interested to see which creatures will work for Golgog.

Rob already said that the infernii are out, but I'm guessing there will be a few more.

I'm guessing the Atlantean constructs will all be out.

Probably the undead of the Jutes, and I'm guessing their spiders too.

The brythoniaid chickenhawks might be out as well (I'm guessing anything that doesn't wear clothes or hold weapons is out).

The tree and peat beasts of the Erainn

Possibly the Ysian brutes & abberrants as well.

Perhaps the Hydrar, since 'they so crazy'.

It would be cool to have him bring wolves (sweorns pack), freawolves, werwulfas, & waelwulfs all in one group.

Dunno, I think more will be allowed than you think. Constructs, definitely not.

The odd Dreāguth, missing the life of adventure perhaps?
Don't think clothes matter, and anything to get away from those Seaxons! Érainn, probably right. Hydrar sound like perfect recruits! With brutes, I can imagine the Ysians getting the wrong tramp, turning him, and ending up with a more intelligent creature who subsequently legs it!

 zedmeister wrote:
Dunno, I think more will be allowed than you think. Constructs, definitely not.

The odd Dreāguth, missing the life of adventure perhaps?
Don't think clothes matter, and anything to get away from those Seaxons! Érainn, probably right. Hydrar sound like perfect recruits! With brutes, I can imagine the Ysians getting the wrong tramp, turning him, and ending up with a more intelligent creature who subsequently legs it!

Good points Zed!

There might be lots more reasoning that creatures would join him that perhaps we don't know without more background on them. I guess we'll know Monday when Rob reports in.

@Grefven - he's just brandishing it, not swinging it. The brief didn't say "he's swinging the club". It would be a matter of seconds to swap his grip to swing.

I should know by now that nothing's ever good enough for Gref. There's always something wrong...

Mierce Miniatures wrote:
@Grefven - he's just brandishing it, not swinging it. The brief didn't say "he's swinging the club". It would be a matter of seconds to swap his grip to swing.

I should know by now that nothing's ever good enough for Gref. There's always something wrong...

Haha.. I said it was cool, didn't I?

image WIP tease

Albainn Ogmops, Oghurithne Channeller:

I'll be happy to finally have a legal game unit of draigs, rhinos, and snakes.

Hopefully kroks too, because why not?

Reptilian coexistence brought about by an absolute love of goat meat!
Golgog is making some serious inroads in reptilian race relations!

£15k passed and two artworks!

For the Atalantes, Baltazar the Thaumaturgos:


For the Anglecynn, Rowena the Wiglere of Beornica:

Mierce Miniatures wrote:
@Grefven - he's just brandishing it, not swinging it. The brief didn't say "he's swinging the club". It would be a matter of seconds to swap his grip to swing.

I should know by now that nothing's ever good enough for Gref. There's always something wrong...

I just saw that as constructive criticism - much better to catch it now if you'd like to tweak it (totally up to you, of course, but now's the time to say something rather than once it's sculpted!).

That Baltazar...so awesome!

Digging Rowena!

Not sure why but all I see when I look at Baltazar is an Atlantean Zardoz.

Still waiting on some draig concepts... magic dragons not named "Puff" are what I'm after!

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Not sure why but all I see when I look at Baltazar is an Atlantean Zardoz.

That probably say more about you than the miniature!

A lil question if it's' alright: the hranfmanns are on 60mm bases. Sounds big. I can't find any comparison picture to a regular 28mm human on the net, though. It's not the easiest name to google They're probably too big for the idea I just had, but if anyone can help me with a pic that'd be ace!

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Not sure why but all I see when I look at Baltazar is an Atlantean Zardoz.

Well, the Atalantes have a declining population and use gun-like weapons, so....

Binabik15 wrote:
A lil question if it's' alright: the hranfmanns are on 60mm bases. Sounds big. I can't find any comparison picture to a regular 28mm human on the net, though. It's not the easiest name to google They're probably too big for the idea I just had, but if anyone can help me with a pic that'd be ace!

Your wish, my etc.
[edit: apparently my phone hates dakka]

Second one, because it wouldn't attach to the first post.

Old hands have probably read similar before but for newer converts and casual visitors a brief rundown of the Darklands kindreds

Creator Mierce Miniatures 38 minutes ago

@Count - sure...

The Byzantii would have some friends amongst the eastern and north African lands, but in terms of northwest Europe - well, none.

The Fomoraic are not demons - they are natural creatures. The only demons in Darklands are the Infernii.

So the Érainn, whilst knowing the Byzantii/Infernii are a threat, would view the Fomoraic as their main threat, as they're on Eriu's doorstep...

In terms of the other kindreds, it's relatively straightforward.

The Albainn, Brythoniaid and Érainn are three sides of the same coin; Christianity is there but because the One God has not managed to keep their enemies at bay - particularly the Norse and the Fomoraic - the old ways are coming back. Hence Oghu, the Dragons and Danu for those three respectively. So those three are often allies, but will fight each other without a thought. The "Celtics" view anybody else as a major threat, but typically do not invade other lands - they just raid, like everybody else does.

The Fomoraic view everyone and everything above the water as ripe for the picking, and so will invade wherever they can.

The Anglecynn are split into two groups - the pagan Angles (Mierce, Beornica, Dēra, Eofora) and the Christian Angles (Northumbraland and whenever the Eoforas need to be). The pagan Angles will always look after each other and hate the Northumbrians for what they have done to the Beornice and Deore - effectively, paganism and of course shape-shifters are persecuted north of the Humber. The Jutes will always ally with the Angles and vice versa as they are all pagans. A quirk of history means that the Miercna will ally with the Brythoniaid (usually against the Northumbrians).

The Seaxans (Wesseax/Susseax/Esseax), like the Northumbrians, are the most Christian of the lot, now the Franks are under the sway of the Ysians. They are devout and will persecute any form of paganism.

The Ysians are once-Britons; when the Seaxans split them off from the Britons in Wales, they appealed to them for help but the Welsh failed to help them so now they follow one of the old gods - Kernunnos, the Horned God. They became Drunes over time and migrated to Brittany (northwest of France), where Ys lies. Ker-Ys is a legendary city that apparently became the model for Par-Ys... Paris. Under which are the Vras... who they ally with, along with the Franks, who have slowly been infiltrated by the Horned God over the years. It doesn't help that the Franks (effectively a Germanic tribe, so shape-shifters) have a very weak king. (historical truth).

The Byzantii and Infernii are re-conquering the west now that they have shaken off the Nailed God. Believing they lost the west because of that faith, the Emperor has turned to its opposite for power - Dis. I've kind of already explained their symbiotic relationship...

The Norse are just in it for the plunder to be honest. They want to raid and pillage and maybe eventually settle. In our setting the Norse are about 150 years ahead of the first accepted viking raids, but some lands in Northumbria were paying tribute to Norse kings way before that...

The Atalantes and Khthones have a special relationship; the Atalantes created the Khthones to do their menial things, the Khthones had enough of that after a few thousands years and the current rebellion - led by Ophios - is one the Atalantes have not managed to put down as they are very few in number. Atalantia is crumbling into the sea, so they are both raiding the lands to the east to attempt to settle, and the Ice Sheet is nearing its northern isles too, so they both want to leave and stay at the same time...

The rest of the darklands hear of rather a lot of wealth in Atalantia - gold, silver etc. - and will often raid there.

That is a very quick, simple rundown of race relations in the darklands around 650AD...

Very, very kind of you, razormage. And helpful. The Orc with the amazing paintjob is a nice bonus. As is the Ogre's Duffman-hip-thrust pose

So they WOULD work as griffons for Hordes on a 40 mm base. But it'd be a pain to get them into b2b.

I imagine this one will see a significant boost once the "Goat-Eater Incentive" is revealed on Monday.

But with will it be enough, and will there be enough time left, to get us pas the all important £50K goal?

I hope so - as I know I'll most likely be upping my pledge significantly once it hits!

(Thank goodness for tax return season!)

The sorcerers are starting to show up as stretch goals.

We've unlocked another starter host and so let's celebrate with another stretch goal, which is just around the corner at £17,500. It's for Maari, a Reiver Witch for the Fomoraic!

Which means those other really nice things aren't too far behind. This is both good and bad.

Maari was the one I was after, thats exciting news.

Some new postings for thee:

£17,500 - Maari, Reiver Witch

We've unlocked another starter host and so let's celebrate with another stretch goal, which is just around the corner at £17,500. It's for Maari, a Reiver Witch for the Fomoraic!



Maari is a Reiver Witch, a sorcerer of the Fomoraic as well as a strong warrior in her own right, wielding a Staff of the Ice and a war cleaver to take the fight to the enemy. Maari will stand around 30mm to the eye on a 30mm base and is an Uncommon, Wild Warchief of the Fomoraic.

Increase your pledge by £6 (metal) or £10 (resin) to purchase Maari!
Saairen Maari, Reiver Witch

Maari was once a Melusine, a beautiful and beguiling warrior of the Ysians, until the power of Baalor turned her to his influence. Even though her days as a siren are gone, she still prefers to fight as she once did for the skills she learned stand her in good stead under the Eye.

Saairen Maari is strictly project exclusive and will only be available for a short time after this project ends. Increase your pledge by £10 (metal) or £15 (resin) to purchase Saairen Maari!

Sculptor to be Yannick Hennebo!


For the Brythoniaid, a Dewindraig (rough):


For the Byzantii, Malus of Antioch, a Magus Infernum Primus (updated):

Dibs on the Dewindraig!

These new sorcerers are looking very cool. Looks like I'll be getting a lot of magic users this time around.

How big is the Dewindraig?

Loving the background info. Will we ever see (or have I missed) any sort of divine or angelic model? Something as a counter to the Infernii monsters popping up everywhere.

Zond wrote:
Loving the background info. Will we ever see (or have I missed) any sort of divine or angelic model? Something as a counter to the Infernii monsters popping up everywhere.

There was the odd hint a while back on 'Nasty Angels'. What Kindred or if they are still planned for, I don't know.

We've seen the nun and the crazy hermit/priest type, and there was mention of a Bishop for the Wessaex, but I haven't heard any hints yet about actual divine models - I guess it depends how much the Christian God backs up his followers in the Darklands setting...

 Alpharius wrote:
How big is the Dewindraig?

Is "monstrous infantry" specific enough or were you wanting more? Angedern is on a 60mm base and absolutely massive as monstrous infantry models go.

Nasty burning wheel, thousand eyes, multiple faces angels would be cool. As would overwhelmingly brilliant ones I guess. Got to have one pretty monster faction.

Morning folks,

So yesterday myself and a couple friends headed down to Mierce Towers to meet Rob (and briefly Tim) and get a feel for the game.

As we walked in, nerd heaven came to mind! Tonnes of minis everywhere, including many of the professionally painted copies in display cabinets and game ready examples with no paint on them.

I have to say, seeing so many Mierce minis in one place and as cohesive 'collections' looks beyond fantastic. Funnily enough, I'm now very sold on some minis I really wasn't before; Maallolvor, Vaak, Praach for example. Breathtaking minis.

We also had a little tour of the casting and mould making areas, very cool, including seeing some of the metals for the first time, phenomenal detail and quality on those.

The main thing we went down for was the game intro. Ben went up first for a basic intro with a chief and unit (Gorgonarch and 4 Gorgorar vs an Ysian chief and four brutes).

In the first hour, the brutes being frenzied ran full pace across the board in their first round. Kthones under attack orders attempted to counter change only to fall short and be charged in the second hour.

My first lesson in the nuances of the game. The brutes charged the Gorgorar, but reached the Gorgonarch too, drawing in the powerful chief.

The brutes bounced, and with the Gorgonarch tilting the balance on the counter attack, left one brute standing. Three brutes dead, one Gorgorar dead. The remaining brute then flayed himself due to being unstable, and
the Ysian chief couldn't sway things back in his favour. All in all a nice little fist fight to get dice rolling and our gaming heads on.

Next up was me with my 1800gold muster I'd created for the Sheffield Slaughter next week. My host is a pure Infernii one:
Servile Champion of Dis
5x Fiends of Dis with champion and Banner
5x Fiends of Dis with champion and Banner
Allied Magus Infernum
(I hadn't realised spells are bought with the recent muster updates so after a discussion we both gained a couple of spells that pushed our gold value over 1800, but not by much.

Rob's Ysians were something along the lines of
Chief Drune
10x Ax Drunes
Seer Drune
10x Bow Drunes
5x Brutes
5x Brutes
Druc the meat hulk giant
(Those who know Ysians better than me will hopefully make sense of the above)

Rob deployed in a fairly straight line, left to right facing me the bow drunes with seer, druc, brutes, ax drunes with chief, second brutes.
There was only one piece of terrain that made any difference and that was a pond in front of the bow drunes and druc.

Memory is hazy as there was a lot to take in so this will be more of a summary than an actual report!

Rob gained the initiative, and with me feeling very outnumbered the two brute units and Druc under attack orders pressed forward.
My fiends under attack orders went their full distance too, with Malacant the Champion behind the front line.

Still in the first hour, Rob then performed a very cheeky little manouvre with his seer drune; casting a spell that forces Druc to immediately charge even though he'd already activated! Druc rolls a 1 for terrain hindrance and crashes into a Fiend and proceeds to maul.

Luckily, my saving rolls were full of 9's and very lucky. Not a single fiend fell this hour! In response, the unit piled in and dropped Druc like the sack of meat he is. Not going to lie, the surprise charge was worrying, but my lads took it on the chin like the true demonic warriors they are.

Rob won the initiative for the second hour and immediately his frenzied Brutes charged. I don't like Brutes. They cause sticky corrosion damage and make a right mess. Their first charge killed a Fiend outright and put out corrosion onto another. At this point I was considering activating my non engaged
fiends in order to get the charge into the second Brute unit since the first was engaged anyway. A quick explanation of consolidatio and counterattacking changed my mind, instead choosing to use a Fiend to block the second brute unit from getting anywhere near Malacant.
The combat that ensued was pretty bloodthirsty. Three brutes died along with two Fiends. If I remember right, I wont that combat resolution but the Brutes stood there and flayed themselves a bit just getting frustrated.

On the left, a volley of arrows hit Malacant but his awesome armour repelled all but two thanks to that shield of his. My left fiend unit then charged into the Brutes and with a huge pile of dice in my hand I....flopped. Might have killed one brute, but dice abandoned both of us for this combat.
I believe I failed this combat resolution but due to being drilled the Fiends didn't care. Expecting to be aggressively out flanked at this point but the chief and Ax Drunes reposition ready to pile into any gaps created. Malacant then goes charging into a single brute and does nothing. Damn dice!
Speaking of damn dice, it's around this time that the Seer Drune manages to cut himself a little too deep and bleed out on the floor a pathetic failure. Har har.

In the third hour, it is feeling like I have weathered the numbers and bit but it is still a slog match. I then noticed Rob had placed his chief somewhere a little too close to Malacant. Naturally I go for the throat.
Taking a hit from a Brute for leaving melee (5 wounds or so) Malacant lands right next to the chief and summarily executes him in one big swing of his axe! He then proceeds to run down the Ax Drunes almost to the table edge, they went 19", I went 18".

At this point we called it, Malacant would almost certainly run the Drunes down and the Brutes were looking worse for wear especially without any officers left on the table.


Not being biased at all by the fact that technically I won (wasn't diced at all ) I have to say I really enjoyed the game.

It feels comparative to Warmachine but that's the main game I play so others may not draw the same conclusion. The book is written to be played, not read, which I like. The game flows well, lots of player interaction handling piles of dice to one another and D10's are refreshingly different.
The basics are simple to learn and likely will be tough to master. Plenty of nuances and decisions to make in game, I can see this is going to be good. Even potential for a solid tournament game and story telling campaign system.

Thanks Rob, it was great fun to meet and have that intro. Now to devour the rules ready for the weekend

Thanks for posting that!

Creator Mierce Miniatures about 3 hours ago

Morning [NAME REDACTED TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT]! Hope you have recovered after the journey...

This morning I have a ton of e-mails and messages to sort, and then I'll hopefully have the artwork for Golgog - at which point I can start doing the update.

I warn you though - it may not happen today... it's a lot of work! It'll certainly be tomorrow though.

No worries, more will happen as I'm fortunate enough to have a few players with which to build on

aww, I'm innocent ^.^

Sounds great... wish I had any hope of introducing this game to my regular group. Won't happen in a million years though.

New stretch!

300 backers - Golgog Goat-Eater

Maari is not far away so let's get to her with something very awesome - Golgog Goat-Eater, an Albainn Freebooter Oghur Captain that gives you free monstrous infantry when you purchase him!



Golgog Goat-Eater is a mighty sell-sword, a Freebooter Captain who lusts for the joys of battle and the taking of heads, as well as a bit of goat-eating on the side. Able to hire murderous monstrous infantry from any kindred in his personal warband, lured by Golgog's promises of gold, blood and the eating of chevon, Golgog can bring an allied command that certainly packs a punch!

Golgog can be fielded in two ways - as a sell-sword commander, bringing a command with him that includes any miniatures from the Freebooter Monstrous Infantry List below, or as a sell-sword individual on his own, perhaps to be a general's bodyguard or simply because he's awesome - or maybe because you're fighting Gabrax, so he's assured of a good dinner.

Bear in mind that allied contingents are limited to a third of the gold size of your host, so if your host is 2,000 gold strong you have 666 gold to spend on Golgog and his mates.

FREE MONSTROUS INFANTRY!

If you purchase Golgog during this project - and if we get to 300 backers - you will also gain yourself some free monstrous infantry, chosen from the list below.
• For every full £100 pledged, backers get any one monstrous infantry miniature based on 50mm, whichever you'd like of the same kin as those in list 1 below.
• For every full £120 pledged, backers get any one monstrous infantry miniature based on 60mm, whichever you'd like of the same kin as those in list 2 below.
• For every full £160 pledged, backers get any one monstrous infantry miniature based on 80mm, whichever you'd like of the same kin as those in list 3 below.

What you can take for free for your Monstrous Infantry Freebooter Warband is dependent upon your pledge level!

If you pledged £480, you would could get 2 monstrous infantry from list 1 (using £200), one from list 2 (using £120) and one from list 3 (using the remaining £180).

If you pledged £120, you could get 1 monstrous infantry from list 1 or list 2, but not both.

You cannot choose monstrous infantry if you don't have enough of your pledge amount that is not already allocated to a free miniature to do so.

Note that this offer is limited to what you can pledge on this project, here and now, so even if you pledge £100 here and £200 afterwards you will only be entitled to one monstrous infantry miniatures from list 1.
• List 1: Albainn Oghurithne, Albainn Oghurithne Hunter, Anglecynn Wælwulf, Brythoniaid Dynwocor, Byzantii Dromedus, Fomoraic Tarvax, Jute Drēaguth, Khthones Gorgórar, Khthones Gorgóraxo
• List 2: Albainn Oghur, Albainn Oghurigg, Anglecynn Slēanbera, Atalantes Mesokolossos, Atalantes Toxokolossos, Atalantes Pyrokolossos, Brythoniaid Dyndraig, Érainn Fen Beast, Fomoraic Srónax, Fomoraic Gabrox, Fomoraic Walvax, Infernii Fiend of Dis, Jute Gāst, Khthones Gorgonar, Khthones Hydrar, Khthones Krokodar, Norse Troll, Norse Hrafnmann, Vras Vras-Fiend, Ysian Brute, Ysian Brute Corruptor, Ysian Abhorrent
• List 3: Albainn Goghu, Brythoniaid Cocwocor, Byzantii Dromedon, Érainn Bog Beast, Fomoraic Srónox, Fomoraic Maaru, Norse Felltroll, Norse Felljötunn, Norse Gunnhrafn

Note that champions, banner bearers and heralds will be able to act as such in Golgog's warband. Warlords and Warchiefs can still be taken as such if their AUTHORITY is lower than his - which will be 86. If their AUTHORITY is higher than Golgog, they may only be taken as standard warriors of their Kin.

We will do a graphic for this at some point in the next few days; we just wanted to get this stretch goal out to you as quick as we could!

How do I get my Free Monstrous Infantry Freebooter Warband?

All you need do is purchase the Golgog Goat-Eater item from the Mierce Miniatures webstore after the project ends, and let us know how many of each monstrous infantry class you would like in the "special instructions" box when you go through the basket.

Free Monstrous Infantry Freebooter Warband offer is "One per Backer" and strictly limited to the funds you pledge in this project

The Free Monstrous Infantry Freebooter Warband offer is limited to one per backer; you cannot purchase multiple Golgog Goat-Eaters and gain multiple Free Monstrous Infantry Freebooter Warbands.

You can still purchase more than one Golgog if you wish, but you'll only get one free Freebooter Warband of monstrous infantry!

What can't Golgog use?

In game terms, whilst Golgog can only use living monsters within her command, constructs such as the Atalantes' Mesokolossi and the Albainn Goghu are included if you fancy those as your free monstrous infantry. These are listed in italics.

Golgog is a really nice bonus that's basically like an extra 20 - 25% moneyback on top of the quite good deals on the hosts. Malmord the fell troll is 38 normally on their site, you get a free one (or something else in his bracket) for every 160 you spend. Overall, even better than Alix was, since if you place a large order you can end up with multiple figures worth more than the free beast was. Hopefully we can get 140 more backers.

So for the minimum is it £100 + 30 to get a free monstrous infantry miniature?

He's not really doing anything for me to be honest model wise, I've not been a fan of the Albainn range so far.

 GiraffeX wrote:
So for the minimum is it £100 + 30 to get a free monstrous infantry miniature?

He's not really doing anything for me to be honest model wise, I've not been a fan of the Albainn range so far.

Golgag counts towards your total, so really its more like 70+30.

Bossk_Hogg wrote:

 GiraffeX wrote:
So for the minimum is it £100 + 30 to get a free monstrous infantry miniature?

He's not really doing anything for me to be honest model wise, I've not been a fan of the Albainn range so far.

Golgag counts towards your total, so really its more like 70+30.

Cheers

Anyone interested in any Byzantii stuff?

Wanting to downsize Byzantii to create funds for other kindreds

Beast of Danu




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And now this has been posted...

For the Jutes, it's Helmed Garric!





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For the Norse! Another Leiptroll...





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and some alternates for those pesky Brythonaid


Led by Hunter Carys, an alternate of the original Carys miniature, Helwr are scout versions of Saethwr, hooded and cloaked and with some added leafy camouflage. Joining them are the Cogwyfern, smaller versions of our fantastic Gwyfern, Typhaggahw, based on the Cocneidr unlocked at £20,000.

Increase your pledge by £60 to purchase the Brythoniaid Helwr Support Host in metal, or £90 to purchase the Brythoniaid Helwr Support Host in resin. You can of course purchase the units within the host individually, at the prices listed on the graphic.

Watch for more Support Hosts soon!

More juicy concepts and we're about to breach £20k!

Khthones Gorgór:



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Oh yes! Vulcanus can be used with Infernii!

A better excuse to pledge for it instead of "It looks nice"

More alternative nobles

Mierceday and Monstrous Mounts is complete!

Ysians! Nithings!

It's a fine day for an update, so why don't we give you one?

This week we have:
•sculpt work in progress images from Martin Lavat;
•a list of what miniatures are currently being sent in their various waves;
• an updated list of sculptors and sculpts for this project;

...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.

Let's begin!



As this project is almost complete, there won't be many miniatures to show from here on in. Today we have a couple to show off though, from Martin Lavat!



It's been a long time since Gondard and his Nithing were completed, but we've managed to get Martin Lavat to finish those Nithings and Flesh-Piles off to bring you the unit!



Yrag is a little Nithing, a nasty little back-stabber with wandering hands and a bit of a gurn.





He's also not very happy with his current situation, it seems!



Another happy little Nithing, is Bil, who likes nothing more than to find bits of creatures on the battlefield to bring to his master.







These guys should be Wave 11; watch out for those Flesh-Piles next week...!

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And now for a big one:

Monstrous Mounts Project is Complete!

Ravens... and Done!

It's update day here at Darklands: Monstrous Mounts, and it's a momentous one - because this project is now complete!

This week we have:
•sculpt work in progress images from Allan Carrasco;
•a list of sculptors and sculpts for this project;
•...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.

Let's begin!



As this project's miniatures are now complete, there won't be any work in progress updates from here; we may well do the odd update to show painted versions of the miniatures produced by Darklands: Monstrous Mounts, but we'll see.

Regardless: this week we have the final miniature to be completed for this project, by the stupendous Allan Carrasco!



As Allan Carrasco sculpted Birna, we thought it would be appropriate for him to convert her to ride the Fellhrafn (so wonderfully sculpted by Roberto Chaudon, of course). How right we were!









Birna on Fellhrafn will be a Wave 11 shipment...

Colossal New Kindreds update:

Men, Ogres, Trolls, Trees, Wolves and Crocs

We have another fantastic update for you here today, on Darklands: New Kindreds - because we've eleven works in progress to show you!

This week we have:
•sculpt work in progress updates from Allan Carrasco, Benoît Cosse, Didier Fancagne, Yannick Fusier and Valentin Zak!
•an updated list of sculptors and sculpts for this project;
•...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.

Let us begin!



It's all alternates from Allan Carrasco, Yannick Fusier and Valentin Zak this week, with three completed full sculpts from Benoît Cosse and Valentin Zak!



Bloody Bagseg is an alternate version of the mighty Bagseg, the Oghurithne Umaer. Trolls beware!







Bloody Bagseg will be a Wave 11 shipment.



Valentin Zak has kindly provided us with the warrior versions of the Gairlom banner bearer and herald!





The alternate versions of Nectan and Fidaich, Nectaich and Fidain are looking very nice...



That's the Gairlom done - it's Wave 10 for these guys!



As well as Bloody Bagseg, Yannick Fusier has now completed work on the warrior versions of the Oghurithne banner bearer and herald!



The alternate warrior version of the Oghurithne banner bearer is Dungab!





We do love these Oghurithne. Such cool expressions!



Beglo is the alternate warrior version of the herald, which meant a completely new face. Yannick hasn't disappointed!







That completes the Oghurithne Unit - huzzah! These guys will be a Wave 11 shipment though.



It's Allan Carrasco Alternate Day again, starting with the superb Leaping Creoda, which is now complete.





Leaping Creoda will be a Wave 11 shipment!



It's been a while since we've sean anything from Didier Fancagne, but unbeknownst to us he's been working hard on the Beasts of Síleann Fen...



A warrior from the unit, Tanaíann is looking rather beefy... for a plant!









I wouldn't mess with him...!



Gearreag is certainly upset with someone (or something), possibly because of what's happened to his back... ouch.







We're hoping these guys will be a Wave 11 shipment, as Didier informs us he's starting work on Cru Creach shortly...



Next up is Spike Qaano, a wonderful alternate of the original Qaano, of course...





Spike Qaano should be a Wave 11 shipment!

We've also given Allan the awesome Srónox, Cqaa, which we're very happy about as he's going to be absolutely superb!



Heeeeerrree's Aggrakk, the mighty Krokokh of the Khthones, sculpted by Benoît Cosse... complete!







Now, we asked Benoît to beef up the arms and legs after seeing the above, so here's the completed version.





Aggrakk will be a Wave 11 shipment!



With the awesome Great Axe Thórrir, Allan Carrasco's alternate work is complete!









Great Axe Thórrir will be a Wave 11 shipment!

Is Bagseg supposed to be drunk or something?

Metal age and some notes on orders

Æthelglyth!

We have a cracking update for you today for not only can we bring you news of more metal production, we can also bring you a superb new sculpt!

This week we have:
•sculpt work in progress updates from Yannick Hennebo;
•an updated list of sculptors and sculpts for this project;
•a list of what ships, when;
•...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.

Here we go...



This week we have a totally new miniature to show you - well, a resculpt, really, but you get the gist - from the awesome Yannick Hennebo!



The lovely Æthelglyth is part of the Anglecynn Gesith Infantry Host, of course, and has been lovingly sculpted by the amazing Yannick Hennebo - who can do women like no other sculptor. Ahem.











Æthelglyth will be a Wave 11 shipment (in both materials), along with her host, we think.



Three Infantry Hosts have been shipped!

Three infantry hosts have been shipped so far - the Anglecynn Duguth, Brythoniaid Rhyfelwr and Ysian Ax-Drune Infantry Hosts - as well as the individual miniatures within them; and whilst some people have not received theirs that will be because they do not have enough shipment items to split their orders into separate shipments.

What's Next?

We're expecting the first sets of the Bow-Drune Infantry Host in a couple of weeks' time; we've had the samples and they're perfect. Once the production versions come in, they'll be sent out immediately in accordance to shipment items.

We've sent seven hosts off to the metal casters - the Brythoniaid Teulu, Byzantii Legionarius, Érainn Tuanagh, Fomoraic Gabrax, Fomoraic Warriors of Baalor, Jute Wihtgār and Norse Holumann Infantry Hosts. The samples for these should be with us very soon and then production will start.

Unfortunately the Albainn Gairlom Infantry Host is still waiting for the two Gairlom alternates, but once they're with us that host will be off too; but we'll have to move those back to Wave 11, whereupon lie the Anglecynn Gesith, Byzantii Demilegionarius and Atalantes Oplites infantry hosts currently reside.

Monstrous Infantry

We've had to make a decision on whether the monstrous infantry within each infantry host will be made in metal or will be resin only, a decision based upon cost more than anything else; if, for example, it costs more to make that monstrous infantry in metal than it does in resin, then it is not cost-effective to do so.

That's what's happened with the larger monstrous infantry from the various hosts, and why we haven't yet done the Brutes in metal (from the Ax-Drune set). Simply put, anything too large will now only be cast in resin, and sent with the metal host when it arrives.

The following monstrous infantry will be made in metal:
•Albainn Oghurithne
•Anglecynn Werwulf
•Anglecynn Wælwulf
•Byzantii Demilegionarius
•Fomoraic Tarvax
•Fomoraic Toracx
•Jute Drēaguth

The following monstrous infantry will only be made in resin:
•Atalantes Mesokolossos
•Brythoniaid Dyndraig
•Byzantii Skorpion Minor
• Érainn Fen Beast
•Norse Troll
•Ysian Brute

The upside, of course, is that giving you the monstrous infantry in resin has actually given you a better deal...!

I must have this . His expression is just priceless!

He looks so happy.

"Look what I'z found ladz!"


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Savage Hordes update! First one...

Gul-Gabrax and Oghurithne Hunters

Welcome to this, the first ever Friday update for the Darklands: Savage Hordes project!

This week we have:
•sculpt work in progress updates from Michael Anderson and Yannick Fusier;
•an updated list of sculptors and sculpts for this project;
•a list of what ships, when;
•...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.

Here we go...



This week we have some totally new miniatures to show you, for Gaalgar's Herd and the Hunters of Cait!



The lovely Michael Anderson has begun work on Gaalgar's Herd, and he's actually got armatures done for all of them; but he's only pushed one further than that...



One of the warriors of the unit, Culgaar looks like he's going to be utterly stupendous...







We think the unit will be on time to ship as part of Wave 12.



The fantastic Hunters of Cait, the Oghurithne Hunters, have their first member - courtesy of the splurgingly speedy Yannick Fusier...



Ungad is the Oghurithne Hunters' Champion, and looks superb. Especially as he's virtually done!









With Yannick going this fast, it shouldn't be too long before these guys are done - so we're hopeful of a Wave 12 shipment!

We need an update of your big Mierce to do list Zedmeister as todays mega updates have certainly taken a fair few items off the list

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
We need an update of your big Mierce to do list Zedmeister as todays mega updates have certainly taken a fair few items off the list

Already done bud. I kept it updated as and when new Mierceday's rolled around. Here's the updated list:

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World at War: Completed

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First Edition:
Maximus, Kerusker Berserker - backer funded Descendent with Stéphane Simon booked up and just waiting for a window
Rulebook - 18th April planned dispatch!
Artbook - will be worked on after Rulebook has been sent to printers - compilation of seen and unseen concept art for Darklands
Total remaining: 3 (2 books)

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First Edition 2:
Quintus Crito - A conversion that Yannick Hennebo needs to do from the existing Bare Headed Quintus
Ax-Crom - Martin Lavat - reassigned
Backer descendant - unassigned - awaiting concept artwork
Total outstanding: 3

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Monstrous Mounts: Completed

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New Kindreds:
New sculpts:
Dynatos - Duncan Louca
Dynwocor Unit - Bob Plociennik
Bronn ap Banbronn - Roberto Chaudon
Dromedus Unit - Roberto Chaudon
Iqqud - Roberto Chaudon
Cúlaítar - Fancagne Didier
Sáthach on Horse - Yannick Hennebo
Nervor - Yannick Hennebo
Gaanh - Yannick Fusier - recently reassigned
Oplites Unit - Jin Vi
Total outstanding: 22

Alterations:
Hammer-Brugg - Olivier Bouchet
Oghur Unit - Olivier Bouchet
Brute unit - Olivier Bouchet
Abhorrent unit - Olivier Bouchet
Shieldwall Eadric - Stéphane Camosseto
Troll - Stéphane Camosseto
Srónax - Stéphane Camosseto
Dragonshield Angedern - Roberto Chaudon
Armoured Djiuzu - Roberto Chaudon
Cleaver Mälmord - Roberto Chaudon
Armoured Hrókr - Roberto Chaudon
Talos Delta - Roberto Chaudon
Dyndraig Unit - Roberto Chaudon
Dynwocor Unit - Roberto Chaudon
Dromedus Unit - Roberto Chaudon
Fiend unit - Roberto Chaudon
Armoured Scecchus - Dan Cockersell
Archer Sthena - Thomas David
Grisly Araigh - Fancagne Didier
Dairdubh - Fancagne Didier
Warrior Tundaar - JAG
Mutated Cormorágg - Aragorn Marks
Claw-Seza - Stéphane Nguyen
Hammer-Druc - Stéphane Nguyen
Helmed Ophios - Stéphane Simon
Magma Svrill - Stéphane Simon
Sickle-Annik - Stéphane Simon
Ax-Jowan - Stéphane Simon
Spike-Gondard - Stéphane Simon
Cynuise of Old - Stéphane Simon
Gesithas (2) - Stéphane Simon
Gorgonar unit (2) - Stéphane Simon
Helmed Thera - Jin Vi
Helmed Hektor - Jin Vi
Armoured Dúngal, Skullcap Domnech, Gorgórar unit (2), Unmasked Velchior, Warrior Aldhelm, Dagger-Kernuor, Warrior Wulfhere, Wulf Skull Cynemon, Warrior Hywel Hir, Warrior Kjartan, Sword-Melusines (2) - unassigned
Total outstanding: 47
New Kindreds full total: 74

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Metal Age
Alterations

Unassigned:
ALBAINN: Drunkard Ciniod - Gogg - Giant Gogg
ANGLECYNN: Quaffing Timoth - Mihtlāf
ATALANTES: Bleary Hektor
BRYTHONIAID: Sozzled Caedoc - Scaeroc
BYZANTII: Erebius - Sipping Agathae - Sia
FOMORAIC: Swigging Mananaan - Gunaal - Greathorn Gunaal
INFERNII: Armoured Scecchus - Craven Fiends of Dis
JUTES: Guzzling Ætulla
KHTHONES: Ischys - Iskarnos
NORSE: Boozing Rollo - Egaendr
YSIANS: Slurping Zethag - Conjunct X
Total Outstanding: 23

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Savage Hordes
New Sculpts
Gaalgar's Herd - Michael Anderson a Mierce newcomer. Ex-GW and did a load of the recent Beastmen sculpts for them. Should be interesting to see what he does here. He has begun!
Chaaruch the Despoiler, No-Claw's Burrow, Gukkok's Blades, the Firekin - Benoît Cosse
Bowmen of Scīrbrōc - Stéphane Camosseto
Guliant's Web, Hrafnar of Stafangr - Martin Lavat
Alix of Carn Bran, Garric, Auxilia Ballistarius - Yannick Hennebo
The The Hateful of Mordain Grave - Edgar Skomorowski
Crossbows of Dun Durn Elbharu Unit, Maiobanagh Unit, Fir Bholg Hurler Unit - Valentin Zak

Unassigned:
BYZANTII: Ballista
Total: 48


Alterations
Gukk's Javelins, Goatskull Aanchuth - Benoît Cosse
Freemen of Scīrbrōc, Sigewulf's Pack - Stéphane Camosseto
Archer Birna, the Hrafnen Bowmen, Storm of Khthon - Martin Lavat
Archer Mildryth, Slinger Caitrín - Yannick Hennebo

Unassigned:
KHTHONES: Akontar Eikovra
Total: 33
Full total: 81 + the savage hordes book

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 zedmeister wrote:
He looks so happy.

"Look what I'z found ladz!"

I know right

I would love to use him as an alternate "gobber chef" for Hordes (a little creature who basically chops up things and makes a stew out of them to heal other models). He looks just perfect!

The problem with Darklands is I never know where to start because the models - especially the monsters - are so damned nice! I feel like I should support the home team and pledge for some Ysians because it's rare that you can field some crazy Cornishmen on the tabletop but I don't like the style of the infantry..

I DO like the Fomoraic infantry, and the Brythoniad monsters and characters.. and then of course there are the Infernii..

Gah, decisions, decisions..

Cheers Zedmeister,

My own version didn't survive a recent enforced laptop change

Is it me or has the wrong version of Æthelglyth been sculpted for Metal Age, it was supposed to be the alternative version below, well thats what I thought and paid for.



I'm not saying what's been done isn't amazing as I think it is but it's not what I wanted.


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Also theres an important part missed from the new Kindred update which I found very exciting.

HECTOR MORAN: Hector has been booked up with most of the Atalantes, including Kyros, Thera, Hektor , Nikandros, the Ilios Guard, Oplites Unit and Kretos.

@GiraffeX - that version of her has never been funded, the one that's been sculpted is the one in the Gesith host

Mierce Miniatures wrote:
@GiraffeX - that version of her has never been funded, the one that's been sculpted is the one in the Gesith host

ok cheers for the reply MM

this is when she first came up as part of 30K host so the right one got sculpted

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mierceminiatures/darklands-metal-age/posts/1291861


is that an alternate from Savage Hordes perhaps?

(goes off to look as he wants that one too)

She was for Metal Age, I thought she was in the starter host but must have got confused when I saw the alternative version when it was revealed and mentally remembered the wrong version against the host.

@MM will she come back in another kickstarter as a goal along with the Jutgar?

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:

is that an alternate from Savage Hordes perhaps?

(goes off to look as he wants that one too)

We can but hope. There's still a few alternatives from other Kickstarters yet to feature:

Armoured Dungal
Shieldwall Eadric
Warrior Aldhelm
Warrior Daachuch
Ax-Jowan
Spike-Gondard
Ætulla (bareheaded?!)

And we've seen artwork but no sculpts for these:
The alternate version of Æthelglyth
Throwing Eirik

I daresay that Mierce have got a stack hidden away. Though, I doubt they want to pile on a load of new alts, New Kindreds style. 3-4 maybe...

hot off the press

Creator Mierce Miniatures 1 minute ago

Regarding Armoured Æthelglyth, I don't see why not, I'll try and fit her in amongst the exclusive nobles

so we'd better get pledging some more to make sure we get to them!

Wow, I have no clue what any of that stuff on the big list is without accompanying pics. So, I'm just going to ask, what's the status on the Jutes? I only have two figures on order, a werewolf and a Jute wight, and I think the Jute is what's holding things up.

And, let's say I was interested in throwing down some cash for that Aethelglyth up above. Is my chance to do so long gone, or is there still opportunity to purchase her somehow?

Jutes should be going out as part of Wave 10 which is just starting to be shipped out.

Which Æthlgyth? The concept or the sculpt? The sculpt is still purchasable from the metal age kickstarter and will get sent out around April time.


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And, oh look, a new update:

£27,500 - Galon Garreg, Dewindraig of Gwaelod

The mighty Demimagus, Vulcanus, has now been unlocked - so let's celebrate by bringing you all another sorcerer! As voted for by you guys on our comments section, here's Galon Garreg, a Dewindraig of Gwaelod, set at £27,500...!



Wielding a huge dragon-staff infused with the power of the once-dragon it is topped by, Galon Garreg is a sorcerer of the Gwaelod realm, a Dewindraig (pronounced "DOW-in-drayg") that uses ancient magicks to drive the enemies of the dragons from those lands.

Galon Garreg will stand around 50-60mm to the eye on a 60mm base and will be an Uncommon (2), Wild Warchief of the Gwaelod realm or a Rare, Wild Warchief of the Gwynedd realm.

Increase your pledge by £27 (resin) to purchase Galon Garreg! Note that he will only be produced in resin.

The cheesecake Aethelglyth. The one with the sculpt shown. But isn't the Metal Age KS closed? How would I add on a purchase from it?

Nah, she's still listed for sale in the metal age category. Metal or resin. Just message Mierce asking for access.

Finally got around to using my pledge from savage hordes 1, I'd completely forgotten everything is originally pledged for!

to take advantage of the monstrous infantry deal do we need to be at the required total at the end of the KS or can we throw in some and then get to the total post KS?

 zedmeister wrote:
Nah, she's still listed for sale in the metal age category. Metal or resin. Just message Mierce asking for access.

How long does it usually take to hear back on that, and do you message them through Kickstarter?

I just sent a message yesterday so not rushing, but just wondering when I should ping them again and by what method (KS message or email, and if email, to what address!). Cheers for any info

Rob and Tim are both off at the Sheffield Slaughter tournament this weekend so I wouldn't expect to hear anything until Monday if you're lucky, or Tuesday if you're not

(Rob tends to end up with loads of work emails & business stuff on Mondays so while I'm sure he'll start on the general KS mails too whether he'll be able to clear them all I'm less certain)

 Malkaven wrote:
to take advantage of the monstrous infantry deal do we need to be at the required total at the end of the KS or can we throw in some and then get to the total post KS?

Only your pledge during the actual Kickstarter campaign counts towards what you qualify for in terms of free monstrous infantry.

And the kickstarter needs 300 backers for that to come into effect. We made it over 300 on the last one ok.

The last one gained almost 100 backers in the last 4 days, but I think that was because that's roughly when the 'Alix and agree Monster' deal was announced?

Yeah it was, Alix really pushed the backer count up. Golgog isn't as interesting in my opinion, but we still have 9 days.

I imagine the total will really jump once the 300 backer goal is reached. I know Ill up mine more once Golgog is unlocked.

I'm a bit concerned that the opposite might happen too - and I really want this one to get to £50K too!

Fingers crossed!

 Alpharius wrote:
I'm a bit concerned that the opposite might happen too - and I really want this one to get to £50K too!

Fingers crossed!

The best stuff is always just out of reach!

So that Fomoraic host will only get sculpted/produced if the project reaches 50k right? Have to say that's the only one I'm interested in.

@Vhalan - just up your pledge now, in the unlikely event we don't reach 300 backers you can always reduce your pledge before the end.

Adding more now increases the chance of getting stretch goals - if everybody waited, we'd never get anywhere!

That is correct - we've still got 9 days to get those additional 100 backers and £25K...

Are there any WIP of Cqaa I've missed? If we don't reach 50K, I'll likely adjust my pledge to cover buying him and Maari, but thinking on that, it occurred to me it seems like ages ago he got unlocked and I can trembler seeing any progress on him.

I don't remember seeing anything other than the concept art as yet.

He's not been started yet,

but it was confirmed Alan Carrasco will now be sculpting him in Fridays update

@Mierce

I have a rather bad track history of forgetting to manage pledges down at the end or Id do that.

Well, that's a surprise

Okay. A bit of background. In the £35k host will be the Byzantii Auxiliarius - sword/shield versions of the Sagittarius, along with the Option with sword/shield.

As well as those will be the three Auxilia Bestiarii.

They will control Onumo, a giant Hippoxus...



80mm, that's a church bell he's ripped off a Nailed God's church, and he'll come in two flavours, as you can see... one of which (chained) will be a special edition project exclusive...

Anyway, I hope you guys have fallen off your chairs too.

By the way, Allan Carrasco will be sculpting Onumo.

After seeing that concept art, I had to calm down before posting, it would have nothing but repeating holy fething gak that's awesome!

Darklands - the most pleasure you can get being smacked by a hippo's bell-end.

The tone can only go upwards from here.

Suffice to say I needs him and will have to root around for some change for Legio infantry too.

EDIT: £45 for the project exclusive, £36 for the normal one outside of the host.

Since Alan did a hippo man for Figone I've hoped he'd do another so this is a must have

Hippo art looks amazing, and agree about the one he did for FigOne - if they're in the same scale (hopefully they will be!) it would be awesome to pair them up! In fact, I think they have a whale-man and walrus-man, too... combined with the Walvax from the 50K goal here, could really have a neat looking group!



Mierce already got back to me and gave me access to Bil, Nithing! This little guy will now be mine

I would prefer it if the Mierce hippo is bigger than Alan's Figone one, the bigger the beast the better for me!

Do I even need a hippo?

I guess I do now.

Thanks, Mierce.

Hope he can play nice with my Fomorians.

He's Byzantii so the answer is...Hell No!

(Ha! See wht I did there? )

Golgog says otherwise! Mwahahaha

Well Golgog wasn't initially mentioned, was he?

 Baragash wrote:
Darklands - the most pleasure you can get being smacked by a hippo's bell-end.

It is going to be a good day now. Thanks

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Do I even need a hippo?

I guess I do now.

Thanks, Mierce.

Hope he can play nice with my Fomorians.

The correct question is; "Where can I use this hippo?"

The Answer - Wherever you want?

But first and foremost, in a game of Darklands, of course!

Jute sorcorer Auga, Drēaguth Deathbringer revealed to unlock at £32,500.

Resin and Metal.

With that staff and lantern thing?

Metal all the way for me!

Man those Jutes have style

Mierce has been just amazing with communication to some messages I sent (due to my own confusion with my cart / etc). The same has been true for my past orders, too - I actually haven't encountered better customer service anywhere!

Currently don't have a use for the hippo, but that doesn't mean I'm not furiously trying to think of one

Hmm. Do I need that? Yeah, I think I need that.

I feel like every starter host they show has SOMETHING I really want in it.

Bell bashin hippo

Fire shooting half demons

Baby wyverns with waywatcher welsh

Chicken Hawks

Atlantean cylons with laser tag squad

And we still haven't even seen what the second Ysian and Fomoraic hosts are yet!

For those of you who pre-ordered the Mammoth, well...



Also, new stretch for the Kickstarter:

Is Sairen a new sculpt and do we know who the sculpter is?

I would ask on Kickstarter but its too hard to follow while at work.

 GiraffeX wrote:
Is Sairen a new sculpt and do we know who the sculpter is?

I would ask on Kickstarter but its too hard to follow while at work.

Nah, it's the Rose of Ker-Ys alternative sculpt.

Cheers zed

Still well worth getting though as the head and weapon changes will make a big difference (and the Rose is a good sculpt to start with)

Yeah I dont think I'm going to be able to resist, she does have a nice head. I'm really not into the boob ladies but she could be the exception!

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Due to popular demand, we've worked long and hard to bring you some fantastic Monstrous Infantry Hosts (at the same prices as the Infantry Hosts to save confusion) to serve as a great introduction to Darklands and of course to bolster the armies of every kindred out there!

Here's all the Monstrous Infantry Hosts you can go for in one graphic:



Led by a monstrous commander, each Monstrous Infantry Host usually features a unit of monstrous infantry with full command and a couple of extra warriors, which will be the alternates of the banner bearer / herald.

1,000 Gold with the Support Host

We've thought long and hard about what's in each Monstrous Infantry Host, and they'll compliment your Support Hosts extremely well. Suffice to say, if you have a Monstrous Infantry Host and a Support Host for the same kindred, you'll have a host of at least 1,000 gold ready and able to take on the enemy!

Host and Individual Costs

Increase your pledge by £60 to purchase a Monstrous Infantry Host in metal, or £90 to purchase the Monstrous Infantry Host in resin.

You can purchase the units within the host individually, and these are their prices:
• £18 metal (£20 RRP), £22 resin (£25 RRP) - Bagseg, Cearl, Mag ap Mag, Djiuzu, Ckaarakk, Heldred (50mm bases)
• £22 metal (£25 RRP), £27 resin (£30 RRP) - Sthena (60mm base)
• £27 resin (£30 RRP) - Creoda (80mm base)
• £45 metal (£50 RRP), £72 resin (£80 RRP) - all the 5x man Monstrous Infantry Units

Note that you are only given 10% off the individual RRPs - we want to make you purchase the hosts! Additionally, we won't be offering the various miniatures inside the units, or the extra warriors, individually for this project.

Shipping

Now, many of these hosts are similar to the ones produced in Darklands: Metal Age, and so it may well be that we can ship them earlier than February 2017; but we cannot promise anything and it is better to understand that your hosts may only ship in February 2017 than have hopes for earlier.

Watch out for more updates soon...



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£35,000 - Byzantii Auxiliarius Support Starter Host


You lucky lads have grabbed yourselves the Brythoniaid Helwr Support Starter Host at £25,000, so let's aim for the next host because it's going to be superb. Set at £35,000, here's the Byzantii Auxiliarius Support Starter Host featuring Onumo the mighty Hippoxus!



Led by Gaius Galerius, an Auxiliarius Option, the Auxiliarii are Mainstay infantry of the Byzantii, made up of warriors from various parts of the Empire to wield spatha (sword) and parma (shield) for the Emperor. Joining Gaius and the Auxilia are the Auxilia Bestiarii, warriors that bring beasts from far-flung corners of the Empire to fight for their general, and one such beast is the mighty Onumo - a Hippoxus of Axumae, a huge hippo-man brought to bludgeon the enemy to death with a bell-club ripped from a Nailed God's church.

Note that Onumo will be sculpted by Allan Carrasco, which is certainly one reason to purchase him regardless of whether you want the Auxilia!

Increase your pledge by £60 to purchase the Byzantii Auxiliarius Support Host in metal, or £90 to purchase the Byzantii Auxiliarius Support Host in resin. You can of course purchase the units within the host individually, at the prices listed on the graphic. Watch for more Support Hosts soon!

More Mammoth WIPs:

Maatmäg, Gigantic Mammox - work in progress!

The mighty Dan Cockersell has begun work on Maatmäg, the Gigantic Mammox that you can pledge for right here and now on this project (as of course he was unlocked very early on).

Words cannot express how awesome this beast is going to be. So just use your eyes instead... even though this is an early rough, we think this fella will be our best monster yet!























Here's a few scale shots, too! That base is 120mm round, for reference.







Maatmäg is a huge monstrous beast for the Fomoraic which will probably be bigger even than our biggest so far, Krull.

Here's the original stretch goal for a bit more information on him.



Increase your pledge by £120 to purchase Maatmäg. He will only be produced in resin.

So glad I went for the exclusive mammoth!

Going to be using him to grab interest into the game in my area for sure

lordphade wrote:
So glad I went for the exclusive mammoth!

Going to be using him to grab interest into the game in my area for sure

By threatening to hit people with it if they don't play?

 Baragash wrote:

lordphade wrote:
So glad I went for the exclusive mammoth!

Going to be using him to grab interest into the game in my area for sure

By threatening to hit people with it if they don't play?

Whatever works my man!

I have a quandry. I really would like to get the Jute Monstrous Infantry set in Metal as it has all the Dreaguth's various sculpts. Problem is I am also getting the Jute mixed starter from the Metal Age kickstarter and that's already got three of the sculpts in there, and I don't think I will be needing 11 of them in total. Wish I was able to swap them out in the earlier kickstarter package for something like a bunch of those Jute axemen with lanterns, or half axemen with lanterns, half with bows. As it is, I'll likely just stick with my regular Jute pledge from the previous kickstarter.

Unless there will also be a way in this one to buy just the ones missing from the previous KS metal age pledge in this kickstarter perhaps? In any case, that's where I am kind of stuck at the moment.

If they've not shipped, the best thing would be to email Mierce and ask to change your existing order.

 Fenriswulf wrote:
I have a quandry. I really would like to get the Jute Monstrous Infantry set in Metal as it has all the Dreaguth's various sculpts. Problem is I am also getting the Jute mixed starter from the Metal Age kickstarter and that's already got three of the sculpts in there, and I don't think I will be needing 11 of them in total. Wish I was able to swap them out in the earlier kickstarter package for something like a bunch of those Jute axemen with lanterns, or half axemen with lanterns, half with bows. As it is, I'll likely just stick with my regular Jute pledge from the previous kickstarter.

Unless there will also be a way in this one to buy just the ones missing from the previous KS metal age pledge in this kickstarter perhaps? In any case, that's where I am kind of stuck at the moment.

The prices in the update show individual ones for the unit, and of course you can buy them seperately too

lordphade wrote:
The prices in the update show individual ones for the unit, and of course you can buy them seperately too

Whilst I will be able to buy Heldred separately, the two other miniatures (which are different from the three in the Metal Age kickstarter) won't be available.

Mierce Kickstarter wrote:Note that you are only given 10% off the individual RRPs - we want to make you purchase the hosts! Additionally, we won't be offering the various miniatures inside the units, or the extra warriors, individually for this project.

I'd much rather get the host so I can have all of them, and swap out the ones in the Metal Age kickstarter, but I don't think I'll be able to.

 Fenriswulf wrote:


Unless there will also be a way in this one to buy just the ones missing from the previous KS metal age pledge in this kickstarter perhaps? In any case, that's where I am kind of stuck at the moment.

There was this for Metal Age and includes the 2 "missing" Dreaguthas which should give you what you want:


Recommend a quick e-mail to Mierce...

Derp, what a newb I am, I completely missed seeing that.

I still have my pledge open, as they've not made all these yet, so I'll pick up the two missing ones in that, and Helldred in this. Thanks!

I'll skip over the other warriors for the moment, as nice as it would be to have them. Trying to keep the price on this as low as I can, and I am already looking to get the Ysian starter, plus some added miniatures.

Sorry buddy, looks like I misinterpreted you a bit there

Eoin, Sleanagh champion

Arg.. Mierce Kickstarters confuse the hell out of me. I backed the one that's currently in production and still haven't added funds because I can't figure out what a base pledge actually consists of or how much should be added. This one looks to be structured the same way. As cool as a lot of this stuff looks, I mostly want lizardmen.

Also.. is there any place that has just the art for each individual unit? Those big group images that are like a menu at a Chinese restaurant are annoying and I'd like to actually be able to zoom and take a look..

One day I`ll snap and will spend way too much money on Darklands.. Don`t have any right now, but Fomoraic will definatly be the way for me to go!

I have a couple of questions:

Do people mostly buy metal or resin miniatures for darklands? I prefer resin by far, but the price difference makes you think quite a bit.


Outside kickstarters are there any offers with a discount, similliar to starter hosts?


PS: Walvax - I need them!

I'm going METAL for all human infantry sized models as well as on anything that looks like it would have a fragile connection piece - spears, chains, etc. on weapons, especially.

METAL AGE was a godsend for me - the increased durability on the gaming table was very welcome!

 MLaw wrote:

Also.. is there any place that has just the art for each individual unit? Those big group images that are like a menu at a Chinese restaurant are annoying and I'd like to actually be able to zoom and take a look..

click on the images on KS and you'll be taken to a zoomable version on the mierce website (still an all in 1 image but you'll be able to see things at a decent size)

you may also find things on Ryans page http://thebeerwaaagh.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html where the might be separate rather than in hosts

 Alpharius wrote:
I'm going METAL for all human infantry sized models...

You were already METAL Alph.

SnotlingPimpWagon wrote:
One day I`ll snap and will spend way too much money on Darklands.. Don`t have any right now, but Fomoraic will definatly be the way for me to go!

I have a couple of questions:

Do people mostly buy metal or resin miniatures for darklands? I prefer resin by far, but the price difference makes you think quite a bit.


Outside kickstarters are there any offers with a discount, similliar to starter hosts?


PS: Walvax - I need them!

I have a lot in resin already before metal was an option. Will probably stick with metal going forward. If I'm going to keep all my Darklands stuff in unopened shipping boxes under half finished terrain projects in the basement I'm ok with metal...

 Azreal13 wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
I'm going METAL for all human infantry sized models...

You were already METAL Alph.

Heh!

 plastictrees wrote:
I have a lot in resin already before metal was an option. Will probably stick with metal going forward. If I'm going to keep all my Darklands stuff in unopened shipping boxes under half finished terrain projects in the basement I'm ok with metal...

I wish I could switch out a lot of my 'pending' RESIN stuff for the equivalent in METAL though - METAL is just going to be so much better for gaming...

I want Maatmag, just not sure if I would be able to paint him at all satisfactorily...

I'd like a Creoda for KOW. That starter with two of him is a great deal, but I don't care about the humans that come in the set. I might go for that werewolf set with Creoda instead. It doesn't feel like as good of a deal, but I do like those wolves. I wish Cnebba was included in one of those sets. He'd make for an awesome "Avatar of the Father" for a Herd army in KOW.

Thank you for the replies

Gnith, a Morsagart for the Albainn





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Thurgis, a Werwulf Wiglere for the Anglecynn





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Dreaguth resins

Hell yes to the Dreaguth!

Thurgis really reminds me of one of my favorite Keith Parkinson paintings. A must buy for sure!

Some new stretch goals and Atalantes news







Also, in related news, good news for those waiting on the Atalantes. I know they've struggled to book up Hector who's pretty much Kingdom Death'ed up:

Tthe Atalantes sculpts should pop up as a WiP very soon. We've had some right faff with these guys. A case of the 'Blunt Claw on Back Crackers' again I'm afraid.
I'm very hopeful that we've lined up some top quality guys to work on them now though. One guy is booked but running a little behind (he's a busy/popular boy) the next lot we've just to sort the fine print with them. I don't want to name just yet until a WiP appears as we've had our fingers burnt on these Atalantes and until the new guys produce we can't count our chickens. Top sculptors booked though - those Atalantes will be as good as Blunt Claw was in the end I'm sure of that!

Which is excellent news. I know a few bods are hanging on to see how the Atalantes shape out and who the sculptor is including me. I reckon when the first WIPs drop, there'll be a few new orders going in (especially those rifle armed ones!)...


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New update: looks like they've lowered Golgog down to unlock at 200 backers, meaning he's unlocked!


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Flippin' 'eck, quite a few new stretch goals passed already and a new one posted:

£31,250 - Scab-Face, Blight-Vras

We've smashed £30,000 - which means the Auxilia Sagittarius Support Starter Host is yours to pledge for - and so we need another stretch goal. So here's one, for the Vras, in the scabby shape of Scab-Face, the Blight-Vras - unlocked at £31,250!



The Blight-Vras are manipulators of decomposing flesh, using the changes wrought in such meat to destroy the enemies of the Three-Claw. Scab-Face is one such Blight-Vras, and he will stand on a 30mm base and will be around 30mm to the eye. He will be an Uncommon, Wild Warchief of the Vras, and an ally of the Ysians.

Increase your pledge by £6 (metal) or by £9 (resin) to purchase Scab-Face!

With Glogog unlocked and hitting 30K hopefully a fair few lurkers will join in

I want my Walrus Men (Walvax forever)

Very excited for the Atalantes new but I want my Jutgar! :(

Yeah I'd really like the Jutgar.

Reminder time

This KS is going to be the last one with the 20% off existing minis category,

so if there is anything you fancy on the mierce website now is the time to get it cheaper than normal

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Reminder time

This KS is going to be the last one with the 20% off existing minis category,

so if there is anything you fancy on the mierce website now is the time to get it cheaper than normal

*Sigh*

Do any of you guys know, what putty do sculpters, that work for Mierce use?

SnotlingPimpWagon wrote:

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Reminder time

This KS is going to be the last one with the 20% off existing minis category,

so if there is anything you fancy on the mierce website now is the time to get it cheaper than normal

*Sigh*

Do any of you guys know, what putty do sculpters, that work for Mierce use?

The "greens" are usually grey, aren't they? That usually means Procreate.

Varies wildly between sculptors.

Rob said at one point one guy doesn't cook or set them so they are always soft. He casts his own masters and the Mierce guys go through squeaky bum time every time they get one of his sculpts! Though he always blows their minds

Can't remember who that was though haha

skarsol wrote:

SnotlingPimpWagon wrote:

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Reminder time

This KS is going to be the last one with the 20% off existing minis category,

so if there is anything you fancy on the mierce website now is the time to get it cheaper than normal

*Sigh*

Do any of you guys know, what putty do sculpters, that work for Mierce use?

The "greens" are usually grey, aren't they? That usually means Procreate.

That`s what I`ve been thinking. Although some minis are so huge, that I doubt they use just that.. Some cheaper putty to build the foundation, methinks
And some have yellow "bits" as well

Can be anything really, depends on the sculptor. Fimo, greenstuff, you name it

lordphade wrote:
Varies wildly between sculptors.

Rob said at one point one guy doesn't cook or set them so they are always soft. He casts his own masters and the Mierce guys go through squeaky bum time every time they get one of his sculpts! Though he always blows their minds

Can't remember who that was though haha

That'll be Daniel Cockersell


Also, this!

 zedmeister wrote:
Can be anything really, depends on the sculptor. Fimo, greenstuff, you name it

lordphade wrote:
Varies wildly between sculptors.

Rob said at one point one guy doesn't cook or set them so they are always soft. He casts his own masters and the Mierce guys go through squeaky bum time every time they get one of his sculpts! Though he always blows their minds

Can't remember who that was though haha

That'll be Daniel Cockersell


Also, this!

Oh really?! Wow, his stuff is huge too haha. I can see why that's scary

lordphade wrote:
Oh really?! Wow, his stuff is huge too haha. I can see why that's scary

It's worse than that, in that when he does the initial moulding, the sculpt is destroyed in the process!

Also, noticed this hasn't been posted:

Kerazek, Augur-Drune:


Total's rising fast and we've knocked over a load of stretches today.

Is that a mod of an existing Ysian?

 Fenriswulf wrote:
Is that a mod of an existing Ysian?

If it is I hope he's less tippy than the current sculpt.


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 zedmeister wrote:
Gnith, a Morsagart for the Albainn





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Thurgis, a Werwulf Wiglere for the Anglecynn





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Dreaguth resins

Holy mother of god, those Dreuguth are amazing! Can't wait to see the ones from the last kickstarter too.

Damn, excited to get those again now...I'm pretty sure I've bought them...
Reviewing my pending Mierce page is like deciphering a strangers dream journal.

Yeah I have to admit those Dreaguth are sexy as hell.

Edit: I might need to contact Mierce and change my options around. I think I want them and the rest of the Jutes in resin. I don't want to miss a scrap of detail on those awesome miniatures!

Just a small reminder that posting an enormous quote of pictures without spoilers just to add one line is, at the very least, poor forum etiquette, and perhaps against the rules?

Hi everyone, I'm back from my desert holidays so I get to play with the toys that accrued while I was away. The first thing I've started on are Con I Modius, but..... I seem to have problems with what I've received and wanted to check I wasn't mad before I bother Mierce.
I've three each of Gallius and Severa, each comes with two right arms but I'll be damned if I can find the left. If anyone can confirm how blind I am by showing me the left arms, or anyone who also has these minis can point out where the arms should be, I'd be grateful.
Thanks.

I can't see them either,

you were always meant to get 2 right arms as they were meant to come with a gladius or pilum so that's right

but I've not seen anybody who's had them posting sprue shots to see how things were meant to be set up,

I wonder if there is a missing (or in another part of your shipment, depending on how much stuff you got?) sprue with 8 left arms on?

They come loose in the pack. I got a rather large grouping of Con I Modius and needed to email for replacements. They tossed them in a box with some Krok's that was also packing.

Thanks Orlando and Vhalan. I had another check through the baggies and packaging and not a sight of them. One thing I can't commend Mierce for enough is their customer service, so I'll pop him an email tomorrow.

Highlord Tamburlaine and I were having a discussion earlier and I seem to be confused about something. In the stretch goal section, there's mention of free Monstrous Infantry based on pledge level. Is that offer available to all pledges, or only to people who are going to purchase Golgog? The graphic doesn't say one way or the other, just that it's based on pledge level.

Yes, I can confirm that my legionary shield arms were separate in the bag, rather than on the "sprue".


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 Barzam wrote:
Highlord Tamburlaine and I were having a discussion earlier and I seem to be confused about something. In the stretch goal section, there's mention of free Monstrous Infantry based on pledge level. Is that offer available to all pledges, or only to people who are going to purchase Golgog? The graphic doesn't say one way or the other, just that it's based on pledge level.

You definitely have to purchase Golgog to get them.


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New stretch goal host unveiled!

 Barzam wrote:
Highlord Tamburlaine and I were having a discussion earlier...

That gets me to thinking, on the phone or at the Family BBQ's, do you guys ever acutally call each other "Highlord" or "Barzam"?

The total on this one really got moving once the GOLGOG total was made 200 backers instead of 300 backers.

The last campaign really got going once Alix and her 'free' monster was introduced in the last week.

It seems as if many backers and/or potential backers now need that 'extra incentive' to really get going.

I wonder if this will continue to be the case even after the rulebook gets released?

Well, Rob dropped the hint that the next host after the Fomoraic will be another Fomoraic host with Reivers with Axes and Walvax netters.

We don't actually refer to each other by names at all.

We simply grunt and nod at each other like a pair of scraggly Albainn.

My biggest frustration with just about every host so far is I can't settle on one that has everything I want.

I want bits and pieces of every one of them!

 zedmeister wrote:
Well, Rob dropped the hint that the next host after the Fomoraic will be another Fomoraic host with Reivers with Axes and Walvax netters.

Sounds great, but while I'd be really tempted by Walrus-men, I don't think this will hit 50k.

Don't say that,

I want the chubby, fishy smelling heroes that they are

I think 50k is definitely a possibility.

I'm certainly still optimistic - but mostly because I'd really like to get both Walrus-Men and Reaver troop types!

first two unlocks

£38,750 - Rowena, Forwiglere of Beornica
You guys are smashing down those stretch goals, so let's celebrate the unlocking of loads of new sorcerers in the last few days by giving you another one... this time for the Anglecynn. It's Rowena, Forwiglere of Beornica - set at £38,750 to unlock!



A child of Beornica, Rowena was once a mighty sorcerer of that land - but once the Christians of Northumbraland persecuted the pagan ways of the Angles she could find no sanctuary but in Mierce, where the old ways are still honoured. She is no mere revenge-seeker, however, for Penda - the Warrior-King of Mierce - has a grander plan than simple conquest...

Rowena will stand on a 30mm base and will be around 30mm to the eye. She will be an Uncommon (2), Wild Warlord of the Anglecynn Beornica realm and a Rare, Wild Warlord of the Anglecynn Mierce realm.

Increase your pledge by £6 (metal) or by £9 (resin) to purchase Rowena!

and Rob has said we've got the Rogue Drunes too a little earlier than planned

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then another target to aim for, and it's a shouty tramp too!

£41,250 - Críostóir, Cruimther of an Creagán


With the awesome Daghda Lúg now unlocked, it's time to give the Érainn a counterpoint in magic with Mr Shouty himself, Críostóir (Christy to you and me), who is a Cruimther of an Creagán... set at £41,250 to unlock! Let's get him, everybody needs a shouty priest!



Amongst the Érainn the Christians still hold power, but they see the threat from the invaders and realise they cannot be passive. Cruimther (KRUM-ther) - priests - such as Críostóir take up the stave and the cross to defend their homelands with a fanatical passion few can match.

Críostóir will stand on a 30mm base and will be around 30mm to the eye. He will be an Uncommon, Fanatical Warchief of the Érainn.

Increase your pledge by £6 (metal) or by £9 (resin) to purchase Críostóir!

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and glimpses of the future

Creator Mierce Miniatures 28 minutes ago

Okay. Following on from the discussion yesterday, about what to put at £60k (because we will get to £50-55k, I am sure), here are your options...

Albainn - Cingalom Host (Brude, 10x Cingalom [slingers], 3x Oghurithne Stalkers [slingers]) / Armoured Oghurithne Host (Armoured Bagseg, 7x Armoured Oghurithne) / Oghureach Host (Murcunn, 3x Oghureach)
Anglecynn - Geoguth Host (Berenulf, 10x Geoguth, 10x Wulfas)
Atalantes - Khalkotes Host (Haimon, 10x Khalkotes, 3x Hounds of Bronze)
Brythoniaid - Cawrdraig Host (3x Cawrdraig)
Érainn - Fiannagh Host (commander, 10x Fiannagh, 3x Peat Beasts) / Sleanagh Host (commander, 10x Sleanagh, 3x Peat Beasts)
Fomoraic - Mallax Host (Aalvór, 6x Mallax) / Ograx Host (Haakon, 7x Ograx) / Mammax Host (Gaarwäg, 3x Mammax) / Armoured Tarvax Host (Ckaarakk, 6x Armoured Tarvax)
Jutes - Jutgar Host (commander, 10x Jutgar, summat else)
Khthones - Hydrar Host (Hanokh, 6x Hydrar) / Krokodar with two weapons Host (Srók, 6 Krokodar)
Norse - Leiptroll Host (Steinn, 10x Leiptrolls) / Trolls with Great Weapons Host (Jörmungand, 6x Trolls w GW)
Vras - Blade-Vras Host (commander, 10x Blade-Vras, summat else)

Note that some of these hosts will be more expensive than the £60 / £90.

I've given away a fair bit there...

That's some interesting stuff showing up as further goals.

Nice to have something new to always look forward to.

Not a proper Darklands KS until Hedroc on his Hound Horse shows up at the last minute though...

Also unlocked early (sounds like Robs been able to get them locked in as alternates with the sculptor so they are being done anyway)




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And we've got an official £47,500 target in Mopsy


Ogmops, Oghurithne Channeller for the Albainn
£25 RRP so £18 metal, £22 resin

The campaign has passed £40K!

With 2 days to go, £50K, and the Walrus-Men, are within sight!

Mammax anyone? Not a stretch goal, just a possible one...




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Oh, and a new stretch!

Mammax are huge beasts - a unit of them would be an impressive sight on the table!

Total is now at £41.5K and 258 backers with just over a day to go - so let's go everyone!!!

Walrus-men for everyone!!!

Stretch goals are toppling and new ones are appearing:

£43,750 - Nerys, Abades of Penmôn

With the mad Irishman Crístóir unlocked, here's another fantatical follower of the faith - Nerys, an Abades (abbess) of the Brythoniaid, set at £43,750 to unlock!



The Brythoniaid have been devout followers of the One God for hundreds of years, and there are those within the Church that believe the ancient pacts of old are not the only ways that the Cymry can defend themselves. So it is that the Abadau (abbots) and the Abadesau (abbesses) take up their faith and their weapons to defend their homeland and people from the invaders.

Nerys will stand on a 30mm base and will be around 30mm to the eye. She will be an Uncommon, Fanatical Warchief of the Brythoniaid.

Increase your pledge by £6 (metal) or by £9 (resin) to purchase Nerys!

£46,250 - Gnith, Morsagart of Dun Durn

So here's another sorcerer for you, and it's for the Albainn. Here's Gnith, a Morsagart of Dun Durn, unlockable at £46,250!



A warlord sorcerer of the Albainn, Gnith is a master manipulator of the Oghu Stones and their strange earthly power. Gnith will stand on a 30mm base and will be around 30mm to the eye. He will be an Uncommon (2), Wild Warlord of the Albainn.

Increase your pledge by £6 (metal) or by £9 (resin) to purchase Gnith!

I always felt Darklands needed more portly nuns.

Fomoraic are unlocked!

On that note, you may as well add for the Fomoraic now. We've already booked Yannick Fusier for the Walvax, and Yannick Hennebo is nailed on for the Reivers.
So go for it, Fomoraic peoples! Add away!

Gogogogogogogo!!!


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Reiver with Axe

Now that really is good news!