Apr 7 2016
The Darklands: First Edition Rule Book - Shipping Soon!
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Fellow Miercenaries!
Today is an excellent day, for we can bring you news of the Darklands: First Edition Rule Book - it will be shipping in the week commencing the 18th of April 2016 (as long as we can get hold of the relevant boxes to do so)!
Your copy will be signed!
Your copy of the Darklands: First Edition Rule Book will be signed by the Mierce Miniatures team, which we hope will be a nice surprise for you all!
We know that some of you do not want a signed copy, so please e-mail us to let us know and we will make sure your copy is not signed.
Further Copies of the Rule Book
If you would like any further copies of the Darklands: First Edition Rule Book, they are now available to pre-order from the Mierce Miniatures website. You can also purchase further signed copies of the rule book from now until Monday, as per the offer to non-Kickstarter backers.
However, please note that its RRP is now £39.99 - £5.00 more than originally expected - and this is because of its length, 364 pages, which is around a hundred pages more than estimated previously. This means you have got hold of your copy much cheaper than expected!
Also, info on the next Kickstarter:
Creator Mierce Miniatures 32 minutes ago
Oghurithneach will occur... at some point! The next project is monsters... the new kindreds haven't got many! Plus, er, Conand.
You'll be able to have an Umaer with crossbow as a commander too. Working on converting Bagseg to be that commander.
That Conand part?
And then that loud thump you heard?
That was Zed, passing out from overwhelming anticipation and joy!
This thread's getting a bit long in the tooth...I might use the occasion of the Darklands Rulebook Release/Shipping to start a brand new Mierce Darklands Ongoing News and Rumors Thread...
...and, from today:
Creator Mierce Miniatures about 3 hours ago
Lots of books shipped today, but in order not to break the local post office we have to stagger it over a few days, so expect more to be shipped until the end of next week. We're starting with UK first.
Also, new Kickstarter will either be launching tomorrow or...Monday!
Creator Mierce Miniatures about 4 hours ago
I don't do Friday launches any more - they mean that my weekend (inevitably tied up with kids) is wiped out and I become The Bad Man.
Looks very intriguing, I've only ever looked in at the miniatures before and realised a game was in the running.
Is anyone able to give a very brief synopsis of how the game functions? And of the concept? I'm assuming something vaguely to do with pagan mythology, Slaine etc. and some Eldritch/HP Lovecraft?
Looks very intriguing, I've only ever looked in at the miniatures before and realised a game was in the running.
Is anyone able to give a very brief synopsis of how the game functions? And of the concept? I'm assuming something vaguely to do with pagan mythology, Slaine etc. and some Eldritch/HP Lovecraft?
The books will be staggered over the next few days and probably into the next couple of weeks, if only because of postal bag limitations (one book weighs 1.9kg, and postal bags have a health and safety limit of 11kg)!
The metals will ship over the next few weeks. We've didn't get enough Wihtgar or Gabrax sets to fulfil our original order, but we should be getting those next week according to the caster. So most things will ship and it will only be because of either the Wihtgar or the Gabrax that your order is delayed.
As always - please be patient chaps and chappesses!
Pretty sure I'm waiting on both!
Creator Mierce Miniatures about 1 hour ago
Oh, and, regarding the metals, if you've not got enough shipment items, your order won't be sent of course.
On that note, we're only shipping the rule books outside of shipment items for projects up to Monstrous Mounts; anything after that will go if you have enough shipment items.
In the future, books won't be shipped without postage / shipment items.
Aww shucks thanks for the link/ kind words guys. Love Darklands and I'm always happy to demo for anyone around the south of England, particularly London area.
Saw a few sneak peaks of the upcoming kickstarter at Salute and I'm very excited to see what pops up
Not explicitly actually, but I wouldn't like to jeopardise my chances of future exposure but violating an implicit assumption of secrecy!
That said, Rob has mentioned on the KS comments about Conand being involved in some capacity so you can draw your own conclusions about what kind of awesome stuff that might involve.
RoninXiC wrote: Absolutely nothing wrong with more big stompy monsters
The thought has crossed my mind that we hadn't had any proper big fighty monsters for a while, and that a few more might galvanise more interest from proxy buying backers who weren't looking to play, just for big impressive centrepiece models for their existing fantasy games.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Just had my Dispatch update for metal Warriors Of Baalor too!
Can now be bought from the website. Kickstarter ones will ship first but those are expected to be done within the next week or two so shouldn't be too long
The books will be staggered over the next few days and probably into the next couple of weeks, if only because of postal bag limitations (one book weighs 1.9kg, and postal bags have a health and safety limit of 11kg)!
The metals will ship over the next few weeks. We've didn't get enough Wihtgar or Gabrax sets to fulfil our original order, but we should be getting those next week according to the caster. So most things will ship and it will only be because of either the Wihtgar or the Gabrax that your order is delayed.
As always - please be patient chaps and chappesses!
Pretty sure I'm waiting on both!
Creator Mierce Miniatures about 1 hour ago
Oh, and, regarding the metals, if you've not got enough shipment items, your order won't be sent of course.
On that note, we're only shipping the rule books outside of shipment items for projects up to Monstrous Mounts; anything after that will go if you have enough shipment items.
In the future, books won't be shipped without postage / shipment items.
My shipment just updated to "packing," so hopefully that means I'm in on the first batch of Whitgar and won't have to wait.
Kind of frustrating on the rulebook shipping items, though. I was specifically told they would be shipping outside of model orders. Hopefully my stuff won't get helpd up overmuch.
I'm anticipating the likes of Krull, Gomagg, Uuthall etc for the newer Kindreds as the main focus. Would make the most sense, as those trademark Mierce giants haven't been seen in a while that I can recall.
Good point - and now that you mention, I do seem to recall that that will indeed be the initial focus here, getting the "New Kindreds" their own Big Beasties!
With something for everyone sprinkled in too, of course...
Automatically Appended Next Post: Good point - and now that you mention, I do seem to recall that that will indeed be the initial focus here, getting the "New Kindreds" their own Big Beasties!
With something for everyone sprinkled in too, of course...
I'm waiting until I have my starter sets and rulebooks before backing another KS as I don't want to spend the money if I don't like the game. Also I'm waiting for them to have a bit more coherency on their website for the game so after a demo I can say have a look on the website for the different starter sets to get you started instead of the confusion as it stands.
Thuulac looks cool but I have nothing to go with him. Apart from that none of the monsters arr gripping me and I'm not sure if I want anything already produced just yet.
Things are progressing nicely on the Darklands: Savage Hordes project, because we have another update for you this week and it's blimmin' awesome, even if we do say so ourselves. It's also very ratty!
This week we have:
sculpt work in progress updates from Benoît Cosse;
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...
We've some lovely ratties for the Vras to show this week, courtesy of Benoît Cosse!
To say that we love Benoît's work on the Spear-Vras is the biggest understatement of the century... we want to cuddle them so much it hurts!
(as always, apologies for the size and quality of images)
The champion of the unit is No-Claw - named after his missing right hand of course!
He's a bit shouty!
The herald of the unit is Fat-Skin, a drummer of some note.
Ba-dum!
A warrior of the unit, is Sharp-Fang, and a runner! A dasher!
Run-run! Or it could be dance-dance... who knows?
Let us not forget Scar-Belly, completed last month...
Hopefully these guys will be a Wave 12 shipment, but we'll see - there's a way to go yet...
Rulebook is huge! Luckily, there's a nice little section at the beginning which says, in summary; If you're a new player, read only these rules first...
RiTides wrote: Cremharunc art is fantastic! Man, that's going to be a huge model
Wonder how the "grass" will be sculpted onto it? If they can pull that off convincingly it will look incredible!
I was thinking of sprucing mine up with some grass tufts. He's gonna be a big boy!
Automatically Appended Next Post: So was I reading the KS correct, and the prices of the larger resins are rising? I guess they've been static for a few years, so probably time.
RiTides wrote: Cremharunc art is fantastic! Man, that's going to be a huge model
I love the concept. He literally is a walking, angry mountain!
A good way of looking at it!
I was initially only so-so on the Érainn, but the more I see, the more I like!
And yes, while it is mostly only in my mind, I see them as the closest thing to the 'good guys' (sorta, more or less) in the Darklands setting!
Bossk_Hogg wrote:
RiTides wrote: Cremharunc art is fantastic! Man, that's going to be a huge model
Wonder how the "grass" will be sculpted onto it? If they can pull that off convincingly it will look incredible!
I was thinking of sprucing mine up with some grass tufts. He's gonna be a big boy!
Automatically Appended Next Post: So was I reading the KS correct, and the prices of the larger resins are rising? I guess they've been static for a few years, so probably time.
I missed that bit!
Good catch!
Bear in mind that the recommended retail price of most of the monsters listed here will increase shortly, so you're getting a fantastic deal.
I was hoping there would be one of those $60 starter things in this, as the minis look nice, but on the bright side saving moneys always good. Maybe the next kickstarter.
Mierce always sends a shipping confirmation via the website once your package has been shipped for each order that's completed with that shipment. That's always at least one email per shipment since they will split off shipped bits into a separate order, but potentially more. One of the more... prolific? backers in the KS comments mentioned getting eleven (!!!!) shipping notifications for one box a few days ago. Some people do scare me :-D
I wonder when (or if?) it will pass to retailers for sale ?
End of the month looking at this. Stuff that gets released is usually available for trade orders at around the same time
Brilliant, thanks for that
Some of these miniatures look fantastic. Hoping to get some of the 'big bad' things from here that the Infernal Overlords failed KS didn't ever supply..
All I can say is, oh. my. God. The miniatures are just absolutely stupendous, how is this game not at the top of selling lists? Even without the game and rules have already picked out several that are going to be in the painting queue.
Was taking a look at some battle reports from Darklands on the Mierce forums (.. I was only looking there, am not going to join, honest! )
then noticed they dated back from 2014 (!)
I take it is this the previous version of the rules, which will be superceded by the new hardbook release? Is there much difference between the versions of the games?
Pacific wrote: Was taking a look at some battle reports from Darklands on the Mierce forums (.. I was only looking there, am not going to join, honest! )
then noticed they dated back from 2014 (!)
I take it is this the previous version of the rules, which will be superceded by the new hardbook release? Is there much difference between the versions of the games?
They're the quickstarter rules, version 0.1 if you like. They've had the main rules available as a download, but under development for the past few years. For more recent reports check out:
Apr 26 2016
£22,500 - Choloch, Servile Warrior of Dis
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What's this? Two Infernii monsters? Well, why not... so here's Choloch, a mighty Servile Warrior of Dis, set at £22,500 to unlock!
Choloch is based upon the awesome Malacant and is an Elite Warchief of the Infernii, able to lead whole armies of demons of Infernus and, of course, their mortal allies the Byzantii!
Increase your pledge by £37 to purchase Choloch, who will only be produced in resin. Choloch is a SMALL MONSTER and so can also be included as a monster within in the FIVE MIGHTY MONSTERS reward!
Yodhrin wrote: Love the huge crab and the Peat Beasts, I'll be sure to pick them up for Mordheim scenarios when they show up on the webstore in a decade or so
Or.. you never know, you could try a new game that uses these beautiful minis to their full extent?
Yodhrin wrote: Love the huge crab and the Peat Beasts, I'll be sure to pick them up for Mordheim scenarios when they show up on the webstore in a decade or so
Or.. you never know, you could try a new game that uses these beautiful minis to their full extent?
Hopefully when everything gets organised and not so...chaotic the game can finally take hold.
Yodhrin wrote: Love the huge crab and the Peat Beasts, I'll be sure to pick them up for Mordheim scenarios when they show up on the webstore in a decade or so
Or.. you never know, you could try a new game that uses these beautiful minis to their full extent?
Covered in the last thread - no point going over it again.
Pacific wrote: They sent you a vcr repair manual by mistake? ?
I can't think of any other document I've read that refers me to "section 6.34.1.2.1", or where the summary of a fairly common action (fleeing) has seventeen steps, all in very precise, very dry computer programming language.
Maybe if I read a quickstart or light version it'd help, but right now, this seems like the clunkiest (as distinct from "most complex") system released this decade.
The videos will help a lot, as will the 'quickstart' and/or 'just read these rules first if you're new here' sections.
Personally, I love a detailed 'crunchy' ruleset and I think the aim here was to make everything as clear and as unambiguous as possible.
I'm still waiting for my book to arrive - but the full rules are available on the Mierce website in PDF form - and once it does I'm planning on diving right in!
Mierce Miniatures wrote: @Elemental - you can always ask us for a demo game! Be happy to provide you with one, depending on where you are.
Videos are being worked on too, it will take a while though.
I presume you won't be able to make it to Western Canada for any demo games
I know that good videos take a while to make, but having tried to power through the rules online I'm a bit concerned about getting new people excited a bout a game with such a dense and somewhat inaccessible rulebook. Most gamers I know don't actually approach rulebooks by reading them cover-to-cover and instead just reference parts they need, so I think the robustness of these rules might actually help resolve clarity issues in those instances, but those videos would go a loooooong way to making the game more accessible to new players just starting out and learning the rules. "They have explanatory videos on the way at some indeterminate point in the future" is a tough sell.
We want to get more people into your game! Please help make it easier for us to do it!
Alpharius wrote: The videos will help a lot, as will the 'quickstart' and/or 'just read these rules first if you're new here' sections.
Personally, I love a detailed 'crunchy' ruleset and I think the aim here was to make everything as clear and as unambiguous as possible.
I'm still waiting for my book to arrive - but the full rules are available on the Mierce website in PDF form - and once it does I'm planning on diving right in!
I'm in the same boat. I think the current trend for simple games can be taken too far, to the point where it just doesn't feel like there is any meat on the bone.
All for having depth to rules and mechanics, but as you say it becomes even more important then that there is good layout, and the rules while complex are still intuitive. It's a difficult game, this rules-writing lark
Have tried contacting a couple of UK retailers (Firestorm and Wayland Games) and neither are stocking the rulebook apparently, which is a shame. So looks like direct order only unless any of the other shops deal with a different distributor.
Wayland don't actually stock Mierce stuff at all, which is a surprise considering they sell pretty much everything in the hobby !
Pacific wrote: Have tried contacting a couple of UK retailers (Firestorm and Wayland Games) and neither are stocking the rulebook apparently, which is a shame. So looks like direct order only unless any of the other shops deal with a different distributor.
Wayland don't actually stock Mierce stuff at all, which is a surprise considering they sell pretty much everything in the hobby !
You could try element games. They stock quite a few darklands resin minis & may be getting in the rulebook.
Can anyone tell me when the Jutes will be available to order from the Mierce website? I missed the KS for them and I'm anxious to get my hands on some.
ephrael wrote: Can anyone tell me when the Jutes will be available to order from the Mierce website? I missed the KS for them and I'm anxious to get my hands on some.
Drop Mierce a message to see if they are willing to open up to late pledgers - if yes, then join the Kickstarter! They've been pretty open with opening up, but the Wihtgar maybe winging their way to a release, so probably won't be available. However, the Gasts, Wihtax and Wihtboga are still available in the pledge section.
ephrael wrote: Can anyone tell me when the Jutes will be available to order from the Mierce website? I missed the KS for them and I'm anxious to get my hands on some.
Drop Mierce a message to see if they are willing to open up to late pledgers - if yes, then join the Kickstarter! They've been pretty open with opening up, but the Wihtgar maybe winging their way to a release, so probably won't be available. However, the Gasts, Wihtax and Wihtboga are still available in the pledge section.
There's also the 'reprise' infantry starter hosts on Savage hordes (and sh2) which, rather than a monstrous unit, contain a large monster (as well as a gbp60 host with a bunch of the big floaty dudes) Those are still open to backers iirc?
Not to mention the sh or sh2 ranged infantry hosts; there should be plenty to choose from if rob is OK with granting access to the 2 previous kses.
@Badger - depends where you are in the south east, but if you pop on our forums - http://mierce-miniatures.com/forum you should be able to see who's available in that area.
We have a sell-sword - Rob Boyce - in London so he may be able to help too.
@Bolognesus - yea, if anybody wants access, just mail us.
@George - yea... I expect Bānbreca to make it to £100 RRP eventually, so he'll probably be £120 RRP. Get Bānbreca while he's this cheap, trust me!
Creator Mierce Miniatures 24 minutes ago
You won't get the archers on top though - they'll be options in terms of numbers.
Of course we need to get to £50K for that to happen though, and I hope it does, as I'd like to pick him up!
and:
Creator Mierce Miniatures 9 minutes ago
Once we hit the next stretch goal I will put the Hydrar Unit up at £35,000. It'll be a full unit of five, Hirakoth will be retired, as they'll all be digitally sculpted.
£100 RRP though, so £75 here.
If that doesn't move you lot, I don't know what will...
Considering I still haven't finished my Krokodar (and hopefully I'll be getting my mounted Agriosavra soon, and Srok's head), I'm not sure if yet another unit of monstrous infantry are what I need.
Now giant crustaceans and crab men? That's a spot in my collection that hasn't really been filled much, and I do have a fair amount of Formorians as it is....
The Hydrar are the 3 headed snakemen like hirakoth (so bonkers they can't be used as slaves by the atlantes)
(Rob's said the current version will be retired presumably as the new unit is going to be digitally sculpted and he wants the 'new' hirakoth to match the rest of the unit in size/look, so if you think you might want him don't forget to order him, although presumably the change won't happen till the full new unit is up for release)
Considering I still haven't finished my Krokodar (and hopefully I'll be getting my mounted Agriosavra soon, and Srok's head), I'm not sure if yet another unit of monstrous infantry are what I need.
Now giant crustaceans and crab men? That's a spot in my collection that hasn't really been filled much, and I do have a fair amount of Formorians as it is....
Oh really?
I never saw your reply to THIS AWESOME NEWS:
Alpharius wrote: Those crab 'men' are on 80mm bases, standing 70mm high!
They're...rather big!
EDIT:
Oh, and Highlord?
There's already been mention of...Fish-Men!
And...Angler-Men?
So, I ask you...can Shark-Men be far behind?
EDIT 2:
I asked for you Highlord - I asked for us all!
Are you ready...?
Creator Mierce Miniatures 25 minutes ago
@Alpharius - yes, shark-men and whale-men are on the table. Anything semiaquatic is, and if we ever do Darkseas... who knows?
Ah - to be honest, I haven't been a fan of any of Mierce's "snakemen" sculpts other than the ACTUAL Hydra... which just kicks arse.
But hybrid half snake / half humanoid models are a hard sell for me, it just doesn't look like it would work in my mind. Their hydra is just a snake with multiple heads - that I can get behind
Thanks for the info guys! Plenty of other things here that I like
Pacific wrote: Have tried contacting a couple of UK retailers (Firestorm and Wayland Games) and neither are stocking the rulebook apparently, which is a shame. So looks like direct order only unless any of the other shops deal with a different distributor.
Wayland don't actually stock Mierce stuff at all, which is a surprise considering they sell pretty much everything in the hobby !
You could try element games. They stock quite a few darklands resin minis & may be getting in the rulebook.
Element Games are indeed going to sell the book! Although no date as yet (I see it as about a week away from release in Mierce's own store)
Is there anywhere on this site or elsewhere to discuss Darklands the game? I've just got my rulebook, and as impressive as some of the artwork is, and its a professionally-produced looking rulebook, the rules just look unplayably complex. You have to roll for the weather, not just at the beginning but throughout the game!
You're probably more likely to get a response on the Mierce forums, there a plenty of people there that play and Rob checks it more regularly than here I think
cromagz wrote:You're probably more likely to get a response on the Mierce forums, there a plenty of people there that play and Rob checks it more regularly than here I think
We're just about to unlock Choloch so it would be rude not to give you another monster to go for. So here's something for the Anglecynn, Howling Cnebba, set at £23,750 to unlock - which is just around the corner!
Howling Cnebba is an alternate of the fantastic wolf-beast, Cnebba, and is a Feral Monstrous Beast of the Anglecynn. There's not many big Anglecynn monsters and many field two Mægenwulfas, so here's one to make things a bit different for you!
Increase your pledge by £37 to purchase Howling Cnebba, who will only be produced in resin. Howling Cnebba is a SMALL MONSTER and so can also be included as a monster within in the FIVE MIGHTY MONSTERS reward!
I usually like the idea of snakemen but find the execution doesn't work for me.
I picked up Xontor though, because it's just so Harryhausen that nothing else matters... and because I think it's actually easier to make good half-human / half-snake hybrids than to make an actual anthropomorphic snake. I'm still undecided as to whether to paint him like a half-human / half-snake, though, or more likely, do bronze and verdigris and have him be a construct.
Just a note that I fixed your link, Mierce (had a period at the end making it not work).
Whether here in the Misc Forum linked to above (which is ripe for Darklands discussion!) or on the official Mierce forums, I'd love to see more discussion of gameplay now that the rules are printed and in the wild . Exciting stuff!
Mierce Miniatures wrote: @I-Bounty-Hunt-The-Elderly - you don't have to use weather; that's a master rule, i.e., for people who know the game inside out.
See p6, read the "Darklands Beginners" scroll. That tells you what you need right from the start.
Thanks for replying to that. I appreciate the Beginners guidance, and looking at it I'm sure that much of the basics like sight and movement will be easy enough to absorb for experienced gamers. I think my initial impression, that its a massive hunk of rules, may deter some people from trying your game unless there is a healthy amount of beginners guidance online (p6 mentions videos etc for example) and a growing playerbase. I really hope this does come about as its clear a lot of thought and attention to detail has gone into creating an atmospheric ruleset - I was particularly impressed by a section on dragging models with missile weapons, since I've kickstarter-ordered some of your walrus-men harpooners.
Elemental wrote: As a fan of the comic Slaine (which Darklands seems to have a lot in common with), I was wondering when we'd get to see a proper Warp Spasm.
There'll be units of them. That one is based off the Fiannagh. There will be Tuanagh based ones too i.e. with double handed axes!
Makes me want to finally finish reading all my Slaine books- I have just about everything published, but stopped around The King/ Time Killers, jumped to The Horned God, then jumped to The Book of Invasion.
I'll get that Wyvern- ogre.
Even more excited about armored Wyvern- men. Maybe they can teach the Albainn how to put on clothes.
The superb Alix of Carn Bran is an Ysian Beast-Master and Sell-Sword, funded as part of the Savage Hordes project, that we think everybody who backs this project should be introduced to - because if you field her, you can field pretty much any monstrous beast from any kindred in your host!
Alix of Carn Bran is an Ysian Beast-Master of dark renown, a beauty with the beast - for she is never seen without a monstrous creature alongside her, a beast that bends to her will and acts both as protector and enforcer.
WARRIOR RULES
Whip for Hire
Alix is a sell-sword and will work for any kindred. She can also bring a monster of any kindred to battle with her, although that monster must be included within her command and so it would be a sell-sword like her. 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 Alix and her monster.
Beast-Master
Alix may Bind to one Beast or Monstrous Beast unit (which would immediately gain the Bound Permanently (Alix) ability) - now called a Beast Unit - from any kindred when mustering, as long as that Beast Unit is not of Construct privilege. Effectively, mustering Alix enables her general to muster a Beast Unit from any kindred, although that Beast Unit must be included within her command - and so it would become a sell-sword like her. Alix may battle Bind to any Beast Unit from her own host, including any allies.
Goad-Master
Alix may choose to Goad the Bind unit (now also called the Goaded unit) by performing a Goad action upon them. In addition to the goad effects listed in the Goad action, Alix may force the Goaded unit to perform the following goad effects:
Rampage: If the Goaded unit is currently frenzied, force the Goaded unit to perform a Rampage reaction immediately
Attack: Regardless of the Goaded unit's current vigour, force it to perform a compulsory embedded Attack action or compulsory embedded Attack Move action against an enemy unit it is currently engaged with or beset by.
In short, Alix means you can bring some monsters that you wouldn't necessarily think of in your host!
May 2 2016
£28,750 - Oghu Watchers, Armoured Oghurithne Unit
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In a bid to give every kindred something to aim for, here's a stretch goal for the Albainn - the Oghu Watchers, Armoured Oghurithne Unit, set at £28,750 to unlock!
The Oghu Watchers are based on the original Oghu Keepers, Oghurithne Unit and will be converted by the amazing Yannick Fusier to have both shield and some extra armour, thus making them a shieldwall unit for the Albainn.
Increase your pledge by £60 to purchase the Oghu Watchers, £30 to purchase the Oghu Watchers extra warriors or £80 to purchase both. The Oghu Watchers will only be produced in resin for now (they probably will be produced in metal eventually, but we're sticking to resin at the moment).
The Oghu Watchers - in unit form only - also count as a MIGHTY MONSTER and so can also be included as a monster within in the FIVE MIGHTY MONSTERS reward!
Bossk_Hogg wrote: Is there a bonus figure with Alix like last time? If not, I'm wondering if the metal price is supposed to be lower... it's the same as the resin!
I've just checked and it was in the last KS too.
There's something at the back of my brain about it being a new sculpt, so needing to cover the cost of the commission, but that might have been my imagination or another model.
We're just about to unlock Choloch so it would be rude not to give you another monster to go for. So here's something for the Anglecynn, Howling Cnebba, set at £23,750 to unlock - which is just around the corner!
Howling Cnebba is an alternate of the fantastic wolf-beast, Cnebba, and is a Feral Monstrous Beast of the Anglecynn. There's not many big Anglecynn monsters and many field two Mægenwulfas, so here's one to make things a bit different for you!
Increase your pledge by £37 to purchase Howling Cnebba, who will only be produced in resin. Howling Cnebba is a SMALL MONSTER and so can also be included as a monster within in the FIVE MIGHTY MONSTERS reward!
Watch out for more MIGHTY MONSTERS soon!
Well crap. I guess I will be sending Mierce more money.
Bossk_Hogg wrote: Is there a bonus figure with Alix like last time? If not, I'm wondering if the metal price is supposed to be lower... it's the same as the resin!
I've just checked and it was in the last KS too.
There's something at the back of my brain about it being a new sculpt, so needing to cover the cost of the commission, but that might have been my imagination or another model.
I don't think there's a 'bonus' figure for buying Alix + spending £(X) this time around.
Otherwise, I'd be buying another copy of Alix!
I'd be happy to be proven wrong on this one though!
And all the new stuff is mostly just artwork right now, no actual model pics, right?
Funny how Mierce gets a free pass on these supposed travesties when any other company on KS gets raked over the coals for it.
It's because they're a known quantity now. They've managed to amass over 400 miniatures over the last two years! You also know who the sculptors are and, combine that with the fact that they don't close the pledge manager until the final sculpt is shown as well as the fact that they use some impressive talent means they'll continue to be popular.
There's also the fact that pretty much every sculpt has matched the artwork to a freakishly close level. One of the few exceptions to that rule was actually received as an improvement (Taai-ac - I'm probably one of the very few who would have liked the slightly puffier, somewhat 'cuter' original somewhat more).
With Mierce you know you'll get precisely what you've paid for before the sculpt is even started, and besides you can just spend your pledge total on earlier ks models which are closer to completion and then top up for the later stuff whenever that draws close to delivery. (It's been a while since I've spent KS credit on minus from the project I pledged those funds on!)
Just got a shipping notice for a model I had ordered (Bil, Nithing) which I need for a commission going on - thanks so much to Mierce for getting it out even in the midst of the KS campaign / shipping rulebooks / etc! Great customer service from this company
Such a shame, I would love to get some of these beasties but I promised myself that I would not back another one until I got my two srarter sets and rules.
That's about how long mine took too - thankfully it is on its way now.
I think the Mierce ships things out in the order in which people place them, so if you get your order in/finalize it soon after the Kickstarter ends, you'll be toward the front of the queue for that campaigns' stuff.
Azreal13 wrote: This may be because I discovered some old Dino Riders toys over the weekend, but that turtle looks like an excellent platform for a ballista...
Heck, just about every creature on a base over 80mm is fair game for siege equipment and warmachines, I say...
And the rulebook has started shipping - you're in the UK, so you probably should have received it by now!
Yeah I mean hosts! I kinda see them as starter sets (this games desperately needs them!). I'll be waiting a while for them as I don't think.they have even started my Atlantes host yet. I paid for single shipment but if I knew that the Atlantes were going to be pushed to the side temporary I would of paid for 2 shipments!
And the rulebook has started shipping - you're in the UK, so you probably should have received it by now!
Yeah I mean hosts! I kinda see them as starter sets (this games desperately needs them!). I'll be waiting a while for them as I don't think.they have even started my Atlantes host yet. I paid for single shipment but if I knew that the Atlantes were going to be pushed to the side temporary I would of paid for 2 shipments!
What have you ordered? Atalantes are still being worked, so it'll be some time before they're ready to go. If you're other stuff is packng it means they're ready and you should be able to buy another shipment item to get them dispatched quicker...
I'll look into it today. I have the June's and Rulebook from the first metal KS though I can't run demo's until the Atlantes are done. Thanks for the info.
I'll admit to only partially understanding what ships when to whom (?) too.
I'm fairly certain I've always paid for multiple shipping waves, but then there's some formula beyond that that will determine...things.
For example, I paid for 'one shipment wave' for monstrous mounts - I got 4 of them, they're all done, and I recently got a shipping announcement for some stuff and...none of the Monstrous Mounts were included!
It is some combination of when you lock in your order, how many waves of shipping you purchase, what's available when the ship a wave for you and...some other stuff!
Alpharius wrote: I'll admit to only partially understanding what ships when to whom (?) too.
I'm fairly certain I've always paid for multiple shipping waves, but then there's some formula beyond that that will determine...things.
For example, I paid for 'one shipment wave' for monstrous mounts - I got 4 of them, they're all done, and I recently got a shipping announcement for some stuff and...none of the Monstrous Mounts were included!
It is some combination of when you lock in your order, how many waves of shipping you purchase, what's available when the ship a wave for you and...some other stuff!
Don't forget that some Monstrous Mounts stuff has been sculpted, but not yet sent out. And, because you made me, this might help:
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A note on waves:
First Edition: Waves 1, 2 and 3
First Edition 2 and Monstrous Mounts: Waves 4, 5 and 6
New Kindres: Waves 7, 8 and 9
Metal Age: Waves 9, 10 and 11
What the rule is: if you want to receive something from a specific kickstarter, you need to pay for a wave from that kickstarter. However, the more waves you purchase, the quicker you get your stuff. Also, as long as you've paid for more than one shipment for a particular kickstarter, they will also more likely be happy to spread your shipments out. For example:
For New Kindres, you bought two shipment waves
When you're first batch of new Kindreds models are ready, they'll use one of your purchased New Kindreds waves and send you whats ready.
For your remaining miniatures, anything ready will be held until the entirety of your order is ready to be sent
You also backed Metal Age and bought two more shipment waves.
What they tend to do is (but no guarantee), when you're first Metal Age items are ready, they'll usually add in the New Kindreds stuff that's ready with your first send out so you get your metal age and New Kindreds order.
You'll then wait until either your New Kindreds or your Metal Age order is ready in its entirety before the next send out. Again, if you have stuff waiting for dispatch from a previous kickstarter, they'll add that in with the current order.
Also, here's what's coming up with each wave. I've excluded Savage Hordes and onwards to avoid confusion, but that's due to start at wave 12:
May 4 2016
£31,250 - Cowering Fiends of Dis, Armoured Fiend Unit
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With five days to go, here's something very awesome - and very near! - to aim for: the superb Cowering Fiends of Dis, an Armoured Fiend Unit of the Infernii set at £31,250 to unlock!
The Cowering Fiends of Dis are based upon the Infernii unit the Craven Fiends of Dis, gaining half-helms, pauldrons and scuta (shields) to become Armoured Fiends. Wild Monstrous Infantry, these guys pack a huge punch and with shields to defend themselves they are also tough to take down!
The artwork shown above is in draft form; each will have slightly different shields and half-helms, and we'll update the stretch goal when we have the final artwork.
Increase your pledge by £75 to purchase the Cowering Fiends of Dis unit!
RoninXiC wrote: Still not single Ysian monster :( WHAT IS GOING ON?!
Maybe Kingdom Death already used a lot of their body horror ideas? It's ok with me my wallet appreciates the break.
I'm excited that my Metal Age Norse warband should be showing up in the near future. WIth Mierce and Red Box Games I'm going to have one sweet Viking/Varangur army to paint.
May 5 2016
£26,000 - Great Axe Krull
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With Ammon in the bag, it's time to bring out the big gun in the shape of Great Axe Krull. Set at £26,000 to unlock, he's at this project's special price of £75 - almost 50% off the retail price!
Great Axe Krull is, of course, based upon the mighty Krull, one of our very first big monsters. He's huge - he stands on a 120mm base and is around 170mm to the top of this wings - but don't take our word for it: have a look at the scale image on the graphic!
Increase your pledge by £75, which is almost 50% off his retail price, to get a hold of Great Axe Krull.
Watch out for more stretch goals soon - especially the advent of many monstrous infantry units and a new "FIVE GARGANTUAN MONSTERS" reward!
There's also a new pledge level up. £350 for five of the biggest monsters they have (The Terror, The Kraacken, Krull, Angrislaug and a large monstrous infantry unit)
That's mostly the drinking champions, I don't think there's been that much motion on those so probably not a typo (but OTOH it's a couple relatively minor conversions so hardly something that would weigh them down enormously; it's not something to worry about too much)
For the first time in a while, It's Mierceday here at Darklands: First Edition II - possibly even the second-but-last update for this project, at least in terms of new miniatures to show!
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!
There's just one miniature to show today, and after that there'll only be two left; so don't expect many updates from this project from now on...
The alternate of Crom, Ax-Crom, has been so long in coming we thought he'd got lost: but here he is, thanks to Martin Lavat - and he's definitely been worth the wait!
Ax-Crom should be a Wave 12 shipment.
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Bulls and Wocors
Wowser! It's another Mierceday, everyone - and, as always, we have some superb miniatures to show you...
This week we have:
sculpt work in progress updates from Duncan Louca and Bob Plociennik;
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!
This week we have miniatures from three kindreds to show - something old for the Atalantes, courtesy of Duncan Louca; and something cool for the Brythoniaid thanks to Bob Plociennik!
Duncan Louca has worked wonders on the Atalantes fellows so far - and Dynatos follows that trend brilliantly. Imagine this guy smashing into your enemies' battleline...You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content.
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He will probably be a Wave 13 shipment, thanks to printing times; but we'll see...
Gungonn's Brood is finished, thanks to Bob Plociennik's hard work!
The last remaining warrior of the unit - the alternate of the banner bearer - is Cob ap Mab, and here he is!
That's the unit done - but again, these guys may not make it into Wave 12 due to printing times. Let's hope so though!
We have more Darklands: Savage Hordes miniatures to show you this week, and they're utterly awesome, even if we do say so ourselves...
This week we have:
sculpt work in progress updates from Valentin Zak;
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...
The Albainn and Érainn get some treatment from Valentin Zak this week, and what treatment it is!
Valentin Zak's work on the Albainn Gairlom is amongst some of our most amazing human miniatures, and we're hoping the Crossbows of Dun Durn will be just as good. I say hoping, I mean expecting - Valentin is awesome!
Galan is the champion of the unit and a tough old git...
Early days, but the pose is there.
The first warrior of the unit, and a female, is Wurgesta...
Her pose has changed a little from the artwork, so we'll see if it works!
Cimoith is loading his weapon.
Bend that back! Put some effort in lad!
Another lassie, Unen has already shot some unlucky beggar and is reaching for another bolt...
Bolt, not bolter.
A hoary old warrior, is Calorc!
These guys, we're hoping, will be ready for Wave 12 - but we'll see.
Ahhhh... the Fir Bholg Hurlers. Valentin Zak does it once more, and these guys prove to us that he should do all our Albainn and Érainn miniatures!
Dougal is the champion of the unit, and pretty ugly, although that goes without saying for the Fir Bholg.
Just don't get in the way of his dinner!
Feargal looks a bit glum, and we don't know why.
Maybe it's because he's not had some ale recently?
A mighty big fat Fir Bholg, is Feargus, and we love him and want to cuddle him, wierdly.
These guys are complete, so they should be a Wave 12 shipment!
Automatically Appended Next Post: Watch out for that bell end...
The Bells!
Here's the one you've been waiting for... the third update for the Darklands: Savage Hordes II project, and one in which a certain Hippo-Man will knock you off your feet!
Here we go...
We have something for the Byzantii, thanks to Allan Carrasco and his amazing work!
Some really nice minis coming up, there. I especially like the Fir Bolg -- very characterful! -- and the varied poses on the crossbow unit.
I have to say, as a fairly recent convert to Mierce, that I am MUCH more likely to buy the metals than the resins. The resin stuff just seems to be too fragile. Mierce are very good at replacing stuff that arrives broken, but my minis with spindly parts like spikes have pretty much all had some stuff broken off by the time I've carefully finished assembling them. You can glue them back together... if you can find the bits... but, yeah. Metal for me, from now on, I think, much as this stuff is gorgeous.
Looks like it's a possible option for £45k, I really hope it's chosen as that's pretty much the sweetest looking boar ever! There actually are very few good ones on the market - and several of the ones that are are from Mierce (but not of this size and ferocity!)
Huzzah! The Ysians have joined the party with the fantastic Marzaon, a Chimaera of ferociousness set at £33,750 to unlock, which is not far away... get pledging!
Marzaon is based upon the Ungefelic miniature - a Mantichora - gaining the head of a bull and the head of an eagle for a chimera of smaller proportions than The Terror of Fortriu, and thus more likely to be seen on the battlefield.
Increase your pledge by £45 to purchase Marzaon, who will only be produced in resin. Marzaon is a MIGHTY MONSTER and so can also be included as a monster within in the FIVE MIGHTY MONSTERS reward!
Watch out for more MIGHTY MONSTERS soon!
I've asked if this smaller Chimera also has a breath weapon attack - I hope so!
£37,500 - Trolls of Gunnheim, Great Cleaver Troll Unit
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Here's something for the Norse. They've been coming for a long time, and we thought this project would be the ideal opportunity to unleash them - so here's the Trolls of Gunnheim, a Troll with Great Cleaver Unit! Set at £37,500 to unlock, which is not far away...
The Trolls of Gunnheim comprise three existing miniatures - one of which will convert into a great cleaver variant, Vörtun; Gjöll and Unnolg are fine as they are - and two new Trolls, Gando and Valdr. There's also an alternate warrior of the banner bearer, Jöllu!
Increase your pledge by £75 to purchase the Trolls of Gunnheim unit, or - with Jöllu - £85. The unit of five or six can also be purchased within the "FIVE GARGANTUAN MONSTERS" reward, comprising one of those five choices!
Update #18
May 8 2016
£36,250 - Murderous Cúlaítar
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With the almighty strength of Crémharunc the Earth Beast now unlocked, let's give the Érainn something more to deal with their enemies... the awesome Murderous Cúlaítar, set at £36,250 to unlock!
Murderous Cúlaítar is an oak beast based upon the original Cúlaítar miniature, now armed with high crosses - the better to batter an enemy to death with! He is a Wild Monstrous Beast of the Érainn and will stand on a 120mm base.
Increase your pledge by £60 to purchase Murderous Cúlaítar, who will only be produced in resin. Murderous Cúlaítar is a MIGHTY MONSTER and so can also be included as a monster within in the FIVE MIGHTY MONSTERS reward!
Update #19
May 8 2016
£45,000 - Schyrós, Venerable Khelon
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It's time to bring you another MIGHTY MONSTER, and something totally different, too. Here's Schyrós, a huge and implacable Khelon for the Khthones - set at £45,000 to unlock!
Schyrós is of the Khelones realm within the Khthones kindred and is a Wild Monstrous Beast. Used as a beast of war in the armies of Ophios, Schyrós is invaluable to his cause and a terrible enemy of the Atalantes.
Increase your pledge by £60 to purchase Schyrós, who will only be produced in resin. Schyrós is a MIGHTY MONSTER and so can also be included as a monster within in the FIVE MIGHTY MONSTERS reward!
RiTides wrote: Turtle's great, but hope the boar can get slotted in somewhere before the end, too! Will need a big day Monday but should be possible
I think this one will end up between £40K and £50K - maybe.
The problem here, if there is a problem (and I don't think there is!), is that the 'good deal' is already out there and available, but for some reason people aren't jumping in on it!
The '5 Mighty Monsters' pledge for £250 basically is a 'buy 4 get one free' thing, but only IF you want 4 or 5 of the big beasts on offer this time around.
It looks like people don't really know this, or it isn't resonating enough with them, or it isn't 'obvious' enough - not like the "Alix Bonus" or the "Spend (x) to get (y) Free!" bonus from SH2?
This campaign feels a lot like the "Monstrous Mounts" campaign, which was intentionally limited in scope - but with a bit more variety this time around as a bonus.
I think maybe the timing of this one is a bit off too - maybe if the hardcover rulebook (which is just making its way to backers now) had been out for a bit longer, and with the 'general public' too?
Either way, there's a lot of fantastic stuff on offer right now, and I hope we get to at least £50K - even though that will mean a lot more damage to my bank balance!
It's a lot harder to get people to throw in £60 for a fantastic monster to help the unlocking,
comared to a£60 host where even if they can't afford the full thing people might manage £10 for a commander, £30 for a unit of people or £35 for a smaller monster which keeps the total moving
(and once you've thrown in that £35 you start thinking about how much better of a deal the full host is, and a few days later give in and stick in another £25)
I've also seen quite a few people who now they have the book are consolidating to 2-3 kindreds in preparation for actual play, where before they were spreading themselves more widely, so there's less choices they will actually want
(and no doubt coz I can't add anything this time and just threw in my max on day 1, sigh)
The problem some people might have is that £250 is a lot of money to spend to get a free model, Alix was cool as you could choose how much you wanted to add depending on what monster you wanted.
Unless you're in the Infernii boat there's only one or two monsters per kindred as well so depending how many you are in for already its quite limiting.
Most of the models aren't really grabbing my attention either which is a first to be honest. Athena is nice but I'm not in for Atalantes at this point in time which only leaves the Peat Beasts and Howling Cnebba. Schyrós is rather amazing though just a long way off.
In response to many requests from you, our loyal backers, we've decided to give you two new "deal rewards" that give you much more flexibility than the "five monster" deals - and a bit more of a discount too, with the bigger one! MANY MIGHTY MONSTERS
With this reward you can choose any number of monsters or monstrous infantry from this project, as long as their total Kickstarter price (in purple) does not exceed £300 - all for just £250 ($375), effectively giving you £50 worth of monsters for free!
So, for example, you could choose five MIGHTY MONSTERS at £60 each, or maybe five MONSTERS at £45 each and Great Axe Krull at £75... any combination you like! MANY GARGANTUAN MONSTERS
This reward allows you to choose any number of monsters or monstrous infantry from this project, as long as their total Kickstarter price (in purple) does not exceed £500 - all for just £400 ($600), effectively giving you £100 worth of monsters for free!
Remember, you can choose any monster or monstrous infantry unit shown in this project, including those from the "MONSTERS" or "MONSTROUS INFANTRY" graphics!
Important Things To Understand
There are two important things to remember about the "MANY MONSTERS" rewards, however:
1 - THE "MANY" REWARDS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE POST-PROJECT - i.e., you must back this project, and choose one of the "MANY" rewards, to get that deal. Restricting this to backers only ensures we hit those stretch goals that everybody wants - purchasing them post-project doesn't unlock anything!
2 - To choose what you'd like, simply tell us your choices when you manage your pledge after the project, in the "Special Instructions" box when you go through our website's basket.
3 - If your choices do not reach the total Kickstarter price for a reward, that's it - you will not be given the remainder in Moneyback. It's up to you to extract the maximum deal!
4 - Do not choose anything from previous projects as part of these rewards - you will simply be asked to choose something else if you do.
5 - You can go for both "MANY MONSTERS" rewards if you wish, or choose multiple amounts of either. If you go for either "many" combination reward, you will have access to both post-project.
That's it Miercenaries - we've given you the flexibility, now use it!
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May 9 2016
£42,500 - Trolls of Vartheim, Leiptroll Unit
The Kickstarter commenters have spoken... put out to a vote as to what would be the £42,500 stretch goal, the Leiptrolls won!
The Trolls of Vartheim are Wild Infantry of the Norse on 40mm bases and around 40-50mm tall. Able to devastate their enemies with lightning strikes, these guys come a bit keen and no mistake - so don't miss out on them!
Increase your pledge by £36 to purchase the Trolls of Vartheim in metal, or £54 to purchase the Trolls of Vartheim in resin.
Yeah, I agree - but of course polling current backers isn't going to result in that usually! Really hope the Boar gets slotted in somewhere, the art is just awesome
Haven't Troll units generally been quite a draw to Mierce KSes in the past anyway?
Besides, I'm not so sure what crowd an OMGfethuge boar model would suddenly pull in, tbh... It's not like it's something all that iconic like a dragon or demon or chimera or somesuch.
And that kind of underscores why the performance of this KS is what it is - and that's not saying it is 'bad' or 'underperforming', just that it is doing about what it should be expected to do.
The "Monstrous Mounts" template, vs. a campaign with lots of 'hosts' and such, for lots of Kindreds.
Mierce is a self-professed Kickstarter Company, with 4 a year being the usual for Darklands.
There's talk of running another campaign IMMEDIATELY after this one when it doesn't hit £50K, in order to 'unlock' everything that isn't unlocked now - not sure how much I like that idea though...
He is already being produced of course, thanks to a previous mailshot and project, but we thought it would be remiss not to give you the option to grab him as part of this project. So here he is, the mighty Maatmäg - a Gigantic Mammox that will be yours at £34,000!
Maatmäg - a huge monstrous beast for the Fomoraic which will probably be bigger even than our biggest so far, Krull - will be sculpted by Dan Cockersell, a master sculptor who has sculpted a number of our amazing monsters, most of which are our best miniatures! The mighty Krull, for example; or our amazing Chimaera, The Terror of Fortriu; or Blood-Maw, or Uuthüll, or many, many others.
In short, Dan produces masterworks for Mierce, sculpts that would dominate any host as its centrepiece and that beg a fantastic paintjob - but don't take our word for it: have a look at the work in progress shots of the mighty mammoth below...
More pics - follow the link!
And:
Update #23
May 9 2016
£34,500 - Great Axe Malacant
Who doesn't need another Malacant? That's what we said to ourselves when we decided to bring you Great Axe Malacant, set at £34,500 to unlock...
An Elite Warchief of the Infernii, Great Axe Malacant is more than capable of chewing gum and taking souls, and he's all out of gum. He is based upon Malacant and Choloch, of course, and very tasty to boot: a Servile Champion of Dis with a great axe is a death-dealing tornado of destruction.
Increase your pledge by £45 to purchase Great Axe Malacant.
£38,750 - Shieldwall Dyndraig, Armoured Dyndraig Unit
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So here's the thing. You want a unit of five dragon-men, armed with shields, cleavers and able to breathe fire, right?
Right.
Here they are - the Shieldwall Dyndraig, set at £38,750 to unlock!
The Shieldwall Dyndraig are based upon the original Dyndraig, which are some of our oldest - and best! - miniatures. They each gain a mighty shield and a one-handed cleaver, as well as a bit of head armour; and they retain their ability to breathe fire on their enemies. Wild monstrous infantry of the Brythoniaid, the Shieldwall Dyndraig are truly worth their weight in gold!
Increase your pledge by £75 to purchase the Shieldwall Dyndraig, or - with Naegwg - £85. The unit of five or six can also be purchased within the "FIVE GARGANTUAN MONSTERS" reward, comprising one of those five choices!
Ok serious question- how does anyone actually afford this game? I mean I am going in for one of the monstrous guys but heck that alone is costing me what would essentially be an entire faction in like Infinity, Malifaux or Dark Age. How does anyone build up an army to a playable size? (Not to say anything about the models- I love a lot of them, I just don't have several hundred+ dollars to drop on that).
The easiest way to get Darklands stuff (on the wallet at least) is over time.
I've been picking up Mierce figures since around the end of the first Kickstarter (spring of 13 I believe?) as sculpts started showing up in the updates, and over time I've got a pretty decent setup for three different kindreds.
I just picked up a figure or two a month, depending on their size.
I've got a pretty limited monthly hobby budget compared to what some of the other guys get to drop, but I do try and add a few extra figures to my orders prior to them shipping.
The metal kindreds were a pretty good value for what was offered too. A commander, a mainstay unit, and some sort of monster or monstrous infantry is all you actually *need* to get started.
I think most normal sized games aren't going to be consisting of multiple creatures on 120mm bases duking it out, but then again I could be wrong...
That's tough for game adoption, though, as the best deals are always to be had in the KS bundles - which in the case of many campaigns have you bundling multiple factions together. I've seen this with a lot of Mierce addicts Miercenaries that they will continually be adding to their resin queue... but not settling on one force and building it to a playable size for the present (not counting possible future additions / things that are in the queue).
I don't really know how you guys have such patience, I tend to snap things up at retail (got quite a few Broga models, and Chaagmuth bits for my current project!) but it seems like it'd be nearly impossible to plan an actual army / hobby project / etc on the queues for a lot of the sculpts.
I think the Metal Age host deliveries may change this, and I'm very hopeful for that . But I think there should be a push for it in some way (any ideas, Dakka?) as right now a lot of Darklands armies only exist on paper while painters turn single monsters / units into beautiful creations. That's the next step to get more folks backing and really buying into factions!
Part of the problem is a Canadian is back to dealing with a currency worth a portion what it used to be. I got most of my stuff a few years back when 1£= around $1.50 Cdn. Nowadays it hovers around 1£= around $2 Cdn. It's unfortunate because we're completely at the mercy of nothing we can control.
greywulf wrote: Part of the problem is a Canadian is back to dealing with a currency worth a portion what it used to be. I got most of my stuff a few years back when 1£= around $1.50 Cdn. Nowadays it hovers around 1£= around $2 Cdn. It's unfortunate because we're completely at the mercy of nothing we can control.
Very much this. The dropping dollar has decimated my ability to go in on non-dollar KS recently. Well I suppose I will start with the snake people and spend the next 3 years gathering a force... the struggle begins.
The SH metal starters are still open to order, if you're starting Khthones you might want to look at the Savrar starter and the Savrar alternate unit to go with it. GBP 87, scheduled for delivery some time this year, two mainstay units and a bunch of fairly chunky fire-spewing salamanders to go with it. (of course adding a bunch of existing/new snakemen certainly won't hurt!)
That 87 quid is a decent starter force right there. Ask Rob for access to the SHPM part of the store, he's been fairly lenient about such things so far IIRC.
Yeah email Rob and see if you can get access to the previous KSs then for £60 you can get one of the metal starters which is enough to play the game at a small level. Most kindreds will work if you start with one starter then add another and then add a monster which is a relatively cheap way into the game and a smooth way to build up a legal force.
It's never going to be as cheap as infinity or malifaux Orr something but the quality and scale isn't the same as those games.
That's the host I'm waiting for! Was worried that they weren't going to do the metal hosts! I'm having a hard enough time convincing some of my gaming group to give it a go due to all the Malilstrom shenanigans let alone if they only did resin SH!
Mierce has a really goo track record when it comes to customer service, Kickstarter Deliveries, quality of sculpts and casts, and matching artwork to actual miniatures.
They are on the 'high end' of the price scale, but I think they're 'worth it' in terms of what you get for your money.
Now that the official rules are out in book form, I think the game will begin to gain some momentum as well.
Has anyone seen the drinking companions added to their orders on the website yet? I went for Boozing Rollo in Metal age and he isn't on my orders yet- I know he probably hasnt even started to be converted yet but all my other unsculpted/unconverted stuff is listed in my orders and he isn't.
...and already at £4,321 of a £2,500 initial goal.
And, as a surprise to no one, I want all of the four units currently listed!!!
Are the Leiptrolls smaller than the regular Norse Trolls? I thought they said during Metal Age that the Trolls were too big to be done in metal? I ordered the Metal Age Norse warband and I thought Mierce said the troll was going to still be resin to save weight and cost. If the regular trolls are going to be available in metal I need to buy more.
If I had to guess, and it is only a guess, fluff wise the fact that they're magic users means that they're smaller, and they're on 40mm bases rather than the standard 60mm for punchy trolls, so definitely not as large.
"Aww man, last night I thought I was going home with this hot girl and 3 of her friends. This morning it turns out it was just the one girl. Makes a mean danish and cup of coffee though."
Azreal13 wrote: Much prettys. Shame us Scions Of Baalor have only got the Mammoth so far, and if I could afford that I'd have already bought it!
The price we pay for having what is probably the best fleshed out faction I gues.. :(
We had Conand's fishy fellow's. Hopefully, the Ograx and the Mallax will make an appearance if funding continues. Also, Armoured Tarvax, Srónacxv and Mammax were mentioned as candidates.
I haven't gotten anything from METAL AGE yet - I'm jealous!
You won't be disappointed:
Left to right: Duguth, Jute Wiht Thain, Ætulla, Wihtgar, Maagaan. Maagaan is a massive model, but then again, he's supposed to be 2m/7' tall. But, the skellies are perfectly in scale with the rest. Got these Jutes yesterday along with a bunch of Erainn. They're incredible and I can't tell any loss of detail when compared to the resins.
Azreal13 wrote: Much prettys. Shame us Scions Of Baalor have only got the Mammoth so far, and if I could afford that I'd have already bought it!
The price we pay for having what is probably the best fleshed out faction I gues.. :(
We had Conand's fishy fellow's. Hopefully, the Ograx and the Mallax will make an appearance if funding continues. Also, Armoured Tarvax, Srónacxv and Mammax were mentioned as candidates.
Giant Crab Beast and Big Crab Men - good stuff!
I do hope the Mallax make it in - that is the Sloth Men, right?
Yep, I wouldn't be able to resist the slothy Mallax.
I keep trying to stay with just 2 factions but there's too many awesome things.
I use to Norse and Brythoniaid, Norse and Formoric. Then it moved to Albiann, Brythoniaid and Formoric and not it's Albiann, Jutes and Formoric. That's not even including all the things I get just because it's cool.
Friends who have the book already said there's only 11 pages of fluff in the rulebook, which is a bit disappointing. Was hoping for a bit more to sink my teeth into. I suppose that will all be in Savage Hordes, but does anybody have any idea of when that is slated for release?