Mierce Miniatures Darklands Ongoing News and Rumors Thread! Darklands Rulebook ships on April 18!

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**zedmeister**

New update:

We've now added a new reward - called "THE SWEET SPOT" - for those who have found things a little confusing and just want the best deal in one reward. That's why we've called it "The Sweet Spot"!

So if you pledge for this reward, spending £150, you'll receive:

The Darklands: First Edition rulebook (worth £35 RRP)
The strictly limited edition Uhtred miniature (worth £15 RRP)
The Finnan miniature (worth £15 RRP)
A mounted general from the £40,000 stretch goal of your choice (worth £35 or £45 RRP, depending on which one)
The general on foot that complements the mounted general (worth £15 RRP)
An encounter host chosen from those available in this Kickstarter (worth between £135 and £185 RRP, depending on which one) which also contain 11 Mierce wolf D10 dice
The Danilo Cruz miniature (worth £15 RRP)

So for £150 you basically get a 200+ page hardback rulebook, four free miniatures (Uhtred, Finnan, a general on foot to match your mounted general and finally Danilo Cruz), a mounted general and an encounter host, worth between £265 and £325 at recommended retail price!

Thus, "THE SWEET SPOT" contains everything you'll need to start playing games of Darklands, and at a huge discount too - almost 45% in most circumstances and over 50% if you go for the larger encounter hosts!

Some more Norse concepts spotted. This should now be all concepts for the Norse Infantry:

Undrik the Brave:

Snorri Snorrison:

Gunnar Half-Shield:

Jan:

Undrik:

**Alpharius**

Which faction does the big winged could be a Lord of Change looking guy from the last Kickstarter belong to?

**corgan**

Alpharius wrote:
Which faction does the big winged could be a Lord of Change looking guy from the last Kickstarter belong to?

Norse

**KoganStyle**

Will a general be needed to play with the encounter host in games?

I'm just trying to work out how to go about pledging for 2 hosts to get the game demo'd/played with someone else. Obviously I'm taking a bit of a gamble here, but the models are great and potential could be here with the excellent fluff. What would I need for the sweetest of sweet deals to allow me to play?

**plastictrees**

Koganstyle: You wouldn't need a general, each host comes with a leader type.
Your best bet is the Sweet Spot pledge and then adding for another encounter host.
You don't pay extra for the more expensive hosts with the Sweet Spot, so you'd save even more on one of them.

**Alpharius**

corgan wrote:
Alpharius wrote:
Which faction does the big winged could be a Lord of Change looking guy from the last Kickstarter belong to?

Norse

Argh!

That's one of the factions I'm not liking that much!

Nooooooo!

**plastictrees**

Woops, never mind. Best bet to just play the game with two kindreds is two encounter hosts and the early bird book and Uthtred pledge (£190-£210 total).
The Sweet Spot plus another encounter host would be £230-240, but would give you a mounted and on foot general.

Either option would get you the Danilo Cruz mini.

**Alpharius**

Mierce's main site is workblocked for me - is there somewhere else to see all the factions and such?

**corgan**

Alpharius wrote:
Mierce's main site is workblocked for me - is there somewhere else to see all the factions and such?

I would say their first Kickstarter site may be helpful:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mierceminiatures/darklands-a-world-of-war

**JWBS**

Alpharius wrote:
corgan wrote:
Alpharius wrote:
Which faction does the big winged could be a Lord of Change looking guy from the last Kickstarter belong to?

Norse

Argh!

That's one of the factions I'm not liking that much!

Nooooooo!

Can't you use it to represent something big from another faction?

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**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

From the KS comments

The Norse ship crew (Holumenn) are scheduled to be sculpted by the brilliant Stéphane Simon so I really, really, really hope we get to them

(did I say I really want them?)

**Alpharius**

That might get me to jump in on the Norse too...

**alanmckenzie**

Me also. Been slowly shifting from Ysians.

**plastictrees**

Alpharius wrote:
That might get me to jump in on the Norse too...

If you're not a fan of the Trolls, we're likely to get a unit of these guys at some point:

Although likely not through this KS.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

Pretty birdy

Pretty birdy

Polly want a cracker

Aaaargh!

**yxalitis**

Just waiting for the "monsters only" price point...

**Fenriswulf**

I am waiting for an Ogre sized Albainn unit. That would be awesome. Not likely to be put in the sweet spot, but still damn nice.

**highlord tamburlaine**

I was all jazzed to find out my dyndraig came in the mail today.

Stupid lizard forgot all his horns and spikey bits back in jolly old England.

Looks nice though. Can't decide if he'll be red or green. Probably green, since that's what most of my reptilian army is.

All the "bad" reptiles I own are various shades of red.

Still waiting to see what the Basilisk figures are going to look like.

**Trodax**

OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
From the KS comments

The Norse ship crew (Holumenn) are scheduled to be sculpted by the brilliant Stéphane Simon so I really, really, really hope we get to them

(did I say I really want them?)

Are you kidding me?! The Norse were probably my favorite kindred anyway, due to those trolls being pretty brutal, but this is most likely going to really solidify that preference. Stéphane Simon working from that awesome concept art? Oh my, oh my.

**barnacle111**

I really like these minis, some fantastic sculpts. Are any of you aus based lot in melbourne?
Do I join...?

**zedmeister**

barnacle111 wrote:
I really like these minis, some fantastic sculpts. Are any of you aus based lot in melbourne?
Do I join...?

Indeed there are a few kicking around Melbourne. Check this thread on the Mierce forums: http://www.mierce-miniatures.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=131

You could always back it and ask a load of questions on the comments - there's a bunch of Aussies on there

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

A very positive in depth customer review of the last KS for any who are in two minds about backing this one

have a read and you'll see why us backers are involved

http://lolcraven.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/why-mierce-miniatures-are-kings-of.html

**zedmeister**

Edit:

Ninja'd!

**Lochlannon**

I am really looking forward to the release of the new infantry models. The rulebook sounds awesome with historical inspirations, some colors and even hints at the ability to download updates if needed rather than buy a whole new book. Trying to avoid the rulebook mill is something I can very much appreciate!!!

**Azreal13**

**Alpharius**

Looking forward to the other Skirmish hosts...

...though that would mean a lot more money spent for me here!

**Baragash**

Oh dear! Ysian Skirmish Host in (damn them for putting in the Manticore rather than the Chimera which would have stopped me!) Dyndraig Encounter Host replacing the Ysians in my Sweet Spot...pledge upped

**ulgurstasta**

Looking forward to the the Brythoniad skirmish host and the Gabrax infantry even more!

**zedmeister**

Mierce let slip that they've had the Byzantii legionnaires infantry concepts in. Next reveal is expected to happen when pledges reach £75k

**Alpharius**

I'm on the lookout for skirmish hosts for:

* Fomoraic
* Angelcynn
* Byzabtii
* Norse

Now that I'm thinking about it, are the "Muster Lists" available somewhere?