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

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**Alpharius**

Brugbad, Albainn Oghurithne Champion:

**drazz**

Well, that about did it I think.

Savage, nearly (or sometimes) naked, feral, humans with big canine teeth that are allied with ogre-types and primitive giants all worshipping huge stones that they actually care enough about to carry with them.

Yeah, I think that did it.

**Zond**

Does one of the Rhino men have a scrotum?

**Mierce Miniatures**

@Drazz - good man!

@Zond - they have tiny little rhino-man todgers. So some do, yes ;o)

**Zond**

Sold! 10charrhinotadgerftw

**cincydooley**

Zond wrote:
Does one of the Rhino men have a scrotum?

Everything does.

Even Leofwyn's harp has a little deer boner.

**highlord tamburlaine**

Two of my sronax don't have anything left between their legs.

First one that got snipped, I thought it was a piece of flash hanging on the back of the loincloth, and it got clipped off.

Second one, his willy got snapped off when I was trying to get the loincloth in place between his legs, and there was a bit of flash jammed up in his crotch. I wrestled with the clippers to get as much off in one snip as I could. Snap.

My rhinos are very angry these days.

**Alpharius**

Many (Most? All?) of Mierce's figures are anatomically correct.

Some more comically so than others, but yeah - nature baby!

**Zond**

That's what happens when you only pledge for the human units from the previous two kickstarters. You get boobs and pecs and the armour covers the rest. You miss out on the sweet, sweet monster dong.

**zedmeister**

highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Two of my sronax don't have anything left between their legs.

First one that got snipped, I thought it was a piece of flash hanging on the back of the loincloth, and it got clipped off.

Second one, his willy got snapped off when I was trying to get the loincloth in place between his legs, and there was a bit of flash jammed up in his crotch. I wrestled with the clippers to get as much off in one snip as I could. Snap.

My rhinos are very angry these days.

**cincydooley**

Hey, with this KS you can get a human model sportin wood.

**Piston Honda**

Alpharius wrote:
Brugbad, Albainn Oghurithne Champion:

Reminds me of a skinny one headed version of the troll from war craft II.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

For those who Facebook there is now an unofficial Mierce Militia page/group to post on

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mierce-Militia/470997013001183?fref=ts

**razormage**

Dudda, Wælwulf Howler

Benoît Cosse's been hard at work getting the Wælwulfas sculpted, and here's the next one to progress - Dudda, the Wælwulf Howler. He's a herald, a musician if you will - his howls signal their intent!

There's two Wælwulfas to sculpt after this one, so Benoît is getting there. We think they'll be done by the end of April, and hopefully sent out very quickly after that!
Geraint Nerthol, Teyrn of Cedweli

Simon Bradley's painted up Geraint Nerthol for us! He's looking great in colour.
Hywel Hir, Bannerman of Gwynedd

Simon's also painted up his mate Hywel, as you can see. He's done a great job!

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And the latest update from KS2:

More WIPs and Stuff!
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We've tons of awesome work in progress images for you this week, not the least of which is Allan Carrasco's work on the Norse commanders; but don't see the trees for the wood, because there's the usual news of fulfilment - and of our current Kickstarter project, Darklands: First Edition II...

Idruaada, Warlock Lord of Baalor

Gauthier Giroud has just about finished Idruaada, barring cuts and minor things, which is awesome! He's certainly done a great job on our Warlock Lord.

Idruaada is a Wave 1 shipment, so you'll have to wait until June to get your hands on him.

Thillia, Portent of Khthon
Hector Moran is going great guns at the moment! Not only has he just about finished the herald of the unit, Thillia, he's started work on the first warrior too!

Again, the Dawn of Khthon will be shipped in June along with other Wave 1 items.

Phyllidii, Gorgórar of Khthon
Here's that first warrior of the unit, Phyllidii. As you can see, she's stunning!

As with the rest, Phyllidii is a Wave 1 shipment. There's just Elthissi left...

Knútr of Víkin, Skipari of Hrafnen

Now here is something blimmin' stupendous. Allan Carrasco - fresh from producing a masterpiece in the form of Jörmungand - has now started work on the Norse humans... and... well... just look.

Knútr will be done soon enough but, of course, he's a Wave 1 doozer, so he won't be with you until June.

Rollo Iron Head, Filungi of Hrafnen

Allan's also started work on Rollo, although it's early days yet.

Again, Rollo will be sent to you as part of Wave 1.

Zethag of Carn Dhu, Harvest-Drune

Our most foul and disgusting muddy funster yet is Zethag of Carn Dhu. Revolting, yes. Fantastic, yes. Stéphane Simon is clearly enjoying his work...

Note the pudenda hanging from her belt and, of course, the spuds in her hand... disgusting. But awesome, all at the same time... think about the fun you could have painting them!

**Alpharius**

Update!

Update #14

Mar 28 2014
£65,000 - Parawn, Draigllai
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£60,000 has now been passed - a superb effort from everyone! - which means the Fomoraic unit, The Eye Ascendant, will now be produced.

To celebrate, here's what you can get at £65,000...

Parawn (PA-rown) is a lesser dragon, a Draigllai (DRAYG-chly) and fights for the Brythoniaid.

Increase your pledge by £40 if you've chosen a gold reward, and by £45 if you've gone for a bronze reward!

Parawn will ship in January 2015 along with the second "wave" of Darklands: First Edition II pledges.

The next stretch goal will be unveiled at £62,500...

**yxalitis**

GIMME THAT DRAGON!

**RiTides**

Allan Carrasco is my hero... first Jörmungand, now that Norse model... really love his work.

**highlord tamburlaine**

Curious as to how stable that dragon is going to be. Even if his tail gets glued down, I might be tempted to put a clear rod somewhere on the base to help support him.

I always worry about flying models. There's a reason we tend to see most dragon figures on the ground!

I figure if anyone can figure out how to make it work, Mierce's sculptors will be up to the task!

**Trodax**

So much awesome. That Norse Knutr badass is just amazing. My guess is this new dragon will be a keeper too.

I decided to go in for the 'All The Units' pledge level on KS2.5 here, it looks like a fantastic deal to me (had to do an unloading on ebay to afford it, though).

**Bossk_Hogg**

Knutr is pretty badass. I wish he was fatter like his art suggested, as it would have fit a buddy's D&D character perfectly. Anyone got a link to a good mini for a fat viking with an axe?

**Alpharius**

The Norse stuff is quickly becoming 'can't miss'/'star of the show' for me.

And eventually going to get "Sky Ships" too - way down the road!

**Azreal13**

Bossk_Hogg wrote:
Knutr is pretty badass. I wish he was fatter like his art suggested, as it would have fit a buddy's D&D character perfectly. Anyone got a link to a good mini for a fat viking with an axe?

I wouldn't write him off just yet, I suspect, given the rather "Ken" condition of his undercarriage that this is the scaffold that has a lot of detail to be added, so a portly finished article could still very well be on the cards.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

another bit of troll concept art

**I-bounty-hunt-the-elderly**

Personally I think Idruaada (who I bought in the last kickstarter along with all the other Fomoraic characters) looks a little below par for the usual high quality. I have just assembled my Tarvax, and apart from some mold lines and a couple fixable bubbles, the sculpts are just so crisp and finely detailed. Idruaada just looks a little soft around the edges by comparison. Hopefully it's just the photos. In any case the progress on Manaan looked amazing, I'm sure the mounted model will be even cooler, and I'm very excited for the new warriors. Got into this KS for the same amount as the last one!

Does anyone know if the Tarvax Untain (ie the general) is also moving down to a 50mm base? I need to order some 50mm and am not sure if he should be on one as well.

**cincydooley**

Alpharius wrote:
The Norse stuff is quickly becoming 'can't miss'/'star of the show' for me.

And eventually going to get "Sky Ships" too - way down the road!

When I saw Carrasco was the sculptor, I knew they'd be solid.

He's pretty much exceeded every expectation, though.

**Ken Oakley**

Sky ships! What Sky ships? This sounds exciting. Is there any details?

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I just received my final pieces from KS1. The quality is fantastic I was holding off on getting into KS2.5. It looks like i'm back in. The miniatures are to great to pass up.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

inspired by this I think (Slaine, 200AD)

**Zond**

Damn those sexy Norse. They destroy my plan for collecting all the Brits. Now I'm confused.

**highlord tamburlaine**

I'm still always impressed by the quality of those early Slaine stories, especially compared to what was getting doled out on both sides of the Atlantic.

I've still got the recent reprints of Time Killer and The King sitting on my shelf, waiting to be read. But then I need to reread the first book as well. And then I HAVE to follow those up with The Horned God, and the cycle never seems to end.

I keep hoping Mierce does a figure that is basically Slaine. Question is, what faction would he be? A sellsword maybe?

**Zond**

Slaine should be some sort of Formor outcast. May as well make Conan, a former Byzantii slave.