Alpharius wrote:
This scale pic:



shows how big he is - wow!

 prplehippo wrote:
Really great sculpts, truly awesome. Can't say much more!

I'm curious as to what material is being used to sculpt them.

The green is probably green stuff (maybe mixed with FIMO) but what is the grey material?

It looks like Castilene or some type of wax-clay.

 cincydooley wrote:


Pretty sure it's Sculpy Firm.

But don't quote me.

Update #72

Jun 20 2014
Sculpts, and Wave 1 will be sent - and closed - soon!
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Only a few sculpts again, this week, but we do have major fulfilment news: Wave 1 is about to be sent, and that means all Wave 1 miniatures will soon disappear from the website!

This week we have:

a note about Wave 1 items being removed;
sculpt work in progress updates from Roberto Chaudon, Thomas David, Yannick Hennebo and Stéphane Simon;
a list of what miniatures will be sent in Wave 1;
updated lists of sculptors and sculpts;
current QuickStarter Rules, Muster Rules and Kindred Musters;
what you can expect from us over the next few months.

Let's begin...
Wave 1 Items will be Removed Soon!

With Wave 1 very close to being shipped, it is time to remind you all that ALL Wave 1 items will be removed from the Kickstarter category very shortly.

In a nutshell:

Wave 1 items (see below for a full list of those) will be removed from the Mierce Miniatures website at midnight (GMT) on the 30th of June

In other words, get your skates on if you want any more Wave 1 items; you won't be able to purchase them again until they are released to the general public, and depending on the miniature involved, that could be for a long while yet...! Plus, they'll be at full price of course.
Timoth, Smith of Langwith

Thomas David is close to finishing Tim-Jong-Il, and he is looking excellent! Tim hasn't got a very big nail, but he's got a massive hammer to knock it in with - so meeting Timoth on a dark night isn't advisable.



Timoth should make it into Wave 2 now of course.

Agathae, Signifer

Yannick Hennebo is becoming a firm favourite of ours now. Agathae looks fantastic, especially as she's complete! You'd certainly like to meet her on a dark night...


We did extend the length of Agathae's signum though:
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Agathae should be a Wave 2 shipment of course.
Xontór, Gorgon of Khthon

Stéphane Simon's been working on Xontór's detailing and our lovely big Gorgon is getting there. We can't wait to see him finished, but we don't really want to meet him on any kind of night, let alone a dark one.



Xontór will be a Wave 2 shipment we believe.
Mälmord, Felltroll

Roberto Chaudon has now completed work on Mälmord, and what a result! He's looking very nasty indeed, although you wouldn't like to meet this guy on a dark night, or even a light night, or even in the day time, we think. In short, don't meet him, ever.



Again, as you can see by this next image, Mälmord's a big 'un... he'll fit on a 60mm base though!

Mälmord should make it into Wave 2.

Darklands: First Edition Fulfilment

We have excellent news - the first Wave 1 orders will be shipped today!

Please don't be upset if your orders have not yet been sent, even if your order is currently in "packing"; there's still a few Wave 1 miniatures yet to be moulded, so please be patient while the boys get your miniatures sorted.

Bear in mind, too, that shipments will continue into July and probably August, and as always we will prioritise orders in date order - i.e., if you ordered early, you'll get your stuff sent early.

What Ships When?

Here's an up to date list of what we think will be shipped when. Note that this list (Wave 2 onwards, anyway) could change, but we'll keep it updated every Friday.

Items in bold will DEFINITELY be sent in that wave as we have the sculpt; items in italics are in progress and should make it into that wave, but we don't yet have the sculpt.

SHIPMENT WAVE 0: complete for this project.
SHIPMENT WAVE 1 (beginning end of June): Dúngal on foot - Dúngal on pony - Ciniod - Itaina - Domnech - Bagseg - Eadric on foot - Aldhelm - Leofwen on foot - Broga - Urien on foot - Ffion Ferddig - Angedern - Mag ap Mag - Ieuan Longshore and Taranau - Erebius - Mananaan on foot - Idruaada - Daarkan - Naraa - Gaarwäg- Scecchus - Thelliatiss- Ágriosávra- Eikovra - Myrkranio - Knútr on foot - Knútr on horse - Birna - Víthar - Rollo Iron Head - Jörmungand - Crom on foot - Annik - Zethag - Gondard (Gondard - Ekk) - Brugg - Uhtred Uhtredson - Finnan - Danilo Cruz
SHIPMENT WAVE 2 (beginning August): Eadric on horse - Timoth - Hrōr - Urien on horse - Carys - Caedoc - Equitus Durio on foot - Equitus Durio on horse - Agathae - Velchior - Djiuzu - Con I Modius - Mananaan on horse - Baagath's Herd - Praach - Xontór - Thoth - Hanokh - Dawn of Khthon (Myrinna - Syntyss - Thillia - Phyllidii - Elthissi) - Hrafnen Crew - Mälmord - Crom on horse - Seza
SHIPMENT WAVE 3 (beginning October): Cnebba - Gesith Unit - Trytheorn - Rick Boer's Frisian Warrior - Max Schüte's German Berserker

Thoth and Hanokh have now been printed and we're happy with the result, so we're getting the Dawn of Khthon printed next. Even so, they'll still be Wave 2 shipments now.

Have I ordered the right Waves?

Fairly obviously (and to remind you all that we won't split orders unless you've purchased more than one shipment wave) if you've only purchased one Shipment Wave item, your items will only be sent in one shipment when everything is ready. In a nutshell:

If you have purchased Waves 1, 2 and 3, whatever is available will be shipped in each wave, with wave 3 waiting until everything's finally ready.
If you have purchased Waves 1 and 2, whatever is available in Wave 1 will be shipped in June, with everything else waiting until everything's finally ready.
If you've only purchased Wave 1, your orders will be shipped when everything in your orders is ready.

There's still time for you to change this by ordering more shipment waves of course - feel free to do so, but as soon as Wave 1 is complete, that shipment item will be removed from the webstore. so you'd best be quick!

Please be patient!

We would ask you all to be patient with both ourselves and our artists; sculptors live in the real world and real world problems often impinge upon their time, so please bear in mind that they are working as fast as they possibly can on our miniatures and giving us their full attention. We do not want to rush sculptors for the simple reason that rushed work is often poor work!
Sculpts and Sculptors

Here's the big list of who's sculpting what and when for Darklands: First Edition! Please bear in mind that this list may change over time, so don't take it as set in stone until the first work in progress shots appear.

Stéphane Camosseto: Stéphane will sculpt Eadric on horse next. He has also now taken on Hrōr, so that he matches the Werwulfas unlocked as part of Darklands: First Edition II.
Allan Carrasco: There's just Cnebba for Allan, later on in the year.
Roberto Chaudon: Mälmord is now finished and after him will be Djiuzu!
Benoît Cosse: Baagath's Herd is next followed by Praach.
Thomas David: Timoth is almost there!
Jacques-Alexandre Gillois: Equitus Durio on foot and Equitus Durio on horse will be sculpted over the summer.
Christian Hardy: Velchior is underway.
Yannick Hennebo: Agathae is complete, and Yannick has also agreed to sculpt Mananaan on horse for us as Pedro cannot sculpt this now.
Hector Moran: he has begun digitally sculpting Con I Modius, Legionary Contubernium with Gellius being the first example.
Stéphane NGuyen: Stéphane has begun work on Seza and we should have images soon.
Juan Navarro Pérez: Next up for Juan is Caedoc and then it's Urien on horse and Carys. Juan has also agreed to sculpt Tomas Johansson's Geat Warrior, Trytheorn, although he's not sure when that will occur.
Stéphane Simon: Xontór is half-way through and after him he'll have Crom on horse, the Holumenn Unit and the Gesíth Unit to do. He's getting there!
Unknown: the remaining two descendants, which are Rikkard, Rick Boer's Frisian Warrior (due to be drawn by Stefan Kopinski) and Maximus, Maximilian Schüte's Germanic Berserker (due to be drawn by Danny Cruz). Briefs have been passed to both artists so we should have artwork soon.

Sculpts are certainly progressing now!
Completed Sculpts

We thought this would be a good idea, as things are cracking on - a list of completed sculpts, in kindred order! Completed sculpts are in bold; in progress sculpts are in italics.

ALBAINN: Dúngal on foot - Dúngal on horse - Ciniod - Itaina - Domnech - Bagseg
ANGELCYNN: Eadric on foot - Eadric on horse - Timoth - Aldhelm - Hrōr - Leofwen on foot - Gesith Unit - Cnebba - Broga
BRYTHONIAID: Urien on foot - Urien on horse - Carys - Caedoc - Ffion Ferddig - Angedern - Mag ap Mag
BYZANTII: Equitus Durio on foot - Equitus Durio on horse - Erebius - Agathae - Velchior - Djiuzu - Con I Modius
FOMORAIC: Mananaan on foot - Mananaan on horse - Idruaada - Daarkan - Naraa - Gaarwäg - Baagath's Herd - Praach
INFERNII: Scecchus
KHTHONES: Xontór - Thelliatiss - Dawn of Khthon (Myrinna - Syntyss - Thillia - Phyllidii - Elthissi) - Thoth - Hanokh - Ágriosávra- Eikovra - Myrkranio
NORSE: Knútr on foot - Knútr on horse - Birna - Víthar - Rollo Iron Head - Jörmungand - Hrafnen Crew - Mälmord
YSIANS: Crom on foot - Crom on horse - Annik - Zethag - Gondard (Gondard - Ekk) - Brugg - Seza
SELL-SWORDS: Uhtred Uhtredson - Finnan - Danilo Cruz
DESCENDANTS: Ieuan Longshore and Taranau - Trytheorn - Rikkard - Maximus

Let us know if we've missed anything!
The Darklands First Edition Rules

Now, before we get onto the next project, a word on the Darklands: First Edition hardback rulebook.

We've decided to put back the printing of the rulebook to November.

There's a number of good reasons for doing this, but the main reason is simply so that we can include extra stuff - and so increase the value of what you're getting!

This extra stuff will include whatever we need for the miniatures produced by Darklands: First Edition II (such as muster summaries, or perhaps new rules to cover the abilities of new creatures where required), more background material, more colour artwork... whatever we can fit in really.

Please note, the printing delay will NOT affect the delivery of:

miniatures slated for delivery in Wave 1
miniatures tied to the book itself (such as Uhtred or Finnan)

However, please note that the rules won't be ready for June as a PDF download. We are now looking at the end of July for this.
We'll also ship the rulebook to you when it's available without tying it to a Wave - it's only fair to do so!

Now, we're aware a lot of you guys and gals out there were very keen to get your hands on the book when - let's face it - we said we'd deliver it; but we hope you understand that we simply want to make that book better for you.
The Darklands Concept Art Book

Similarly, we're going to delay the printing of the Darklands Concept Art book.

The main reason for this is very simple - we want to add as much art as we can to it, so we're going to include all the art seen in Darklands: First Edition II. Again, we understand that you guys would want the book in June; but we just want to give you more for the same amount of money!

Update #73

Jun 20 2014
More good stuff, but not a lot of it
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Again, there's not much to show you today, but it's good stuff all the same... and there's a reminder, too, for those of you who don't know about Wave 1 being shipped!

Gromi, Armoured Oghurigg with Cleavers

Olivier Bouchet's been busy altering Gromi, as you can see! There's still a bit to do on the weapons but he's about there.



Gromi should definitely be a Wave 4 sculpt.
Dafydd, Teulu Warrior

Another Teulu Warrior from Olivier Nkweti, and it's Dafydd...



Again, them Teulu will definitely be a Wave 4 shipment!
Wave 1 Items will be Removed Soon!

With Wave 1 (from our Darklands: First Edition project) very close to being shipped, it is time to remind you all that ALL Wave 1 items will be removed from the Kickstarter category very shortly.

In a nutshell:

Wave 1 items (see below for a full list of those) will be removed from the Mierce Miniatures website at midnight (GMT) on the 30th of June

In other words, get your skates on if you want any more Wave 1 items; you won't be able to purchase them again until they are released to the general public, and depending on the miniature involved, that could be for a long while yet...! Plus, they'll be at full price of course.

(Obviously this only applies to those of you that backed KS2 - your access to KS2 was revoked a couple of weeks ago if you did not).
Darklands: First Edition II Fulfilment

Wave 1 (for items from Darklands: First Edition) will begin shipping today; there's a bit of a wait until Wave 4 occurs, but there's plenty of items going out in Waves 1, 2 and 3 later on this year.
Sculpts and Sculptors

Here's the big list of who's sculpting what and when for Darklands: First Edition II. Please bear in mind that this list may change over time, so don't take it as set in stone until the first work in progress shots appear.

Olivier Bouchet: along with the alterations to Gromi, Olivier will also be sculpting the Oghu Guardians, Oghur Unit and the Abhorrents of Ys, Abhorrent Unit.
Stéphane Camosseto: Stéphane has taken on Eoric's Pack, Werwulf Unit as well as Armoured Hrōr for us.
Allan Carrasco: Allan will be sculpting Ravener Birna and Thórrir.
Roberto Chaudon: Thanks to Roberto being so awesome, we've loaded him up with the Craven Fiends of Dis, Fiend Unit, the Corpse Takers, Hrafnmann Unit, Enslaved Ágriosávra, Khallas, Parawn and Hrókr.
Benoît Cosse: we've given Benoît the remainder of the Slaughterers, Krokodar Unit, Brunchaath on Gooracx, Srók, and lots of alternates! Kill-Head Flint-Fang, Marked Galagaak, Skyclad Itaina and Skyclad Ciniod are now complete, leaving him with Young Magágg and Umaer Drast.
Yannick Fusier: thanks to his awesome work on Bagseg, we've given Yannick the Oghu Keepers, Oghurithne Unit - and he's already begun work on them!
Yannick Hennebo:Sáthach is now complete of course and he will sculpt the alternate Feral Agathae now, also.
Patrick Masson: Patrick will be sculpting Uhtred on Horse, to match his foot version.
Hector Moran: excitingly, Hector will be digitally sculpting In III Judas, Demilegionary Incaendium and Quintus Crito.
Stéphane NGuyen: Stéphane will sculpt Akkaz and Tykho!
Olivier Nkweti: Olivier has begun work on digitally sculpting the Loyal Guard, Teulu Unit and he will also be digitally sculpting The Eye Ascendant, Warriors of Baalor Unit, the Warriors of Dyngonwy, Rhyfelwyr Unit, and the Spears of Dun Durn, Gairlom Unit. Four units for Olivier, but such is his work rate and professionalism, we think that's no trouble for him.
Juan Navarro Pérez: Juan will be sculpting the alternates Tonsured Caedoc and Forwyn Carys from this project.
Stéphane Simon: the Shadows of Carn Bran, Shadow-Drune Unit and Ax-Crom - as well as Yrag, Bil and Ekk's Heap - are the sum of Stéphane's work for this project.
Andrew Speirs: one of our regular backers and a good friend, Andrew will be converting the Trolls to become Armoured Trolls, and work has already begun on them.
Ernst Veingart: the sculptor of Mjagnir, Ernst has begun sculpting a "miniature" that will dwarf Mjagnir the Jötunn - Gomagg, the Albainn Giant!
Valentin Zak: Valentin has now sculpted Cæna, and that concludes his work for us on this project!
Unknown: we don't yet have sculptors confirmed for Sweordsman Timoth, Rēoc's Pack, Geraint on Ceffyldraig and Max Schüte's second Descendant, but we hope to confirm them soon.

Tons of sculpts!
Completed Sculpts

We thought this would be a good idea, as things are cracking on - a list of completed sculpts, in kindred order! Completed sculpts are in bold; in progress sculpts are in italics.

ALBAINN: Oghu Guardians - Skyclad Ciniod - Oghu Keepers (Brugbad - Dungabad - Lobeg - Bogad - Rubeg) - Skyclad Itaina - Spears of Dun Durn - Umaer Drast - Gromi (Gromi - Gromi with two cleavers - Armoured Gromi with two cleavers) - Young Magágg - Gomagg
ANGELCYNN: Armoured Hrōr - Eoric's Pack - Sweordsman Timoth - Cæna - Rēoc's Pack
BRYTHONIAID: Geraint on Ceffyldraig - Loyal Guard, Teulu Unit (Cynog - Lleu Gryf - Gerallt - Dafydd - Emyr) - Tonsured Caedoc - Warriors of Dyngonwy, Rhyfelwyr Unit - Forwyn Carys - Parawn
BYZANTII: Quintus Crito - In III Judas - Feral Agathae - Tykho
FOMORAIC: Brunchaath on Gooracx - The Eye Ascendant - Helmed Naraa - Marked Galagaak
INFERNII: Craven Fiends of Dis
KHTHONES: Srók - Slaughterers - Enslaved Ágriosávra - Khallas
NORSE: Thórrir - Corpse Takers - Ravener Birna - Armoured Trolls - Hrókr
VRAS: Kill-Head Flint-Fang
YSIANS: Abhorrents of Ys - Ax-Crom - Flesh-Scavengers (Gondard - Ekk - Yrag - Bil - Flesh-Pile) - Shadows of Carn Bran - Akkaz
SELL-SWORDS: Uhtred on Horse, Sáthach
DESCENDANTS: Max Schüte's second Descendant

Let us know if we've missed anything!

 RiTides wrote:
Chaudon is the fething business!

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Question is, do I want to do him up in blues to hang out with all my dire trolls, or go with the elephant grey I was originally envisioning him in?

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Sorry for the confusion. I was debating about doing the Mierce trolls in a similar fashion to the Privateer dire trolls, since I've got plenty of the Privateer stuff already.

I refuse to sully a Mierce topic up with another company's material, so I'll spoiler it just in case, but I was thinking of doing the Mountain Troll in a similar scheme.

Spoiler:

Has anyone painted the Mierce trolls in anything other than shades of green? I don't think I've come across any yet.

Wave 1 CLOSED on Monday! Plus, other stuff.

You read that right - in four days' time, on Monday, 30th of June at midnight (GMT), you won't be able to purchase any Wave 1 items until they're released, and they'll be more expensive, too!

More on that below; our usual Friday update will contain a couple of work in progress images, although there's not a great deal. Fear not, however - you've been spoilt lately, and we've no doubt our sculptors will get into gear for Wave 2 very soon!

WAVE 1 ITEMS WILL BE REMOVED ON MONDAY

With Wave 1 now being shipped, it is time to remind you all that ALL Wave 1 items will be removed from the Kickstarter category in four days' time.

In a nutshell:
Wave 1 items will be removed from the Mierce Miniatures website at midnight (GMT) on the 30th of June

The following items will be removed from the website:
ALBAINN - Dúngal on foot - Dúngal on pony - Ciniod - Itaina - Domnech - Bagseg
ANGELCYNN - Eadric on foot - Aldhelm - Leofwen on foot - Broga
BRYTHONIAID - Urien on foot - Ffion Ferddig - Angedern - Mag ap Mag - Ieuan Longshore and Taranau
BYZANTII - Erebius
FOMORAIC - Mananaan on foot - Idruaada - Daarkan - Naraa - Gaarwäg
INFERNII - Scecchus
KHTHONES - Thelliatiss- Ágriosávra- Eikovra - Myrkranio
NORSE - Knútr on foot - Knútr on horse - Birna - Víthar - Rollo Iron Head - Jörmungand
YSIANS - Crom on foot - Annik - Zethag - Gondard (Gondard - Ekk) - Brugg
SELL-SWORDS - Uhtred Uhtredson - Finnan - Danilo Cruz

In other words, get your skates on if you want any more Wave 1 items; you won't be able to purchase them again until they are released to the general public, and depending on the miniature involved, that could be for a long while yet...!

Plus, they'll be at full price of course.

What are you waiting for? Grab those Wave 1 items now!


Chuwaa, Gabrax Hornblower

Benoît Cosse's been beavering away on the Gabrax for Baagath's Herd, with Chuwaa and Ungaa the first to get the treatment. As always, Benoît's images are very poor, but we hope you get the right impression from these sculpts!





Chuwaa and the rest of Baagath's Herd should make it into Wave 2.


Ungaa, Gabrax Warrior

Again, here's Benoît's images, for what they are worth...! We've added a video too.






Again, Ungaa and the rest of Baagath's Herd should make it into Wave 2.

Mälmord, Felltroll

Roberto's now completed work on Mälmord, and here's his components... there's quite a few!



Mälmord will definitely make it into Wave 2.

Seza, Death-Abhorrent

Wahey! Stéphane NGuyen's now completed Seza, everybody's favourite three-legged female monstrosity, and whilst his images aren't amazing - look at the overall composition first, then at the final component images - you can see that she's looking awesome.





We did get him to change the torso after these images, as it wasn't quite right. Here's the result...



Seza is a complicated sculpt and we think Stéphane's done a great job!

She will definitely be a Wave 2 shipment.

Gromi, Loyal Guard and Wave 1

Once again, there's not a great deal to show you today... but what we have for you is here.

Importantly, there's a reminder, too, for those of you who don't know about Wave 1 being shipped!

Gromi, Oghurigg

Gromi is now finished, thanks to Olivier Bouchet's sterling work!





Gromi will definitely be a Wave 4 sculpt.

Cynog of Gaer yn Arfon , Penteulu

The Loyal Guard unit champion - Cynog of Gaer yn Arfon (today's Caernarfon) - is now complete, and that concludes Olivier Nkweti's work on the Teulu! Olivier has really shown his skill on these guys; they look fantastic, and we can't wait to get them printed and in resin.









Cynog will of course be a Wave 4 shipment, along with the rest of the Loyal Guard...

Loyal Guard, Teulu Unit

So, here's the Loyal Guard, Teulu Unit in all its glory!



Again, them Teulu right there will definitely be a Wave 4 shipment!