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Wonder what faction that archer is from? I really hope the Byzantii get a cav unit and a large portion of my stuff has finally moved to 'packing' status!

The archer is an Angelcynn Ceorl (pronounced Churl)

Are the new KS miniatures going to be in metal? (I hope) There's a good chance I'm going to pass on this KS. I'm drowning in Resin and Plastic miniatures. I'm in if they're metal.

 Ken Oakley wrote:
Are the new KS miniatures going to be in metal? (I hope) There's a good chance I'm going to pass on this KS. I'm drowning in Resin and Plastic miniatures. I'm in if they're metal.

You're in luck - Rob just confirmed there will be both resin and metal options!

Mierce Miniatures wrote:...which means Wave 6 and 7 shipments are ongoing and will be for some time, and we've also just started shipping the first Wave 8 items.

They shouldn't title Wave 6 as the "April 2015" wave, if it is "ongoing and will be for some time"...!

 Alpharius wrote:
That list for October for Monstrous Mounts - probably not happening!

I know, right? It's kind of insane:

Mierce Miniatures wrote:• SHIPMENT WAVE 9 (October 2015): Brontull - Ágriosávra on Sávrakh - Krekkek - Birna on Fellhrafn - Vaenhildr - Blunt-Claw on Goz-Horror

They even admit that the only one of these they're showing progress on (Blunt-Claw) is unlikely to make Wave 9! And I actually backed that project - luckily for Behema, which was basically already sculpted at the start of it.

I know this has come up before, but I'd be wary of adding to Mierce's resin burden right now... as Ken says, metal makes sense since they can outsource, but they are really loaded down with their resin queue.

I did purchase several copies of Broga from their webstore with no problem, though . Still hoping they'll one day try to make more of a push for "normal" sales! I've gotten to the point where I would rather pay a little more on the webstore for a model I know is available, than pledge for even more models that could be well over a year out even if not predicted that way (Monstrous Mounts is reaching this point already).

I'm in for metal!!!

I vastly prefer metal for human sized infnatry - especially for anything with spears or other thin, fiddly bits.

Also:

lordfm about 1 hour ago

Also can we expect some cavalry units (especially for Byzantii) during next campaign?

Creator Mierce Miniatures about 1 hour ago

@lordfm - I doubt it. You'd be looking at £200k before we can do cavalry. It's all up to you guys, but this one is missile troops first.

Has any Darklands campaign reached £200k?

EDIT:

Nope!

Most ever was £130K, give or take!

Recent ones haven't - so it is looking like cavalry is most likely *not* happening.

Missile troops and warmachines it is - and the odd giant beast, I'm sure!

Those big wraith undead things are looking fantastic. Question for me now is whether to go metal or resin. Hmmm.

I'm in for metal all the way for man sized figs. The savings are almost 50% and the sturdiness will be appreciated given my clumsy Hulk hands.

It's gonna be a tough call to back this - i've so much outstanding.
Archer coerls, savrar and byzanti (in metal) would tempt me. But I think I'm out of this one.
It's a shame as I love the stuff. Recently finished my duguth and painted both caena and cnebba and they really are top sculpts.

 Trodax wrote:
Those big wraith undead things are looking fantastic. Question for me now is whether to go metal or resin. Hmmm.

Is that really a question, Trodax? Oh please, resin all the way!

Now the Byzantii Cav can be trotted out near the end of every KS just like the Tri IV Acteon, Auxilia Bestiarii Unit!

Vhalan wrote:
Now the Byzantii Cav can be trotted out near the end of every KS just like the Tri IV Acteon, Auxilia Bestiarii Unit!

Nah, Hedroc on that goofy horned warthog thing is the one true harbinger of the end!

The Jute sculpts are all looking amazing so far, much better than expected for undead. I really hope we see the Jutgar in the next kickstarter.

The threat of the Triple H (Hound Horse Hedroc) shall loom mighily over this Kickstarter.

Hopefully he gets made someday. Kind of like the Monstrous Mounts.

grefven wrote:

 Trodax wrote:
Those big wraith undead things are looking fantastic. Question for me now is whether to go metal or resin. Hmmm.

Is that really a question, Trodax? Oh please, resin all the way!

Ha! You resin fiend you!

The possibility of another kindred is a bit unnerving. I mean, we don't even have ONE Atlantean from new kindreds sculpted yet! The Albainn don't even have their infantry sculpted (though I believe they are next in line).

I won't have much money going into this kickstarter. So, initially, I'll have to stick with only the Fomoraic stuff, and anything that REALLY is a must have. But, lets face it, I can put in some money now, and I've got plenty of time to get more in before these items are finished.

I am a massive fan of the vast majority of the product Mierce puts out, and while fully aware that they have stated they are a kickstarter company now (and have backed 5 of their kickstarter s, none of which are fulfilled) etc etc, yeah I'd like to see some more progress on some of the outstanding sculpts first before I back anything else. I mean the last 3 or 4 bi-weekly now updates have basically been about the same Magnificent Moustachioed Brythoniad Bastards -which I think are awesome- but its still a lot of focus on not a lot of progress.

 skullking wrote:
The possibility of another kindred is a bit unnerving. I mean, we don't even have ONE Atlantean from new kindreds sculpted yet! The Albainn don't even have their infantry sculpted (though I believe they are next in line).

I wonder if this is the Firesian's (sp?) that were down the road or something brand new? I also wonder if factions like the Vras will get some filler?

A tight campaign around archers, siege engines, and cav would be preferable to me rather than adding full new faction.

Cavalry is not happening this time around, so it should/could end up being tightly focused.

Creator Mierce Miniatures about 3 hours ago

Just to rule something out... there'll be no more "new kindreds" until both archers and cavalry are done.

just so we don't get carried away as I don't see any hope of getting archers and cavalry for ALL the kindreds done as we'd have to got 10 major kindreds, the byzanti/infernii (who might share units)

for a total of 22 (23 or 24) units to fund

plus the vras who need much more than just archers/cavalry

Vras.. Yeah, that's a faction that really needs some love. :/

I'd love to see:
-Ranged units for all existing factions
-Kthones infantry unit (could be designed as a dual kit with the above)
-All of the above units converted to metals
-some war engines (chariots or artillery)

Have those in some good kindred sets and I'll be happy as a clam. There'll obviously be some mixed in variants of monsters and heroes as there has been in the last few campaigns, but that would end up as a about the same size as the 100-120k campaigns we've seen.

Rather than forcing in another faction or two this campaign, that would fill out the factions for the release of the game.

I think the potential issue we're going to see with metal being offered at the same time as resin is the stretches for the units are going to have to be larger

to pay for the sculpting and master moulding + the moulding for the metals,

but since the metals are cheaper if a bunch of us go for them its going to be a lot harder to fund each one

so while things will go fine in the 'throw all the monies' at it stage it will stall more easily once we're being tempted to put in an extra few £s

Actually having metal infantry available is likely to make me spend more money since the cost/model is so much easier to justify. The GBP 54/unit previous projects charged for resin units of ten is pretty steep; the GBP 27/unit for metal units of ten would be a no-brainer for me in resin (and I strongly prefer metal given how delicate many of Mierce's infantry models are).

I might well get 3-4 units instead of maybe 1. Pretty sure I'm not the only one, either And while you might have a point re the later phases of the campaign, do remember that convincing a backer to throw in another 25 or so pounds is a lot easier than to throw in another >50.

That's reassuring to know,

I want many, many new shinies to drool over, and more spending means more for me to try and afford

If anything the pricing on the metals might bring in a fair number of backers who were understandably turned off by the fairly premium-priced resin models.

Well it's an unknown isn't it.....if the extra needed to fund metal too is < amount people who back for metal but wouldn't for resin, then it's happy days

Garsha Zanjani about 7 hours ago

is the rule book now finalised? not really into backing another kick starter if it's going to delay/change the rule book.

Creator Mierce Miniatures about 6 hours ago

@Garsha - pretty much, yes. Savage Hordes is already factored into the rulebook. We've been playtesting hard!

I'm really looking forward to that Hardcover Full Rulebook - with diagrams, pictures, artwork, etc.!

My wallet dreads the day the book is delivered, nothing inspires purchases like cool artwork and background.