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As promised here are the contents of three 250g miscast bags I just received, straight out of the bag



The fighting irish, my favourite bag, I was hoping for one Morannach body, but 3 is fantastic, ideal to make varients as TIm has shown (not a lot else, but then there is not a lot in the line so far)... note the Ysian that sneaked into the bag



Anti-magic rocks and their twisted bearers, not bad, a good opportunity to fix up one of the Magaggs, and buy an arm to get the whole figure, plus more bodies to try converting some alternate poses and another rock (I've bought several separately so far so getting one in here is a plus). While interesting the Gomag legs are probably going to hang around in the bits box as they're just so big



ratty, ratty rats, a couple of gozz horror bodies to play with along with ratty heads from flint fang which should work, plus many, many iron chef's (I've got to be able to fix one up)

so I think I've had my moneys worth from all three (or more in the Erainn case).. hurrah for birthdays at just the right time,

but none of it is useable without work (miscasts after all) as there is mould slip, bubbles or 'stickiness' to deal with, but if you're after stuff to mess about with cheap, they're ideal..... but remember they contents are random (although I'd be surprised if any bag doesn't contain bits of at least one big beastie)

What Mórannach variants did Tim show?

Got some pics?

Please!

(I hope?)

http://theblacksunpodcast.tumblr.com/post/128501655389/tim-fisher-iii-swamp-thing



(more pics and what bits he use at the link)

I love Mierce so very much but I've got too many oustanding KS models right now.

Thanks!

Those are awesome, and now I want 2 more Mórannachs now too!

EDIT:

I'm guessing that maybe things...don't mean the same thing in the UK as elsewhere, possibly?

Because this Blog Entry is...er...yeah.

Bog Beasts have a lot of attacks from their club-like arms, have stomp attacks and also cause bulk charge impact hits. Their real power though comes from their special ‘sucking chest’ ability. Their chest opens up and they can absorb models on a smaller base than them (and they come on 80mm bases!) - if they hit with this special attack the opponent must pass a skill test…… or die! (they get sucked off!) What’s more the Bog Beast can also heal itself if it kills an enemy model with this attack (the extra absorbed mass replenishes the damage taken). this attack is at its best when fighting against Monstrous Infantry - they tend be lower skill than smaller models so they are easier to hit and more likely to get sucked off. In addition they cost more to field and the Bog Beast heals more damage the larger the model that it sucks off. Monstrous Infantry stay away!

I've got 1kg of Ysian miscast coming in .. I'm really excited

It's a shame thought that many of the nice KS models are not ready for public availability. Missed most of the middle ones and that means options are quite limited at the moment :\

 Alpharius wrote:
Thanks!

Those are awesome, and now I want 2 more Mórannachs now too!

EDIT:

I'm guessing that maybe things...don't mean the same thing in the UK as elsewhere, possibly?

Because this Blog Entry is...er...yeah.

Bog Beasts have a lot of attacks from their club-like arms, have stomp attacks and also cause bulk charge impact hits. Their real power though comes from their special ‘sucking chest’ ability. Their chest opens up and they can absorb models on a smaller base than them (and they come on 80mm bases!) - if they hit with this special attack the opponent must pass a skill test…… or die! (they get sucked off!) What’s more the Bog Beast can also heal itself if it kills an enemy model with this attack (the extra absorbed mass replenishes the damage taken). this attack is at its best when fighting against Monstrous Infantry - they tend be lower skill than smaller models so they are easier to hit and more likely to get sucked off. In addition they cost more to field and the Bog Beast heals more damage the larger the model that it sucks off. Monstrous Infantry stay away!

I... wow.... that made my morning

"Here I thought the country spawned the language, but apparently nobody speaks it."

Regarding some of the posts at the bottom of last page - the new project is launching before the rulebook is printed, right? Is there a firm ETA on it yet? I would not have thought they could do another project without it...

I can assure you it means the same over here as it does over there, and I can almost as certainly assure you that they knew what they were writing when they wrote that!

The rulebook is basically play tested and written so it's just a question of layout and printing,

The new KS is launching earlier than Rob basically wanted as he's got a family event to go to that's basically taking out a big chunk of late October/early November so it's either go now so it can all be finished by 13th October,

or go in late November and hit the Xmas 'Nobody has money to spend on toys for themselves as well as him having to catch up to a months worth of computer stuff (he's basically the one that does that for mierce) and general admin (I'm sure some will be delegated, but not all) at the same time which wasn't going to work

the next realistic slot would be Feb 2016 so while not ideal I can see why they're doing this

 judgedoug wrote:
I love Mierce so very much but I've got too many oustanding KS models right now.

I want to follow this up. Mierce saw my post, emailed me personally to let me know that several of my items are actually ready to ship - they had just been waiting for me to pay for shipping!

"I noted what you said on Dakka Dakka my friend, that you wouldn't back the next project as you've still got stuff outstanding; but I'm afraid we can't ship anything to you at the moment - as you have no shipment items whatsoever!

If you'd like us to send your orders to you, please purchase the Two Shipments shipment item - http://mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=pro&pre=mrm_kst_nkd_shp_row_002 - so that we can ship what is available to you now, and the rest later, when it's sculpted."

So, I take it all back, that was definitely an error on my part.

I'll be paying to ship my orders and then backing the next KS as normal

that's a disadvantage of the sculpting slippage we've seen on some of the projects,

you back and pay shipping for what you expect to be, for example 3 waves, but as things have slipped you actually need 4 or 5 or end up with a big wait for your final shipment

I'm happy to spend the extra to have regular supplies of new toys delivered to my door (and did some judicious topping up a couple of weeks ago to avoid problems) but I guess some may just elect to wait a few months longer

Well good to see they're reading this thread

I just can't bring myself to continually back Kickstarters for 10 pounds to "get my foot in the door", then need to pay for shipping at various times... I will say their webstore and response time have been excellent. I bought a Broga from a seller here, it had a missing bit, and when I contacted Mierce about the bit and to order 3 more copies of Broga the turnaround time was insanely good.

So love their stuff, and will continue to purchase it when it becomes available! And maybe even the odd Kickstarter add-on now and then

 judgedoug wrote:

 judgedoug wrote:
I love Mierce so very much but I've got too many oustanding KS models right now.

I want to follow this up. Mierce saw my post, emailed me personally to let me know that several of my items are actually ready to ship - they had just been waiting for me to pay for shipping!

"I noted what you said on Dakka Dakka my friend, that you wouldn't back the next project as you've still got stuff outstanding; but I'm afraid we can't ship anything to you at the moment - as you have no shipment items whatsoever!

If you'd like us to send your orders to you, please purchase the Two Shipments shipment item - http://mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=pro&pre=mrm_kst_nkd_shp_row_002 - so that we can ship what is available to you now, and the rest later, when it's sculpted."

So, I take it all back, that was definitely an error on my part.

I'll be paying to ship my orders and then backing the next KS as normal

I actually did the same thing, and in the KS comments Mierce pointed out that I was down to only a few shippings left for all my stuff (basically one left per kickstarter). So I added 4 more, and I hope it will be good for now. I try to purchase 2 per KS, but I'm sure I've forgotten in some of them, and with others (like new kindreds), two just aint gonna cut it!

In regards to this new KS. It would be nice if we can get a unit of missile troops, maybe a few artillery in for each army, and not get too hung up on sculptors with it. As much as I love particular sculptors work, a lot of this waiting comes from them being backlogged, or working on other companies projects in between. Perhaps things like the new war machines can be put to completely new sculptors, so as not to add more to the back of the line, for some of the current sculptors.

They really know how to tempt

This and the other "Gast" Unit is amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing.
60pounds is quite steep at the moment, but I'm sure they'll add another 2 "heroes2 to the set.. as usual

Where did you find that picture?

Rob posted it as a teaser on the metal age comments an hour or so ago

Ah okay.. should visit there a bit more often.

We'll have access to the "old" Mierce range as usual, right?

RoninXiC wrote:
This and the other "Gast" Unit is amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing.
60pounds is quite steep at the moment, but I'm sure they'll add another 2 "heroes2 to the set.. as usual

Where did you find that picture?

I think it's a good deal even as it stands. Remember, the other metal hosts were also 60 pounds but you only got 2 60mm based. This adds a third, which IMO at least equals 2 30mm human sized figs. The Jutes concept, as always, is badass! Though I have no idea how they are going to translate those ethereal bodies on the gasts - maybe smoke with the ribbons mixed in?

When does this go live? Tomorrow?

Thursday he said on the kickstarter comment section

http://mierce-miniatures.com/projects/ksdma/starter_host_infantry_jute_wihtgar_large.jpg this is the other jute from the last kickstarter. A lot better value at the moment.

I think the ghasts are bigger than the wights (60mm base vs 50mm) so that affects the value

Cool, Thursday. I still think you should compare it to one of the 60mm base sets, which got 10 infantry, 2 60mm monstrous and 3 commanders. This one gets 10/3/1. So it trades 2 mediums (approx 12 pounds) for 1 60mm (18 pounds). IMO, that makes it a better deal. Plus the monstrous is resin this time, which costs more.

New KS (Savage Hordes) is now due to start at 18:00 BST (in 45 minutes!)

So...what's the difference between this "Savage Hordes" book and the full "Darklands Rulebook" that I've already ordered? Is one core rules and the other unit rules?

Yes. AFAIK the musters (unit rules) will also remain available online; it's going to be more a collecting/having a hardcopy thing than something you need to play IIRC.

 Bolognesus wrote:
Yes. AFAIK the musters (unit rules) will also remain available online; it's going to be more a collecting/having a hardcopy thing than something you need to play IIRC.

Yeah reading through again I'm getting the same impression. Kind of annoying, as I'd just been assuming that was all in the core rulebook. Oh well...there goes another $50

feth me that Jute starter host is amazing.

And it's live, available here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mierceminiatures/darklands-savage-hordes

Hmmm... the "Savage Hordes Muster Book"?

Someone mentioned they were taking this campaign into account with the main book, but that seems unnecessary if it's coming with its own book. Hard to believe folks are after funding another book projected a year out when the first is so delayed and still not released or shown with art / etc...

I feel like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh so I guess I will let you all get on with the campaign enthusiasm and not mention that anymore for now . Hope it goes well for those of you going in for it, that's just stretching out a bit too far for me personally.

Only 2 kindreds? :O
200 pounds it is

I think I'll sit out the book this time. I'll get it when it's published. Now where's my goddamn Svrar?!?