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Update #52

Feb 14 2014
WIPs, Wave 0, Musters, Disappearing Hosts and KS2.5
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This Friday we have the usual work in progress images of miniatures for you, news of project fulfilment and of the next project; but we also have warrior profiles for miniatures produced by this project and news of the encounter hosts and skirmish hosts and battle hosts... because they're going to disappear very soon!
Ciniod, Umaer of Dun Durn

Olivier Nkweti's work on the first Albainn warchiefs is about done, so we should have them soon. We think you'll agree with us that Ciniod, Itaina and Domnech are masterful!



Ciniod should be with us by the end of February, but won't be sent out until Wave 1 in June.
Itaina, Umaer of Dun Durn

Itaina's about finished too and she's looking great!



Again, Itaina should be with us by the end of February, but won't be sent out until Wave 1 in June.
Domnech, Sagart of Dun Durn

The old tramp is about complete, too!



Domnech should be with us by the end of February, but won't be sent out until Wave 1 in June.
Urien, Teyrn of Gwynedd

Juan Navarro Pérez is now sculpting the Brythoniaid Teyrn, Urien, alongside Danilo Cruz! A very unexpected development but no less welcome for all that. Here's the first WIPs!



Once again, Urien should be with us by the end of February, but won't be sent out until Wave 1 in June.
Ieuan Longshore and Taranau

More progress on Stéphane Cammosetto's sculpt of John Longshore's descendant, as you can see: it won't be long before he's done!




Once again, Ieuan Longshore and Taranau should be with soon, but won't be sent out until Wave 1 in June.
Erebius, Demiurion

Here we have an early WIP of Erebius by Tre Manor. As you can see, there's a way to go yet!



We reckon Erebius will be done sometime in March, but of course he won't be sent until June.
Danilo Cruz, Beast-Slayer of Cantabria

Danilo is really pushing on now, and it shouldn't be too long before he's finished we think. He's looking great!



Again, we reckon Danilo Cruz will be done sometime in February, but of course he won't be sent until June.
Crom of Carn Wrach, War-Drune

We've saved the best till last, we reckon... Crom is meat and drink to Stéphane Simon's sculpting skills and has completed him in record time. He's absolutely superb!




We should receive Crom shortly of course, but it won't be until June that we send him.
Trytheorn, Geat Warrior Descendant

We have some exciting news for you: Trytheorn, Tomas Johansson's Geat Warrior descendant, is currently being drawn up by Danny Cruz and we should have the concept art for you next Friday.

We actually have the artwork, but we need to ensure that Tomas is happy with Danny's work and if he is, we can both unveil him to you all and allow him to be purchased from the webstore next week!
Disappearing Hosts

Speaking of the webstore, we must inform you all that EVERY encounter host and skirmish host will be removed from the Darklands: First Edition category on Monday the 24th of February at midnight (GMT).

The reason for this is twofold. Firstly, we have decided to release encounter hosts for each kindred soon, and thus keeping the old ones will cause confusion for you guys. Secondly, the structure of the next project (KS2.5 if you will) will make the hosts from this project redundant in many ways, so they must be removed beforehand.

There are some good news, though, because certain encounter hosts can now be dispatched to you as part of your Wave 0 order. These are:

Fomoraic Tarvax Encounter Host
Fomoraic Srónax Encounter Host
Khthones Gorgonar Encounter Host
Ysian Brute Encounter Host
Ysian Drune Skirmish Host

This also means that the "The Sweet Spot" reward will also be removed, as that includes encounter hosts of course.

So, if you really do want any of those hosts, or indeed The Sweet Spot reward, you'd better get them quickly!
Darklands: First Edition Warrior Profiles

We now have warrior profiles for the Albainn, Angelcynn, Brythoniaid, Fomoraic, Khthones, Norse, Vras, Ysian and Sell-Sword musters in the new format ready for download.

Note that the Fomoraic and Angelcynn have had a few slight adjustments made to them as well as including new profiles for the miniatures from Darklands: First Edition (and bear in mind that these new profiles are only partially playtested, so expect changes and feel free to give us feedback on the Mierce forums), so check them out for some awesome new warriors!

No doubt there'll be a few errors or typos - feel free to tell us about them!

It's worth noting again one major change from previous versions - gold costs. These have changed quite a lot, thanks to the introduction of new coefficients, so if you're used to the old gold costs - well, you'll have to get used to the new ones!

There's also a handy pronunciation guide (based on the Wikipedia Pronunciation Respelling Key) under the warrior's title and, at the bottom of each profile, a suggestion on which miniature from our range to use as that warrior on the battlefield.

With some musters already including new warrior profiles, it won't be long before we can give you musters for every kindred that include all of the miniatures that exist, found in this project or found in Darklands: First Edition!

If there's anything you need to know before the other warrior profiles are sorted, or about how the new format of warrior profile works, just ask on the forums please and we'll endeavour to answer your questions.
Darklands: First Edition Fulfilment

We are now shipping Wave 0 orders to backers from this project, but we would ask all of you to remain patient while we do so. We are only a small team and are still fulfilling the remaining orders for Darklands: a World of War, and we do expect to continue fulfilling Wave 0 orders throughout February and no doubt later. We will keep you all updated of course.
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 Cammosetto: the awesomely talented Stéphane is sculpting the first descendant - John Longshore's Brythoniaid bowman, Ieuan Longshore (not forgetting his mastiff, Taranau) - and has also agreed to sculpt Eadric on foot and on horse for us.
Allan Carrasco: Allan should begin work on Jörmungand in March. After that he will be sculpting Knútr on Foot, Knútr on Horse, Víthar, Birna, Rollo Iron Head and Cnebba.
Roberto Chaudon: he's finished the top secret project, details of which will be unveiled next week, and Roberto will then give Belech his guitar and afterwards begin work on this project. First up for him is Angedern, followed by Mag ap Mag, Mälmord, Ágriosávra, Eikovra, Myrkranio and finally Djiuzu.
Daniel Cockersell: the Daddy of all monster sculptors, Dan has begun work on Scecchus, but it will be a while before he is done.
Benoît Cosse: Benoît is still working on Darklands: a World of War miniatures and won't start Hrór, Finnan, Praach and the Baagath's Herd for a good long while yet.
Thomas David: work on Timoth has begun, but we only have an armature so there's not a great deal to see.
Pedro Fernández Ramos: Mananaan on foot is finished of course, and he'll soon begin work on Mananaan on horse.
Yannick Fusier: the first images of Bagseg in progress have arrived but there's not a lot to see as yet; we should have something in the next couple of weeks.
Jacques-Alexandre Gillois: he should begin work on Daarkan, Naraa and both Equitus Durio on foot and Equitus Durio on horse soon. Although not necessarily in that order, and we're not sure when - we just know they'll be done before May.
Gauthier Giroud: work on Idruaada has begun, but again it's just an armature really - we may have more images next week though!
Stéphane NGuyen: Stéphane should begin work on Seza soon, but we're not sure when right now.
Christian Hardy: Christian will begin work on Aldhelm (taken from Maxime Penaud), Velchior and Agathae soon.
Tre Manor: Tre of Red Box Games fame will be taking time out for us to sculpt Erebius, which is now underway.
Patrick Masson: It's Gaarwäg (pronounced "GAR-wayg") for Patrick next, although he won't be complete until May.
Hector Moran: Hector is due to start work on the digital Dawn of Khthon, Gorgórar Unit shortly, and after that he will be digitally sculpting Con I Modius, Legionary Contubernium.
Olivier Nkweti: Dúngal on foot with helm, Ciniod, Itaina and Domnech are almost finished, and Dúngal on horse will follow. Once they're done he will digitally sculpt Hanokh and Thoth.
Juan Navarro Pérez: work on Danilo Cruz and Urien on foot has begun, and Urien on horse, Carys, Caedoc and Ffion Ferddig will follow.
Stéphane Simon: we've loaded Stéphane up with Leofwen on foot (who should be started shortly), Crom on foot (half way through), Crom on horse, Zethag, Annik, Gondard and his Nithing, Xontór, Thelliatiss, the Holumenn Unit and the Gesíth Unit. Phew!
Valentin Zak: Valentin will sculpt Broga for us and will begin doing so soon.
Unknown: the remaining three descendants, which are Rick Boer's Frisian Warrior (due to be drawn by Stefan Kopinski), Trytheorn, Tomas Johansson's Geat Warrior (due to be drawn by Danny Cruz) and Maximilian Schüte's Germanic Berserker.

Now that is a lot of sculpts...
Darklands: First Edition II

Let's have a little more on our next project, "Darklands: First Edition II". The definite (barring a zombie apocalypse) start date of this project will be Monday the 24th of March, and it should end thirty days later on Wednesday the 23rd of April. This neatly avoids Salute 2014 the weekend before (12th of April), at which we will have a stall, and is just after the easter holidays. We'll be running it for the full thirty days this time, too!

Whilst the dates for the next project lie before Darklands: First Edition begins to be fulfilled, there'll be no conflict between the two because the next project simply adds to this project, and adds units mostly, too. Many of the early goals will be able to be shipped with earlier Waves, too!

We'll allow people to purchase both the Darklands rulebook (with Uhtred and Finnan), the Concept Art book and possibly a couple of other rewards from the First Edition project, but the whole thing will be a lot easier to grasp this time - there'll be no "hosts" or "starter sets" or anything like that, because they become incredibly complicated over time (and are a nightmare post-Kickstarter). Don't recoil in horror, however - we've hit upon a system that will replicate the discounts you get but also enables you to choose what freebies you'd like with what you purchase.

We've not decided on everything - so please don't ask for specifics yet! That will come in time, there's five more updates to go before the project begins.

To whet your appetite, here's a concept of a miniature that we hope we'll get to during the course of the next project...

Update #78

Feb 14 2014
Warrior Profiles, New and Old!
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Once again, we don't have any miniatures to show you this Friday - but once again, that doesn't mean we don't have anything to talk about!

We have the usual news about project fulfilment, remaining sculpts and so on, but we also have all of the warrior profiles in the new format available to download - as well as two with profiles for miniatures produced by the Darklands: First Edition project - so it's well worth having a good read of those, especially if you're playing Darklands!
Darklands: a World of War Fulfilment

Shipment of remaining items from Darklands: a World of War orders is cracking on and where this is possible we'll also combine these remaining items with Wave 0 orders for First Edition items from the Darklands: First Edition kickstarter project. Once the QuickStarter Rules are printed, we'll start shipping those too!

Of the remaining miniatures to be sent, the Limited Edition Penda with Wolf Helm, Chaagmuth on hoof, Brynhild Gunnblindi, Gamla Bror and Jowan and Drune-Hounds are shipping, along with Angrislaug, Vaak, Pétroyos and Qaano.

We now have the 80mm bases so can ship Belech with them (and we're shipping 80mm bases to those people that have a Belech without one).

Leofwen on Great Hart, Aalvór, Maallolvór, Kernuor on Karnun-Beast and Druc are now shipping from this week onwards, so as we have everything in our possession bar the Wælwulfas, the QuickStarter rulebook and the 4" Fire spray templates (although we should have them very soon), we're now going to ensure that all of the other remaining miniatures from your orders will ship together. Whilst this may mean a delay for you, it makes sense for us to save money on postage in this way.

We humbly ask that you remain patient - we're casting as fast as we can!
Remaining Sculpts

In terms of remaining sculpt progress, here's an update:

Benoît Cosse: It's the Wælwulfas for him next. He's started them and we've seen armatures but there's nothing really to see yet; we should possibly have images for you next week.

There's a few other bits and pieces yet to be done of course, so here's how progress is looking on those fronts...
QuickStarter Rules - v10.5

The latest version of the QuickStarter Rules - v10.5 - is the FINAL version before printing.

You can download them here: Darklands QuickStarter Rules v10.5

There are many minor changes from previous versions, so I would recommend - especially if you are familiar with those previous versions of the QuickStarter Rules - to have a good read through, and also please check out the Mierce Miniatures forum, in particular the "Darklands Rules Discussion" section and the "Observations from a first read" thread...

As before, please bear in mind that v10.5 of the QuickStarter Rules are to get you by until they're formatted for printing. As such, whilst they'll look very like these rules in terms of layout and the wording, they'll be a bit more... well, spangly when they're ready for print and download. Once the QuickStarter rules are printed (we're looking at some time in February), they will of course be sent out to you along with the remainder of your order.
Muster Rules

These will be worked on in February, although there's not much to change. One major change will be the Ubiquity limits for Uncommon warriors, which will increase slightly.

Muster Rules are living rules and are download only of course, so we'll give you links when they're ready.
Warrior Profiles

We now have warrior profiles for the Albainn, Angelcynn, Brythoniaid, Fomoraic, Khthones, Norse, Vras, Ysian and Sell-Sword musters in the new format ready for download.

Note that the Fomoraic and Angelcynn have had a few slight adjustments made to them as well as including new profiles for the miniatures from Darklands: First Edition (and bear in mind that these new profiles are only partially playtested, so expect changes and feel free to give us feedback on the Mierce forums), so check them out for some awesome new warriors!

Albainn Muster v1.2
Angelcynn Muster v1.6
Brythoniaid Muster v1.2
Fomoraic Muster v1.4
Khthones Muster v1.1
Norse Muster v1.2
Vras Muster v1.2
Ysian Muster v1.4
Sell-Sword Muster v1.2

No doubt there'll be a few errors or typos - feel free to tell us about them!

It's worth noting again one major change from previous versions - gold costs. These have changed quite a lot, thanks to the introduction of new coefficients, so if you're used to the old gold costs - well, you'll have to get used to the new ones!

There's also a handy pronunciation guide (based on the Wikipedia Pronunciation Respelling Key) under the warrior's title and, at the bottom of each profile, a suggestion on which miniature from our range to use as that warrior on the battlefield.

With some musters already including new warrior profiles, it won't be long before we can give you musters for every kindred that include all of the miniatures that exist, found in this project or found in Darklands: First Edition!

If there's anything you need to know before the other warrior profiles are sorted, or about how the new format of warrior profile works, just ask on the forums please and we'll endeavour to answer your questions.
Templates

All of the templates required for existing miniatures and those from this project will be available very shortly indeed - we have the first samples (albeit in incorrect colours) and should be able to show you pictures of the finished templates shortly.

We're on course to have them done by the end of February if not before, so expect them to be a March release. Remember, if you've ordered a Dyndraig Starter Set from this project, you'll get a 4" Fire Spray Template sent to you!

Images soon!
The End of Darklands: a World of War In Sight

We think that - around the end of March 2014 time (although those Wælwulfas will probably push things back) - pretty much everything will be done for Darklands: a World of War; which will both be a sad day and an awesome day. Either way, we'll find some way to celebrate...!

There'll be another update next week though of course, hopefully with some images of the Wælwulfas!

A Triumvirate of Wælwulfas, Profiles and Templates

This Mierceday we have an excellent update for you! We have the first work in progress images of the Wælwulfas, pictures of Belech and guitar, the usual news about project fulfilment, more new warrior profiles available to download, the new Muster Rules and images of the 4" Fire Spray Template in use. How awesome is that?

Wælwulf Unit

Benoît Cosse is sculpting the Wælwulfas of course and he's cracking on with the champion, Æsc (pronounced "Ash").











You'll note, as always, that Benoît's images are not the best, so please take these with a pinch of salt - the resulting miniatures are always far better in the flesh than they look from his images. The observant among you will also note that Benoît has a somewhat scattergun approach to the colour of fimo he uses, in that he generally uses what's to hand, and this can throw the eye sometimes. Most sculptors prefer only one colour of fimo - Benoît is very unusual!

Belech the Axeman

Ahhh here we go. Roberto Chaudon's completed Belech the Axeman, and he's rocking out







Belech, Axeman of Omens will be a BaneLords release next month.

Darklands: a World of War Fulfilment

Shipment of remaining items from Darklands: a World of War orders is cracking on and where this is possible we'll also combine these remaining items with Wave 0 orders for First Edition items from the Darklands: First Edition kickstarter project. Once the QuickStarter Rules are printed, we'll start shipping those too!

Of the remaining miniatures to be sent, the Limited Edition Penda with Wolf Helm, Chaagmuth on hoof, Brynhild Gunnblindi, Gamla Bror and Jowan and Drune-Hounds are shipping, along with Angrislaug, Vaak, Pétroyos and Qaano. We now have the 80mm bases so can ship Belech with them (and we're shipping 80mm bases to those people that have a Belech without one). Leofwen on Great Hart, Aalvór, Maallolvór, Kernuor on Karnun-Beast and Druc are now shipping also, and we have the 4" Fire Spray Templates (for the Dyndraig Starter Set - see below) in our possession too, and that will begin shipping next week.

So, as we have everything in our possession bar the Wælwulfas and the QuickStarter rulebook, we're now going to ensure that all of the other remaining miniatures from your orders will ship together. Whilst this may mean a delay for you, it makes sense for us to save money on postage in this way.

We humbly ask that you remain patient - we're casting as fast as we can!

Remaining Sculpts

In terms of remaining sculpt progress, here's an update:
Benoît Cosse: It's the Wælwulfas for him next and he's already started the champion. We expect these to be done by the end of March, but this could easily slip. We'll keep you informed, as always.

There's a few other bits and pieces yet to be done of course, so here's how progress is looking on those fronts...

QuickStarter Rules - v10.5

The latest version of the QuickStarter Rules - v10.5 - is the FINAL version before printing.

You can download them here: Darklands QuickStarter Rules v10.5

There are many minor changes from previous versions, so I would recommend - especially if you are familiar with those previous versions of the QuickStarter Rules - to have a good read through, and also please check out the Mierce Miniatures forum, in particular the "Darklands Rules Discussion" section and the "Observations from a first read" thread...

As before, please bear in mind that v10.5 of the QuickStarter Rules are to get you by until they're formatted for printing. As such, whilst they'll look very like these rules in terms of layout and the wording, they'll be a bit more... well, spangly when they're ready for print and download. Once the QuickStarter rules are printed (we're looking at some time in March now), they will of course be sent out to you along with the remainder of your order.

Muster Rules

The new, updated Muster Rules are now available for download.

You can download them here: Darklands Muster Rules v2.3

They include the most recent, updated rules regarding hosts, units and warriors as listed in the QuickStarter Rulebook, but there are two major changes you must all take note of:
Battle Sizes: there is one new battle size, Encounter, from 0 to 499; and Skirmish, Battle and War battle sizes have changed slightly so there's no overlap.
Ubiquity Limits: these have changed to include Encounter battle sizes, but generals can now include more Uncommon warriors in their hosts than before.

The Muster Rules will not be printed, please remember; they will always be available for download and will always be living rules.

Warrior Profiles

We now have warrior profiles for the Albainn, Angelcynn, Brythoniaid, Fomoraic, Khthones, Norse, Vras, Ysian and Sell-Sword musters in the new format ready for download.

The Fomoraic and Angelcynn - and now the Brythoniaid - include new profiles for the miniatures from Darklands: First Edition (and bear in mind that these new profiles are only partially playtested - expect changes and feel free to give us feedback on the Mierce forums), so check them out for some awesome new warriors!

Albainn Muster v1.2
ANGELCYNN MUSTER v1.7 (minor updates from last week)
BRYTHONIAID MUSTER v1.3 (includes new warrior profiles)
FOMORAIC MUSTER v1.5 (minor updates from last week)
Khthones Muster v1.1
Norse Muster v1.2
Vras Muster v1.2
Ysian Muster v1.4
Sell-Sword Muster v1.2

No doubt there'll be a few errors or typos - feel free to tell us about them!

It's worth noting again one major change from previous versions - gold costs. These have changed quite a lot, thanks to the introduction of new coefficients, so if you're used to the old gold costs - well, you'll have to get used to the new ones!

There's also a handy pronunciation guide (based on the Wikipedia Pronunciation Respelling Key) under the warrior's title and, at the bottom of each profile, a suggestion on which miniature from our range to use as that warrior on the battlefield.

With some musters already including new warrior profiles, it won't be long before we can give you musters for every kindred that include all of the miniatures that exist, found in this project or found in Darklands: First Edition!

If there's anything you need to know before the other warrior profiles are sorted, or about how the new format of warrior profile works, just ask on the forums please and we'll endeavour to answer your questions.

Templates

We have good news - the 4" Fire Spray Template is now available and will be sent with remaining items (to anybody who ordered a Dyndraig Starter Set) next week. Here's an image of one in action:


The 4" Fire spray template in action

There are other templates being produced, a list of which is below, but it must be noted that none of these will be sent to anybody for free, and none of them will be included with a miniature when it is bought. If you wish to use these templates in Darklands, you must purchase them!
4" Fire Spray Template (Dyndraig, Cawrdraig)
6" Fire Spray Template (Chimaera)
8" Fire Spray Template (Angrislaug)
4" Frost Spray Template (Idruaada invocation)
6" Frost Spray Template (Shaaroc)
8" Frost Spray Template
4" Filth Spray Template (Torku)
2" Stone Shard Crush Template (Magágg, Cormorágg)
3" Pig Carcass Crush Template (Cormorágg)
3" Ice Shard Crush Template (Vaak)

We're on course to have them done by the end of February if not before, so expect them to be a March release, although we're unsure of their prices yet.

Remember, if you've ordered a Dyndraig Starter Set from this project, you'll get a 4" Fire Spray Template sent to you for free!

The End of Darklands: a World of War In Sight

We think that - around the end of March 2014 time (although those Wælwulfas will probably push things back) - pretty much everything will be done for Darklands: a World of War; which will both be a sad day and an awesome day. Either way, we'll find some way to celebrate...!

There'll be another update next week though of course, hopefully with more images of the Wælwulfas!

More WIPs, Wave 0 news, New Musters, Disappearing Hosts and KS2.5

It's Mierceday once more! It seems to come around more quickly every week...

This Friday we have the usual work in progress images of miniatures for you, news of project fulfilment and of the next project; but we also have warrior profiles for miniatures produced by this project and news of the encounter hosts and skirmish hosts and battle hosts... because they're going to disappear on Monday ahead of the next project!

Dúngal, Mormaer of Dun Durn on Horse

Fresh from completing Ciniod, Itaina and Domnech, Olivier Nkweti has turned his attention to Dúngal on his horse - and the results are superb, as you can see!









Dúngal on horse should be completed by the end of March, we think.

Idruaada, Warlock Lord of Baalor

Gauthier Giroud is a totally new sculptor to the Mierce Miniatures range but it's almost as if he's always been with us. Just look at how Idruaada (drawn originally by Steve Pierce) is shaping up!





We reckon Idruaada will be complete by the end of March.

Myrinna, Avenger of Khthon

Now this is really exciting. Myrinna is a unique step for Mierce Miniatures, for she will be our first digitally sculpted miniature! Created by Hector Moran from Christophe Madura's artwork, Myrinna is really shaping up!







Hector has pretty much completed his work on Myrinna, barring a few cosmetic changes and lengthening her polekhine, and we reckon he'll be onto the next Gorgórar very shortly.

Danilo Cruz, Beast-Slayer of Cantabria

Danny Cruz' alter ego is really shaping up now! Juan Navarro Pérez is outdoing himself with this miniature; it looks superb!









It's worth noting here that Danilo will be shipped with a scenic base and a normal base, so you can decide if you want to have him as a collector's piece or a gaming piece. Or maybe you could even use both with judicious use of pins or magnets!

Annik of Carn Wrach, Battle-Drune

With Crom of Carn Wrach (at least on foot) complete, Stéphane Simon has turned his attention to the next Danny Cruz drawn Ysian noble - Annik!







We think you'll agree that Stéphane's work is stunning and we can't wait to get our hands on her. Superb!

Trytheorn, Geat Warrior Descendant

Trytheorn, Tomas Johansson's Geat Warrior descendant, is currently being drawn up by Danny Cruz and we should have the concept art for you soon. Unfortunately Tomas wasn't happy with Danny's first work so he's being re-drawn; if he's done by next Friday, we can both unveil him to you all and allow him to be purchased from the webstore!

Disappearing Hosts

Speaking of the webstore, we must inform you all that EVERY encounter host and skirmish host - which includes the "The Sweet Spot" reward - will be removed from the Darklands: First Edition category on Monday the 24th of February at midnight (GMT). That gives you three days to purchase what you want!

The reason for this is twofold. Firstly, we have decided to release encounter hosts for each kindred soon, and thus keeping the old ones will cause confusion for you guys. Secondly, the structure of the next project (KS2.5 if you will) will make the hosts from this project redundant in many ways, so they must be removed beforehand.

There are some good news, though, because certain encounter hosts can now be dispatched to you as part of your Wave 0 order. These are:
Fomoraic Tarvax Encounter Host
Fomoraic Srónax Encounter Host
Khthones Gorgonar Encounter Host
Ysian Brute Encounter Host
Ysian Drune Encounter Host (now that Annik is almost complete)
Ysian Drune Skirmish Host

This also means that the "The Sweet Spot" reward will also be removed, as that includes encounter hosts of course.

So, if you really do want any of those hosts, or indeed The Sweet Spot reward, you'd better get them quickly!

Darklands: First Edition Fulfilment

We are now shipping Wave 0 orders to backers from this project, but we would ask all of you to remain patient while we do so. We are only a small team and are still fulfilling the remaining orders for Darklands: a World of War, and we do expect to continue fulfilling Wave 0 orders throughout February into March and no doubt later. We will keep you all updated of course.

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 Cammosetto: the awesomely talented Stéphane is sculpting the first descendant - John Longshore's Brythoniaid bowman, Ieuan Longshore (not forgetting his mastiff, Taranau) - and has also agreed to sculpt Eadric on foot and on horse for us.
Allan Carrasco: Allan should begin work on Jörmungand in March. After that he will be sculpting Knútr on Foot, Knútr on Horse, Víthar, Birna, Rollo Iron Head and Cnebba.
Roberto Chaudon: Work onAngedern will be started shortly, followed by Mag ap Mag, Mälmord, Ágriosávra, Eikovra, Myrkranio and finally Djiuzu.
Daniel Cockersell: the Daddy of all monster sculptors, Dan has begun work on Scecchus, but it will be a while before he is done.
Benoît Cosse: Benoît is still working on Darklands: a World of War miniatures and won't start Hrór, Finnan, Praach and the Baagath's Herd for a good long while yet.
Thomas David: work on Timoth has begun, but we only have an armature so there's not a great deal to see.
Pedro Fernández Ramos: Mananaan on foot is finished of course, and he'll soon begin work on Mananaan on horse.
Yannick Fusier: the first images of Bagseg in progress have arrived but there's not a lot to see as yet; we should have something in the next couple of weeks.
Jacques-Alexandre Gillois: he should begin work on Daarkan, Naraa and both Equitus Durio on foot and Equitus Durio on horse soon. Although not necessarily in that order, and we're not sure when - we just know they'll be done before May.
Gauthier Giroud: work on Idruaada has begun and it shouldn't be too long before it's complete.
Stéphane NGuyen: Stéphane should begin work on Seza soon, but we're not sure when right now.
Christian Hardy: Christian will begin work on Aldhelm (taken from Maxime Penaud), Velchior and Agathae soon.
Tre Manor: Tre of Red Box Games fame will be taking time out for us to sculpt Erebius, which is now underway.
Patrick Masson: It's Gaarwäg for Patrick next, although he won't be complete until May.
Hector Moran: Work on the Dawn of Khthon, Gorgórar Unit has begun, and after that he will be digitally sculpting Con I Modius, Legionary Contubernium.
Olivier Nkweti: Dúngal on horse is being sculpted, and once he's done he will digitally sculpt Hanokh and Thoth.
Juan Navarro Pérez: Danilo Cruz and Urien on foot are in progress, and Urien on horse, Carys, Caedoc and Ffion Ferddig will follow.
Stéphane Simon: we've loaded Stéphane up with Leofwen on foot (who should be started shortly), Crom on horse, Zethag, Annik, Gondard and his Nithing, Xontór, Thelliatiss, the Holumenn Unit and the Gesíth Unit. Phew!
Valentin Zak: Valentin will sculpt Broga for us and will begin doing so soon.
Unknown: the remaining three descendants, which are Rick Boer's Frisian Warrior (due to be drawn by Stefan Kopinski), Trytheorn, Tomas Johansson's Geat Warrior (due to be drawn by Danny Cruz) and Maximilian Schüte's Germanic Berserker.

Now that is a lot of sculpts...

Darklands: First Edition II

Let's have a little more on our next project, "Darklands: First Edition II". The definite (barring a zombie apocalypse) start date of this project will be Monday the 24th of March, and it should end thirty days later on Wednesday the 23rd of April. This neatly avoids Salute 2014 the weekend before (12th of April), at which we will have a stall, and is just after the easter holidays. We'll be running it for the full thirty days this time, too!

Whilst the dates for the next project lie before Darklands: First Edition begins to be fulfilled, there'll be no conflict between the two because the next project simply adds to this project, and adds units mostly. Many of the early goals will be able to be shipped with earlier Waves, too!

We'll allow people to purchase both the Darklands rulebook (with Uhtred and Finnan), the Concept Art book and possibly a couple of other rewards from the First Edition project, but the whole thing will be a lot easier to grasp this time - there'll be no "hosts" or "starter sets" or anything like that, because they become incredibly complicated over time (and are a nightmare post-Kickstarter). Don't recoil in horror, however - we've hit upon a system that will replicate the discounts you get but also enables you to choose what freebies you'd like with what you purchase. We've not decided on everything - so please don't ask for specifics yet! That will come in time, there's five more updates to go before the project begins.

To whet your appetite (since there's only four weeks to go), here's a concept of a miniature that we hope we'll get to during the course of the next project...



Eoric, Werwulf Champion

We'll have more on Darklands: First Edition II next week. Until then, keep it Darklands!

Mierce Miniatures wrote:
Glad you like it all guys.

It seems cadwallon.com are selling some of our miniatures. Does anyone know if they are recasters?

Cheers


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@judgedoug - Finnan and Danilo are not limited editions.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
I don't know how you managed to hold off spending all that credit so long

 basement.dweller wrote:
Hehe I feel all fuzzy inside seeing my concept of the Axe sculpted... Can't wait to get my grubby hands on it.

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