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 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
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!

Most likely there'll be a large incorporated base like the most famous tail-sitting dragon: The Titan Dragon:


I have that mini, it's freaking huge, and has never given me an concerns as to it's stablity

I want Snakemen... throws money at screen then runs off..... are they part of this KS? Also what dimensions are they. Im referring to the Snakemen of course and yeah I'll go have a look at the KS page.

The main Khthones unit for this KS are the Crocodile Men. The Snakemen were funded last time round, but if you pledge, you can order them at 20% off in the pledge manager once the project is finished.

Slaine would be Erainne (Irish) I would imagine, and I'd guess that we'd be more likely to see a Cu Chulainn.


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There are also snake ladies in progress from KS 2.1 that you would also be able to order if you pledged here.

Reading through the Khthon musters, we need a lot more units. A LOT.

Considering how many races/ variations they've got going on, and depending on if you take a certain character as your leader, that type of figure is supposed to be a mainstay unit.

We need hydras, various gorgon types, liskars, savrars, some sort of Krokodar leader to muster all his croc buddies...

I do like the fact that it looks like we can have Angedern run a full Draig group. No more pesky humans in my armies!

Glad you're enjoying it all guys.

 I-bounty-hunt-the-elderly wrote:
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!

Sadly, Gauthier's photos aren't great; I'm pretty sure he'll be awesome in the flesh.

 I-bounty-hunt-the-elderly wrote:
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.

Yes, Ckaarakk should be on a 50mm base; remember that, if you have one, we'll give you one for free to cover it. You can still use him on a 60mm in the game of course.

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

If there were a Sláine type character, he'd be Érainn.

Cheers

Mierce Miniatures wrote:

 I-bounty-hunt-the-elderly wrote:
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.

Yes, Ckaarakk should be on a 50mm base; remember that, if you have one, we'll give you one for free to cover it. You can still use him on a 60mm in the game of course.

Thanks for answering my question! Big fan of your models, had a blast assembling some yesterday and should be painting them today. How do I go about exchanging my 60mm darklands bases for 50mm? I've got the 5 tarvax + their untain, who all came with 60mm bases.

 I-bounty-hunt-the-elderly wrote:

Mierce Miniatures wrote:

 I-bounty-hunt-the-elderly wrote:
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.

Yes, Ckaarakk should be on a 50mm base; remember that, if you have one, we'll give you one for free to cover it. You can still use him on a 60mm in the game of course.

Thanks for answering my question! Big fan of your models, had a blast assembling some yesterday and should be painting them today. How do I go about exchanging my 60mm darklands bases for 50mm? I've got the 5 tarvax + their untain, who all came with 60mm bases.

Good question!

I've got the same unit that needs 50MM bases, as well as the Tarask!

I think just send them an e-mail or a message through KS and they will add them onto a future order (that's what they did for me, anyway).

I got my first batch (and second batch, *cough*) of Mierce models yesterday, to test drive before seriously pledging to the campaign. Now I'm trying to figure out how much I can spend before my wife throttles me.



Wow.



I think I get it now, the almost slavish devotion to these models. I could already tell that the sculpts and poses are exceptional (obvious from the pictures), but in hand, they are incredibly detailed and extremely well cast. Barely any mold lines, very little flash, no bubbles - and the details are riveting. And minuscule. Really impressive. They are also extremely fiddly in assembly (are there instructions anywhere?), but that's to be expected.


My only problem will be painting them. As others have mentioned, my paltry skills are going to butcher these beautiful figures. Oh well.

 azreal13 wrote:
The main Khthones unit for this KS are the Crocodile Men. The Snakemen were funded last time round, but if you pledge, you can order them at 20% off in the pledge manager once the project is finished.

Thanks, decided to go in at the 100 quid sweet spot. Still haven't had a chance to have a look at everything yet but will check out stretch goals/freebies later on.

 SavageRobby wrote:

I got my first batch (and second batch, *cough*) of Mierce models yesterday, to test drive before seriously pledging to the campaign. Now I'm trying to figure out how much I can spend before my wife throttles me.



Wow.



I think I get it now, the almost slavish devotion to these models. I could already tell that the sculpts and poses are exceptional (obvious from the pictures), but in hand, they are incredibly detailed and extremely well cast. Barely any mold lines, very little flash, no bubbles - and the details are riveting. And minuscule. Really impressive. They are also extremely fiddly in assembly (are there instructions anywhere?), but that's to be expected.


My only problem will be painting them. As others have mentioned, my paltry skills are going to butcher these beautiful figures. Oh well.

Re painting.

While I make no claims to being award winning standard or anything, I can credit painting Krull with almost single handedly elevating my skill to the next level. I agree it is easy to be intimidated, but the flip side is that if you're determined to do the model justice, it can really help focus and motivate you to improve. A Mierce model was also the first model I ever stopped painting half way, stripped, and started over, beforehand I'd have simply forged ahead and tried to adapt whatever I felt was wrong and ended up with a finished mini that wasn't necessarily what I had set out to achieve.

So I guess you can approach it two ways, be intimidated, or have it be a spur to get better.


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overtyrant wrote:

 azreal13 wrote:
The main Khthones unit for this KS are the Crocodile Men. The Snakemen were funded last time round, but if you pledge, you can order them at 20% off in the pledge manager once the project is finished.

Thanks, decided to go in at the 100 quid sweet spot. Still haven't had a chance to have a look at everything yet but will check out stretch goals/freebies later on.

I doubt you'll regret it. I've got a (Norse) opponent lined up for my Fomoraic to tackle once all the stuff is delivered/painted etc, but even if you never meet a other Darklands player, you'll still own some fantastic minis. I'm trying to limit my purchases to my faction to try and keep spending sensible, but I still can't help being a model magpie and have little bits and pieces from all over (and being a 40K daemons player, there's loads of great counts as models for GDs and Princes, in fact, using Krull as a Bloodthirster back when he was just a Banebeast was the inspiration for starting the army in the first place!)

 SavageRobby wrote:

I got my first batch (and second batch, *cough*) of Mierce models yesterday, to test drive before seriously pledging to the campaign.

What did you end up getting?

I'm trying to finish the couple dozen Hordes figures I've started before I get to all the Mierce figures I've built (since I couldn't wait to get them out of the boxes).

Now that I've got that God damned With Lord Terminus out of the way, I can't make up my mind if I want to work on scales or fur, because it seems like I've got an overabundance of both types of figures.

Nevermind all the Ysians that keep cropping up in my mailbox too...

I just realised I still have my KS 2 pledge to manage in the store, and I'm cracking on with my KS1 Ysian humans and Angelcynn. And now I'm torn on this one. Damn you Mierce for making so many good models and ruining my plans.

Alpharius / I Bounty Hunt the Elderly - just send an e-mail to contact@mierce-miniatures.com, telling me what bases you need, and I'll sort it!

Cheers

No kidding, right? Because of the way Alph and I are splitting the "all of the things" pledge, I may need to go look at some of the Ysian stuff that exists to fill out my forces.

Not to mention I know Alph and I are both doing Norse and Angles, too. There's just so much good stuff.

Newest surprise:



And at 3 for 48, that's not too shabby of deal. B2GOF Mantic style savings to be had here!


Edited to spoiler the giant picture.

Not a fan of the Ogre for the Scots, but nice savings.

azreal13 wrote:While I make no claims to being award winning standard or anything, I can credit painting Krull with almost single handedly elevating my skill to the next level. I agree it is easy to be intimidated, but the flip side is that if you're determined to do the model justice, it can really help focus and motivate you to improve. A Mierce model was also the first model I ever stopped painting half way, stripped, and started over, beforehand I'd have simply forged ahead and tried to adapt whatever I felt was wrong and ended up with a finished mini that wasn't necessarily what I had set out to achieve.

So I guess you can approach it two ways, be intimidated, or have it be a spur to get better.

I agree. I've come to a place where my painting is what it is. Improvements come in leaps and bounds - when its comes, but improvement is kind of random. Some days the brush totally bends to my will, some days I'm a total hack.

I am looking forward to painting some of these.

highlord tamburlaine wrote:
What did you end up getting?

Hmm, lets see. My "small" batch consists of:

Ulric the Defiler
Eirik Longaxe
AEthelglyth, Warrior-Maiden
Meloda Warrior-Queen of Mercie
Kernuor, Seer-Drune

Vilthiss, Champion of Khthon
Issithill, Agitator of Khthon
Hirakoth, Pentarch of Ydron
Kadamastar, Ancient Devourer

Gwyddol, Dyndraig of Gwaelod
Clundwr, Dyndraig of Gwaelod
Naegannwg Tândyndraig of Gwaelod

It turned out to be bigger than I remembered.


I assembled most of them today, actually, and primed a few. Despite my initial "oh my god" moment when unpacking them, assembling was much easier than I was expecting, and the fits are really, really nice. I still have Kadamaster (to pin the legs, or not to pin?) and Naegannwg to put together, and I'm trying to find one of Gwyddol (it was missing or I lost it).

The only thing I'm not excited about are the bases, but those are easily replaced. I love the Khthon models, but they're definitely wobby (and fragile), and need basing, so thats my next priority.


I'm definitely in, now. Even convinced the wife of "quality over quantity" approach.

That's a nice pile of Mierce you got there!

I went Mazikilias instead of Kadamastar. Just how big is that crocodile compared to some of those figures?

I ended up pinning most of my Khthon to the base, that way they were a little less wobbly, sticking the pin on the bottom of their belly/ tail and straight into the base. With the way my son wants to always manhandle what I'm painting, it's the only way they'll ever survive.

That Gromi has put me right off the Oghu guardians but I suppose that's not too bad a thing for me as there's a few existing minis that I'd still quite like to own.

That ogre is bigger than the Oghurs available btw. Looks like Oghurigg > Oghur > Oghurithne.

Oghurithne are the only ones I've really liked the designs for.

I wasn't tempted much by Albainn to begin with, but that Gromi concept is one of the few in this or previous projects that I haven't felt look pretty good...

Yeah, I think it's a rare miss for me as well. Not 100% sure yet. The sculpt (is that digital??) has tackled the mouth in a way that makes him look happy, possibly sadistically happy, but still.
I think I'm witholding judgement on the Albainn in general until it's more fleshed out sculpt-wise.

Bagseg was all the convincing I needed to be sold on the Albainn line. I'm confident the Oghurithne will be awesome, particularly if sculpted by Yannick Fusier.

More Bagseg pics:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mierceminiatures/darklands-first-edition/posts/769407

Though not as cool as Bagseg, Dungann and Urbad were very cool too.

Yeah, that's not the problem, so to speak.

Gromi is!

Wow, forgotten we had seen that (had we seen that)?
I'm certainly not worried about the potential, just not sure it's a faction I want to jump in to yet, and I'm trying to avoid 'one off' faction dipping.

I like the pigeon toes on that giant. Adds sort of a cute girl look to the giant brute.

Hi all, I'm new to Darklands (will be picking up the rulebook as part of my pledge) and would like to get two starter warbands to demo with. I'm interested in the Angelcynn and the Khthones, and would I be right in thinking that the recommended pledge levels give you a good starting warband? Also just another couple of questions, can I add to my pledge via the pledge manager after the KS and do I need anything else to play as I noticed the templates and counters but they were VERY expensive IMO. Also will there be anything like T-shirts and posters/maps avaliable or were they done in a previous KS, thanks!

That giant needs the toilet. Sadly looks like Albainn will be a huge miss. Shame, wanted a Scottish army.