Update #46

Apr 20 2014
Norse - Hrafn Starter Host
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As the last piece in the puzzle of the Norse Starter Host - Hrókr, the Gunnhrafn - has been unveiled, it's time to give you the Norse Starter Host!

Darklands Starter Hosts, which give you an easy to purchase host that contains a general, a couple of units and some order tokens and D10 dice; everything you need to get started with Darklands, basically!

These Starter Hosts can be purchased via any reward; simply choose your reward, then increase your pledge accordingly.

Each Starter Host contains everything explicitly listed on their graphic, as well as the following accessories:

10x white Mierce Wolf D10 Dice
1x black Mierce Wolf D10 Die
1x kindred-specific Order Token Set (containing 5x MOVE, 5x HOLD and 5x ATTACK order tokens)

Now, these Starter Hosts do not offer any further discount than if you purchased each individual miniature or accessory separately; they're just an easy way to see what a cool host could be to get you started.

Without further noise, here's the Norse Starter Host, and a repise of all the other Starter Hosts you can go for right now...
NORSE STARTER HOST



There'll be more Starter Hosts as more units are unlocked, so check back soon!

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
The Satach is a nice sculpt but she looks kind off out of place in this world, she looks too D&D to me, like the northern horse type and not the use of a slender Arabic steed.

Spoiler:

Update #47

Apr 21 2014
Two Days to Go!
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It feels like it's only just begun, but amazingly, there's only two days to go on our current Kickstarter project - so you'd better get your skates on if you want to take part and smash through some more stretch goals!

We're currently at £108,000 - let's drive it higher!
Current Stretch Goals

We've smashed through a few stretch goals over the past few weeks, but there's still plenty to go at. Here's what's currently up for grabs!




Stretch Goals Map

Here's an updated Stretch Goals Map, too, to keep you abreast of all the goals achieved and unachieved:



Watch out for more stretch goals unveiled over the coming week!
VOTE FOR THE £120,000 STRETCH GOAL!

As we're nothing if not concerned with what backers want (and definitely not because we're stumped as to what to put up next, oh no), we've decided to let you guys decide on what the next Unit stretch goal should be on our Darklands: First Edition II Kickstarter project.

All you have to do is vote on our forums by clicking on this link!

http://www.mierce-miniatures.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=285

Be quick though - the vote will be closed when we reach £110,000, which is not far away!
Sneak Peeks - this is what you could be funding!

There's one thing we do on the comments section that always gets people excited. We show sneak peeks of concept art that could appear as stretch goals later on in the project!

Take a look at what you could be funding soon!

ALBAINN

Gughlagg, Oghur Umaer - a monstrous infantry Warchief. 60mm base



Brusta, Gairlom Champion - the champion of the Gairlom, one of the possible £120,000 stretch goals, the Spears of Dun Durn. 30mm base



ANGELCYNN

Leofwen, Fane-Bearer of Déra - a fane-bearer project exclusive that could, possibly, be part of a future Angelcynn unit...



Eadgard, Geoguth Warrior - a young warrior of the possible £120,000 stretch goal, the Geoguth Unit. 30mm base.



BRYTHONIAID

Geraint Nerthol, Teyrn of Cedweli on Ceffyldraig- a Warlord for your Brythoniaid host, riding a horse-dragon. 80mm base



Gungonn ap Gonn, Dynwocor Champion - the champion of the possible £120,000 stretch goal, the Dynwocor Unit. 50mm base



BYZANTII

Acteon, Auxilia Bestiarii - the champion of the Auxilia Bestiarii unit. 30mm base



Erebius, Demiurion on Behema - the awesome Erebius on a mighty mount of Dis. 80mm base



FOMORAIC

Idruaada, Warlock Lord of Baalor on Cúgacx - a mighty sorcerer of Baalor, riding a Cúgacx. 60mm base



Daalar, Mallax Skull-Bearer - the banner bearer of the possible £120,000 stretch goal, the monstrous infantry Mallax Unit. 60mm base.



Gaanh, Walvax Gultain - the champion of the monstrous infantry Walvax Unit. 60mm base



KHTHONES

Ágriosávra, Sun Warrior on Giant Lizard - a Warchief for the Sávres, a race of lizard-men, riding a giant monitor lizard. 100mm base



Akhoss, Hydrar Banner Bearer - a banner bearer of the possible £120,000 Stretch Goal, the Hydrar Unit. 60mm base



NORSE

Stígr, Felljötunn - a mighty hill giant, a monstrous beast with two huge hammers. 80mm base



Torleik, Troll Warrior - a monstrous infantry Troll from the possible £120,000 Stretch Goal, with extra hand weapon. 60mm base



VRAS

No-Claw, Spear-Vras Champion - the champion of an infantry unit, the Spear-Vras. 30mm base



YSIANS

Hedroc, Battle-Drune on Hound-Horse - a warchief of the Ysian Drunes, riding a mutated monstrosity. 100mm base



Cador of Carn Bran, Shadow-Drune Champion - a champion of the possible £120,000 Stretch Goal, the Shadow-Drunes, an infantry scout unit



.and here's something no-one's yet seen, until now...

Gukkos, Sávrar Champion - the champion of the possible future stretch goal, the Sávrar unit. 30mm base



here may well be more over the next two days...
Zedmeister's Pledge Calculator Thingy

The amazing Zedmeister (who in real life is called Zenas), a backer of all of our projects, has perpetrated a fantastic Darklands: First Edition II Pledge Calculator for this project. Thanks be to Zed!

Zed's Pledge Calculator helps you work out exactly what you can get for your money - we urge you to check it out!

zedmeister.co.uk/dlpc2/



Bear in mind that it's a work in progress, and will change when there's something to add!
Mierce Militia Facebook Page

First up, though, here's something awesome - a fan-founded Facebook page for Mierceites, called Mierce Militia!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mierce-Militia/470997013001183



Get yourself on Facebook and have a look!

Zond wrote:
Looks like I'm cursed again. My funds opened back up, so no card shenanigans, but now my friends just aren't interested.

Mierce Miniatures wrote:
Some rare non-Kickstarter related news, we have a special offer on our site at the mo for Oácyning, Lord of the Oak-Enta a massive wallet-cheering 30% off the RRP!

http://www.mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=pro&pre=mrm_blg_bnb_mon_008_000

Update #48
Apr 21 2014
£112,500 - Quintus Crito

With two days to go and £107,500 reached, it's time to give you another stretch goal... especially as we're so close to £110,000 and In III Judas!


Quintus Crito is is free to anybody who has purchased the In III Judas Demilegionary Incaendium (whichever way you've bought it). Otherwise, he's £10 regardless of your reward!

Quintus Crito is an Optio, second only to the Centurion in a Byzantii legion, and thus a Warchief. He is Drilled (although he can be upgraded to Veteran status) and Uncommon, and if Veteran he will be Rare. He is armed with a spatha (sword), a pugio (dagger) and a hastile (staff, to keep the troops in line); he is armoured with a mix of lorica segmentata (plate) and squamata (scale) armour and will bear a scutum (shield) in the final sketch and miniature.

On that note, Danny Cruz is so busy at the moment that the only concept art we have for Quintus is a sketch, but Danny will of course complete the artwork very soon (although possibly not during the project). Either way, we think he's going to be a great sculpt.

Unlike the other "freebies tied to a unit", Quintus Crito is not exclusive to this project. He is a completely new miniature and, as we need an Optio in the Byzantii, it would make sense to ensure he will become a general release!

Even so, the free Quintus Crito is limited to one per backer, but of course you can purchase additional Quintus Crito miniatures within this project.

No Exchanges!

Note that we will not exchange Quintus Crito for any other miniature, so please don't ask! He is tied to his unit. The reason for doing this is simple - logistically it's a nightmare to exchange miniatures and will lead to errors when we get to packing your orders. Of course, we are very sure that other backers will help out with exchanges, and our forums are the perfect place to do so!

Update #49
Apr 21 2014
Byzantii - Demilegionary Starter Host

With Quintus Crito unveiled, it's time to give you the Byzantii Demilegionary Starter Host!

Darklands Starter Hosts, which give you an easy to purchase host that contains a general, a couple of units and some order tokens and D10 dice; everything you need to get started with Darklands, basically!

These Starter Hosts can be purchased via any reward; simply choose your reward, then increase your pledge accordingly.

Each Starter Host contains everything explicitly listed on their graphic, as well as the following accessories:

10x white Mierce Wolf D10 Dice

1x black Mierce Wolf D10 Die

1x kindred-specific Order Token Set (containing 5x MOVE, 5x HOLD and 5x ATTACK order tokens)

Now, these Starter Hosts do not offer any further discount than if you purchased each individual miniature or accessory separately; they're just an easy way to see what a cool host could be to get you started.

Without further noise, here's the Byzantii Demilegionary Starter Host, and a repise of all the other Starter Hosts you can go for right now...
BYZANTII DEMILEGIONARY STARTER HOST


There'll be more Starter Hosts as more units are unlocked, so check back soon!

Spoiler:

With just one day to go on our current Kickstarter project, Darklands: First Edition II, you'd better get your skates on if you want to take part, grab some bargains and smash through some more stretch goals!

We're currently at £109,000 - let's drive it higher!

Good Reasons to Back this Project!

So, you may ask - why should I back your project? That's a good question, so here's some answers!

• AMAZING DEALS! the "ALL THE UNITS" reward gives you fifty miniatures at over 50% off their projected RRP, and you can get up to 50% off whatever you purchase with "THE GOLD SPOT"!


• THE GOLD REWARD BONUS! For every £100 you pledge, we give you £10 - but this bonus is ONLY applied to pledges made during the length of the project, so the more you pledge now, the more you get back!


• ACCESS TO OUR BACK CATALOGUE at 20% off the UK RRP! For pledging on this project, we reward you with access to our entire back catalogue until the end of May, at 20% off the UK RRP. This includes everything released up to now, plus a few other bits and pieces!


• ACCESS TO OUR PREVIOUS PROJECT, DARKLANDS: FIRST EDITION, at that project's prices! As well as giving you 20% off our back catalogue, we give you the opportunity to purchase just about everything from our previous project, including hosts and special offers!


• WE FUND MORE AWESOME MINIATURES! Every penny you spend gets us nearer to another stretch goal, and that means more choice for you!

In short, there's lots of reasons why you should, and no reasons why you shouldn't!

Go to this update - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mierceminiatures/darklands-first-edition-ii/posts/799148 - for full details on what you can get from our back catalogue and Darklands: First Edition by backing this project.

Current Stretch Goals

We've smashed through a few stretch goals over the past few weeks, but there's still plenty to go at. Here's what's currently up for grabs!

There will be more stretch goals pretty soon, too, we think!

Stretch Goals Map

Here's an updated Stretch Goals Map, too, to keep you abreast of all the goals achieved and unachieved:

Watch out for more stretch goals unveiled over the coming week!

Sneak Peeks - this is what you could be funding!

There's one thing we do on the comments section that always gets people excited. We show sneak peeks of concept art that could appear as stretch goals later on in the project!

Take a look at what you could be funding soon!

ALBAINN

Gughlagg, Oghur Umaer - a monstrous infantry Warchief. 60mm base

Murcunn, Oghureach Uhmaer - a commander of the Oghureach or "Ogre-horse". 80mm base

ANGELCYNN

Leofwen, Fane-Bearer of Déra - a fane-bearer project exclusive that could, possibly, be part of a future Angelcynn unit...

Eadgard, Geoguth Warrior - a young warrior of the possibly forthcoming Geoguth Unit. 30mm base.

BRYTHONIAID

Geraint Nerthol, Teyrn of Cedweli on Ceffyldraig- a Warlord for your Brythoniaid host, riding a horse-dragon. 80mm base

Gungonn ap Gonn, Dynwocor Champion - the champion of the possible future stretch goal, the Dynwocor Unit. 50mm base

BYZANTII

Acteon, Auxilia Bestiarii - the champion of the Auxilia Bestiarii unit. 30mm base

Erebius, Demiurion on Behema - the awesome Erebius on a mighty mount of Dis. 80mm base

FOMORAIC

Idruaada, Warlock Lord of Baalor on Cúgacx - a mighty sorcerer of Baalor, riding a Cúgacx. 60mm base

Daalar, Mallax Skull-Bearer - the banner bearer of the possible future stretch goal, the monstrous infantry Mallax Unit. 60mm base.

Gaanh, Walvax Gultain - the champion of the monstrous infantry Walvax Unit. 60mm base

KHTHONES

Ágriosávra, Sun Warrior on Giant Lizard - a Warchief for the Sávres, a race of lizard-men, riding a giant monitor lizard. 100mm base

Akhoss, Hydrar Banner Bearer - a banner bearer of the possible future stretch goal, the Hydrar Unit. 60mm base

NORSE

Stígr, Felljötunn - a mighty hill giant, a monstrous beast with two huge hammers. 80mm base

Torleik, Troll Warrior - a monstrous infantry Troll from the possible future stretch goal, with extra hand weapon. 60mm base

VRAS

No-Claw, Spear-Vras Champion - the champion of an infantry unit, the Spear-Vras. 30mm base

YSIANS

Hedroc, Battle-Drune on Hound-Horse - a warchief of the Ysian Drunes, riding a mutated monstrosity. 100mm base

Cador of Carn Bran, Shadow-Drune Champion - a champion of the possible future stretch goal, the Shadow-Drunes, an infantry scout unit

...and here's something no-one's yet seen, until now...

Brakka, Sávrar Warrior - a warrior of the possible future stretch goal, the Sávrar unit. 30mm base

There may well be more over the next two days...

Zedmeister's Pledge Calculator Thingy

The amazing Zedmeister (who in real life is called Zenas), a backer of all of our projects, has perpetrated a fantastic Darklands: First Edition II Pledge Calculator for this project. Thanks be to Zed!

Zed's Pledge Calculator helps you work out exactly what you can get for your money - we urge you to check it out!

Bear in mind that it's a work in progress, and will change when there's something to add!

Mierce Militia Facebook Page

First up, though, here's something awesome - a fan-founded Facebook page for Mierceites, called Mierce Militia!

Get yourself on Facebook and have a look!

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
The Satach is a nice sculpt but she looks kind off out of place in this world, she looks too D&D to me, like the northern horse type and not the use of a slender Arabic steed.

Update #51

Apr 22 2014
£117,500 - Armoured Trolls
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Now that we've passed £110,000, we can bring you a couple of stretch goals to aim for over the last twenty-four hours of the project.

First up , a nice little stretch goal that pays homage to a lovely man and a backer of all our projects, Andrew Speirs!


As it says on the tin, Andrew - without being commissioned by Mierce - took it upon himself to convert a couple of the Trolls he loves so much to have hammers and more armour. When he showed us his work at Salute 2014, we were gobsmacked - we loved the results so much, we decided to purchase them from him... and hopefully commission him to do more!

Now, he's already done Armoured Gurrir and Armoured Nisurl, so regardless of where this project gets to, you'll be able to purchase those; but he'll also be converting the three remaining members of the Troll unit (Vörtun, Gjöll and Unnolg) to have hammers and more armour. We may even be able to get him to convert Vörtun to have two hammers instead of one.

What are you waiting for? Get them funded so Andrew can work his magic!

Update #52

Apr 22 2014
£120,000 - Spears of Dun Durn, Gairlom Unit
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Well, our £120,000 Stretch Goal Vote was a big success, because 125 of you took part and decided that the next unit stretch goal would be the Spears of Dun Durn, the Albainn Gairlom Unit!


The Spears of Dun Durn are the very first infantry unit for the Albainn, a unit of Gairlom, and show the savagery of northern man very well. Semi-professional they may be, but their harsh environment ensures they know one end of a sharp stick from the other!

Gairlom will stand on 30mm bases and will be around 30mm to the eye. They are common, Trained infantry equipped with spear and shield, and can be taken in units of 5-20.
They are NOT in "ALL THE UNITS"

Please note, the Spears of Dun Durn are NOT part of the "ALL THE UNITS" pledge; you must increase your pledge further if you wish to purchase them.

Bossk_Hogg wrote:

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
The Satach is a nice sculpt but she looks kind off out of place in this world, she looks too D&D to me, like the northern horse type and not the use of a slender Arabic steed.

She reminds me of a naked fantasy chick some D&D nerd drew in high school, then decided to pencil on some clothes at the last minute. I say this as a D&D nerd having drawn more than my fair share at the time lol. Its the spandex look of the clothes, the visible nipples, quasi camel toe etc.... I'm not even sure what that top would have been made out of historically to get that look. I have total confidence the actual mini will be amazing, I just have to kind of chuckle at the art.

Damn those demilegionary guys look badass.

Update #53

Apr 22 2014
YOU decide what will be the £125,000 Stretch Goal!
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As we're nothing if not concerned with what backers want (and definitely not because we're stumped as to what to put up next, oh no), we've decided to let you guys decide on what the £125,000 stretch goal should be on this project.

All you have to do is head on over to the Mierce Miniatures Forums and vote!
PLEASE NOTE, THIS POLL WILL BE LOCKED WHEN THE PROJECT TOTAL IS £110,000!

So vote quickly!
ALBAINN - Gudhlagg, Oghur Uhmaer



Gudhlagg is an Oghur commander and will be 50-55mm to the eye, standing on a 60mm base. He will be a Wild Warchief with an Ubiquity of Rare.
BRYTHONIAID - Geraint Nerthol, Teyrn of Cedweli on Ceffyldraig

Here's a diversion for you - Geraint Nerthol riding a mighty horse-dragon (Ceffyldraig) into battle! Geraint is a Teyrn of course, a warlord, and his Ceffyldraig is a beast standing on an 80mm base and around 40-50mm to the shoulders.
BYZANTII - Tri IV Acteon, Auxilia Bestiarii Tribum

A unit of Auxilia Bestiarii, the better to control your Byzantii beasts such as Ulmons or Tykho (in a similar way to the Goad-Drunes of the Ysians). These guys - Uncommon, Drilled infantry - stand on 30mm bases and will be around 30mm tall to the eye.
FOMORAIC - Gaanh, Walvax Gultain

Gaanh is the first of the Fomoraic Walvax, or walrus-men, 'orrible nasties at home on land as well as in the cold seas. Gaanh will stand at around 50mm to the eye and on a 60mm base, and will be a Wild Warchief with an Ubiquity of Uncommon.
KHTHONES - Ignilak, Zalamandra

Zalamandra are particularly nasty lizards, heavily armoured and able to spit gobbets of fire upon their enemies. Zalamandra are Rare, Wild monstrous beasts able to be taken in units of 1-3 and stand on 60mm bases, being around 40mm tall to the eye.

You can purchase one Ignilak.
NORSE - Stígr, Felljötunn

Felljötunn are hill giants, related to the mighty Jötunn but smaller and less brutal. Even so, they are still formidable opponents, well able to turn the tide of battle!

Felljötunn will be armed with hammers and wear light armour. They will stand on 80mm bases and will be around 80mm to the eye. They will be Wild Monstrous Beasts, able to be taken in units of 1-3.
YSIANS - Hedroc of Carn Maen, Battle-Drune on Hound-Horse

Hedroc is an Ysian Battle-Drune and he likes to ride a Hound-Horse into battle! The Hound-Horse will stand on an 80mm base and be around 40-45mm to his shoulders.

Those are your options... choose wisely!