You know what? Sod it.

Gaanh will be at £87,500, but he'll be £25 (no discount) to pledge for.

£87,500 - Gaanh, Walvax Tain

Thanks be to Evl Hmr, for he implanted a desire for Gaanh in our heads... Gaanh was, of course, an unfulfilled stretch goal from our last major project, Darklands: First Edition II, and we're very happy to be unveiling him as your next stretch goal to smash!



The Walvax are, of course, walrus-men and are a part of the Fomoraic kindred. Gaanh is a Tain, a Warchief, so you can expect units of these guys at some point in the future. For now, simply throw that harpoon at your enemies!

Increase your pledge by £25 to get Gaanh!

darthmarsh wrote:
All I know is I'd like to see more Jutes. I can take or leave the rest and the 'alternate this and alternate that' leaves me a little cold. But more of those fantastic Jute scupts! I'd be in for hundreds not my current £80

 Alpharius wrote:
Isn't there already enough Jute stuff unlocked to total more than £80?

darthmarsh wrote:
All I know is I'd like to see more Jutes. I can take or leave the rest and the 'alternate this and alternate that' leaves me a little cold. But more of those fantastic Jute scupts! I'd be in for hundreds not my current £80

 RiTides wrote:

darthmarsh wrote:
All I know is I'd like to see more Jutes. I can take or leave the rest and the 'alternate this and alternate that' leaves me a little cold. But more of those fantastic Jute scupts! I'd be in for hundreds not my current £80

The alternate parts leave me feeling a bit the same way- particularly for things that are campaign exclusives! I got multiples of all the agriosavrar type models offered previously, and while they're great, I would have expected a few extra parts might be able to be included. To have to pledge for a whole different campaign, with an entirely separate 10 pound shipping charge (and which you cannot add anything from into a prior shipment you've already paid for, no matter how small) puts the barrier to entry a bit too high.

I know they need to continue to book sculptors, but at some point I'd like to see a plan for this game getting a wider release. Instead, there is a lot of pressure to pledge for EACH campaign, rather than giving folks the opportunity to add new items onto old pledges. I just pledged for the Mounstrous Mounts campaign, and am very much looking forward to receiving that... but there is no way I can pledge the 10 pound minimum + mandatory 10 pound separate shipping fee here, if say I just wanted to nab a few extra models coming with new parts. And to make it worse, if I don't do that, even having pledged for another of their campaigns, I have no shot to buy those parts in the future.

I know campaign exclusives are sometimes helpful to Kickstarters, but they can be a double-edged sword too, and I don't think there was much need to make items "THIS CAMPAIGN ONLY" exclusives, particularly when people have pledged and are waiting on other items that may ship around the same time. This isn't a new product- it's more sculpts for the same game, and same rulebook, which has yet to be put out- meaning folks who pledged for that rulebook and the like really should have access to buying things offered here in the future / in their online store, since there are so many repeat pledgers here who already have many things they are waiting on and will be encouraged to buy more from the online store before those ship.

Darklands: New Kindreds and November's Releases

With our current Kickstarter project Darklands: New Kindreds going great guns at the moment - we're at £85,000 with a week or so to go! - we're very happy to turn our attention to a previous project, Darklands: A World of War, and bring you eight more releases from it, one for each kindred!

For this second set of releases from that project, we have the superb Bagseg, an Oghurithne Umaer for the Albainn; the lovely Leofwen on foot, an Angelcynn Thegn of the Dēra realm; the stern-looking Urien on foot, a Brythoniaid Teyrn; Idruaada, a mean Warlock Lord for the Fomoraic; Scecchus, a mighty Servile Fiend for the Infernii (and thus the Byzantii); the snakey Thelliatiss, a Gorgórix warchief for the Khthones; the beautiful Birna, a warchief for the Norse; and finally Annik of Carn Wrach for the Ysians, who you wouldn't turn down for a date lest she chopped your willywonk off. Ahem... moving on...

Unfortunately, just like the previous releases this year, thanks to us being busier than busy bees we've just not had the time to get the release art and descriptions done; but you can still see some good images of each miniature on the website of course.

Bagseg, Oghurithne Umaer



Bagseg is an Oghurithne Umaer, a warchief well able to command units within your Albainn host, and is a beautiful sculpt by Yannick Fusier from the artwork by Sam Lamont. The superb paintjob is by Martin Grandbarbe.

Leofwen, Thegn of Dēra on Foot



There are many realms of the Angelcynn, and Leofwen comes from Dēra - the realm to the north of Mierce, where the influence of the Christians of Northumbraland holds sway. As such, and like Beowa of Beornica, Leofwen - sculpted by Stéphane Simon from the artwork by Des Hanley - fights for the pagan Mierce now, for Penda and the Miercna also hold true to the old gods. Painted by Martin Grandbarbe!

Urien, Teyrn of Môn on Foot



The fantastic Urien - sculpted by Juan Navarro Pérez from the artwork by Dan Warren - is a powerful lord of the Brythoniaid, hailing from Môn (modern-day Angelsey) which was a part of Teyrnas Gwynedd. As such, he's a trusted lieutenant of Cadwaladr the king! Painted by Martin Grandbarbe again.

Idruaada, Warlock Lord of Baalor on Foot



Sculpted by a newcomer to our range, Gauthier Giroud, from the artwork by another newcomer, Steve Pierce, Idruaada is a cracking miniature for the Fomoraic and represents a Warlock Lord for the hosts of Baalor. He could, of course, represent a Warlock too! Painted by Sébastien Picque.

Scecchus, Servile Fiend of Dis



What can one say about Dan Cockersell? Well, that he's an utter genius and a gentleman, that's what! Dan has as usual taken a piece of artwork by Stefan Kopinski and produced a total masterpiece of a sculpt. Scecchus is of course a demon of the Infernii, and he represents a Servile Fiend of Dis, a warchief. Painted by Sébastien Picque.

Thelliatiss, Gorgórix of Khthon



Another newcomer to our range - Olivier Bouchet - has sculpted the brilliant Thelliatiss for us, from the artwork by Beth Hughes (who is also a newcomer to Darklands). Thelliatiss is a warlord of the Khthones and female; she is perfectly capable of leading a host, especially when that host includes the forthcoming Dawn of Khthon... the fantastic paintwork is by Sébastien Picque once more.

Birna, Dottir of Hrafnen



There's plenty more females to come, but we don't think any of them are quite as amazing as Birna. Sculpted by the master himself - Allan Carrasco - from the artwork by Danny Cruz, Birna is simply stunning and utterly beautiful. Painted by Martin Grandbarbe, who has, as ever, performed wonders with his paintbrush.

Annik of Carn Wrach, Battle-Drune



Sculpted by Stéphane Simon from artwork by Danny Cruz, and painted by Martin Grandbarbe, we defy anyone not to want Annik. Beautiful, brutal, sexy and nasty, Annik is one of those miniatures that you just have to own. So why don't you own her? Go on, you know you want to!

All of the releases above will be officially released on the 1std of November 2014, but you can pre-order them now from this very website to your heart's content!

Darklands: New Kindreds has just six days to go!

Our current, amazing Kickstarter project, Darklands: New Kindreds, currently stands at around £85,000, and it's all about bringing new kindreds to the world of Darklands!

This project has been mooted for a long while simply because Darklands has ten main kindreds, two of which - the Atalantes and Érainn - have not yet been explored, even though there's lots of interest in them. Now's the time to redress that! You'll find a ton of stuff to fund for those two kindreds - from warlords to infantry units to monstrous beasts - and there'll also be plenty for anyone who loves our existing kindreds.

The main rewards are based around Starter Hosts, rather like Darklands: a World of War. There will be at least two Starter Hosts for each of the new kindreds - one that contains infantry, and one containing monstrous infantry - as well as options to include generals, commanders, sorcerers, monstrous beasts and much else besides. They'll also include dice and tokens as required, to get you started immediately!

If you're interested and fancy funding more of our fantastic miniatures, head on over to Darklands: New Kindreds now!

Watch out for more news of that project soon, and don't forget - there'll be more releases next month, too!

 RiTides wrote:
I know they need to continue to book sculptors, but at some point I'd like to see a plan for this game getting a wider release.

 RiTides wrote:
Instead, there is a lot of pressure to pledge for EACH campaign, rather than giving folks the opportunity to add new items onto old pledges. I just pledged for the Mounstrous Mounts campaign, and am very much looking forward to receiving that... but there is no way I can pledge the 10 pound minimum + mandatory 10 pound separate shipping fee here, if say I just wanted to nab a few extra models coming with new parts. And to make it worse, if I don't do that, even having pledged for another of their campaigns, I have no shot to buy those parts in the future.

 RiTides wrote:
I know campaign exclusives are sometimes helpful to Kickstarters, but they can be a double-edged sword too, and I don't think there was much need to make items "THIS CAMPAIGN ONLY" exclusives, particularly when people have pledged and are waiting on other items that may ship around the same time. This isn't a new product- it's more sculpts for the same game, and same rulebook, which has yet to be put out- meaning folks who pledged for that rulebook and the like really should have access to buying things offered here in the future / in their online store, since there are so many repeat pledgers here who already have many things they are waiting on and will be encouraged to buy more from the online store before those ship.

Mierce Miniatures wrote:
I'd say that counts as wider releasing, personally, but I would like to hear what you mean by "wider release" - do you mean something else?

((snip))

Secondly, the alternates are project exclusive simply because we don't want to add these to our publicly released range, which ensures they don't cause problems to an existing or prospective stockist. There is a reason GW and others recycle product - there's only so much space on the shelves.

Mierce Miniatures wrote:
Thirdly, they are there to offer choice - both aesthetically and in game terms - to both new and old backers, who either didn't like the original sculpt or would like to use (as an example) two sorcerers that aren't the same. Of course, there's also the different weapon options, thus giving backers more choice.

Fourthly, anybody who backs the project that contains the alternate will have access to it (to purchase) for a long, long time, and I am considering leaving them open to those backers for all time, which gives backers a little more choice in the future.

Mierce Miniatures wrote:
I can see shipping is a real issue for you, because you've mentioned it a few times, and I understand why; but you must also understand that there's two reasons why we insist on backers paying shipping at least once for individual projects.

Firstly, shipping is expensive and combining shipments is cost-prohibitive for us (combining shipments adds weight and makes packages larger, which adds packaging material), especially overseas, where we're only allowed to send packages of a certain size and under 2kg, and of course more weight means more cost;

Secondly, combining shipments causes time and production issues, impacting both backers and our staff. For example, if you'd gone for a Wave 5 item from Darklands: Monstrous Mounts, and added the postage to cover it, that item will ship in February. If you then add something from Darklands: New Kindreds, and not paid the Wave 7 postage cost, you're then waiting until that Wave 7 item is produced, which will be June. Okay, you save money, but you add six months. Most people do not want to wait that long and I want to avoid that wait for production also. If the boys are still casting Wave 5 items in June, we're not giving our full attention to Wave 7 items, and that then causes delays to Wave 7 packages.

Mierce Miniatures wrote:
Please, never think we do things without really considering all the options - there is always thought behind everything.

Hope that helps your understanding of the project, and our decisions. We may not have done the right thing, but we always think about what we're doing beforehand!

 Alpharius wrote:
Still, what Mierce really needs to do is get the full and proper rule book out - now slated for early 2015.

Once that's out, and they can use it to get the game some serious traction, maybe a demo crew can follow, and then expanded retail presence too.

 RiTides wrote:

darthmarsh wrote:

I know they need to continue to book sculptors, but at some point I'd like to see a plan for this game getting a wider release. Instead, there is a lot of pressure to pledge for EACH campaign, rather than giving folks the opportunity to add new items onto old pledges. I just pledged for the Mounstrous Mounts campaign, and am very much looking forward to receiving that... but there is no way I can pledge the 10 pound minimum + mandatory 10 pound separate shipping fee here, if say I just wanted to nab a few extra models coming with new parts. And to make it worse, if I don't do that, even having pledged for another of their campaigns, I have no shot to buy those parts in the future.

Really all you need to do is add 10 pounds now. And since that just goes into moneyback, you can spend it on whatever you want from any KS you previously participated in and may have shipping paid for. Like I spent almost the entirety of the KS 2.5 pledge on KS 2 stuff (which I somehow missed and am still annoyed at myself) . Its still open, as is monstrous mounts. So technically I could pump all my new kindred money into those. If you run a tight painting queue its one thing, but in general I'm cool with a shipment every 6 months. And since they stay open so long, I end up adding way more post pledge, as sculpts show up that interest me and just pay for one shipping charge. If you're only interested in just 1-2 figures ask around about piggybacking off someone else's order, but in general I think signing on for each campaign is a good idea if you like a lot of the line.