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I'll gladly suffer my wife's torment and pledge for Savrar. Especially if they're metal.

The slow burn for this project continues ... slowly. To keep us all going, here's some Wihtaxas.

Mierce Miniatures wrote:Wihtaxas - Wihts with axes - have an Ax for close combat work and a Grave Lantern, which is similar to the Gāst Tomb Lanterns but less powerful. Metal and Resin, same price as Wihtboga outside the host, £27 (metal) or £58.

They look nice not sure if we will get to them, looks like the kickstarter is already stalling.

There's nothing so far that's different enough to catch peoples wallets.

I'm also a bit miffed that they re-used the character sculpts with different weapons, it would have been really cool to have new models in those slots so they could both be fielded at the same time.

Those were unlocked at £15k, they're just waiting for the reminder of the artwork before putting out the update. Expect unlocks every £5k

But I don't have any other Jutes...............yet, hmm this could work out expensive as their starter set is still available in metal till the end of the month

 GiraffeX wrote:


I'm also a bit miffed that they re-used the character sculpts with different weapons, it would have been really cool to have new models in those slots so they could both be fielded at the same time.

I dont have much of a problem with it. Warmahordes does it, GW does it, etc. Entirely new sculpts would have required more funding and more sculpt time. Paint them with different color schemes (like reverse the main and secondary colors in your army color scheme) and it will be less noticeable on the table. 10 man units already use multiples of the same sculpt.

Can I throw in a quid to access the pledge manager/survey/webstore at the time it gets sent out?

overtyrant wrote:
Can I throw in a quid to access the pledge manager/survey/webstore at the time it gets sent out?

Minimum is a tenner as thats the lowest pledge level. You have to select a pledge so they can pick up your details

Thanks!

As someone who's collecting the Jute Kindred, I really want to back this KS; but my view on Mierce has been very wary of late. Part of it is the increasing backlog of miniatures and the increasing number of more Kickstarters. I've been getting a feeling in the back of my mind that this is seemingly an unsustainable path. That and waiting for about 40 miniatures across 3 different Kickstarters.

MIERCE is, by their own admission, 100% a "Kickstarter Company".

They want/need the money in advance so as to book the sculptors they want...in advance.

Having said that, it is absolutely the right course for you (or anyone) to 'wait until retail' if you're nervous. Obviously!

 Alpharius wrote:
MIERCE is, by their own admission, 100% a "Kickstarter Company".

They want/need the money in advance so as to book the sculptors they want...in advance.

Having said that, it is absolutely the right course for you (or anyone) to 'wait until retail' if you're nervous. Obviously!

I'd be wary if there were reports of their artists or sculptors not getting paid... but that's not the case. They book these dudes so that other companies can't book them (and I've seen plenty of complaints from other people that Mierce is booking up certain sculptors for up to a year out).

But of course it's always up to you! I've bought a lot of pre-existing product, plus lots of stuff from the first few KSers so personally I've had a tremendously amazing experience with Mierce. I've got a couple hundred bucks worth of outstanding models, but most are sculpted and ready and I've asked them all to be shipped at once when they're completed. Which reminds me I need to pay shipping on that

 RivenSkull wrote:
As someone who's collecting the Jute Kindred, I really want to back this KS; but my view on Mierce has been very wary of late. Part of it is the increasing backlog of miniatures and the increasing number of more Kickstarters. I've been getting a feeling in the back of my mind that this is seemingly an unsustainable path. That and waiting for about 40 miniatures across 3 different Kickstarters.

If it makes you feel better, the Jutes seem to be moving along nicely since they gave them to Edgar Skomorowski. He's hauled some serious ass on getting them done. The first Wihtgar was shown August 7, and he finished not only that unit, but the Drēaguth unit by September 18. If anything from this KS would ship on time, its the Jutes.

For booking sculptors, hopefully Rob is doing something like 50% up front/50% when delivered?

That helps - though maybe certain sculptors demand 100% up front?

In which case, they'd have to be very steady and reliable, I'd imagine!

Riven - As Bossk said, if you're worried about delivery it helps to pledge for things already sculpted, as that of course can be a major source of delay. But just with the casting queue, things are pretty backed up at the moment... they've said a few times recently that Wave 7 (which is listed as the April wave) is still ongoing... it's about to hit 6 months of being in-process.

To be fair, some of that delay is due to a key employee going out due to surgery.

But yes, a delay is a delay.

Also:

Brythonaid Saethwr

That's very true Alpharius - Argh, feel like I'm being too negative in this thread, I blame lack of sleep . I am hopeful that their pace will be back to what it was now with their master molder back, it's just a bit of a queue but I know they are tackling it!

the Brythonaid get shooty things

Yes, we already know!

New Jute host graphic

Those spiders aren't already available for purchase by chance, are they? A ...friend... wants to know...

Lol I like how getting the spiders and 11 additional figures is 3 pounds cheaper than just getting the spiders by themselves! Id pledged for 2 so far, so the 2 jutes are my picks. Might be able to up for another, but the Albain doesnt really do much for me atm.

 RiTides wrote:
Those spiders aren't already available for purchase by chance, are they? A ...friend... wants to know...

Nope!

I don't think their Big Brother is ready either!

So tempted by Jutes now...

They're tempting, that's for sure. Especially as the spiders are £30 each rrp. And the Jutes can ally with the Anglecynn.
And I do love me some necromancers.

But I think I can contain myself. I so want this to hit 60k for the savrar.

 RiTides wrote:
Those spiders aren't already available for purchase by chance, are they? A ...friend... wants to know...

Not yet. I think these are the results of the previous Gol Gul sculpt being too small. Instead of scraping them, they reworked them into "smaller" beasts!

Do you and Orlando have me on 'ignore' or something?

I'm beginning to wonder why "SAVAGE HORDES" is moving so slowly.

I think it is because the initial offering was so limited, and there hasn't really been much shown for 'in between' goals that has fired people up.

But maybe some of it is due to people not wanting to add even more to their backlog queue?

Maybe waiting for the Rulebook, and this one being for another book before that book is out?

 zedmeister wrote:
I think these are the results of the previous Gol Gul sculpt being too small. Instead of scraping them, they reworked them into "smaller" beasts!

Ah, that explains it! Pure genius

 Alpharius wrote:
Do you and Orlando have me on 'ignore' or something?

I'm beginning to wonder why "SAVAGE HORDES" is moving so slowly.

I think it is because the initial offering was so limited, and there hasn't really been much shown for 'in between' goals that has fired people up.

But maybe some of it is due to people not wanting to add even more to their backlog queue?

Maybe waiting for the Rulebook, and this one being for another book before that book is out?

Haha! Sorry

I think its the variety, or lack of. Don't get me wrong, the revealed hosts are tasty. But I reckon a lot of people are waiting until their Kindred of choice is unlocked or near unlocked. Fomoraic, Norse, Byzantii, Ysian and Khthones collectors will probably be waiting and watching (pity the poor Vras fans) which doesn't move the pledge total so you're relying on die-hards or collectors of the current revealed Kindreds to reach the total. Maybe dispensing with the hosts and unlocking each human sized infantry unit every £5k or £7.5k would probably get things moving faster. Then, when they are done, they can then move onto stretch goals of the monstrous infantry or others along with host bundles in tandem, tying up the previously revealed infantry into a host bundle.

I'm not worried about the rulebook yet as I haven't really started painting my Darklands minis.

I think it was due to the limited initial offering, there wasn't much to get excited about.

I'm liking the Jutes though and we know who's sculpting them so there's no worrys in that department. I really wish we had the Jutgar as well as I'm not interested in spiders, horrible things.

 RiTides wrote:
Riven - As Bossk said, if you're worried about delivery it helps to pledge for things already sculpted, as that of course can be a major source of delay. But just with the casting queue, things are pretty backed up at the moment... they've said a few times recently that Wave 7 (which is listed as the April wave) is still ongoing... it's about to hit 6 months of being in-process.

That's actually one of my issues. Of the miniatures I've pledged for, (outside of the Jutes) there's roughly 17 miniatures that are already reported to have been sculpted, and 4 others were alteration sculpts, which I have no idea if they are done or not. It's that there are so many that are sculpted that haven't been shipped to me is what's got me worried.

And it's not as if I haven't payed for shipping (I saw that mentioned a few pages back). I've got 3 shipments paid for that are with the outstanding orders.