Mierce Miniatures Darklands Ongoing News and Rumors Thread! Darklands Rulebook ships on April 18!

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**Undead_Love-Machine**

I really like the faces on the Gairlom warriors, Valentin Zak is doing a great job.

Also, Judas is awesome

**zedmeister**

New Kindreds monster update!

I'm not going to even try to copy and paste this one across. Here's the link instead oh, and a few highlights:

Roberto Chaudon doing Armoured Mag Ap Mag:

Valentin Zak finishing off his Eirann sculpts:

Benoit Cosse doing a gakload:

New sculptor, Luc Pinganaud:

JAG being JAG:

Juan Navarro Pérez doing Visigoths!

**highlord tamburlaine**

I love Roberto's work, but boy do I ever wish he'd wrap up some of the older outstanding sculpts he's got in his work que.

I wish that armored Mag Ap Mag had a *little* more armor. Maybe on his chest or legs or something. I still like the armored one more than the original, what with the big rock mallet and all.

**Wehrkind**

That bird really is amazing. Seriously, that man knows his avians! Well done!

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I love Roberto's work, but boy do I ever wish he'd wrap up some of the older outstanding sculpts he's got in his work que.

I wish that armored Mag Ap Mag had a *little* more armor. Maybe on his chest or legs or something. I still like the armored one more than the original, what with the big rock mallet and all.

The flappy birdy was basically the oldest thing he had in his work queue other than Srok, and he needed a good cast of frenzied Srok (done first as he has less armour) to base that on which I would think is one of the things Tim's not been able to get round to (until recently?) after his operation

I'll be excited when he can make a proper start on his big list from New Kindreds...... Dynwoccor and Demon-camels yes please

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

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**zedmeister**

Surprise mierceday! Goodies galore:

Men, Demons and Crocodiles

We have a lovely update for you today, on this fine Mierceday in November. This week we have...
•sculpt work in progress images from Roberto Chaudon, Yannick Hennebo and Valentin Zak;
•a list of what miniatures are currently being sent in their various waves;
• an updated list of sculptors and sculpts for this project;

...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.

Let's begin!

It's the Valentin Zak, Roberto Chaudon and Yannick Hennebo show!

The amazing Valentin Zak has now completed the equally amazing Gairlom Unit, and we are ecstatic, because they're... well, amazing!

Again, who would think that hairy-arsed Picts could look so good?

Brusta is the champion of the unit and he is looking mean and moody...

He's now complete!

The unit's bannerman goes by the name of Nectan and he's certainly grim!

Nectan's complete now, too...

The Gairlom herald is one Fidaich...

...he blows horn, and he's done!

The first warrior of the unit is called Oinuist...

...he loves to run!

These Gairlom warriors look brilliant - see Smertae for evidence!

The Gairlom are now complete and will be a Wave 10 shipment! There's the bannerman and herald alternates to do yet, but they're for Darklands: New Kindreds so we'll ship the FE2 Gairlom out before them.

In our quest to get Yannick Hennebo to sculpt as much as possible, here's the next Demilegionarius in the Incaendium...

Yannick's done it again. Check out Nazarius! How something can be so grotesque and yet so beautiful we haven't yet worked out...

Again, we're hoping the whole unit will be a Wave 10 shipment, but there's still three miniatures to go...

The lovely Roberto Chaudon has now completed Srók! If you remember, he did Frenzied Srók first, as it's always easier to add a helmet to a sculpt than remove one.

Srók will be a Wave 10 shipment.

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Monstrous mounts...

Vrasterchef

It's time for an update here, monstrous mount lovers!

This week we have:
•sculpt work in progress images from Yannick Fusier;
•a list of what miniatures are sent in what waves, and that Wave 6, 7, 8 and 9 shipments have begun;
• a list of sculptors and sculpts for this project;

•...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.

Let's begin!

Just the one miniature to show you this time, for the Vras... by Yannick Fusier!

Even though Yannick hasn't yet sorted out Blunt-Claw's... well, blunt claw, the mighty Vras Warlord is looking a lot happier now he's got all his cooking utensils!

We do hope that he'll be a Wave 10 shipment, but Yannick is always busy around Christmas time as he does a lot of nativity work.

**zedmeister**

Last one for New Kindreds:

Érainn, Fomoraic, Jutes and Norse

Following on from the last update, here's another, on this fine Blaec Frīġedæġ!

This week we have:
•sculpt work in progress updates from Yannick Hennebo, Luc Pinganaud and Valentin Zak;
•an updated list of sculptors and sculpts for this project;
•...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.

Here we go...

We have a new miniature from Yannick Hennebo this week, and some alternates from Luc Pinganaud and Valentin Zak!

Valentin Zak has completed work on the Cormac alternate, too - he is now standing on a big fat Gabrax he's just killed!

Cormac on Gabrax will be a Wave 10 shipment.

Luc Pinganaud has cracked on with the alternate bannerman and herald from the The Eye Ascendant, Warriors of Baalor Unit, and they're now complete!

Lalaan is the alternate version of the Warriors of Baalor banner bearer...

Luc's done a great job on this guy.

The alternate version of the banner bearer is the lovely Gaarnul...

The Eye Ascendant alternate warriors will be a Wave 10 shipment, of course.

There's always time for more Yannick Hennebo awesomeness. Here's his latest masterpiece, Bareheaded Ætulla for the Jutes... I think we can safely say that, as a range, the Jutes are our best work so far.

He'll be a Wave 10 shipment - and hopefully the hooded version of Ætulla will be, too...

Luc has also completed work on the alternate banner bearer and herald of the Hrafnen Crew, the Holumann Unit!

Sveinn is a lovely man and the brother of Snorri, the banner bearer...

He is looking great!

Ivarr is the alternate version of Gunnar, the Holumann Herald...

These guys will be a Wave 10 shipment!

**JWBS**

Another day for mierce to move stoically, relentlessly forward. Another day for Jeremy Creature Caster Glen to do **** all with the money I gave him some time in the first half of this decade.

**Undead_Love-Machine**

At least I expect Creature Caster Jeremy to deliver at some point, unlike Jody Siegal of Imbrian Arts.

Anyway, does this mean that the original Eye Ascendant Warriors of Balor figures are finally complete? It seems like I've been waiting for them (and my order to ship) since the dawn of time.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

I've had those for quite a while,

so either you've run out of 'wave' shipping for that KS and are having to wait until it's totally finished (or you pay for another wave, email Rob and he'll let you know if that's the case)

or it's part of the 'tim's operation' roadblock that's been holding up a bunch of stuff

**Undead_Love-Machine**

Well, I've definitely paid for the shipping, so I guess I'm just a long (long ) way down the bottom of the queue.

Two of my orders are very overdue, so I've shot them an email.

Having had the figures for a while Orlando, what do you make of them? Every close up pic I've seen has been a little blurred.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

I like them,

but some of the weapon shafts are pretty thin and fragile so for gaming I'd be looking to replace those with wire (the hands are pretty true-scale too)..

not a big issue with resin, but a bit of a faf

(they were digital sculpts and I don't think a physical sculptor would have tried anything that small)

Edit: it's good to see this isn't going to be an issue with any of the Jutes we've seen so far, all the stuff is chunky enough to be solid when cast

**JWBS**

I like non-heroic heads, but after all these years, tiny truescale hands disturb me.

**Alpharius**

OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:

or it's part of the 'tim's operation' roadblock that's been holding up a bunch of stuff

I think that's what's behind most of the delays in shipping out stuff that's long been 'done'.

I know that's what's holding up a lot of my stuff!

**Undead_Love-Machine**

OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
I like them,

but some of the weapon shafts are pretty thin and fragile so for gaming I'd be looking to replace those with wire (the hands are pretty true-scale too)..

not a big issue with resin, but a bit of a faf

(they were digital sculpts and I don't think a physical sculptor would have tried anything that small)

Edit: it's good to see this isn't going to be an issue with any of the Jutes we've seen so far, all the stuff is chunky enough to be solid when cast

Thanks for the info, if they are a little too delicate I don't mind doing a few weapon swaps.

The Jutes look fantastic so far, I'm very much looking forward to receiving them too at some point!

**Taaloc**

Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
At least I expect Creature Caster Jeremy to deliver at some point, unlike Jody Siegal of Imbrian Arts.

Anyway, does this mean that the original Eye Ascendant Warriors of Balor figures are finally complete? It seems like I've been waiting for them (and my order to ship) since the dawn of time.

Mine arrived on the 22nd August and still haven't been built! My initial impression of them was that the detail on the faces was a bit soft, so I fired off an email to Mierce who assured me it was down to the material (which is a darker colour to the usual stuff I get) and that the detail would show up fine once primed. I haven't got round to verifying that yet!

**zedmeister**

Non-kickstarter pre-order! Massive Dan Cockersell Mammoth

**RiTides**

It still says "increase your pledge by" on the graphic

Man, that is huge! I don't have a use for it, but really sweet that they're releasing that beast

**Wehrkind**

Mierce is so much a KS company these days that they don't even remember what a normal release graphic looks like

That is a banging mammoth though! And what, 1/10 scale?

**Azreal13**

I want it quite badly, but the timing is awful, I've just used my cash back and it's nearly Christmas.

**judgedoug**

blargh I am going to try my damndest to fit that in my budget on next week's paycheck

**Alpharius**

Azreal13 wrote:
I want it quite badly, but the timing is awful, I've just used my cash back and it's nearly Christmas.

Agreed - the timing on this is awful!

£100 right now, 3 weeks from Christmas?

Sadly, not happening for me...

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

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Pre-ordering Trampling Maatmäg now is the only way to get hold of him, for once this pre-order offer ends - at midnight (GMT) tonight, Monday the 14th of December 2015 - it will not be offered again{I resume this is the low price, scenic base and £15 cashback to get another mini}. If you want something unique and fantastic for your collection or your host, get hold of Trampling Maatmäg now - before it's too late!

**Trodax**

That will most likely be an absolutely spectacular mini but jeez £100 is a lot of cash. I'm also kind of wondering how many of these will actually be sold if it will truly retail for £150 - I can see people forking out that kind of money for enormous demons and dragons (Krull, Angrislaug), but is the mammoth market really that proliferative?

**kestral**

At $150 I expect a howda full of cool stuff. That's alot of cash for a model that is mostly fur. I can sculpt fur, if it comes to it.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

Robs been blabbing today, and let slip a war raven picture too

**RiTides**

Is it a trick of the light or does the infantry base have a designated arc? Wehrkind has been making me custom ones of for a while (designed by Jin), but would love to see that become more widespread on small bases!

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

All the mierce bases have marks at 9,12 and 3 o'clock to designate facing and front and rear arcs

you can see the 9 and 3 o'clock ones quite clearly above

not the cheapest bases but a great rang e of sizes

http://mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=cat&cre=tpf-bas&sou=cat

**Wehrkind**

Hmmmm that's handy to know! I wonder if I can add a few handfulls to my metal hosts pledge in a few months when it starts shipping.