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2016/02/26 11:17:24
Subject: Re:The Mierce Miniatures Darklands Ongoing News and Rumors Thread!
Atalantes! New sculptors as well - Jin Vi and Duncan Louca
Of Bronze, Fur and Scales
It's Mierceday, Miercenaries - and it's a cracker today, because we have our first sighting of the Atalantes...!
This week we have:
•sculpt work in progress updates from Benoît Cosse, Didier Fancagne, Duncan Louca and Jin Vi!
•an updated list of sculptors and sculpts for this project;
•...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.
Let us begin!
This week we see the first Atalantes since Talos, sculpted by two newcomers to our range - Duncan Louca and Jin Vi; then there's a completed alternate and a new sculpt from Benoît Cosse, for the Khthones and Fomoraic respectively; and Didier Fancagne gives us some Érainn!
Jin Vi has begun work on the Atalantes and he has stated with Kyros, a Strategos. I think it's safe to say this guy is going to be fantastic...
He should definitely be a Wave 11 shipment, 3D printers willing!
The alternate version of Kyros is Helmed Kyros - and what a helmet! Note, Helmed Kyros shows the corrected strap for the shield.
Again, he should be a Wave 11 shipment.
It's been a long time coming - but the wait for The Burning Ones has been worth it. Duncan Louca, a newcomer to Mierce Miniatures, has begun work...
Bion is a warrior from the Mesokolossos unit, and there's no images: just a video. Just make sure you guys are sitting down properly when you view it...
Wave 11 is hopeful for The Burning Ones, but we'll see!
Didier Fancagne has cracked on with the Beasts of Síleann Fen and it won't be long before they're done!
The last remaining warrior from the unit is Cru Creach, the champion...
These guys should be a Wave 11 shipment!
Here at Mierce Towers we know what we can expect from sculptors, most of the time anyway. When Taai-ac popped into our inbox, however, we were utterly blown away because Benoît Cosse has sculpted an absolute masterpiece! Taai-ac may only be a Cúgacx - a giant wolverine, basically - but he's a superb miniature!
Taai-ac will be a Wave 11 shipment!
We forgot that Aggrakk, the mighty Krokokh of the Khthones, as sculpted by Benoît Cosse, was not quite complete last time as he had a necklace of heads (which is nice). So here he is, complete!
Aggrakk will be a Wave 11 shipment!
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2016/02/26 11:23:25
Subject: The Mierce Miniatures Darklands Ongoing News and Rumors Thread!
"lalalala I can't see you" <- bad day to receive my annual bonus, now I have to survive multiple Willpower checks.
I want to order all the Descendants, but I fear once I log on to the shop things could become......painful.
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2016/02/26 11:51:53
Subject: Re:The Mierce Miniatures Darklands Ongoing News and Rumors Thread!
OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote: Jin Vi (the sculptor on Kyros) has done stuff for Malifaux and Kingdom Death so he will know what will work at this scale
so I thinjk it should be ok (sigh, the only kindred I'm not collecting has to look this good?)
Well, that's good to know, but aren't KD and Malifaux slightly larger scale? KD is nearer to 36mm IIRC.
It is just the detail on the face that I'm a little worried about.
Edit: Compare the face on the KD Messenger of Humanity to the actual sculpt! I own it, it's a lovely figure (guts!), but those details may be a little too fine.
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2016/02/26 12:45:15
Subject: The Mierce Miniatures Darklands Ongoing News and Rumors Thread!
It's been a while in coming (again) but we've got our first Friday update for BaneBeasts: Mighty Monsters Part Deux in 2016! We do update our projects regularly, but have not had the opportunity to do so here simply because the sculptors we've booked have been very, very busy.
This week we have:
•sculpt work in progress updates from Martin Lavat;
•an idea of what will ship, and when;
•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!
With Tim Prow busy on the Orcs from BaneBeasts: Mighty Monsters Part Un, we gave the various Demon Princes to Martin Lavat, who is fast becoming our alternate specialist... he's done all four of them!
The Demon Prince of Pleasure, a conversion of the Darklands miniature Malacant, is all about whips and that.
He'll be a Wave 11 shipment...
He loves war, does the Demon Prince of War... he comes in two flavours, too, double-axe madness or axe and shield!
He'll be a Wave 11 shipment...
The Demon Prince of Plague. He probably smells a bit.
He'll be a Wave 11 shipment...
The Phoenix Demon Prince is a lovely fella, so we're told...
...and he'll be a Wave 11 shipment!
Wave 11
As Martin has completed these four guys, we'll definitely be shipping them in Wave 11, which is April 2016. It may well be that Martin - or Tim Prow - can get the other miniatures from this project sorted by then too, so watch this space!
2016/02/26 12:54:13
Subject: The Mierce Miniatures Darklands Ongoing News and Rumors Thread!
Oh well, at least I won't feel tempted to buy Atalantes. They're lovely models sure, but they're far too skinny and spindly, was expecting a stockier build based on the concept I saw.
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2016/02/26 13:15:05
Subject: Re:The Mierce Miniatures Darklands Ongoing News and Rumors Thread!
With metal production cracking on, it's time for an update and some shots of sample metals...
This week we have:
•images of the metal Érainn Tuanagh, Fomoraic Gabrax and Jute Wihtgār infantry hosts;
•an updated list of sculptors and sculpts for this project;
•a list of what ships, when;
•...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.
Here we go...
This week we have three amazing metal infantry hosts to show you, for the Érainn, Fomoraic and Jutes!
Samples of the lovely Érainn Tuanagh Infantry Starter Host have arrived, and they are looking great!
These guys have gone back to the metal casters and will be in production very shortly. We are expecting to ship them in March.
The samples of the Fomoraic Gabrax Infantry Starter Host are looking awesome. Look at those Tarvax!
Here's the 750 gold upgrade, too, with the Tarvax command...
These guys have gone back to the metal casters and will be in production very shortly. We are expecting to ship them in March.
...and so we come to the Jutes. Words cannot describe how happy we are about these guys in metal, so we'll just show you some pictures of the Jute Wihtgār Infantry Starter Host.
The 750 gold upgrade is done, too, containing the last two Drēaguth...
Again, these guys have gone back to the metal casters and will be in production very shortly. We are expecting to ship them in March.
2016/02/26 13:30:20
Subject: Re:The Mierce Miniatures Darklands Ongoing News and Rumors Thread!
Wehrkind wrote: Has there been any work on when the Angelcynn and Erainn metal hosts are going to be shipped? I vaguely remember them targeting February, but I haven't been on top of things lately.
The post got buried under all the stuff for the new KS, but I got the Angelcynn duguth host about a month ago. Still waiting on my metal Erainn host.
Looking forward to what gets shown for mierce day today! The sculptors have really been chugging along nicely as of late.
Hmmm my order still says "Processing" but I think I did pick the option to just ship everything together, so that's probably the deal. Thanks for the heads up man!
*waiting intensifies*
Alpharius wrote: Has there been any mention in any of the various campaigns' comments sections if the Rulebook printing is still on schedule and shipping in March?
I was hoping we would get an update email when its ready, so those who haven't picked one up can do so in time for the first batch.
Just got my shipping notice for the rest of the metal minis I ordered. Ysian axedrunes and the bow drunes.
Cant wait
Automatically Appended Next Post: Aaaand stuff arrived today Lovely stuff as usual. The different between the resin and metal version is actually 0.
I don't think there is any reason to pick resin at the moment. My Ysians in metal are perfect and don't break that easily. Resin is great overall, but way too fragile for gaming.
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2016/03/01 13:13:50
Subject: The Mierce Miniatures Darklands Ongoing News and Rumors Thread!
I'm in this for, yes, the awesome miniatures, but also the game - so I'm going metal wherever and whenever possible here.
I'm happy to hear that the metals are coming out so well!
Resin will still be the only choice for those truly monstrous miniatures that Mierce makes though, but those pieces are usually big enough to handle careful...handling during gaming!
2016/03/01 13:20:05
Subject: The Mierce Miniatures Darklands Ongoing News and Rumors Thread!
I'll be grabbing the Ysian's from this latest kickstarter in metal. As you say, they are essentially the same, but functionally a lot easier to work with on the table. I'll still be keeping my resins to use on the tabletop though.
2016/03/02 18:48:54
Subject: Re:The Mierce Miniatures Darklands Ongoing News and Rumors Thread!
All kidding aside, when it does ship, do we know if it will be shipping separately from any miniatures?
This figures to be a BIG and HEAVY Hardcover tome, so if it is in the same box as some resin (and even some metal!) miniatures, there could be problems...
2016/03/02 19:02:24
Subject: The Mierce Miniatures Darklands Ongoing News and Rumors Thread!
@Alpharius - The rulebook is at the printers. I'm expecting delivery end of March/early April. I'm saying nothing more about it until those books land at Mierce Towers. You guys will be the first to know when they do arrive.
As for shipping it, rulebooks will ship separately (i.e., not with miniatures).
2016/03/03 13:56:44
Subject: The Mierce Miniatures Darklands Ongoing News and Rumors Thread!
Got my bag of Formoraic miscasts... It's huge! I got an absolute ton of stuff!
Thus far I have had a look and it contains (click only if you want a massive wall of text);
Spoiler:
Two Aanchuth bodies, one holding his staff (top part past hand is broken off), other missing this arm and has a miscast neck, both good for conversions. Found the spare Sronax head I thought I had got as a random bit was actually for the back of this miniature, so it's good to keep for one of them, and also includes the hand (the sword has snapped off though, which is fine as a weapon swap will be easy. The more complete version will be used to make an alternate Aanchuth, with a different headpiece for the staff (or perhaps the Tundaar banner from below, to make him into a standard bearer), and hand holding a weapon swap. I'll use another head from someplace or order it in as a single bit. The one with the missing neck and arm will likely be converted. Perhaps to a mounted miniature.
One Brunchaath on foot, miscast bubbles on weapon blade, and weapon blade part has snapped away from the shaft, head and body fine - Good for extra parts or to make my own version of armoured Brunchaath. Also, a spare set of arms with weapon, with a large bubble miscast in one arm. Can be greenstuffed.
Brunchaath's Gooracx x 2 - One which is pretty much complete, except has a large bubble in one testicle (ouch!), the other is missing its lower leg portions (not enough resin cast into the mold). Both will be useful, as the bubble can be easily filled, and I like the legless one as it has spikes on its head armour which are fully formed, but not completely cast on the full version I bought, so I will swap these ones out. Also the head, arm and horns part for the mounted miniature, with a miscast on the horns for the Gooracx (missing a section due to an air bubble).
Chaagmuth's Toracx main body part. No idea what the miscast is, nothing stands out. Great as I really like him on a Toracx, but not the foot version. No front legs for this miniature, but still great, as I can convert it to have a rider from the miniature below...
2 x resculpt of the Gabrax horn blower Chuwaa (called Waachu), with an absolutely huge two handed cleaver of some kind. Two near complete sprues, one missing a horn part, other has weapon broken and missing the extra hand, but in both cases really good still. No idea where the miscasts were in all this, but it's still good. Will convert to have one version on foot, one mounted as above.
Five of the snorting Toracx's main bodies, but only two body styles. Two are of the running kind, the other three are the regular standing kind. Neither are Báintaac. Miscasts seems to be the spikes growing out of them, which is fine as I don't like them anyway. Will probably file them down and sculpt over. Could be used for mounts for miniatures, or as some kind of Ram/Ox if I use a different style head, and use them as a Kings of War Herd Stampede unit.
Kraan's body (on foot), two shields as well and bear armoured piece, both shields badly miscast, missing large chunks, armoured piece ok, but spike not fully formed. Will use armoured bit somewhere and shields as base debris. Also both arms with shoulder armour (and a second left arm/shoulder), both with miscast spikes. Should be able to get a whole miniature out of this with a bit of work.
Kraan's bear's head, neck, arm and armoured piece and another furry bit, no idea. No real bubbles I can see, some mold slip maybe? Also the added horn parts that are put on either side, but one is miscast and not complete. Will be useful in doing a mod for a Shieldwolf bear I think. Also the spiked armoured parts, can't see many problems with these bits. Again useful for conversions.
Also two Kraan banners from the bear model. One is snapped on one of the arms and is missing the headpiece, the other has a miscast on one of the skulls. Good for conversion pieces.
Two Garwaag sprue bits, with two tusks on each, one with an elephant trunk. Not sure what the miscast is out of of this but whatever. Can always use more horns!
Lower jaw/neck and two horns of Galagaak. Not sure what the miscast is, but still cool. Will find a use for it somewhere.
Two Tundaar banners - One with pole part missing below cloth fold, other with it intact. Both have small bubbles on back. Easy to convert. Also think I have the arms and horns bit for this, the miscast being the spikes on the shoulders not being formed correctly.
One Daarkan body, only thing miscast is yet again the shoulder spikes. These must give Mierce massive headaches. Otherwise fine. No rest of the bits, so I'll need to convert the rest. Probably from the Tundaar bits I have received.
Warriors of Baalor - Two Aanan sprues with bodies, shield and on each sprue a different arm, so a win overall. Can't really see where the mold problems are, but will take a deeper look later. Also have the axe for this miniature, but with a ton of flash on it. So after some trimming I have a complete dude, yay!
Also from the Warriors of Baalor, three Lungaarns, with various arm bits, missing axe, but still have horn pieces. Should be enough to make one whole miniature, if I sub in a weapon from someplace else. I think the casting defects must be bubbles in parts, but it's good enough to make one whole mini. \
Warriors of Baalor Coraat as well, with axe, but I can't make out what the miscast is. Perhaps a bubble someplace I can't see? It's hard to make out. In any case, another free mini essentially
Warriors of Baalor Paara - No bubbles, but a huge sheet of flashing on this one. Should be able to cut it away to salvage. No head, but I have spares from other miniatures, so should be fine.
One Idruaada body (no sword hand or staff), miscast on bottom of cloak between legs, otherwise fine. Another good conversion opportunity.
Uuthull's Anchor, mold slippage on hands, should be easy to fix.
Random bits - Some Warriors of Baalor arms with shoulder pieces, Belech's taill, and what looks to be an Anglecynn body of some kind which seems to have snuck it's way into here. Probably to be used for base decoration as Rob has recommended (cheers Rob!).
Over all I am exceptionally happy with what I have received. Very very cool stuff, and it's what I could have hoped for and more. No large monsters but that's fine as I really wasn't looking for those. All of this stuff will work really well in the things I have planned. And for the price I paid, it's an absolute steal. Very very happy.
Also received my very own Brunchaath order which is awesome as I love this miniature. No idea what I am going to do with the other two spare Gooracx bodies, but I will think of something
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2016/03/11 09:49:32
Subject: Re:The Mierce Miniatures Darklands Ongoing News and Rumors Thread!
Mierceday! First Edition: 2 is almost complete. 3 sculpts left to do...
Drunes and Demons
It's Mierceday, Miercenaries, so it's time for an update on what we here at Mierce have been up to!
This week we have:
•sculpt work in progress images from Yannick Hennebo and Stéphane Simon;
•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!
As this project is almost complete, there won't be many miniatures to show from here on in. Today is probably the last time we will have a large amount of miniatures to show, too - so enjoy!
Yannick Hennebo has completed Duilius and also begun work on the last warrior from the unit, Terentius...
The awesome Terentius is the final Demilegionarius to be sculpted, and he's all dynamism and nastiness...
He'll be a Wave 11...
We wouldn't want to meet Duilius on a dark night...
...which is good, because they're delivered in the morning by your postman as part of your Wave 11 shipment!
Huzzah! Another one bites the dust, because Stéphane Simon has completed the last remaining Shadow-Drune from the Shadows of Carn Bran...
The champion of the unit, Cador, is also the last man standing... and he's complete!
That does of course mean that these guys will be a Wave 11 shipment!
Lovely stuff as usual. The different between the resin and metal version is actually 0.
