The Ongoing Mierce Miniatures Darklands New & Rumors Thread

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**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

It depends how many people have stuff to be shipped this wave, and how much

lots of people and lots of stuff per person means much longer waits, and Rob warned that this one was going to be a bad one

**Bossk_Hogg**

SlaveToDorkness wrote:
yxalitis wrote:

I don't like the boots at all, as they destroy the sense of scale, I mean, who cobbles 8 foot boots?
YMMV

But the axe, cloak, lantern, etc... Don't bother you? Lol

To me, the boot looks a little weird because pretty much everyone else is running around in sandals or He-Man furry strap booties. For an ancient dead, the boot looks more "high tech", at least in as far as a leather boot can look. I get why it was done... as it stands I'm worried about that figure snapping and the feet providing little point of contact.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

Big lizards in resin from Tim's facebook

**Mysterio**

They look great - better than I'd hoped after seeing the concept art!

**SlaveToDorkness**

Oh, I like those!

So, lemme ask , if I'm not in on the KS and see something I like, how long are we thinking it'd be before I can just buy it on the Mierce site?

**Bossk_Hogg**

Those look SOOO much better than the original physical sculpt!

**highlord tamburlaine**

Bossk_Hogg wrote:
Those look SOOO much better than the original physical sculpt!

These do look pretty nice, but the originals weren't bad- just different.

That said, I'm eagerly looking forward to getting mine along with the Savrar and being able to field a host that consists of more than 4 figures at one time!

**Yodhrin**

Ooooh, nice. What base size are those on again?

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

60mms I think

**yxalitis**

SlaveToDorkness wrote:
yxalitis wrote:
Woot, I have my first delivery from Mierce in a long time.
Branbeca arrived missing his hands, but I don't blame them as my Branbeca was a Frankenstein of Tower and Capture versions.
(I wanted Capture Branbeca, but with Tower's awesome Lantern o'skulls and 1-handed axe)
Thuulac is awesome, and i have my inspiration to pint him based on a particular crab species.
I sold 2 of my Nuncranca to a gent here on Dakka, and kept Uulo for myself.

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Note to anyone viewing the images of Branbeca above, the three different version have three different arrangements of boots.
Only Capture has no boots, which is the arrangement shown above, and is NOT what you would received if you ordered the normal or Tower versions .

I don't like the boots at all, as they destroy the sense of scale, I mean, who cobbles 8 foot boots?
YMMV

But the axe, cloak, lantern, etc... Don't bother you? Lol

Ahhh (and I have thought about this)
You see, he needs a weapon, and I can imagine the axe being hammered into shape by a team of workers, you can even see the marks from their tools, and the design is rough, imperfect.
The Lantern is an instrument of their magic, so of course that too gets made, and it's full of skulls, so you can sense the size of it, it doesn't breah the sense of scale.
The cloak is just stitched together bits of heavy cloth, and whilst technically an undead giant doesn't need a cloak, molding only bones is technically more challenging,and so from a production point of view I accept that.

But the boots, why does he need boots?

Why would anyone go to the trouble of making enormous boots?
Are they afraid he'll get dirty feet?
Would the rocks hurt his feet?

So, yeah, Lantern, and axe are fine, cloak is acceptable, but boots...nah
Anyway, just my opinion.

**grefven**

I'd suspect the boots are required because of the the story of Achilles.

**Bossk_Hogg**

I assume he was buried in the boots. It isn't like skeletons need pants either. As to who made them... well, when a 40 foot tall giant rolls up to your dirt farmer village and demands boots.. you make some big ass boots!

**highlord tamburlaine**

Could've sworn the lizards ended up getting bumped to 80mm bases.

Or that might just be wishful thinking on my part.

**skullking**

SlaveToDorkness wrote:Oh, I like those!

So, lemme ask , if I'm not in on the KS and see something I like, how long are we thinking it'd be before I can just buy it on the Mierce site?

well... in this particular case, quite quickly.

http://mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=pro&pre=mrm_dkl_kth_sav_bst_600_000

Murdock129 wrote:Not sure where to put this, and really don't wanna come off as pushy

But how long is an order typically held on 'packing' before it's shipped out? Just my order has said 'packing' for a couple of weeks now, and I just was curious if I should expect it soon (since I'm currently moving around a fair bit for work)

I've seen it take days, and I've seen it take months for stuff in packing to ship. Once something is ready to be produced, they mark it as 'in packing' IIRC. Some times you get lucky though.

**Monkeysloth**

skullking wrote:

SlaveToDorkness wrote:Oh, I like those!

So, lemme ask , if I'm not in on the KS and see something I like, how long are we thinking it'd be before I can just buy it on the Mierce site?

well... in this particular case, quite quickly.

http://mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=pro&pre=mrm_dkl_kth_sav_bst_600_000

You can also email Rob and ask for KSer access. He's not one to turn down a buyer and will generally let you get it if it hasn't been removed from the KSer purchase list and if it has it generally means you'll see it on the site in a month or two.

**Bob Plociennik**

You missed two updates guys

There you go:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mierceminiatures/darklands-savage-hordes/posts/2254733

This, Miercenaries, is the last (new stuff) update for Darklands: Savage Hordes, for which we must rejoice! That's because the awesome Stéphane Camosseto has finished the Ceorl Freemen!

This week we have:

sculpt work in progress updates from Stéphane Camosseto;

a link to the forums where you can see this project's fulfilment;

a reminder that if you play Darklands, head to our forums to find more players!

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

Here we go...

There's seven miniatures to show off here, and all for the Anglecynn - and all bloody brilliant, even if we do say so ourselves.

The Ceorl Freemen have been converted from the Ceorl Bowmen by their original sculptor, Stéphane Camosseto, and they come with axe, sword or spear, plus a shield of course. Remember, Scīrbrōc is pronounced "Shire-brook".

Above is the sword-armed unit in all its glory!

The champion of the unit is Ceolric (CHOL-rich).

Sword version

Axe version

Spear version

The unit's banner bearer is Ardith (AR-dith).

Just the sword version to show of her; see Ildith's axe and spear arms to see how she'd look with those. She will get a shield, too, on her back hopefully.

The Freeman Hornblower is Sweyn (SWAYN).

Again, just the sword version to show - see Winsweyn's axe and spear variants to see how he'd look - and he'll get a shield on his back.

The first warrior is Mutch (MUCH, the ch as in church).

Sword version

Axe version

Spear version

The second warrior is Erwig (ER-wig).

Sword version

Axe version

Spear version

The third warrior, converted from the banner bearer, is Ildith (IL-dith).

Sword version

Axe version

Spear version

The fourth warrior, converted from the herald, is Winsweyn (WIN-swayn).

Sword version

Axe version

Spear version

Now these guys should be an October shipment, in resin at least - so that's Wave 25.

You can track the progress of this Kickstarter project - in terms of sculpts outstanding and fulfilment of orders - on our forums, in the Kickstarter subforum:

Darklands: Savage Hordes - fulfilment
Calling all Darklands Players!
We'd like to remind you all that if you're struggling for opponents, please check out our forums, specifically the Darklands Players and Community subforum - that's where you can realise your dream of playing Darklands with someone near you!

Note: you must get your account activated!

If you've registered on the forums but can't post, please note we have to activate your account manually thanks to the menace of spam. Just send a mail to contact@mierce-miniatures.com and we'll sort it for you!

And the second one:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mierceminiatures/darklands-mighty-monsters-part-deux/posts/2254757

Turtle Power

We have a lovely update for Darklands: Mighty Monsters Part Deux, thanks to Our Bob!

This week we have:

sculpt work in progress updates from Bob Płociennik;
a link to the forums where you can see this project's fulfilment;
a reminder that if you play Darklands, head to our forums to find more players!
...and anything else you can expect from us over the next few months.
Let's crack on...

Just the one miniature to show this week, for the Khthones, but it's a bloody massive and amazing one all the same...

Schyrós (pronounced ski-ROHS, making sure you pronounce the s as in salad, not z as in zebra) is the first miniature from the Khelona realm, the realm of the turtles and tortoises and all things chelonian, for the Khthones. Cold-blooded, the Khelona are closely associated with the Sávrar and are often found in their hosts.

Personally we think this is one of Bob's best yet!

That's a 120mm base... so he is utterly enormous!

Schyrós, we hope, will be an October shipment... but we'll see. There's lots to print before then...

You can track the progress of this Kickstarter project - in terms of sculpts outstanding and fulfilment of orders - on our forums, in the Kickstarter subforum:

Darklands: Mighty Monsters Part Deux - fulfilment
Calling all Darklands Players!
We'd like to remind you all that if you're struggling for opponents, please check out our forums, specifically the Darklands Players and Community subforum - that's where you can realise your dream of playing Darklands with someone near you!

Note: you must get your account activated!

If you've registered on the forums but can't post, please note we have to activate your account manually thanks to the menace of spam. Just send a mail to contact@mierce-miniatures.com and we'll sort it for you!

Cheers!

**Mysterio**

Schyrós gets me one step closer to that All Turtles All The Time army for Darklands.

The rest of the Khelónes are sadly probably quite a ways off though.

Still, Gamera Jr. here means we're off to a fantastic start!

**Murdock129**

YES! Schyrós!

One of the models (along with Athena) I've most been waiting for from the kickstarter! He looks great!

**Monkeysloth**

Dang, everything from these updates are awesome.

**RiTides**

Wow, Schyrós looks absolutely epic. You've outdone yourself, Bob!

**SlaveToDorkness**

Spikey Gamera is Best Gamera!

**yxalitis**

But how can you pose him and not hide that awesome belly?
Simialr issue I have with Thuulac, he is an incredible, awesome, highly detailed mini, and he's propped forward on his base to not hide his underbelly details.

Maybe My Schyrós will end up standing on 4 pillars, proudly proclaiming: "BEHOLD! My Belly Of Awesomeness!

**Elbows**

You pose him on his back, pinned so he's spinning around on his shell delivering a sweet TMNT style attack.

**Azreal13**

Three words.

Clear. Acrylic. Bases.

**SlaveToDorkness**

Stand him on his back legs and he's got his head thrown back and doing Jazz Hands!

**yxalitis**

Snapped this literally on my way out to work, early WIP of Thuulac, apologies for crap photo.
Inspiration is the coconut crab, the world's largest.

**RiTides**

Pic is broken for me, Yx!

**yxalitis**

Try again, It took me 4 attempts to get the right URL!

**Mysterio**

yxalitis wrote:
Snapped this literally on my way out to work, early WIP of Thuulac, apologies for crap photo.
Inspiration is the coconut crab, the world's largest.

Looks good!

Always nice to see painted Mierce stuff out in the wild.

**RiTides**

For some reason, it still doesn't show up in the thread for me, Yx. So I opened it in a new tab:

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/935/28977204207_c70c8f495c_z.jpg

And Wow, that is awesome

. Really nice work so far!