The Ongoing Mierce Miniatures Darklands New & Rumors Thread

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**Mymearan**

I,.. I need that giant. I NEED it like I need air to breathe.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

The Hydrar are the 3 headed snakemen like hirakoth (so bonkers they can't be used as slaves by the atlantes)

(Rob's said the current version will be retired presumably as the new unit is going to be digitally sculpted and he wants the 'new' hirakoth to match the rest of the unit in size/look, so if you think you might want him don't forget to order him, although presumably the change won't happen till the full new unit is up for release)

**highlord tamburlaine**

That's an interesting tidbit about Hirakoth getting retired.

As far as I know, he's the only one that was actually hand- sculpted. Thoth and the other one were both digital sculpts already.

**RivenSkull**

More undead giant..........

huuuuuuuuuugh I don't think I can afford to get either of them.

My only saving grace is it's so far out in terms of funding that they may not get funded and save me the dilemma

**highlord tamburlaine**

That giant really is impressive.

If that thing funds I may even have to get one myself, and I have no real vested interest in undead of any sort.

It's just that impressive.

**Alpharius**

highlord tamburlaine wrote:
...he's already here.

At all times.

Considering I still haven't finished my Krokodar (and hopefully I'll be getting my mounted Agriosavra soon, and Srok's head), I'm not sure if yet another unit of monstrous infantry are what I need.

Now giant crustaceans and crab men? That's a spot in my collection that hasn't really been filled much, and I do have a fair amount of Formorians as it is....

Oh really?

I never saw your reply to THIS AWESOME NEWS:

Alpharius wrote:
Those crab 'men' are on 80mm bases, standing 70mm high!

They're...rather big!

EDIT:

Oh, and Highlord?

There's already been mention of...Fish-Men!

And...Angler-Men?

So, I ask you...can Shark-Men be far behind?

EDIT 2:

I asked for you Highlord - I asked for us all!

Are you ready...?

Creator Mierce Miniatures 25 minutes ago

@Alpharius - yes, shark-men and whale-men are on the table. Anything semiaquatic is, and if we ever do Darkseas... who knows?

Woooo!!!

**zedmeister**

RiTides wrote:
Have there been pics of the Hydrar, that's not a unit term I'm familiar with from past campaign / art teasers?

This is all I have from previous campaigns. They're basically hydra-men

Spoiler:

**RiTides**

Ah - to be honest, I haven't been a fan of any of Mierce's "snakemen" sculpts other than the ACTUAL Hydra... which just kicks arse.

But hybrid half snake / half humanoid models are a hard sell for me, it just doesn't look like it would work in my mind. Their hydra is just a snake with multiple heads - that I can get behind

Thanks for the info guys! Plenty of other things here that I like

**Sinful Hero**

zedmeister wrote:
Tower Bānbreca...

That platform must be wildly unstable. Surely it would tilt and rock with every step he took.

**highlord tamburlaine**

Ha ha!

I am ALWAYS here, ALWAYS lurking beneath the surface.

I may not comment constantly, but I KNOW.

I'll get more excited when we see some actual shark people sculpts.

Hopefully they are appropriately sized, unlike CMON's offerings, which stylistically were great, but just too shrimpy for me.

**Alpharius**

I'm just really looking forward to a Mierce Whale-Man!

And, you know, just about everything from this campaign, of course!

**Malkaven**

That thing is just massive. Did they give a scale comparison?

**Azreal13**

Yep..

**Pacific**

AdamBridger wrote:
Pacific wrote:
Have tried contacting a couple of UK retailers (Firestorm and Wayland Games) and neither are stocking the rulebook apparently, which is a shame. So looks like direct order only unless any of the other shops deal with a different distributor.

Wayland don't actually stock Mierce stuff at all, which is a surprise considering they sell pretty much everything in the hobby !

You could try element games. They stock quite a few darklands resin minis & may be getting in the rulebook.

Element Games are indeed going to sell the book! Although no date as yet (I see it as about a week away from release in Mierce's own store)

Many thanks again for the tip

**I-bounty-hunt-the-elderly**

Is there anywhere on this site or elsewhere to discuss Darklands the game? I've just got my rulebook, and as impressive as some of the artwork is, and its a professionally-produced looking rulebook, the rules just look unplayably complex. You have to roll for the weather, not just at the beginning but throughout the game!

**Pacific**

I assume the best place would be the Misc Other Games forum

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/forums/show/30.page

Perhaps go ahead and start a 'Rules Discussion thread'!

Would be interested in reading people's takes on the rules before I'm able to get hold of them myself.

**cromagz**

You're probably more likely to get a response on the Mierce forums, there a plenty of people there that play and Rob checks it more regularly than here I think

Http://www.mierce-miniatures.com/forum/

**Alpharius**

cromagz wrote:You're probably more likely to get a response on the Mierce forums, there a plenty of people there that play and Rob checks it more regularly than here I think

Http://www.mierce-miniatures.com/forum/

Yes, that would probably be the best place to possibly get the quickest answer, but...

Pacific wrote:I assume the best place would be the Misc Other Games forum

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/forums/show/30.page

Perhaps go ahead and start a 'Rules Discussion thread'!

Would be interested in reading people's takes on the rules before I'm able to get hold of them myself.

...I'd like to see this happen too - let's get some Darklands discussion happening right here ~~in River City~~ on Dakka Dakka!

Bogo, Armoured Oghurithne Warrior:

**highlord tamburlaine**

Slabs of wood and a cooking pot lid does not an armored warrior make.

I've often wondered how an Oghurithne would look with my big red horde of various other Ogre type races.

Probably pretty large.

**Alpharius**

Albainn are the Naked Nutters Kindred - that guy's practically completely covered up in armor!

Update #8

Apr 30 2016
£23,750 - Howling Cnebba
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We're just about to unlock Choloch so it would be rude not to give you another monster to go for. So here's something for the Anglecynn, Howling Cnebba, set at £23,750 to unlock - which is just around the corner!

Howling Cnebba is an alternate of the fantastic wolf-beast, Cnebba, and is a Feral Monstrous Beast of the Anglecynn. There's not many big Anglecynn monsters and many field two Mægenwulfas, so here's one to make things a bit different for you!

Increase your pledge by £37 to purchase Howling Cnebba, who will only be produced in resin. Howling Cnebba is a SMALL MONSTER and so can also be included as a monster within in the FIVE MIGHTY MONSTERS reward!

Watch out for more MIGHTY MONSTERS soon!

**Mierce Miniatures**

@I-Bounty-Hunt-The-Elderly - you don't have to use weather; that's a master rule, i.e., for people who know the game inside out.

See p6, read the "Darklands Beginners" scroll. That tells you what you need right from the start.

For discussions about the game, or questions, or whatever, go to the forum - http://mierce-miniatures.com/forum

Cheers
Rob

**Ian Sturrock**

I usually like the idea of snakemen but find the execution doesn't work for me.

I picked up Xontor though, because it's just so Harryhausen that nothing else matters... and because I think it's actually easier to make good half-human / half-snake hybrids than to make an actual anthropomorphic snake. I'm still undecided as to whether to paint him like a half-human / half-snake, though, or more likely, do bronze and verdigris and have him be a construct.

http://mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=pro&pre=mrm_dkl_kth_gor_wld_011_000

**RiTides**

Just a note that I fixed your link, Mierce

(had a period at the end making it not work).

Whether here in the Misc Forum linked to above (which is ripe for Darklands discussion!) or on the official Mierce forums, I'd love to see more discussion of gameplay now that the rules are printed and in the wild

. Exciting stuff!

**Alpharius**

I know that's what I'll be doing - once my rulebook shows up.

It is somewhere between Mierce Towers and me, probably on/over the Atlantic as we speak!

**zedmeister**

Gahwn, Cawrgwyfern:

So here's a Fir Danu

Think slaine...

**Alpharius**

Oh boy...I want both!

What's the funding level set at for them?

**I-bounty-hunt-the-elderly**

Mierce Miniatures wrote:
@I-Bounty-Hunt-The-Elderly - you don't have to use weather; that's a master rule, i.e., for people who know the game inside out.

See p6, read the "Darklands Beginners" scroll. That tells you what you need right from the start.

For discussions about the game, or questions, or whatever, go to the forum - http://mierce-miniatures.com/forum

Cheers
Rob

Thanks for replying to that. I appreciate the Beginners guidance, and looking at it I'm sure that much of the basics like sight and movement will be easy enough to absorb for experienced gamers. I think my initial impression, that its a massive hunk of rules, may deter some people from trying your game unless there is a healthy amount of beginners guidance online (p6 mentions videos etc for example) and a growing playerbase. I really hope this does come about as its clear a lot of thought and attention to detail has gone into creating an atmospheric ruleset - I was particularly impressed by a section on dragging models with missile weapons, since I've kickstarter-ordered some of your walrus-men harpooners.

**Sinful Hero**

Really liking that Dragon/Lizard man thing. Very interesting head.

**Elemental**

As a fan of the comic Slaine (which Darklands seems to have a lot in common with), I was wondering when we'd get to see a proper Warp Spasm.

**zedmeister**

Elemental wrote:
As a fan of the comic Slaine (which Darklands seems to have a lot in common with), I was wondering when we'd get to see a proper Warp Spasm.

There'll be units of them. That one is based off the Fiannagh. There will be Tuanagh based ones too i.e. with double handed axes!