Warriors of Alba

The battle host for the MIERCENARY tier in January 2026 contains the very first digital host for the Albainn, those painted Picts of the far north!

All sculpted by Rafael Callegari, the very first battle host of the new year is here, fellow Miercenaries! This January you can get your hands on the amazing Warriors of Alba, a set of humans and cylopean giants for the Albainn!

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Warriors of Alba

The warriors of Alba defend their land against their enemies with the help of the giants of the mountains. From the great wall to the south to the northern shores to the ice sheets of the west, the Albainn must never cease their vigil, or they would be overrun by all manner of dire foes.

• Shieldwall Ciniod, Umaer of Dun Durn on foot
• Greatsword Ciniod, Umaer of Dun Durn on foot
• Skyclad Itaina [Pin Up]*, Umaer of Dun Durn on foot and on horse
• Veteran Spears of Dun Durn, Gairmorlom Unit (7x warriors w cmd)
• Spears of Dun Durn, Gairlom Unit (7x warriors w cmd)
• Oghu Slashers, Vicious Oghurüc Unit (3x warriors w cmd)
• Oghu Lobbers, Wild Oghurüc Unit (3x warriors w cmd)

*The pin up loyalty rewards are only available if you subscribe through our webstore

Ciniod is an umaer of the Albainn, a warchief of great reputation amongst his people and a tough warrior in battle. He has two body options as Greatsword Ciniod - bare chested or wearing mail, and has two head options, bare headed or helmed.

The humans of this month's host are the ubiquitous gairlom and their veteran variant, the gairmorlom. The latter are somewhat better equipped than the gairlom, for they wear helm and chainmail in addition to their thick hide tunics, and they are almost always veterans of many battles, tougher and hardier than the gairlom and far more experienced. As such they are essential units in any Albainn host of humans.

With the humans providing the anvil, the cylcopean giants of the oghu stone circles, the oghurüc, provide the hammer! They come in two variants, the Oghu Slashers - vicious oghurüc with two giant blades -

- and the Oghu Lobbers, throwers of sorcerous oghu stone shards that shatter into tiny pieces upon impact, showering their enemies with needle-sharp rock!

Who Are the Albainn?

The Albainn are the people the Romans called the Pictii, the Painted, who inhabit the far north of modern-day Scotland. The Picts were a fairly savage people but their civilisation was well-developed, and many historians believe that the Britons and the Picts were one and the same. Certainly, until the Anglo-Saxons arrived and conquered the northlands, the Picts and the Britons lived next to each other and mixed freely.

In Darklands the Albainn are savage, warlike humans, usually painted for war and sometimes naked. Skilled with spear and shield, sling and crossbow, and with their allies the giants and ogres of the far north mountains they defend Alba from their invading foes, especially the Fomoraic and the Norse, and whilst they are somewhat insular the Albainn are not above revenge raids and annexing territory near their lands.

The giants - massive, ancient beings of legend - and their smaller cousins the oghur and the oghurithne revere the oghu stones, the stone circles that dot the landscape of Alba, stones that act as conduits for earth power and that also resist sorcery. Many humans, hoping to find favour with the ogres, ape those beliefs and worship the stones alongside them, but this does not sit well with the Christians amongst the Albainn, of which there are many in the south.

Fortriu

There are seven Kingdoms of Alba but the realm with the most influence and power is Fortriu. A bleak yet beautiful landscape of forest, heath, hill and mountain, Fortriu is an unforgiving place and although it is not barren it is certainly not easy to grow many of the crops found in the rich, fertile south. Instead the Albainn rear tough, hardy sheep and other grazing animals, mostly to eat but also to trade with, and fish the coasts of their land.

The largest city, and the seat of the Fortrean King Talorc son of Uuid (who many claim should be King of all the Albainn), is Dun Durn. A mighty walled fortress atop an ancient, silenced volcano, it offers commanding views and is a bastion any invading army would find difficult to capture - as the Dál Riatans and the Northumbras have found to their cost.

You can learn more about the Albainn on the Mierce Miniatures webstore and in the Lands of Darkness kindred guide!

• More Albainn STL files
• Albainn Kindred Muster
• The Lands of Darkness kindred guide

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More to Come...

Next month sees the return of the Jutes, and a new set of creatures that are... rather ghoulish...!

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