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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Captain Blood on January 27, 2014, 09:16:53 PM
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Inspired by the works of Frank, Sukhe Bator and others on LAF who have ventured into the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros and beyond, I've finally started to pull together some forces. This won't be an epic build on the scale of my long-running Wars of the Roses project - I'm thinking three or four factions with 15 to 20 figure seach. Enough for a good GoT themed skirmish :)
I'd already made up these, originally as some kind of Balkan mercenaries, although I've always had them in mind for Braavosi sellswords, or perhaps Lyseni sellsails of Sallhador Saan, fighting for Stannis Baratheon. I'm painting them now, and veering towards the gaudy colours of the Free Kingdoms. They are Perry Wars of The Roses figures, with Perry Zouave and Sudanese Ansar heads, the occasional metal shield, and fur capes and luxuriant moustaches from Green Stuff. Obviously the chap with the handgun can't feature in Westeros as it's a pre-gunpowder culture (although they have wildfire, so work that out... )
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I've now started creating the Lannister forces.
These are hybridised from the various Perry WOTR boxes crossed with the Fireforge Templar Knights and Templar Infantry bodies. The simple rule for making effectively unconventional looking, pseudo-medieval figures is to use Fireforge arms and heads with Perry bodies and vice-versa. This seems to work well in most cases. The strange fusion of C12th and C15th historical styles, provides quite an interesting 'Hollywood Medieval' look, which I feel is very much the vibe of the books (however much they may have succumbed to other influences in making the TV series). I've given them all cloaks as a trademark, because it seems to me that the Lannisters are the sort of arrogant swine that wear cloaks. Plus, to be fair, the cloaks and a fair amount of Green Stuff help conceal the imperfect joins between some of the heads and arms from House Perry and House Fireforge. A few heater-type shields are essential too, so that I've got somewhere to paint the house sigils.
First is a knight. This is a big body with a big plume. Could be Ser Gregor Clegane, although I'm not sure he's quite big enough to pass for The Mountain. I might add a shield, although I quite like this pose how it is, guarding his nuts, whilst urging his men onwards ;)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/16/577_27_01_14_9_44_52_0.jpg)
Next is a Lannister spearman - quite elegant I think. Elvish almost. I blame the Italianate barbuta helmet.
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Next a guard with polearm - I like the way he's turned out, because he reminds me of an old Elastolin figure...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/16/577_27_01_14_9_44_52_2.jpg)
Next a Lannister crossbowman - with full 'Scottish Widows' cowl and flying cape.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/16/577_27_01_14_9_44_52_3.jpg)
And finally for now, another knight. Possibly Ser Amory Lorch. He looks kind of squat, brutal and businesslike doesn't he?
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I've got several more in pieces on the workbench, so hopefully, more to follow before too long :)
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Wow sweet conversions!!!
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At least! Another great project to follow ... ;D
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These look good. The caped crossbowman looks like he could be from the Night Watch too.
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Great stuff Richard!
Nice conversion work as usual.
:-* 8) :-*
I am shocked that you are doing a Fantasy project, though.
Is this a first for you?
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Nice! This may well tip me over the edge to start some Westeros action!! ;)
FFF
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I am shocked that you are doing a Fantasy project, though.
Is this a first for you?
Good heavens no. I bought my first fantasy army when I was 14 - Minifigs Middle Earth range - and several more after that. I was playing fantasy wargames before Games Workshop had ever been invented :)
But then A Game Of Thrones is only borderline fantasy really anyway. Almost historical, if it weren't for the dragons, white walkers and a little bit of earth magic here and there...
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Now this should be inspiring...even as some one with no interest in The Game of Thrones. I look forward to seeing your WONDROUS WORKS!
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Great, another thread to follow. My real life is no more. lol
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I'm excited to see what's next! Hopefully the Perry Bros. Foot Knights will come out soon.
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Nice! I'll definitely be watching this project unfold.
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:-* :-* :-*
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Nice one Richard :-*
Time to get mine out of the cupboard again lol
cheers
James
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Fantastic!
Really does showcase the benefits of multi-part plastics when combined with a large dollop of skill and imagination ...
Cheers!
Joe Thomlinson
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Lovely work Richard :-* Even if I couldn't get past the first book... :o
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Is this the line to buy tickets for the Captain Blood Express? Return ticket? No - I don't think I want to come back.
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I've got a ticket :D
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This is going to be great. Very exciting!
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Magnificent start.
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Thanks :)
Think I shall make a few Starks next - or is that a bit too predictable?
Perhaps I'll make them Boltons instead ;)
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Very nice conversions, looking forward to seeing this develop. :)
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Thanks :)
Think I shall make a few Starks next - or is that a bit too predictable?
Perhaps I'll make them Boltons instead ;)
Greyjoys may be nice too
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Good thinking Karl. Greyjoys are definitely on the list.
I see the Greyjoys as a curious cross between Vikings and High Medieval. Kind of late era Vikings.
Unlike HBO, I do not see them wearing all-in-one padded monochrome jumpsuits like some sort of cut-price sci-fi troopers... ::)
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Good thinking Karl. Greyjoys are definitely on the list.
I see the Greyjoys as a curious cross between Vikings and High Medieval. Kind of late era Vikings.
Unlike HBO, I do not see them wearing all-in-one padded monochrome jumpsuits like some sort of cut-price sci-fi troopers... ::)
I do too, from the TV series I like to think of them more like sea born border reivers (northern accents etc) ;D
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Love the start, Cap! :)
And the whole HBO take on Greyjoys is really strange. I imagined them to be those left-over Vikings of the Orkney islands. I always assumed that them were the inspiration for Martin :)
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I've heard that the TV costumes were a sore point for Martin, because his intent was much closer to the Cap's interpretation here. (In The Making of HBO's Game Of Thrones book, the last 'chapter' is overall comments from people involved. There's a big photo of Martin, but oddly no comment from him.)
I can understand that, too. Sometimes I think the costume designer was a relative of someone at HBO, who couldn't get a job anywhere else.
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Next is a Lannister spearman - quite elegant I think. Elvish almost. I blame the Italianate barbuta helmet.
I've always loved that helmet design. Come to think of it, I think I should get one for my collection :)
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You've got a good eye for a pose Richard, I'm really looking forward to this 8)
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Great, great,great...
Makes me want to continue my work on my houses of the North.
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You've got a good eye for a pose Richard, I'm really looking forward to this 8)
Thanks for that statement, Chris: I now have visions of the Captain striking poses to Madonna's 'Vogue' video.... :o
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lol
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Thanks for that statement, Chris: I now have visions of the Captain striking poses to Madonna's 'Vogue' video.... :o
I was thinking more like this...but back on track gents...ahem
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Cpn Blood - I too grew up in a pre GW world and still have a unit of 20 man orcs from the old Minifigs ME ranges in my LOTR army.
You've made an excellent start to your westerosi. I'm liking your take on the Braavosi! With a bit of work the handgunner could be converted to taking a crossbow? - I've been eyeing up the Kingmaker medievals particularly the Hussites as a potential source of low born to make up the Brotherhood Without Banners and a peasant militia of 'Sparrows' from 'A Feast for Crows' who protect the smallfolk during the War of the Five Kings...
I echo the comments made on the great poses - Not those kinda poses!
Nice use of the various plastic elements - especially the capes, cowls and cloaks - .
My Ironborn are pretty much Gripping Beast Vikings out of the box
I'm still slaving away on my Em4 orc challenge otherwise you'd inspire me to crack on with my own Westerosi!
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For white walkers and their walking dead I would also look at the Fimir of Albon thread, the work he used for ghouls and zeds fomr Mantic mixed with GW and others is great. I have pinched the idea for use with my celtos stuff. great fun too.
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Nice beginning
as I am doing Westeros at the moment to I will watch this closely . I have already a Flement Brax force (Lannister vassals) a Stark force and am working on Tytos Blackwood
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Quite excited. I've been considering getting a few Perry Ansar for the Unsullied...
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Thanks everyone, for your enthusiasm - no pressure! lol
Nice one Richard :-*
Time to get mine out of the cupboard again lol
If you're talking about your Perry figs in the pale blue livery, I think you will find they're in my cupboard still James :D
I've got an idea for the iron-born Greyjoys. Will knock one up a bit later... Watch this space...
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Thanks everyone, for your enthusiasm - no pressure! lol
If you're talking about your Perry figs in the pale blue livery, I think you will find they're in my cupboard still James :D
I've got an idea for the iron-born Greyjoys. Will knock one up a bit later... Watch this space...
Nah, my black Karstarks :D
Those others are normal WotR figures :)
cheers
James
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Nah, my black Karstarks :D
Those others are normal WotR figures :)
Ah, I thought they were doubling up as one of the minor houses ;)
Yes, now I remember the black Karstarks. Northern brutes ;)
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Northern brutes ;)
Aren't we all ;) lol
cheers
James
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Well you are, certainly lol
Okay, so here’s my first stab at a Greyjoy… I feel this is more or less the look I’m after. He’s a bit of a Frankenstein’s monster…
Perry WOTR head on a Warlord Celt torso and arms. Mounted onto a Fireforge serjeant’s legs plus a FF kite shield and generous Green Stuff fur cloak swirling in the sea wind off Pike…
Unfortunately, the Warlord Celt bodies are a bit naff – all arms flung wide and cartoon six-packs. But I think some of them will be usable.
On reflection, I might change his sword and sword hand for something more medieval… Think that would change the look quite a bit.
Overall, I’m trying to go for elements of medieval sophistication grafted onto an essentially poor and brutal seagoing culture – but without veering too far into Conan the barbarian territory.
Essentially I’m seeing the Lannisters and Tyrells as pretty much High Medieval, the Starks and their bannermen a little bit less so and with a bit more fur (but nowhere near as Dark Age grungy as the HBO version), and the Greyjoys as poorer relations still.
What do you think?
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Like it!
How about an axe, very Viking :)
cheers
James
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Hmmm. Yes. I'm trying to keep them medieval rather than too overtly viking. Tricky. I mean GRRM clearly has vikings in mind with the Greyjoys, but doesn't really describe them culturally as very different from the rest of the great houses of Westeros...
I think, essentially, that HBO took the easy way out, by rooting each of the great houses in very visibly different cultural styles. So King's Landing looks much more exotically Mediterranean than I'd ever envisaged, the North is kind of sub-Lord of The Rings, and no doubt Dorne, when they get to it, will be out and out mysterious orient. Personally, I think this is a mistake. Yes there are climate differences from north to south across Westeros, but as I read it, the Seven Kingdoms are a fairly homogenous pseudo-medieval culture. It's only once you cross the narrow seas that you find the exotic cultures of the middle east, horse tribes etc...
Interesting innit? :D
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Lovely work Cap!
I'm with the fierce northern brute known as Jim "The Mountain that talks". How about a hatchett?
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Do you know this book:
(http://store.fantasyflightgames.com/client/Products/ProdimageLg/IF01.jpg)
It has a wealth of paintings about all the houses and characters by lots of artists, so many different views of their appearance. I would highly recommend it, and there is even a second inspiring volume available.
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Hmmm. Yes. I'm trying to keep them medieval rather than too overtly viking. Tricky. I mean GRRM clearly has vikings in mind with the Greyjoys, but doesn't really describe them culturally as very different from the rest of the great houses of Westeros...
I think, essentially, that HBO took the easy way out, by rooting each of the great houses in very visibly different cultural styles. So King's Landing looks much more exotically Mediterranean than I'd ever envisaged, the North is kind of sub-Lord of The Rings, and no doubt Dorne, when they get to it, will be out and out mysterious orient. Personally, I think this is a mistake. Yes there are climate differences from north to south across Westeros, but as I read it, the Seven Kingdoms are a fairly homogenous pseudo-medieval culture. It's only once you cross the narrow seas that you find the exotic cultures of the middle east, horse tribes etc...
Interesting innit? :D
Totally agree with you! I started my own Westeros project (link in sig) and I used mostly GW Brettonians, but I'm quite jalous on your conversions... :D
What's your opinion to use reaper? It's btw fun to see everyone picks another army; Sukhe especially Northerns, you Braavosi and Lannisters and I focussed at Arryns and Barratheons.. :)
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I was looking at doing house Manderly myself. The hardest part is finding a few "Fat" knights and tridents that will work with the perry plastics.
Oh and here is an idea for a few northmen/ Grayjoys. http://www.claymorecastings.co.uk/
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I think, essentially, that HBO took the easy way out, by rooting each of the great houses in very visibly different cultural styles. So King's Landing looks much more exotically Mediterranean than I'd ever envisaged, the North is kind of sub-Lord of The Rings, and no doubt Dorne, when they get to it, will be out and out mysterious orient. Personally, I think this is a mistake. Yes there are climate differences from north to south across Westeros, but as I read it, the Seven Kingdoms are a fairly homogenous pseudo-medieval culture. It's only once you cross the narrow seas that you find the exotic cultures of the middle east, horse tribes etc...
While I agree with your interp. of the book I'm not so sure HBO has made a mistake. I read the books and I still have to spend a tiny bit of thought keeping factions straight. For a TV viewer who hasn't read the books and is not yet invested in the story, and thus - no matter how smart or imaginative - has little motivation to spend a lot time trying to figure out who's who, the extreme differences are probably helpful. The more visual cues the better, house banners only go so far and aren't logical in every shot.
But that's just IMO. What's important here is that your conversions look great and I, like so many others, can't hardly wait to see the painted figures.
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Thanks again all.
I'm not so sure HBO has made a mistake. I read the books and I still have to spend a tiny bit of thought keeping factions straight. For a TV viewer who hasn't read the books and is not yet invested in the story, and thus - no matter how smart or imaginative - has little motivation to spend a lot time trying to figure out who's who, the extreme differences are probably helpful. The more visual cues the better, house banners only go so far and aren't logical in every shot.
Completely agree with you, that's why they've done it. Quite understandable to engage the casual viewer :)
I was looking at doing house Manderly myself. The hardest part is finding a few "Fat" knights and tridents that will work with the perry plastics.
Yeah, tricky... Any fat plastics out there? Or maybe you'll just have to get busy with the Green Stuff :)
What's your opinion to use reaper?
I'm going to try to stick to plastics for this project, and steer clear of any fantasy figures as such - just adapt my own medievals...
Do you know this book:
(http://store.fantasyflightgames.com/client/Products/ProdimageLg/IF01.jpg)
It has a wealth of paintings about all the houses and characters by lots of artists, so many different views of their appearance. I would highly recommend it, and there is even a second inspiring volume available.
Thank you Michael. I hadn't seen that, although I suspect a lot of the artwork is probably the same as they use in the various Fantasy Flight GoT boardgame, CCGs and expansions. I play the boardgame a lot with friends. We've just started on the Dance with Dragons expansion - the Lannisters still don't stand a chance :)
Certainly the front cover of the book looks like the same picture used on the box art.
But I will look out for the book(s) and add to my Amazon wishlist :)
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Again, great work.
Are you planning on doing any "named" characters? Victarion Greyjoy with his helm and cloak would be a nice challenge.
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Oh, nice, very nice indeed! Good to see this toned down historical re-imagination of Martin's works gaining ground. I'd rather prefer that over the look of the TV series (which I like a lot, and, dare I say it, definitely more than the somewhat long-winded books I nearly gave up on before the show started). Too bad there wasn't an artist like John Howe with an in-depth knowledge of historical armour styles to take the lead there as well. Btw, the book mentioned is, as assumed, pretty much a collection of FFG artwork.
Your latest conversion looks fine. At first sight I thought the arm would be too thin, despite its overdone muscular definition. But actually it seems in proportion with the rest of the body. So no complaints at all. To allude to the ironmen's vikingish background I'd give them round shields or, if you prefer a more 'High Medieval' look, roundels or even just bucklers. That's perhaps more appropriate to their hit-and-run tactics than large, cumbersome shields. Just an idea.
Following with great interest now. :)
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No axes then, hmmm
How about falchions or the Dacian falx. Different enough?
cheers
James
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Mate. Love your work. I've been tinkering with collecting westeros armies for a couple of years now. Ultimately I have nothing to show for it at the moment as it's a relatively small part of my overall hobbying.... I believe I'm on the cusp of delving back in and this and similar threads here are feeding the flames.
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Your War of the Roses thread over at the Medieval Adventures forum is one of the reasons I signed up for LAF. Mixing that up with Game of Thrones is a perfect recipe for success! Love your conversions and painting style and I'm really looking forward to see these painted up!
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Thanks chaps. You shouldn't have to wait too long :)
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hello,
you can see the artwork use for the GoT cardgame here:
http://www.cardgamedb.com/index.php/GoT/gotcardsearch.html
hope it helps
Great project!
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Really interesting work so far on these. I think you are spot on with sticking to historical based figures, whilst there are some fantastical elements to ASoIaF it is very much grounded in 'reality', and using the available plastic historical kits out there will give them the right feel.
Thinking that the Fireforge dismounted Sergeants could be a useful kit.
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I'm thinking that too...
I'm feeling an addition to my Easter wish list coming on!
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Yes, I've used bits and pieces from the FF Templar infantry in what I've done so far - they share a lot of components with the dismounted sergeants, but with a different mix of heads.
I'll certainly need another box or two, and I think I'll also try the new FF steppe nomad foot warriors - useful for components for the Free Kingdoms, Braavosi, Lyseni, Dothraki etc...
For more hairy barbarian-looking torsos, heads etc (for the more northerly of the houses of Westeros), I'm currently pulling on a free frame I had of Warlord Games Celts.
But I think I may also need to go to the Gripping Beast generic Dark Age Warriors to give me a bit more variety of choice... I do need to give the Starks, Boltons and Greyjoys a slightly more hairy look - although personally I draw the line at giving them Dark Age / Norse style helmets, which I think is a step too far paired with C15th armour!
You pays your money and makes your choice :)
All in all, I can see a lot of plastic shopping in the not too distant future. I'll be going to Cavalier at Tonbridge in a couple of weeks time, so hope to pick up the necessary there...
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Captain Blood,
Don't forget that while padded, jack or mail armour might be hand-me downs, helmets and decent armour were prestige items that would have been highly sought after and looted after battles. Militias and household troops might get poorer quality 'munition' armour - the better off households (an in Westeros we know who they are) the most up-to-date designs, the less well off more out-of-date, archaic patterns cheaper and easier to knock out in quantity.
Viking/Saxon period helmets were made up of quarter segments riveted together with a framework and brow rim, while the helmet bowls of sallets and burgonets were hammered and shaped from a single piece of iron. It is simply a question of who is likely to have access to the better forges and smiths, or the money to pay for such products. I'd have no problem having Viking era helmets alongside WOTR period pieces in my take on Westeros. I've just been careful in reserving the simplest patterns of helmets for my Northern bannermen. Rank doth have its privileges after all!
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Ah yes, well the great thing about a fantasy setting like this, is that you can make it like you see it :)
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I was hoping we'd get to see you work your magic in an ASoIaF setting! You did not disappoint :)
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Excellent work so far, Captain. I absolutely agree with your decision not to make Greyjoy outright Viking. I think all of Westeros is of the High Medieval era, from reading the books - with obvious cultural heritage borrowed from various real-world locations to add seasoning to the great houses and futher flung nations.
Obviously the chap with the handgun can't feature in Westeros as it's a pre-gunpowder culture (although they have wildfire, so work that out... )
I assumed that wildfire was like "Greek Fire" which predates gunpowder (if it ever existed?). I know there are records of the Saracens using "greek fire" as early as the 12th Century.
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Thanks chaps. I shall have my first mounted Lannister knight modelled shortly... Just need to get busy with the Green Stuff...
Excellent work so far, Captain. I absolutely agree with your decision not to make Greyjoy outright Viking. I think all of Westeros is of the High Medieval era, from reading the books - with obvious cultural heritage borrowed from various real-world locations to add seasoning to the great houses and futher flung nations.
Thanks Gibby. I agree - High Medieval all round, including the Greyjoys :)
Because the Greyjoys are a seapower who behave somewhat like vikings, people assume they must look like vikings. But there's absolutely nothing in the books to suggest that.
On the contrary, Victarion Greyjoy is explicitly described as wearing full plate armour - because he has no fear of drowning.
This suggests that although the Greyjoys may not all wear full plate armour (because Victarion is regarded as unusual in this respect), they are nonetheless a sophisticated armour (High Medieval) culture - not an all-fur-and-leather-jerkins Dark Age culture.
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Thanks chaps. I shall have my first mounted Lannister knight modelled shortly... Just need to get busy with the Green Stuff...
Thanks Gibby. I agree - High Medieval all round, including the Greyjoys :)
Because the Greyjoys are a seapower who behave somewhat like vikings, people assume they must look like vikings. But there's absolutely nothing in the books to suggest that.
On the contrary, Victarion Greyjoy is explicitly described as wearing full plate armour - because he has no fear of drowning.
This suggests that although the Greyjoys may not all wear full plate armour (because Victarion is regarded as unusual in this respect), they are nonetheless a sophisticated armour (High Medieval) culture - not an all-fur-and-leather-jerkins Dark Age culture.
Seems more akin to Robert Guiscard's Normans, in a way.
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Maybe, although C11th Norman culture - chain hauberks, conical nasal helms, stirrupless cavalry, is still a long way from high medieval plate armour of the C14th-C15th...
Still, people can read whatever they want into the descriptions in the books, and interpret how they like for their own models :)
Meanwhile here's my first mounted Lannister knight... He's a Perry / Fireforge hybrid. Some surgery was required on the shield arm, and quite a lot of Green Stuff - I've given him a new saddle, a plush fur collar to his cape, and a dashing plume on his helmet.
I think he has the right look for a Lannister...
:)
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Rawr ;D
cheers
James
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Personally I would consider 14th-15th Century to be late rather than high medieval, but then again that's me, and it doesn't really have any bearing on A Song of Tits and Thrones anyhoo. :)
Looking the business so far but I can't wait to see some paint on these blighters.
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Yep, looks like a right.... Lannister. That up himself he doesn't even need to hold on to his reigns. ;)
Nice work on the conversion Captain. Look forward to seeing the paint slapped on this one. :D
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cute! Now we're all waiting for colours! ;D
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All colouring-in activities are now focused on the forthcoming LPL... So I'll still be adding models over the next few weeks (I hope), but I'm afraid you're unlikely to see any pretty coloured ones (of these or anything else now) until the LPL is underway.
But hopefully, it'll be worth the wait :)
It is, of course, the slight downside of the Lead Painters League, that the regular painting output of many would-be participants dries up in the weeks beforehand... ::)
The monumental effort of churning out 10 teams of figures for the LPL rather precludes painting a few figures here or there and sharing them freely as one goes along!
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All colouring-in activities are now focused on the forthcoming LPL... So I'll still be adding models over the next few weeks (I hope), but I'm afraid you're unlikely to see any pretty coloured ones (of these or anything else now) until the LPL is underway.
But hopefully, it'll be worth the wait :)
It is, of course, the slight downside of the Lead Painters League, that the regular painting output of many would-be participants dries up in the weeks beforehand... ::)
The monumental effort of churning out 10 teams of figures for the LPL rather precludes painting a few figures here or there and sharing them freely as one goes along!
You could do a Westeros LPL scene :D
BIG fan of your project!
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A lovely piece of modelling there Captain Blood. I haven't been brave enough yet to try assembling and converting my Perry Mtd figures. I will be looking towards your WOTR & Westerosi for inspiration!
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Wow!! :o Could you please link me to all used boxes, I want this dude exactly the same ;D
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Wow!! :o Could you please link me to all used boxes, I want this dude exactly the same ;D
lol
Well you should only need the Perry mounted men at arms and Wars of the Roses infantry boxes, plus one of the Fireforge mounted knight boxes - it doesn't really matter which, because the horses, bodies and shields are all the same...
The horse is a Fireforge caparisoned horse body, but with an armoured horse head from the Perry mounted MAA box. Much better horse heads than the FF horse heads which are hideous, although requires a bit of filling at the joint to make it fit. Had to reshape the saddle too.
The rider is one of the FF knight bodies and legs, with an armoured right arm and sword from the Perry MMAA set. The shield is also from the FF Templar knights box, as it the cloak.
The shield arm is from the command sprue in the Perry WOTR set. It's the pointing arm, cut in half and reset to take the shield. The helmet is from the same frame. Plus a bit of sprue glued on top to take the Green Stuff plume.
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That's ace Richard, I'm looking forward to seeing a lot of these in the LPL 8)
I'll paint a new Tarzan just in case lol
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That's ace Richard, I'm looking forward to seeing a lot of these in the LPL 8)
I'll paint a new Tarzan just in case lol
Dont forget the monkey!
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I especially like the movement you have got in the plume, it really makes him look like he travelling at speed. Lovely work. :)
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I am loving all these Westeros threads! ;D :-*
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looks really nice your Lannister Knight
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Well, after some delay, I can now show you the painted Lannisters, fresh from the LPL, where they were given a good run for their money by Uncle Mike's entry...
Truthfully, I wasn't completely happy with the picture, so count myself lucky to have narrowly carried the match.
I know a lot of LPL voters like to see a scenic setting, although I always feel it slightly sucks the clarity out of the figures themselves.
So here they are again, plus a few more shots au natrel...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/17/577_30_03_14_5_28_03.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/17/577_30_03_14_5_27_08_4.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/17/577_30_03_14_5_27_08_0.jpg)
Yes, painting all the heraldic lions by hand was effing fiddly...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/17/577_30_03_14_5_27_08_1.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/17/577_30_03_14_5_27_08_3.jpg)
Although I am still all-consumed by LPL painting at the moment, I have stocked up on several more plastic medieval boxed sets, so will be returning to Westeros with many more conversions in the not too distant future :)
On the menu are Greyjoys, Boltons and Dothraki :)
And a few more Lannisters :D
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I really like them. True, you had a great challenge in the LPL.
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I love your vivid color choices...BEAUTIFULLY painted & based. VERY WELL DONE!
The top photo With the Lads in a natural setting is LOVELY.
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Rawr :D
Excellent stuff as always Richard but I must admit I'm not too convinced by the chap with hood :?
cheers
James
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He is a Scottish Widows Lannister ;)
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Ooooh, very nice! :o
Makes me want to get back to my 28mm's
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:-*
Sorry, but it's been a while: mix of fireforge and Perry? Where's the horse from though?
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Fireforge horse with a Perry horse head :)
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Thinking on it, fancy a small skirmish at BLAM (with some themed terrain of course :D )?
cheers
James
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:-*
Sorry, but it's been a while: mix of fireforge and Perry? Where's the horse from though?
Well, since it by Richard's hand it must be from a carousel. ;)
Lovely reds, Richard.
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They are gorgeous Richard :-*
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Plastic fantastic, Cap'n :-*
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Excellent! :-*
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Thinking on it, fancy a small skirmish at BLAM (with some themed terrain of course :D )?
Good idea. Lannisters vs Karstarks - shall we say about a dozen a side? :D
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Fireforge horse with a Perry horse head :)
D'oh! ;D
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Lovely reds, Richard.
^ This! ^
Bloody gorgeous reds.
:-* :-*
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^ This! ^
Bloody gorgeous reds.
:-* :-*
Really wonderful all the way around! A fantastic project!
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Good idea. Lannisters vs Karstarks - shall we say about a dozen a side? :D
Sounds like a plan :D
Small raid on a sept then.
cheers
James
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Top hole! :-*
Not sure how I missed these ...
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... I always feel it slightly sucks the clarity out of the figures themselves.
true dat.
utterly ace figures :)
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They are really nice indeed
They make me go on with my own GoT figures next up Stark for me
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On the menu are Greyjoys, Boltons and Dothraki :)
What mini's will you be using for Dothraki? I couldn't find very usuable figures myself.. :?
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I'm planning to cannibalise a few pieces from the new Fireforge Steppe Warriors infantry and some Warlord Games ancient Britons - sounds ridiculous, I know, but I think it'll work (I am not seeing the Dothraki quite the same as HBO :))
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I am not seeing the Dothraki quite the same as HBO
Oh my good, you will get some blasphemous fame, I think. lol
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I'm planning to cannibalise a few pieces from the new Fireforge Steppe Warriors infantry and some Warlord Games ancient Britons - sounds ridiculous, I know, but I think it'll work (I am not seeing the Dothraki quite the same as HBO :))
Doesn't sound ridiculous at all, the FF Steppe warriors were my best option too. I guess you'll use the bare chests of the ancient Brittons?
I've got one single Dothraki so far ( a bit HBO-ish) and like his looks a lot.. I'll hope to paint him soon and post some pics
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Essos forces are a lot harder to conceptualise... Dothraki, unsullied, free cities, slave soldiers, the golden company.... I'm looking for inspiration on these as well
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Here you go then... ;)
Fresh from the Lead Painters League... I originally conceived these as some kind of Balkan mercenaries for Wars of the Roses era, but then realised they would double up rather well as Lyseni or Braavosi sellswrods for my Game of Thrones side project. So I am posting them in both relevant long running threads!
I've got a few more of these half made up... More progress in due course, once the LPL is wrapped up :)
The bodies are Perry WOTR figures, with slightly adapted Perry heads from the ACW zouave and Sudanese ansar boxes. The shields are metal Foundry shields from the Eldorado Adventurers (big shields) and Pathan ranges (bucklers). The fur capes are added from Green Stuff.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/17/577_20_04_14_8_46_57_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/17/577_20_04_14_8_46_57_1.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/17/577_20_04_14_8_46_57_2.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/17/577_20_04_14_8_46_57_3.jpg)
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That's cheating, you can't have them twice ;D
cheers
James
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Very nice, sir...
:-* :-*
......but you seem to have forgotten to paint some of that green stuff.
:D
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I am still a big fan of your stuff. Told the p-twins at tactica of your paintings, but I think they know it.
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Stonkingly good stuff! Great choice of colours and the flesh is nicely done too.
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Stonkingly good! :-*
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Excellent! You're my bally hero Captain :-*
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I'm glad to see these. I recently bought that Zoauve sprue and was thinking the heads looked a ::smidge:: small, but in your pictures there's no noticeable difference. Also, you know, a reason to trawl through the thread again. ::)
[On second viewing, I realized I was not in the Perry men-at-arms thread as I thought]
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.... Also, you know, a reason to trawl through the thread again. ::)
And it is a trawl, isn't it...?
;)
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And it is a trawl, isn't it...?
;)
But a lot shorter than a certain person's MOOSE thread! :D
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But a lot shorter than a certain person's MOOSE thread! :D
lol lol lol
Someone woke the gardener.
;)
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:o Holy smokes mate...seriously!?!?! I dont know where to start! The flesh tones are fantastic! The greens and reds!!!! :D
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Please never ever choose the same project I am doing as your style and skill makes me want to cry these are stonking 8)
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Wow. They're incredible. Painting is spot-on, but the conversions are what really make them for me.
:o
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Thanks both :)
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Those mercenaries are outstanding! Excellent conversions and colors! A really great inspiration.
They have me got thinking about continuing my Westeros project :o
Cheers,
Daniel
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They have me got thinking about continuing my Westeros project
Do! You did great stuff!
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They have me got thinking about continuing my Westeros project :o
Hurray!
A return to Bear Island...
Long overdue ;)
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Hurray!
A return to Bear Island...
Long overdue ;)
Yes, that is a very nice choice of unit (and well executed)
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Wonderful! :-*
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So, today I met George R R Martin.
This entailed queueing up for an hour in the p*ssing rain outside the Forbidden Planet megastore in London (seriously, I just happened to be passing when I saw the sign, and decided my next business meeting could wait) in order to get him to sign two copies of his 'Hedge Knight' graphic novella. Which I will be giving as prezzies to my younger son and another friend of mine - both serious GoT nuts.
Interesting thing that struck me - the great man looks far younger (and actually slimmer) in the flesh than he does on screen. So maybe he will survive to finish the 7 volumes after all :)
(I refrained from making this observation. Apparently the last person to ask him if he was going to live long enough to finish the cycle was greeted with a sharp 'fuck off').
Truthfully, ours was a short conversation:
GRRM: Hi.
Me: Good to meet you. Thanks (for signing) - I'm a big fan of your books.
GRRM: Great. Well, I hope you keep reading 'em.
Me: Well, I will if you keep writing them, haha.
GRRM: <wry smile>
PR lady: NEXT!
I would have loved to have chatted with him about the great modelling work so many people here are doing / have done, converting 28mm miniatures into figures portraying the world and characters sprung from his imagination. Sadly, there wasn't time in my allotted 8.3 seconds.
Otherwise I might also have suggested he goes and buys September's issue of 'Wargames Soldiers and Strategy' magazine, which will have (all being well) an article by yours truly, featuring lots of lovely new GoT plastic conversions and mash-ups - several of which I'm really quite pleased with :D
(And which will of course, appear in this thread in due course, allowing for a decent interval after publication of WS&S... )
Just sharing the love...
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No fawning then, Richard?
Good man!
:D
Seriously: I dare say that if you had met him outside of the PR circle he could well be very different.
He might even have told you to: 'Fuck off!'.
Now THAT would be one to tell the grandchildren.
:D
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Perhaps you could send him a copy of Wargames Soldiers and Strategy when it comes out - who knows, you may become buddies and you could land a part in the next series of GoT. Now that would be something to tell the grandchildren! :D
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Perhaps you could send him a copy of Wargames Soldiers and Strategy when it comes out - who knows, you may become buddies and you could land a part in the next series of GoT. Now that would be something to tell the grandchildren! :D
"and here, my beloved grandchildren, is where i've been dismembered, just after the eviration, but before the extermination of my family. I had a lot of fun, you know?"
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Feeling pretty jealous.
Fantasy in WSS though? :o
you could land a part in the next series of GoT.
I remember the ads calling for extras for the second or third seasons, over here. I could've gone as Sam Tarly's body double... :`
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Captain, your Works are awesome, :-*
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Ooo, get you, hobnobbing with the famous ;D
I remember waiting in line with my wife to get Jonny Wilkinsons book signed (she's a bit of a fan), it was supposed to finish at seven but he stayed there till gone midnight as there were so many people. The first thing I said to him as he got up for the photo was 'Oh, you're smaller than I thought' lol
To be fair, I am six foot five :D
cheers
James
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I'll allot you 16.6 seconds to sell me on GoT when I tour yhe UK next. lol
No, seriously. .. everbody seems to be talking about the series and I am completely in the dark about it.
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Can't wait for the pics of your new conversions. What a great thread, I had somehow completely missed this one.
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I'll allot you 16.6 seconds to sell me on GoT when I tour yhe UK next. lol
No, seriously. .. everbody seems to be talking about the series and I am completely in the dark about it.
I keep telling you GOT is the new black. We need to get on this bandwagon.
I mean, just look at the cool miniatures in this thread.
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No, seriously. .. everbody seems to be talking about the series and I am completely in the dark about it.
The TV series is quite good. The books are brilliant. I'd recommend reading the books, then watching the series.
No fawning then, Richard?
Good man!
:D
There was no time for fawning, otherwise I do assure you I'd have fawned like a good 'un ;)
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I'll allot you 16.6 seconds to sell me on GoT when I tour yhe UK next. lol
No, seriously. .. everbody seems to be talking about the series and I am completely in the dark about it.
Or, choose the other path of doing stuff from Steven Erikson. It will after all, be fairly impossible since he doesn't describe that much... ;)
The books, from both authors, are greath though :)
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GRRM: Hi.
Me: Good to meet you. Thanks (for signing) - I'm a big fan of your books.
GRRM: Great. Well, I hope you keep reading 'em.
Me: Well, I will if you keep writing them, haha.
GRRM: <wry smile>
PR lady: NEXT!
Hahahahaha! Isn't it funny how one with a fools stubbornness keep saying these things even though one knows they are moronic.
I did a similar thing on Samos this summer, anp pardon the anecdote:
I was out on a late night run on the pier of Pythagorea and ran in to one of the tour skipper Ioannis who has two goat kids hing. I asked him if I could take a selfie with myself and and the little kids. Replied the skipper, crossly: "Ask the goat!" and then moved off to a diot free part of the pier.. I did not ask said goats but as I tried to capture it with my IPhone it turned its rear my way and shat and then merrily skipped away in the direction of the skipper. So that was an unusual picture to post on FB.
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The TV series is quite good. The books are brilliant. I'd recommend reading the books, then watching the series.
I gave up on the books after the first three, I just found them too miserable. I know GRRM has an issue with the "happy ever after" content of many books, etc. and I'd agree with that, but I sometimes find he goes so far the other way the results are equally predictable. "ooh, I like that character, best not to get too attached before they're brutally killed".
Having said that I think he creates brilliant characters and environments, something that lacks in so many stories. I would also definitely have taken the opportunity to meet him!
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My only issue with the books is that you can really tell they are written by a fat man. He is always describing in detail what they eat - and they do eat and drink a lot. I am currently listening to the audiobooks while commuting to and from work and I always seem to arrive hungry for some roasted lamb, suckling pig, applepie or lemon squares...
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Yeah, the first three books are definitely the best. Volumes 4 and 5 become a bit of a slog. Too many hares running, and all off in different directions with too little resolution in sight. Still, that means the last two books should be INCREDIBLY satisfying ;)
I did not ask said goats but as I tried to capture it with my IPhone it turned its rear my way and shat and then merrily skipped away in the direction of the skipper. So that was an unusual picture to post on FB.
lol Classic.
Never act with children or animals...
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I just read an article about Martin on my way back from Copenhagen and he said that if he could clap his hands and make all the cell phones disappear, he would. He did not seem happy about some aspects of his fame. Living in NYC for a little while, I would often see celebrities in very mundane circumstances, and really try to avoid them. Just feels so canned to say, "I just love your work!" even if it's true. That said, Mr Gygax was MORE than patient with me being 'star struck' as he autographed all 11 books I brought to a gaming convention... :P I'm not sure if I could have let Martin pass by either.... :D
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And finally, I can post some updates to this thread... :)
A while ago, I built and painted a number of new GoT figures for an article for WS&S magazine.
This finally hit the newsstands last week. If you want to read the full article, you'll have to buy the mag, but I promised Guy, the editor, I wouldn't show the piccies before he published. But since he didn't use most of the pics I shot anyway, I'm sure he won't mind me sharing them over the next few days. So keep checking back for updates ;)
First up, across the Narrow Seas, the nomadic horse tribes of the Dothraki.
My Dothraki bloodrider is made from a head and shield from the Fireforge steppe warrior set, a bare-chested Warlord Celt body and GB Saxon legs. His distinctive curved ‘arakh’, is bodged from a FF steppe warrior scimitar.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/18/577_06_09_14_10_32_14.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/18/577_06_09_14_10_33_32_1.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/18/577_06_09_14_10_33_32_0.jpg)
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There were some tremendous conversions on show in the WSS article. I bought it especially!
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that's a smart collage of models, i really like it!
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Read the article and enjoyed it - now looking forward to the flood of wargames porn that you're about to share with everyone :)
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I read the article in WSS this week - and now have found this thread with even more goodness in it.
I really must try some conversions on the next batch of plastics I assemble.
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Glorious paintwork on that fella.
:-* :-*
Did you also do the paintwork on the torsos of the cast of 300?
:D ;)
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Lovely 8)
I also enjoyed the article but though it was a bit picture-light :?
We'll see them here though ;D
cheers
James
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Lovely 8)
I also enjoyed the article but though it was a bit picture-light :?
We'll see them here though ;D
cheers
James
Yes, it was a shame they didn't use more of the photos. There's been some tenuous articles in WSS and it seemed they could have given a bit more page count to a solid modelling article with good visuals instead.
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Hm. Must say, I was expecting to see somewhat bigger pics, but I guess Guy was squeezed for space... But never fear, you will indeed see them here in more detail :)
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What a shame I can't get that magazine overhere.. :'(
Great Dothraki by the way! Really cool, altough IMHO He lacks tattoos... ::)
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What a shame I can't get that magazine overhere.. :'(
I think WS&S has e-versions of their magazines.
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I get the e version, it's great
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Those bits sure came together well!
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What a shame I can't get that magazine overhere.. :'(
Great Dothraki by the way! Really cool, altough IMHO He lacks tattoos... ::)
I was wondering where you could live until I saw you are from te same country as me! I have a subscription on WW&S but it is also possible to buy single issues from them:
http://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/shop/wss-magazine/wss-issue-74-547.html
DJ
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Hm. Must say, I was expecting to see somewhat bigger pics, but I guess Guy was squeezed for space... But never fear, you will indeed see them here in more detail :)
Aww come on, blast us with a pictorial barrage already! ;D So far it has been just few (super cool) spotting rounds :)
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I think WS&S has e-versions of their magazines.
Absolutely, and they are significantly cheaper. I get the digital versions of WSS, Ancient Warfare and Medieval Warfare for roughly the same price as buying a hard copy of one of them!
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What a shame I can't get that magazine overhere.. :'(
It would be a shame if you can't buy WS&S in the Netherlands, since it's published in the Netherlands :)
(I'm sure you must be able to... )
Next up, Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell...
I can’t quite bring myself to go as far as equipping the men of the North in Viking helmets – an anachronism too far for me in GRRM's avowedly high-medieval setting.
I do see Ned Stark as hairier than Sean Bean though. He wields a big Valyrian steel blade and is fully armoured. I’ve given him a fur cloak with wolf’s head on the back, because never forget, Winter Is Coming. So that’s a Perry WOTR body, Fireforge arms, sword and shield, and a Gripping Beast head and cloak. Bulked out with a bit of Green Stuff.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_07_09_14_10_57_09_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_07_09_14_10_57_09_1.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_07_09_14_10_56_07_0.jpg)
The 'sigil' is freehand. I borrowed the two-tone colour scheme approach from tomrommel1, because I think it's a neat idea. Thanks Tom :)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_07_09_14_10_56_07_1.jpg)
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Very nice. But isn't Eddard Stark described as having dark/black hair?
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Hi,
I cannot become tired of watching all those pictures of brilliant ideas how to convert and combine different parts to individual designs.
I will want to copy one or some of the ideas presented, still.
I relly enjoy reading about this project while doing my own (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=70736.msg860201#msg860201").
Cheers
GS
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He is a BEAUTIFULLY converted & painted creation AND looks like he has a monumental hangover. VERY WELL DONE!
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Really nice work on this piece.Love the shield detail.
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Lookit that. :-*
Very nice. But isn't Eddard Stark described as having dark/black hair?
Shh.
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Very nice. But isn't Eddard Stark described as having dark/black hair?
If HBO can make the Iron Kingdoms men look like the Cornish fishing fleet had uniforms made by Vivien Westwood then Captain Blood can give Ned Stark blonde hair! :D
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Excellent!
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Thanks chaps.
Did Ned Stark have dark hair? Must have missed that bit in the book. Perhaps I was subconsciously swayed by the thought of Sean Bean's flaxen locks... ;)
This next one is Aeron Greyjoy known as The Damphair.
He's composed from a Warlord Celt torso and arms spliced onto Fireforge infantry legs, a Fireforge shield and a Gripping Beast Viking bare head.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_08_09_14_10_12_31.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_08_09_14_10_11_48_1.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_08_09_14_10_11_48_0.jpg)
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Very Excellent
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Really Great!!
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These are really great indeed ! and I am honored that you copied my two tone approach for Ned!
I think a universe like the GoT one lend itself to conversions very very well .
I am looking foreword to see the first model of Danny on a dragon ;)
I will start a Lannister army shortly myself.
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WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW!!! Very inspired!
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I do like the Damphair figure - and reading how you constructed it from such disparate parts, yet it looks like it was designed with all the parts together.
I'll echo TBC above, Wow!
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Great painting as usual, but that mail kilt must be a killer to wear! :)
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Nice. 8)
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Thanks. Here's another Greyjoy...
The raw figure appeared way up on page 3 of this thread, although I changed his sword in the end...
Another concoction from Perry, Fireforge and Warlord Celt parts...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_09_09_14_8_44_51_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_09_09_14_8_44_51_1.jpg)
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That's very effective, I really like that one.
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I'm so going to steal these ideas.
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These are excellent. I am soo stealing this.
Not that my paintwork could match yours..
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Your vision of the GOT is just magnificent! The minis look as if they were purpose made as opposed to bashes, your work is top notch!
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What a shield!! :o
Made me go back to page three, and read the Axe-discussion again. GRRM does metion a lot of axes in his books, so I think especially Greyjoys can have some
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I would have loved to have chatted with him about the great modelling work so many people here are doing / have done, converting 28mm miniatures into figures portraying the world and characters sprung from his imagination. Sadly, there wasn't time in my allotted 8.3 seconds.
Otherwise I might also have suggested he goes and buys September's issue of 'Wargames Soldiers and Strategy' magazine, which will have (all being well) an article by yours truly, featuring lots of lovely new GoT plastic conversions and mash-ups - several of which I'm really quite pleased with :D
(And which will of course, appear in this thread in due course, allowing for a decent interval after publication of WS&S... )
I think he rather would have liked that. He had/s a whole section of his blog dedicated to miniature knights. http://www.georgerrmartin.com/for-fans/knights/
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I think he rather would have liked that. He had/s a whole section of his blog dedicated to miniature knights. http://www.georgerrmartin.com/for-fans/knights/
Maybe I'll send him a link to this thread... ;)
Next up, Roose Bolton, Lord of the Dreadfort.
This untrustworthy nobleman is portrayed in full battle array, using a Perry brigandine-armoured body plus arms from the Mounted Men at Arms set, but with a Gripping beast Viking axe grafted on (as a bit of a nod to his 'North-ness').
I’ve ventured a Gripping Beast Saxon ‘Coppergate’ style helmet, and added a Fireforge shield and cloak. Plus a Green Stuff fur cape.
The sigil of the Boltons is the flayed man, red on a pink background - quite a difficult colour combination to make work. I tried to go for a different look than the 'X' shape figure usually portrayed in GoT CCGs etc...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_10_09_14_9_27_17.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_10_09_14_9_20_53_2.jpg)
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He is marvelous!
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This is real a great figure you came up with !
How do you paint your heraldry ? Do you line out the painting with a pen directly on the shield or do you star right away with a brush ? I find it rather difficult to draw directly on the shield. Could you do a tutorial on how you go about painting free hands !? please
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GRRM gets some dragon painted by Akaranseth to add to his collection.
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How do you paint your heraldry ? Do you line out the painting with a pen directly on the shield or do you star right away with a brush ? I find it rather difficult to draw directly on the shield. Could you do a tutorial on how you go about painting free hands !? please
I'm afraid I just paint freehand straight onto the shield... It takes patience, a very fine point brush (but then I use a 10-0 for just about everything anyway) and a steady hand :)
Not sure there's much else I can offer by way of a tutorial, other than to say -
1. Have a design in your mind or sketched out on a piece of paper and copy it.
2. The most important thing - if it goes wrong and you smudge a line or it doesn't look right - it doesn't matter! The beauty of it is that you can always overpaint it with the opposing colour, and keep adjusting it until you get exactly the line you desire.
3. The other bit of advice is to paint the initial design in a very thin mix of paint. Then you can adjust it until you get the outline you want, and THEN paint over with a bolder colour. If you start painting your shield or surcoat design on with thick paint straight away, on such a fine, tiny design, the paint will build up very quickly and you'll end up with bumps and ridges which will be difficult to change or conceal.
Hope that helps a bit Tom!
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I really like the flayed man shield.
Cheers
GS
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thanks a lot for the explanation !
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Just fantastic!
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Great Richard!
I think the Flayed Man of House Bolton is the most evocative emblem of all in the GoT world. I think it is quite cleverly invoked in the TV series, minding of the St Andrew cross of Scotland.
Yours is another great interpretation.
""A naked man has few secrets, a flayed man none".
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Stonking shield.
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The flayed man sigil is very nicely painted, really like it.
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Those really are fantastic paint jobs Captain.
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Smooth!
:-*
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Thanks lads.
These are great fun to do.
I'm looking forward to the release of the Perry Agincourt to Orleans plastic set, because I think those figures will really provide a lot of potential for Westerosi forces...
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Thanks lads.
These are great fun to do.
I'm looking forward to the release of the Perry Agincourt to Orleans plastic set, because I think those figures will really provide a lot of potential for Westerosi forces...
I second that opinion.
Excellent stuff, Richard, as ever.
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I think, everything's been said already, but these figures really capture the medieval/fantasy mood, instead of just being historicals painted to match. Creating their own little world, so to speak - if that makes sense (it's getting late, and I've had a couple of glasses of mead already... ::) )
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Really nice paintowrk on that shield (and overall!). 8)
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I like him the best! :-*
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Lovely job on all of these. 8)
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Lovely work! :-*
At first I disliked the red coloured pants...thought it was too "Lannister" but then I remembered the Red Wedding..... lol
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That shield is hurk
That shield is hurk
That shield is very effective.
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Just to add to all the accolades - your conversions and painting are inspiring, to say the least. I'm really enjoying all your stuff.
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Just to let every one know.
http://www.amazon.com/The-World-Ice-Fire-Westeros/dp/0553805444
This lavishly illustrated volume is a comprehensive history of the Seven Kingdoms, providing vividly constructed accounts of the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring rebellions that lead to the events of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones. In a collaboration that’s been years in the making, Martin has teamed with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson, the founders of the renowned fan site Westeros.org—perhaps the only people who know this world almost as well as its visionary creator.
Collected here is all the accumulated knowledge, scholarly speculation, and inherited folk tales of maesters and septons, maegi and singers, including
• full-color artwork and maps, with more than 170 original pieces
• full family trees for Houses Stark, Lannister, and Targaryen
• in-depth explorations of the history and culture of Westeros
• 100% all-new material, more than half of which Martin wrote specifically for this book
Lets see if it lives up to the hype.
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I will have to check that out :)
Thanks for your positive feedback. Much appreciated.
Here's the next one...
HBO portray the Night’s Watch as a bunch of hairy, unkempt renegades clad in little more than furs and rags. In my reading of the books, they’re a more professional force than that. My man of the Night’s Watch has a Gripping Beast Viking body and arms, a Fireforge shield, and a Perry head with metal skull cap. And the ubiquitous fur cape of course. It’s cold on the Wall.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_11_09_14_8_50_06_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_11_09_14_8_50_06_1.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_11_09_14_8_47_30_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_11_09_14_8_47_30_1.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_11_09_14_8_47_30_2.jpg)
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That book looks intresting!
Captain, you're Nightwatch man is nice, very nice, but I'm not really convinced, as except for his black shield, he doesn't have anything black, let alone a black cloak, which is their trademark.. :)
Other than that, a very cool mini once again ;)
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I really like the night's watch man - it shows how effective your technique of mix and match is - this is mainly a GB viking, but with a new head and shield, and added cloak, he looks very different.
He does have black clothes under his mail, as well as the shield.
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This is very inspiring...
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Thanks :)
I'm not really convinced, as except for his black shield, he doesn't have anything black, let alone a black cloak, which is their trademark.. :)
Is it? He is actually wearing a black tunic and grey trousers as well as his black shield - the colour just doesn't reproduce very accurately in photographs...
The books certainly talk about the Night's Watch wearing black, which is why the wildlings call them 'crows' and joining the Night's Watch is referred to as 'taking the black' - this much I know :)
But trademark black cloaks? I must have missed that bit. Or perhaps that's only in HBO's visualisation of the Night's Watch?
Anyway, he fits my interpretation based on my reading of the books (although admittedly that was several years ago now), so I'm happy with him :)
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As far as I know every man of the Night's watch gets an black cloak; Mance Rayder ruined his, which was why he got a new one..
You're right about the tunic and trousers
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If GoT follows an approximation of high medieval Europe (which I think is Richard's take on it?) colouring clothing black would be a lengthy process of repeat dying with a dark blue (woad or indigo?) then fixing with a mordant unless they had access to a richer black such as logwood. You probably wouldn't see particularly strong blacks except in the garments of the wealthier.
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Great article Richard! :D
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Wow I love all your stuff... such great imagination and use of bitz and an awesome paintjob... im in awe!!!
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Thank you :)
Next up, Ramsay Snow, the pyschopathic bastard of Bolton. Ramsay loves to hunt. Girls mostly. He’s a nasty piece of work. I’ve portrayed young Ramsay with spear and hunting horn, accompanied by one of his ‘Bastard’s Boys’ about to spear some unfortunate victim.
Ramsay has a Perry body and head, with GB arms.
The huntsman a Fireforge body with GB arms and head, plus a Perry buckler. They both have Fireforge cloaks with added green stuff furry bits...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_12_09_14_10_57_01_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_12_09_14_10_57_01_1.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_12_09_14_10_55_11_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_12_09_14_10_55_11_1.jpg)
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Wonderful posing* and painting, sir!
:-* :-*
But....PINK!...really?
:o :o :o
(I know the man says they are pink, but it does seem a little Disney to me...what do I know?)
*Posing on the miniature, of course, I was not referring to you striking up a few, Richard.
;)
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I agree with you Paul. Pink sucks. Especially pink with red... One of George's stranger choices... But then, hey - it is fantasy... :D
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So pink is how George specs them in the novels? Eugh! :o. I shall have to continue avoiding the books so as not to spoil the TV series lol
Matters of pinkness aside, another great job Richard. 8) 8) 8)
Edit: forgot to say, that horn is splendid :-*
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I agree with you Paul. Pink sucks. Especially pink with red... One of George's stranger choices... But then, hey - it is fantasy... :D
I have a feeling that SOMEONE will be along soon to tell us that pink is the height of sartorial elegance and that he regularly wears a pink shirt to work.
;)
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This is very inspiring...
To be specific, I've been hmming and haaing over buying a bunch of GW Rohan, or converting them from Conquest Normans etc. This topic has all but made the decision for me. :D
Pink... yeah. It doesn't sound so strange in the books, what with some of the other bright colors mentioned, but in a photo it does look a wee bit startling. (Nicely painted all the same bootlick bootlick)
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I have a feeling that SOMEONE will be along soon to tell us that pink is the height of sartorial elegance and that he regularly wears a pink shirt to work.
;)
I have a pink shirt today! Got something to say about that?!
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I have a pink shirt today! Got something to say about that?!
lol
Calm down, dear, I was not referring to you.
:D
I had someone in particular in mind, as I am sure the Captain will know.
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I have a feeling that SOMEONE will be along soon to tell us that pink is the height of sartorial elegance and that he regularly wears a pink shirt to work.
;)
Is this someone rather on the short side... ???
lol
cheers
James
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;D
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I seem to recall there were some liveries that could be described as pink. I can't remember who though. I don't think pink was seen as it is now in terms of gender association :D Arlequin would probably know who might have worn pink.
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Is this someone rather on the short side... ???
lol
cheers
James
Does the pink colour scheme match with the top of his head?
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Well pink is the most masculine colour to wear. A man must have complete confidence in his own masculinity to wear pink.
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Well pink is the most masculine colour to wear. A man must have complete confidence in his own masculinity to wear pink.
Well them I think Ramsay would wear pink!
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Pink was allegedly one of the Norman's favourite colours. I've worn quite a few shocking pink shirts in my time, and I've painted quite a few figures in pink outfits too.
I just happen to think pink doesn't suit very well with the nature of the Boltons. And a red device on a pink field is clearly nonsensical in terms of recognition / visibility on the battlefield...
But anyway, never mind all that... It's FANTASY! lol
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Wow Ramsay is great!! I think he's my favourite mini by you, (Which means quite a lot.. ;D)
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Pink was allegedly one of the Norman's favourite colours.
It's because the natural colours used to dye red clothing very often turned out pinkish. I think it was not until somewhen during the high middle ages that red became regularly actually red, and could be fixed so the colour wouldn't wash out too quickly.
It's not a freak accident that red is a chosen colour for elector princes, cardinals, and kings, to show their status and wealth.
And regarding the manlyness, I've been told that pink fabric was a favourite of viking warriors, too. :)
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I was a bit curious about the pink/red arrangement that Martin described. I think you did a great interpretation! Very inspired!
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Great work on the Basterd Bolton.
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Really enjoying this thread,conversion work and painting top notch as usual,but I got to thinking,mixing and matching all this plastic from so many different ranges must generate a lot of plastic sprues in your house,never mind a lead mountain you must have a plastic mountain Captain lol.
On a slightly more serious note can I ask,because you use so many components from differing ranges do you seperate the heads and arms,equipment from the sprues and keep them catalogued as such or just randomly select from the sprues as you go along with each new conversion ?
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More cracking work Richard :-* your figures make me want to attempt the novels again(I find them too episodic...A bit like Anne Rice...Horrible).
Your conversions are spot on,my own conversions are very close to yours(for my spurious medieval grim dark project),though I find the Gripping Beast mailled arms a bit 'sleevy',however you make them look just right,I'll have to have another shot at them(I am finding the Viking bodies with Perry bill men arms and bare heads a lovely mix though).
Regards
Guy
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Thanks.
I agree with you Guy, the Gripping Beast arms are indeed a bit too 'sleevy' - a tad overdone.
I'll have to try out a couple of Viking bodies with Perry bill arms as you suggest - good idea :)
I'm afraid the truth is, nice as all the ranges are in their own right, the plastic sets from Fireforge, Gripping Beast and Warlord Games are simply not a patch on the Perry medieval sets in terms of the fineness of detailing, the realism of the posing and animation, the quality of the sculpting, or the versatility and sheer quantity of components.
The others all look ever so slightly clunky / cartoony in various ways - whereas the Perry stuff looks amazing.
But maybe I just like that style... ::) :)
On a slightly more serious note can I ask,because you use so many components from differing ranges do you seperate the heads and arms,equipment from the sprues and keep them catalogued as such or just randomly select from the sprues as you go along with each new conversion ?
I just pick straight from the sprues.
It does take up a ridiculous amount of space keeping (currently) 15 boxes full of half-used frames of plastic figures, when you know the actual remaining usable contents of each of those boxes would fit into a small teacup if you stripped the sprue.
The problem of course, is that once you've harvested the parts and put them all into a box, you simply can't see what you've got any more. So although it's a massive waste of space, keeping unused parts on the sprue is much the most practical way of doing it...
Anyway, on with the Boltons...
Here's the finished 'Bastard's Boy' huntsman. Plus my mighty force of three whole Boltons, shown all together... :)
I need to make up a few more really, when time permits.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_13_09_14_9_15_14.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_13_09_14_9_12_49_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_13_09_14_9_12_49_1.jpg)
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Thanks for taking time out to reply to my random question concerning sprues,once the thought had popped into my mind I just had to ask :)
Nice group shot of the most recent additions and the flayed man shield is top notch,gruesome,but top notch.
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Great stuff. Love that flayed man on the shield.
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I don't like the Gripping Beast arms meself (humongous gaps between those and the torsos) but when I read this...
I find the Gripping Beast mailled arms a bit 'sleevy'
the Gripping Beast arms are indeed a bit too 'sleevy' - a tad overdone.
...huh?
Too long? Too wide? What's 'sleevy'?
The others all look ever so slightly clunky / cartoony in various ways - whereas the Perry stuff looks amazing.
I know just what you mean. I've been peering hard at DA/Early Medieval plastics over the last couple of days, wishing the Perrys did them all, and wondering if it's all to blend in with the generally clunky/cartoony look that some historicals have been stuck in for ages. I'm thinking of the GB saxons and Conquest normans for Rohan; but with my previous experience of both, I know the former might be better orcs, 'cos a bunch in the box are so hunched and crook-legged, and I'm gonna have to take a dremel or something to the shoulders on the latter.
Have to say I'm impressed with how fine that Fireforge body on the huntsman looks, though. Altogether the three Boltons look excellent. :)
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Thanks Vermis. Yes, the more recent Fireforge bodies and arms are really quite good, and the weapons are much more proportionate and less 'GW-style outsize' than the first couple of sets. I think I'd put Fireforge second behind the Perry figures in terms of 'realism', especially if you're choosy about the components and how you put them together.
'Sleevy' means that the mail half-length sleeves on some of the Gripping Beast Viking / Saxon arms just look a bit too big, loose and heavy. I've worn mail shirts, and they don't generally hang like great loose bags around your arms... Loose enough to swing a sword in, yes, but not as capacious as they are modelled on the Gripping Beast figures... IMHO.
Anyway, here's my take on Victarion Greyjoy...
For the record, I don't see the Greyjoys as Vikings. Seagoing raiders, yes. But that doesn’t mean the Iron-born have horned or bespectacled helmets, Dane-axes and go round chanting Uphellyaa. They’re a high-medieval culture, same as all the other great houses of Westeros - perhaps just a bit less high in appearance. And they happen to be a seapower.
Plus Victarion is explicitly described as wearing plate armour.
My Victarion raises triumphant (if slightly sleevy) Gripping Beast Viking arms, with a Fireforge sword added, a Fireforge Teutonic great helm, and a Perry WOTR armoured body.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_14_09_14_2_13_06.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_14_09_14_2_13_43.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_14_09_14_2_04_06_0.jpg)
Here are my Greyjoys together...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_14_09_14_2_04_06_3.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_14_09_14_2_04_06_4.jpg)
And here they are having a scrap with the rascally Boltons...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_14_09_14_2_04_06_2.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_14_09_14_2_04_06_1.jpg)
And I think that just leaves my attempt at a Wildling to come... :)
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It's all lovely :-*
Though am afraid to say that the size of the images in the WSS article didn't do them justice.
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Love the pose on Victarion lol
cheers
James
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Superb work Richard :-* As every celebrity knows a flash of pink in a magazine will always give your fame a boost ;)
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As every celebrity knows a flash of pink in a magazine will always give your fame a boost ;)
Phnaaarrrr! lol
Thanks Chris.
Though am afraid to say that the size of the images in the WSS article didn't do them justice.
Thanks Steve. Yes, I think 5 pages with decent sized pics would have made for a lot better article than 4 pages with weeny pics. Unfortunately, once I've handed the copy and images over to Guy and the team, I don't have any say in the matter. I can get edited and laid out however they like. Twas ever thus for the poor old jobbing writer... ;)
It's a tough job being an editor though. Can't please all the people all the time :)
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Ah, if only some Perry plastics came along to complement the First Crusade range, I'd be a happy fellow.
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Well, they've gone back to produce plastics for their metal Agincourt to Orleans and AWI ranges, so I certainly wouldn't rule it out. In fact, I reckon it would be a pretty safe bet they will produce a set sooner or later...
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And I think that just leaves my attempt at a Wildling to come... :)
And maybe a crannogman....and Thoros of Myr...
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I think your talents would be best served recreating some of the more characterful of the Ghiscari legions. o_o
Great work, as usual, but didn't Victarion have a Kraken emblem on his helm in the book?
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Ah, if only some Perry plastics came along to complement the First Crusade range, I'd be a happy fellow.
Well, they've gone back to produce plastics for their metal Agincourt to Orleans and AWI ranges, so I certainly wouldn't rule it out. In fact, I reckon it would be a pretty safe bet they will produce a set sooner or later...
Now, that'll be a certain must-buy ;D
I agree on the mail sleves, they are a bit on the 'baggy' side,
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Now, that'll be a certain must-buy ;D
Aye, but I want it now!
I agree on the mail sleves, they are a bit on the 'baggy' side,
I get it now. ;D
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And finally (for now) beyond the Wall, we find the real barbarians. My Wildling is concocted from a Fireforge steppe warrior body with fur lined tunic, mounted on a set of bandy, trousered Warlord Celt legs. He bears a Gripping Beast Viking shield and axe, and a bald Warlord Celt head with luxuriant moustache. His shield arm is from a Perry longbowman. It provided just the pose I was after.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_16_09_14_5_49_48.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_16_09_14_5_48_01_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_16_09_14_5_48_01_1.jpg)
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Lovely paintwork, Richard.
Particularly that shield, proper grimy.
:-* :-*
Nice posing with the bitz, too.
8) 8)
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Works for me 8)
cheers
James
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Works for me 8)
cheers
James
Me too. ;D
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I get it now. ;D
Took you long enough lol ;)
I'm in love with that wildling (and, no, it's not because bald men with big moustaches turn me on >:D ). The basics of this conversion could also be used for an evil Magyar/Cossack/steppe thingy either dark age/medieval or later.
You're really showing how some imagination, and a diversity of plastic sets, can be used to create an infinity of possible permutations to populate almost any setting one should want to picture! Now, try saying that thrice after downing a pint of good ale lol
But really, this thread is offering a plethora of digestive fodder for the imagination of anyone thinking of, how to depict this or that setting for which is no 'official' range of minis to be found.
I need to get my eldest daughter into this kind of kit-bashing; she is VERY fond of reading fantasy (mea culpa ::) ), and I could imagine her, with a little help, fleshing out some of the characters and creatures she reads about and sometimes draw (I sport some skill at drawing, but she, at 11, already draws way better than I did at 20), and then painting them up to populate our gaming tables.
I rant, I know, but it's your own fault, showing off those magnificent conversions ;)
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lol
Thanks Niels
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lol
Thanks Niels
:)
Well deserved!
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Very nice. :)
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Hi all,
Just a word from the publisher to defend our poor, much maligned editor. ;-)
It's always a hellish job to match text and images. Our designer has the thankless job of trying to balance the two on the page. That's not to say that if the good Captain wrote more, there would be more images, as there are always annoying people, such as me, who want to condense every article to its essentials, so we can cram more other articles in (and if you thought any were tenuous, please DO let us know!). The main problem with any magazine is that it's strictly limited real estate. 84 pages have got to do it. No more, no less. That means making choices. If we are spoilt for choice when it comes to photography, OOBs, maps, etc, we often put the extras on our website, and Richard would be entirely welcome to coordinate that with Guy for this and other articles.
For the Dutch members: magazine distribution here is controlled by two companies, both owned by large publishers who are only interested in the next 'Linda'. Trust me, we've tried. But as others have said, there's digital subs, and very reasonable postage rates in the country. You're also quite welcome to come check out the latest and back issues at our offices in Zutphen and have a (strong) cup of coffee while doing it. In general, I recommend you check out the Dutch Miniature Wargaming Facebook group. There's quite a few of us nutters in this small country...
Jasper
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Thanks Jasper, for commenting.
It is, as I said, a thankless task trying to please all the people all the time. I wouldn't want your job or Guy's.
Luckily, those people that felt the pics could have been bigger, can now see bigger pictures of my figures here - so all is well :D
I guess there might be an argument to say that - given relatively few modelling / painting articles are included in each issue of WS&S - articles showing modelling and painting in action should perhaps be given a bit more space in terms of pictures, compared with the majority of articles where the eye-candy is purely decorative, not the explicit subject of the article.
But that's your decision as the publisher (and Guy's as editor), of course :)
Cheers.
Richard
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True. The real trick is balancing the text and pictures though - we don't 'do' picture pages. The net is much better for that (other magazines, different policies). So then you have to have more text, but... It's often simply not possible to make the text of an article like yours much longer without padding/repetition/redundant information.
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Oooh, it was me that used the word tenuous wasn't it!
I have felt that a few of the articles have been a bit general or a little bit like filler. It would be unfair to pick particular articles. That sounds unkind as WSS is my favourite gaming mag and indeed now the only one I buy. In the case of the Captain's article it is a very visual article and it would have been nice to see more/bigger images. I don't have the stress of editing a magazine though so I don't know what the ins and outs are.
It did get me thinking though so coincidentally enough I was bugging Guy last week with article ideas and he said he'd need to speak to you (is that a burning bridge I can smell? lol)
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No, do let me know. Don't have to do it in public if you don't want to. PM or email is just as fine, but it's always important to us to hear what readers think. I think Guy and I - through the magic of constant fighting ;) ;) - have a pretty good angle on what people like, but I will admit that he's not infallible. :D
Did you have a very novel idea then? That's be always good. I'm sure I'll hear from Guy, but again, feel free to contact me directly.
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It's often simply not possible to make the text of an article like yours much longer without padding/repetition/redundant information.
Nobody wants to see that ;)
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It's a sad fact of editorial life ;-)
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Coming back to the picture I have to say that is one cool miniature. This thread is wonderful and your creative output is absolutely stunning. Keep them coming, I'll be watching! :D
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He looks awesome! Cant wait to see the next guys ;D
Although in this case i think a darker colour palette would be more suitable. Matter of taste!
The Nightwatch would offers the chance to paint darker miniatures! But i guess you will prove that a Nightwatch guy can also looks good with some red and turquoise tones mixed :D :D
Cheers,
Daniel
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Daniel, I think you may have missed a few postings... My Night's Watch man is on page 14! ;)
Now how's Bear Island coming along?
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Daniel, I think you may have missed a few postings... My Night's Watch man is on page 14! ;)
Now how's Bear Island coming along?
:)
And they are EPIC! :D
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Thank you for your support throughout this thread TBC - it's nice to get such enthusiastic feedback. Appreciated. :)
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Thank you for your support throughout this thread TBC - it's nice to get such enthusiastic feedback. Appreciated. :)
The pleasure is mine! Really enjoying the 'ride' :D
Forgot to tell you, I got my hands on the Prism Caramel, and used your recipe for blond hair. Great stuff! Thank you!
Are you running out? My sister came for a visit and brought me two, so I have one to spare if you are running low. Least I could do for the tip!
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Thank you, but no, I'm fine. Redzed very kindly sent me a couple of bottles just a couple of months back, so now I should have enough caramel to see me through the next 10 years!
It'll be the black and the white ('raven' and 'snow' - how very, presciently Game of Thrones) that run out on me first. Probably in about a year. Then I'll need to find an alternative paint... It's really quite a worry... :(
:)
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Thank you, but no, I'm fine. Redzed very kindly sent me a couple of bottles just a couple of months back, so now I should have enough caramel to see me through the next 10 years!
It'll be the black and the white ('raven' and 'snow' - how very, presciently Game of Thrones) that run out on me first. Probably in about a year. Then I'll need to find an alternative paint... It's really quite a worry... :(
:)
No problem, wanted to offer. :D
You may want to check out Bliks, I got mine for about $1.10 or less each. Even if you pay $16.0 in the shipping for a few bottles, you have your paint! Not sure if you were aware of that vendor.
Cheers!
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After a bit of a hiatus, I'm going to build a few more GOT figures based around the new Perry HYW plastic set. First up, a Lannister bannerman...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_08_12_14_7_41_46.jpg)
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Mary mother of God, I've just found this thread. :-*
You're a bleedin machine Richard.
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I dunno how you do it. Bare grey plastic, added cloak and shield, the label 'Lannister', and bam.
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very good looking indeed will get a box for x mas
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Wow! I like this one most so far! I always had the HYW Perry miniatures in my mind when I read GoT. Well done Richard!!
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These figures are all marvellous, superbly painted and very inspirational. I may be looking for Father Christmas to bring me some Perry and FF miniatures! ;D
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Really nice, Richard. :-* :-*
The combination of plastics and the adition of green stuff really makes wonderfull and unique minis.
And your painting skills really capture the details.
Well done. Keep it coming.
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Fantasy or Historical, it's always a pleasure to see your IMAGINATIVE creations & WONDROUS brushwork. GREAT STUFF!
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An inspiring thread, Richard :)
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Thanks lads :)
Here goes then. I've decided to use the new Perry HYW plastic set to build out the forces for my Westeros project. They just fit what I consider to be the right look. Especially, I think, fot The North.
Also, because these figures are a whisker bigger than the Perry WOTR sets, the heads, arms, cloaks, shields and weapons from other manufacturers, seem to fit just that litle bit better.
So these figures are all from the new Perry Agincourt to Orleans set but with a few added Fireforge, Warlord and Gripping Beast bits and pieces. Plus (because Winter Is Coming), obligatory added fur from Green Stuff.
First, Robb Stark.
The body is one of the Perry HYW knights with the head carved out and replaced with - believe it or not - a Celt head from Warlord. Cloak and shield from Fireforge. The arms are from the Perry C15th mercenaries command frame.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_14_12_14_1_43_48_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_14_12_14_1_43_48_1.JPG)
A couple more characters: Jory Cassell - ill-fated captain of Ned Stark's personal guard - and Mikken the smith of Winterfell. Also ill-fated. (Let's face it, all the Starks are ill-fated).
These are kitbashed from assorted Perry HYW and WOTR parts. Mikken has a GB Dark Age Warrior head.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_14_12_14_1_43_48_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_14_12_14_1_43_48_3.JPG)
Next, a pair of Stark retainers, crossbow and longbow. The longbowman again has a GB head. The Crossbowman has WOTR mercenary arms.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_14_12_14_1_43_48_4.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_14_12_14_1_44_47_0.JPG)
And finally, for this batch, another pair of Stark retainers...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_14_12_14_1_44_47_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_14_12_14_1_44_47_1.JPG)
Hope you like :)
Aim to promote these to the head of the painting queue after Christmas...
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Looking good, Richard.
They certainly say 'Stark' to me.
8)
Aim to promote these to the head of the painting queue after Christmas...
Looking forward to then.
I see that you even resisted the urge to get the green paint out early.
:D
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Splendid Richard, Rob is a triumph 8)
Glad to see the crossbow arms in place as well.
I can see I'll have to start building some baddies/southerners soon...
cheers
James
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Splendid Richard, Rob is a triumph 8)
What he wrote 8)
You should treat us and paint him asap, nevermind Xmas :)
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Very nice conversions there Richard 8) thanks for sharing your skill and a little onsite into your planning.
Do you have any tips/pointers in posing/converting multipart plastic figures?
Cheers
Matt.
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very well done figures!
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More excellent kit bashes :)
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Those conversions are absolutely outstanding!
Looking forward to see them painted.
Ever thought about northern themed bases?
Cheers,
Daniel
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Snow you mean? Thought about it. Suppose I should really. Never done it though. How do you do yours?
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I use a mix of baking Soda and white wood glue when applied sprinkle some more baking soda on top
Have a look at my Starks I did them that way . Oh and I use that method for some years now without the soda reacting with the minis or the paint even after years!
hope that helps!
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Thanks Tom. I may well give it a try :)
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Oh, not sure how this thread of joy was missed. Fantastic use of the Perry plastics (as usual!)
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Exellent builds ! :-*
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Thanks Tom. I may well give it a try :)
But don't forget to add some white paint in that mix for avoiding the yellowing of the baking soda. :)
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Thanks Daniel, I will remember that.
Do you have any tips/pointers in posing/converting multipart plastic figures?
Only what I've said in all my various articles in WS&S:
'With a sharp knife and a tube of liquid polystyrene cement, anything and everything is possible. You can slice and dice to your heart’s content, pairing any parts from any sets. Here’s a quick recap on the vital rudiments of modelling plastic figures...
Liquid polystyrene cement is your best friend. It not only glues parts together, it dissolves and melds plastic, acts as a smoother, filler and concealer of joins, sticks almost immediately, and sets hard within 30 minutes. In short, it’s miraculous.
Study every component to appreciate its potential. A hand holding a sword doesn’t necessarily have to live on the end of the arm it comes attached to. You can slice it off and glue it to any other arm for a different effect. Angle your cut slightly, and achieve an attitude which is different again.
Natural posture is everything. The trick is to arrive at combinations of bodies, arms and heads which have the ring of truth. The slight angling of an arm here, the tilt of a head there, makes a huge difference to whether your end product looks ‘real’ or clunky. So take your time and try things out before you glue.
Note - with the Perry WOTR figures, the head usually sits a little low on the shoulders, so I always put a dab of liquid poly cement in the neck socket, then drop a shaving or two of plastic into it. Leave to dissolve for a few seconds, then pop the head on. It just helps the head to sit up that little bit, and makes for a slightly better attitude.
Waste nothing! All those little bits you cut and scrape off - even crumbs and shavings - are potentially useful down the line. Pop ‘em all in a little box and save them. It’s all good stuff.
You have to break a few eggs to make an omelette. These figures are (relatively) cheap. Once you start chopping them around, things will go wrong, and you may end up using a few more components than you meant to. It’s no big deal - buy another box. Most mishaps are recoverable anyway – thanks to the miraculous properties of liquid poly cement'.
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Thanks Richard for the excerpt. Very helpful. :D
So you use glue as a gap filler? What do you do if there is a gap between arm and shoulder? Fill with GS, or a blob of glue and some filings of sprue?
Cheers
Matt.
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I do snow using glass microspheres. Bought a tub for a few pounds from a chandlery (it's used to lighten resin filler).
Mix it up with white paint and PVA glue in various proportions and it makes everything from light fluffy new fallen snow to slush and ice.
These are some figures for a Flintloque unit based up using it; http://www.fysh.org/~katie/wargames/pictures/flintloque/IMG_20140523_143735_small.jpg
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Snow you mean? Thought about it. Suppose I should really. Never done it though. How do you do yours?
I recommend not using baking soda. Did this in the past and the stuff yellowed after 5-6 years. Even with white paint added...
My advice: get this snow: http://www.sceneryworkshop.nl/scenery-workshop-crushed-glass-crystal-clear-powde.html
The photos on the page are by me by the way :). I tested the stuff for Scenery Workshop and absolutely LOVE it. Yes, it is crushed glass so you have to be a bit careful (no sneezing!). But the final look is perfect, it stays white and combined with glue makes a rock hard snow. Here's a link to the (Dutch) tutorial I wrote for them:
http://blog.sceneryworkshop.nl/2013/02/crushed-glass-scenery-workshop-tutorial/
And some pictures of my stuff with snow:
http://paintoholic.nl/images/vlad2.jpg
http://paintoholic.nl/images/valachev2.jpg
http://paintoholic.nl/images/drago.jpg
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In the UK, you can get the stuff from;
http://www.easycomposites.co.uk/products/resin-gel-silicone/fillers-and-additives/glass-bubbles-microballoons-microspheres.aspx
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Amazing stuff, very inspirational, I am also doing a Westeros project, as I watched the show before reading the books I am going more for the look of the show with mine, will be following your excellent work.
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Thank you :)
Have been idling round with a couple of boxes of plastics and a tube of Green Stuff... Last two members of the Stark household before I get painting them all... ::)
Ser Rodrik Cassell, the master-at-arms and castellan of Winterfell, and Hallis Mollen, Jory Cassell's successor as captain of Stark guards...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/20/577_18_01_15_4_28_51_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/20/577_18_01_15_4_28_51_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/20/577_18_01_15_4_28_51_2.JPG)
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Very good :)
Have you taken the photo in black and white?
cheers
James
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Have you taken the photo in black and white?
My thought exactly. And it works rather well when you want to show an unprimed modified model! :)
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Have you taken the photo in black and white?
No, actually I took the photo in colour, but turned it to black and white on the PC to avoid a certain person's 'oh look, he's painted some green splotches LOL' comments... ;)
As Sangennaru says, it's just like seeing the primed model really - only you wouldn't be able to see it if I primed them, since I'm using black spray primer for these (instead of our favourite Halfords camo brown), being as the Starks are mostly blacks and greys in the end anyway... :)
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Excellent conversions, simple but very effective, they look the part already even before the paint is applied ;D
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Really good conversions as usual, Richard. I'd give the Cassel mini a fine modelled line between the beard and the fur coat, though. I've done that with my recent Night's Watch figures. You could meke the difference through painting, of course.
Keep them coming.
GS
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Exceptional work as usual.
I look forward to seeing them painted.
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Lovely work mate :-* Almost makes me want to have another go at the books :o
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Lovely work mate :-* Almost makes me want to have another go at the books :o
Go on, do it! There's a castle that would fit nicely coming your way soon... :D
cheers
James
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Really like those poses 8)
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They look stunning as always
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Hot! These are really good man. You should cast them and sell them ;)
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Well done Richard. :-* :-*
You are getting a professional with that green stuff.
Very good combination of the plastics.
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Capt,
Amazing work as always, keep them coming. :)
This Thread's not Dead.
It'll Never Die!
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:)
No indeed. You'd need to burn it to truly kill it ;)
Quite a lot of paint on these Starks already, so more to show in the not too distant future...
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Outstanding Mon Capitan, can't wait to see some pigment on them 8)
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Captain,
Inspiring stuff! I read the article in WSS as well and ordered a first set from the Perry's :D Which rules do you plan on using for GoT?
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Love this thread! :D
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Love this thread! :D
Me too. I confess I have not read the books (soon to be remedied) and had never watched the TV series, until this year when Sky did a wonderful thing and showed all four seasons in a back to back marathon which I watched, glued to the screen from Episode 1 Season 1. Now the dates for season 5 are pinned to my fridge in anticipation. So I am really enjoying seeing the Cap bring all of this together in minature.
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Thanks :)
I enjoy the TV series. But I like the books a lot better. I think you'll enjoy them, especially the first three.
By the fifth book, things do get a bit slow, but apparently George has promised to remedy this in Book 6, The Winds of Winter (apparently not now going to appear before 2016 at the earliest... ::))
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Ooh, his publishers must be loving him. I wonder if it will be out before Season six? Book seven must be about five years away at least. I enjoyed the first two books a lot but was getting a bit depressed by the end of book three and gave up on four.
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Plenty of inspiration for me,I nearly ordered Perry wotr mercenaries to mix with fire forge plastics but assumed the Perrys was to small,now I know and can see they can work, I will order some for a fantasy dinosaur knight setting I want to do. :)
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Need to dig out my other Perry box sets now.Been on with one set the past few weeks.Love the conversions you are doing with these pieces.Full of character too.
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hi im new to this forum! Do you have any tutorials on how you painted the Lannisters? i use lots of washes on my reds but i would likr to try for a cleaner colour on the nobles and lords
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Hi dan.
My red recipe does not vary much... :)
GW Evil Sunz Scarlet.
Base coat: GW Evil Sunz Scarlet with a dash of black mixed in.
Highlight coat: GW Evil Sunz Scarlet with a splash of Vallejo deep yellow mixed in.
Topmost highlights: GW Evil Sunz Scarlet, Vallejo deep yellow, and a dash of white.
That's it!
No washes, inks etc involved.
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Painted Starks, fresh from the last round of the Lead Painters League.
I have another batch of these to appear in a week or two :)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/21/577_04_05_15_11_46_36_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/21/577_04_05_15_11_46_37_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/21/577_04_05_15_11_46_37_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/21/577_04_05_15_11_46_36_0.JPG)
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Absolutely gorgeous, sir.
:-* :-*
A big fan of the freehand and the 'blacks'.
8) 8)
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Just bloody fantastic. :-*
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Very cool, got some ideas from there for my Frostgrave stuff!!
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just stunning :-*
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Very nice!
Have to go back to my own project. Thanks for reminding me. :D
Cheers
Gs
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Perfectly done as usual! 8)
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Wonderful project and a real pleasure to follow!
:o
Excellent Stark conversions by the way.
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The night is dark and full of terrors..
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Very nicely done, sir!
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where are the heads from?
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The builds are all detailed on page 19 :)
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Not visited this thread for a while, what a mistake, absolutely beautiful work.
I also love the Blacks and the weathering on the shields, great stuff.
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Out of curiousity, has anyone tried to make a figure for Bronn?
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Yes, definitely seen one or two kitbashed Bronns here on LAF... You'd have to hunt through the many and various GoT threads I fear... :?
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Found em! Oddly one has the very studded brigandine torso I was thinking to use. Need to find a bare head, wonder if the Richard III head from the perry box shows the ears. Bit of beard I can do with green stuff.
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Need to find a bare head, wonder if the Richard III head from the perry box shows the ears.
It doesn't. Probably you'd be best off with one of the Gripping Beast Dark Age warrior bare heads...
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Huzzah the Northern hordes!
:D
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Yup, no ears but.....I took the standard bearers body, stuck on an English archer sword arm, took a matching left arm, removed the bow, stuck on a dagger and just went with the Richard head. It's not an exact Bronn but it's his sort of bloke. I covered the neck armour with green stuff so it looks like a high collared jacket.
I'm very conscious that I don't want to get bogged down into minutiae - an homage not an exact replica. I mean, I'd go mad looking for a Tyrion.
It was a fun build and I'll put a pic up when I have decent light. Thanks for the advice and help! And inspiration.....
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Just read the thread from start to finish
Very inspirational, fantastic conversions and lovely paint jobs.
Looking forward to seeing more
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So, it's not pretty but here is my "Bronn's close relative"; I tend to a brown wash finish and that has made him quite muddy. The pic is a bit close but I was in a hurry. I'm not convinced about the ears, they are tiny bits of greenstuff placed to give the impression of ears poking through the hair; Flynn has a pair of cauliflowers and without them it's just Richard III basically, especially as I was not going to give him a haircut to get the forehead right!
So it's an homage not a perfect recreation. I'll do another when he's based up. He may be the leader of a 6 figure sellsword unit, which given Bronn's practicality may be half archers and longbows too boot.....
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Well I certainly think you've captured the spirit of Bronn.
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Thank you! He does look better in decent light and as I say the wash effect is a bit muddy. So it's a bit impressionistic but two of my GOT watching colleagues picked him out as Bronn so it's working. I wasn't too sure when I started but the sense of movement helped as did the way the knife arm kind of slipped into place. I also glued up three knights with swords to paint as Kinsguards - I have some cloaks on the way that I hope will save me from having to greenstuff them.
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Some close-ups from my last LPL entry, the defenders of Winterfell, with Ser Rodrik Cassell in the centre, and Mikken the smith wielding his hammer.
Not that it did them much good ;)
The wolf sigils are hand-painted.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_31_05_15_11_45_56_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_31_05_15_11_44_06_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_31_05_15_11_44_06_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_31_05_15_11_44_06_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_31_05_15_11_44_06_3.JPG)
Here are the assembled Starks so far, with Ned to the fore.
I have plans for some more, possible using some elements from the new Frostgrave plastic set...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_31_05_15_11_44_07_4.JPG)
And here's an arty treatrment of the same...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_31_05_15_11_45_56_1.JPG)
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You're such an artiste darling ;)
Lovely work as usual 8)
We should have quite the Northen hoard between us soon lol
cheers
James
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A truly mean force of Northmen.
Excellently painted as always.
Dodge
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Thanks Rog :)
You're such an artiste darling ;)
Thank you darling.
We might even nearly have enough for a game soon :D
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Hopefully your Northmen will fare better than in the books. I never liked it that they were deceived so much and pretty much wiped out.
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Agree. They're rubbish in the books. They promise so much toughness, yet generally get trodden on at evry turn. Somewhat disappointing ::)
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We're not all like that ;D
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Excelent aditions. :-* :-*
Very well done.
The mix of plastics its very good with the GS added.
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We're not all like that ;D
Oh yes I forgot, you are the spirit of the harsh north :D
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Oh yes I forgot, you are the spirit of the harsh north :D
Not any more :'( lol
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Beautiful collection, Richard :-*
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Stunning :-*
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I really enjoy your flair for colors, and your masterful touch with the brush. BEAUTIFULLY WELL DONE one & all!
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Very pleasant looking black there. It must be a pain to paint that wolf over and over again.
Where are you going with this? Just painting to have fun or do you have an actual game in the binoculars?
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Whole thread is full of inspired genius! Ace.
thanks for posting-
red
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Not any more :'( lol
But what will the other Jotunn say? ;D
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Thank you :)
It must be a pain to paint that wolf over and over again.
Actually, I find it quite therapeutic... ;)
(No, you're right of course. It's an utter pain in the ass lol)
Where are you going with this? Just painting to have fun or do you have an actual game in the binoculars?
Well I reckon I've now done about 30 figures - but for several different houses / factions. So not quite enough for a game yet - even with Jimbibbly's forces (think he's done another 15 or so?)
So I shall keep making and painting a few more here and a few there, and eventually, one day, we'll discover we have enough for a small but perfectly formed GoT skirmish :)
As mentioned, I'm quite looking forward to the Frostgrave plastic soldiers, because I'll definitely make up a few more Westerosi types from that.
Probably what I need to do is knuckle down and build / paint another whole batch of about 12 - 15 more Lannisters. But I have several other projects ahead in the painting queue at the moment... You know how it is... ::)
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Got 20 Northmen, 10 of the Riverlands and 20 Free City boys complete with many more built :)
cheers
James
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Got 20 Northmen, 10 of the Riverlands and 20 Free City boys complete with many more built :)
Really?
Blimey. I must have missed some of them ;)
We've got enough for a game then.
Except we've nearly all got 'goodies' - my half a dozen Lannisters and a few treacherous Boltons and Greyjos won't stand a chance ::) lol
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That is so damn inspirational; makes my use of second hand GW Gondor troops rather shameful. That said, if you do need some Stark allies in a hurry, it seems that Lord Blackwood of Weirwood had a white weird wood tree as his sigil....so there is a Westeros use for those Minas Tirith chaps with the silver tree after all. You may know that already of course!
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Love the Starks!
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You do a great job of showing us what can be done by mixing the different plastics sets available especially in a fantasy setting where you're not restricted by historical accuracy and can focus on what looks good.thanks for sharing
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The Lannisters send their regards? :o
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very nice figures indeed
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Thanks Tom. They wouldn't look quite so nice if I hadn't stolen your idea of a two-tone shield background for the Starks, so thanks for that once again :)
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Splendid and inspiring work, Richard! :-*
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As always, excellent. I must dig my converted Perry agincourt blokes out again and stop getting sidetracked.
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Thanks :)
Phil from Osprey kindly sent me a box of the new plastic Frostgrave soldiers to try out for my Game of Thrones kit-bashing endeavours. Here are the first results.
First, a bit of a review of the Frostgrave Soldiers boxed set.
Overall, it’s a very useful box of figures and parts. 20 figures, supplied on four identical frames.
I believe it’s the same sculptor that Gripping Beast and Fireforge use for their plastic sets - and you can see the family resemblance. All the parts from these three ranges are eminently interchangeable and appear to fit well together. The detail is similarly ‘soft’ on the bodies and clothing. In other words, it’s not as crisp and well-defined as the Perry or Victrix plastics, and there are one or two slightly clunky ‘undercuts’ in the moulding. But these are very minor and easily hidden / dealt with by scalpel and paint. Interestingly, the Perry parts also fit well with these Frostgrave parts. I’m confident that the ‘soft’ detailing will actually make these figures quite easy to paint, so it’s by no means a bad thing.
Bodies: There are only five bodies in the set (the average Perry infantry set, by comparison, has 12 – 14 different bodies: much more generous). The legs and torsos are one-piece mouldings, which is fine by me. You can still achieve a huge amount of differentiation by mixing up heads and arms from the Frostgrave set itself, and - as you can see below - from mashing up with other plastic sets.
Obviously because Frostgrave is a winter setting, the bodies are all pretty well swaddled in various layers of clothing, and from a Game of Thrones point of view, this works well for anywhere in the North – Starks, Boltons, Karstarks, The Nights Watch, and Wildlings of course. The figures are pretty chunky to my eye, certainly compared with Perry and even the Fireforge medieval foot figures, although not irredeemably so. Partly this is because of all the layers of clothing, and partly because of the obvious GW-alike fantasy styling of the set.
The figures are mounted on integral bases – like most plastic ‘historical’ sets, and indeed, almost all metal ‘historical’ figures. This suits me, because I mount all my figures on 25mm washers. But if you’re a wargamer who has come up the GW way, and prefer slottas or fancy resin bases, you’ll have a fair bit of cutting away to do. The good news is that - like all Renedra-moulded plastic sets - it’s a pretty soft ‘hard plastic’.
Heads: There are ten different heads in a weird and wonderful variety of styles and cultures. For my purposes, some of these are very useful, and some of no use at all - although they’re all well done. One or two are slightly comical-looking, and I wouldn’t use these. But I’m sure some people will love them. Again, if you like the cartoony Warhammer style, there are elements here that will appeal to you, which don’t appeal to me. And maybe vice-versa.
Arms and weapons: There’s a good selection of arms and weapons included. All the arms are clad identically: Capped sleeve jerkin down to the elbow, and big gauntlets under that. Simple but effective, and makes them eminently usable with just about any sort of host body, armoured or otherwise.
As befitting a fantasy set, one or two of the weapons are fantastically outsized, but most of the weapons are actually fairly realistically proportioned, and include an attractive and unusual variety of edged weapons. In fact, I think the weapons are one of the best things about this set. The only slightly odd thing is that there are no spear-carrying arms. This is easily fixed by pulling in spear hands from the Gripping Beast plastics, and carrying out a bit of rudimentary transplant surgery. But a strange omission for a set of pseudo-medieval soldiers?
Accoutrements: Well there’s a rucksack and a slung sack, a couple of coils of rope, one or two assorted pouches and purses, a flaming torch (very hard to make flames look realistic in 3-D, so don’t really think this works). There are a couple of shields - nicely textured on the reverse, but distinctly flat and featureless on the front. There’s also a spare helmet (way too big compared to the heads). And one quiver of crossbow bolts – which unfortunately is only half what you would need if you wanted to equip all the figures in the box with the available crossbows. So, a few design flaws I think. But again, a nicely sculpted and useful set of extra parts, some of which I’m sure I’ll make use of in due course.
Onto the builds:
Lannisters:
1. This is going to be my take on Ser Kevan Lannister. I’ve used one of the Frostgrave heads in a kind of hoody/skullcap type thing on top of a Perry Foot Knights body. The head gives him the clerkish look I associate with Ser Kevan. All my Lannisters wear cloaks (because that’s the sort of flash bastards they are), so I’ve added a Fireforge cloak from the Templar Infantry set. The arms are from the Frostgrave box – I really like this sword arm with the falchion-like blade – a nice looking weapon. Finally, waiting at his feet, I’ve given him a visored bascinet from the Perry HYW English Army set. His empty scabbard is from the Fireforge infantry set – would be just about broad enough for his blade I think.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_02_08_15_1_00_35_1.jpg)
2. Lannister crossbowman. This is a Fireforge infantry body (and cloak), paired with one of the Frostgrave crossbow arm sets. The crossbow itself is really dinky – smaller than crossbows included in other plastic sets, and more like a modern sport or hunting crossbow: not really very medieval looking at all. But a nice piece all the same. He’s also wearing the pouch of quarrels from the Frostgrave set. His suitably menacing kettle-helm-mit-eyeslits comes from the new Perry late medieval light cavalry set.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_02_08_15_1_00_36_3.jpg)
3. Lannister fighter: Again a Fireforge feudal era foot knight body and cloak, with another enclosed kettle helm, this time from the Perry late medieval foot knights set. The arms wielding broadsword and (only slightly incongruous) Bowie knife, are from the Frostgrave box.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_02_08_15_1_00_35_0.jpg)
4. Lannister knight: A Perry HYW knight's body and head, FF cloak, and Frostgrave arms: this with an extremely large and wicked looking bardische/poleaxe-thingy. Note that the left arm and hand required to hold the upper haft of the weapon, is NOT the component paired with the axe arm on the frame. You have to use one of the arms that appears to be paired with a crossbow arm, in order to make this fit properly - which is a bit peculiar. (The left arm that’s paired with this long poleaxe on the frame, doesn’t fit. Odd).
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_02_08_15_1_00_36_2.jpg)
Starks:
5. Gatekeeper of Winterfell: (Or maybe MacBeth's drunken porter... ;)) The Frostgrave arm holding up the lantern it just too nice not to be used. I’ve paired it with the right arm toting a hefty one-handed bearded axe: another very nicely realised weapon. The bearded bare head is also from the Frostgrave set – a severe countenance, and a very useful addition to the universe of 28mm plastic bare heads. The body is a padded-gambeson wearing Perry HYW English longbowmen. The sword is also from one of the Perry sets. As it’s The North, I’ve bulked him out a bit with a Green Stuff fur cape.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_02_08_15_1_01_40_0.jpg)
6. Stark footsoldier: Here’s the first of the Frostgrave bodies. Works very well for a poorer Stark footslogger I think. I’ve given him the Frostgrave arm wielding a vicious-looking spiked bludgeon, plus a shield arm on which I’ve popped a large Fireforge kite shield. The bellowing head is one of my favourite pieces from the Perry HYW set.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_02_08_15_1_00_36_4.jpg)
7. Stark footsoldier: Another Frostgrave body with a Perry HYW head on top. This one uses mail-clad long-axe and shield arms from the Gripping Beast plastic Vikings set: which fit very nicely. I’ve added a little Green Stuff furrage to him too.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_02_08_15_1_01_40_2.jpg)
8. Stark archer: The third Frostgrave body variant, leaning forwards, with a pair of Perry HYW nocking longbow arms, and sheaf of arrows. (Despite two pairs of longbow arms on the Frostgrave frame, there are no arrows or quivers included. So if you want to equip your Frostgrave bowmen with ammunition, you’ll have to source these from elsewhere). The hooded head is from the Frostgrave set – unfortunately this figure now has two hoods – one up and one down! Ah well, never mind - he could have a double hood. Winter is coming.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_02_08_15_1_01_40_1.jpg)
9. Finally, another Stark footsoldier. The fourth Frostgrave body, now with armoured arms and studded-haft long-axe from the Perry HYW knights frame. Plus a Swedish onion-kettle helm from the Perry light cavalry set. And a bit of Green Stuff fur to round him off. Suitably businesslike I think.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_02_08_15_1_01_40_3.jpg)
I hope this gives some idea of the versatility of the new Frostgrave set, when brought together with components from some of the other medieval plastic sets out there – never mind from the wide world of plastic fantasy kits.
Painting to follow in due course
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Those are some nice motley looking fantasy figures,with wide range of uses.
To many armies are to uniformed in appearance.
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Excellent conversions there Richard 8) 8) 8)
Just the thing to get me enthused about my own GoT ;)
cheers
James
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Well done Richard. :-* :-*
Once again you prove that the versatility of the diferent plastic sets can be conbined to unique and wonderfull miniatures.
Keep it coming.
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Some very useful bits on the new offerings.
They look pretty darn good to me and certainly match well with what else is out there.
8) 8)
A very good, and fair, review, sir.
:)
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Really characterful bunch once again 8) Out of these, Ser Kevan is my favourite. Hope to see them all painted soon, naturally :)
Excellent conversions there Richard 8) 8) 8)
Just the thing to get me enthused about my own GoT ;)
cheers
James
Uh oh, there he goes again. Remember the castle Blackwolf James! ;)
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Fantastic stuff. :) Forget about Starks, though - I'm thinking a bit of sculpted fur, and those Frostgrave bodies could do for wildlings.
Don't suppose you have any comparison pics, so we can see just how they compare to Perry bodies?
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Very nice.
How many bare heads does the Frostgrave kit have, and how many of these are with beards?
And how many bare heads would I be able to find in the Perry WotR kits? I haven't yet purchased mine yet.
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Great work Cap, Ser Kevan in particular works really well.
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as I Said on Steve Dean's very very nice inspiration Richard !! Very well done
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Thanks :)
Don't suppose you have any comparison pics, so we can see just how they compare to Perry bodies?
Just for you... 8)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_02_08_15_6_30_22.JPG)
Left to right: Perry WOTR Foot Knights body, Perry HYW English body, Frostgrave body, Fireforge Templar / Teutonic infantry body.
I don't think the Perry figures are really appreciable taller, even though they look it. It's more to do with the bandy-legged fighting stance that most of the plastic manufacturers seem to prefer. (One of the reasons why the Perry figures usually look so much more natural than their competitor products).
Also worth noting that both the figures in both the Perry WOTR Foot Knights and HYW English Army sets are noticeably taller and slimmer than the figures in the other Perry medieval plastic sets.
How many bare heads does the Frostgrave kit have, and how many of these are with beards?
And how many bare heads would I be able to find in the Perry WotR kits? I haven't yet purchased mine yet.
Just the one bare head in the Frostgrave set - the bearded head shown above. Although there's also a head in a knitted cap (kind of 'On The Waterfront' style) which could be fairly easily converted to hair.
In the Perry sets, there's one bare head on each frame in the Mounted Men-at-arms set, one on each longbow frame in the HYW English set, and just one (Richard III) on the command frame in the Foot Knights set. There are a couple of heads wearing small soft hats in the original WOTR Bows and Bills set, which are easily converted to hair with a bit of Green Stuff.
Excellent conversions there Richard 8) 8) 8)
Just the thing to get me enthused about my own GoT ;)
Great!
Once I've painted these, between us, we should almost be at critical mass for a game :)
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:-* Excellent chopping and gluing, now slap that paint on boy! :D
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Those are some fine conversions! I wasn't too sure about how well the frostgrave stuff would fit in with perry stuff, but those chaps are persuading me otherwise.
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I'm thinking Night's Watch.
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Just the one bare head in the Frostgrave set - the bearded head shown above. Although there's also a head in a knitted cap (kind of 'On The Waterfront' style) which could be fairly easily converted to hair.
In the Perry sets, there's one bare head on each frame in the Mounted Men-at-arms set, one on each longbow frame in the HYW English set, and just one (Richard III) on the command frame in the Foot Knights set. There are a couple of heads wearing small soft hats in the original WOTR Bows and Bills set, which are easily converted to hair with a bit of Green Stuff.
Thanks for the info. I think you've already shown a Citadel head on the Perry plastics, haven't you? I thought it looked noticeably big.
You mention the Perry foot knights and HYW figures being slightly taller than their other medieval plastics (so the English infantry and mercenary sets, right?). Exactly how noticeable is this?
Hope you don't mind me badgering you for info on the Perry kits, I'm doing as much research on them as I can before I commit, and you are the best source on info it seems! : )
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Great comparison, ta. :) The mix of Frostgrave and Perry bits already looked fine, but that really helps me make a decision about mixing FG stuff meself. S'good!
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I'm thinking Night's Watch.
Yeah, they're very Night's Watch...
Great comparison, ta. :) The mix of Frostgrave and Perry bits already looked fine, but that really helps me make a decision about mixing FG stuff meself. S'good!
Pleasure :)
Thanks for the info. I think you've already shown a Citadel head on the Perry plastics, haven't you? I thought it looked noticeably big.
You mention the Perry foot knights and HYW figures being slightly taller than their other medieval plastics (so the English infantry and mercenary sets, right?). Exactly how noticeable is this?
Hope you don't mind me badgering you for info on the Perry kits, I'm doing as much research on them as I can before I commit, and you are the best source on info it seems! : )
Don't mind at all.
The difference between the first two Perry late medieval sets and the Foot Knights is slight, but I can see it. They are all Michael Perry's work, as are the two mounted sets.
The HYW set (and the forthcoming French HYW set) is Alan's work, and they are slightly taller again. But I've intermixed them all fine - and I'm fussy about mixing differently sized figures as a rule.
Yes, I've tried a few GW heads on Perry bodies. These are all detailed in my WOTR thread, but by way of example (even though it's off topic - I'll have to moderate myself!) I'm including the shots below.
They just about work, but are really a whisker too big...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/15/577_26_10_13_4_08_00.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/10/577_12_06_12_10_46_59_2.jpg)
And the left-hand figure here...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/12/577_03_02_13_8_02_14_2.JPG)
And here's a GW head on a Fireforge body:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/11/577_02_09_12_1_47_07_2.JPG)
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Your work is so inspirational! I dream to paint this well!
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Wasn't sure about those Frostgrave plastics, but now ... Superb work, Richard! :-* :o
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Fantastic as usual although your verbosity made me google 'incongruous' and 'countenance' to understand what's being written. lol
Can't wait to see it all with a lick of paint. :D
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Thanks.
Fantastic as usual although your verbosity made me google 'incongruous' and 'countenance' to understand what's being written. lol
Well, I wouldn't know the Danish words for 'incongruous' and 'countenance' either, so that's fair enough.
(Truthfully, I don't know the Danish words for anything, so you have the advantage of me :D)
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Do 'bacon' and 'carlsberg' count ;)
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Yes they do. So does 'skol' ;)
Okay, so I know more Danish than I ever thought possible.
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Do 'bacon' and 'carlsberg' count ;)
Nope, 'bacon' isn't Danish at all, and Carlsberg is just a brand lol
And I just need to put this quote here:
"A church in the historic English town of Dunmow promised a flitch (side) of bacon to any married man who could swear before the congregation and God that he had not quarreled with his wife for a year and a day. A husband who could bring home the bacon was held in high esteem by the community for his forbearance, self-control and patience." lol
(http://englishbreakfastsociety.com/history-of-bacon.html)
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Is too, it has a Danish flag on the packet and everything! ;D
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In regards to GW heads.
Yes, I think it is only the bald head you just posted that is really noticeable and looks a little bit off to me. I guess hats and hair make it less noticeable, makes sense.
I'm interested in finding some bare heads with beards to use for a few ASOIAF characters. Perhaps the GW 'hairy heads' sprue that was originally released as part of the Mordheim mercenaries kit? Had some quality beards.
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The Gripping Beast dark age warriors set has a good selection of bare heads, mainly bearded. I've used some of them further up in this thread. They are probably your best bet.
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Charlie, the GW empire flagelants come with some bearded bare heads as well. Those are really great for GoT as they look wildish. I really regret I've used most of them on the flagelants them self, as I'm needing them for exact the same purpose as you... :D
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so, you haven't painted them yet.
lol
great stuff as usual.
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(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_02_08_15_1_00_35_1.jpg)
Stonking conversions as always, Richard. A technical question: do you brush your plastics generously with liquid polystyrene or what causes that glossy shine? What's the reason?
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So you have done it again.
I hate to state that I wanted to do something very much like this. The frostgrave frames have a great potential for making individual figures especially if combined with other manufacturers ranges.
But I'm repeating yourt thoughts.
btw: I very much like your figures!
Looking forward to seeing them painted.
Greetz
GS
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Thanks.
Stonking conversions as always, Richard. A technical question: do you brush your plastics generously with liquid polystyrene or what causes that glossy shine? What's the reason?
Yes - exactly so, Peder. Whereever there are residual mould lines which the scalpel hasn't quite got rid of, or where there's a bit of a gap in a join, or a few crumbs or shavings of waste plastic clinging on, a liberal application of liquid poly cement brushed on dissolves, smooths away and conceals all ills... As if by magic.
Which is indeed why the figures appear glossy in parts.
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(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_02_08_15_1_00_35_1.jpg)
Can't wait to see this one painted, can't you throw a sicky or something ;)
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Thanks.
Yes - exactly so, Peder. Whereever there are residual mould lines which the scalpel hasn't quite got rid of, or where there's a bit of a gap in a join, or a few crumbs or shavings of waste plastic clinging on, a liberal application of liquid poly cement brushed on dissolves, smooths away and conceals all ills... As if by magic.
Which is indeed why the figures appear glossy in parts.
I shall try this. I am currently dabbling with plastic minis with the young Hammers. The conversion part, just as you have previously witnessed, is very satisfying, but the deburring requires a delicate hand.
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Trust me. Liquid poly cement is the answer. Just slap a load on, wait 20 seconds for it to start to infinitesimally dissolve the surface, then take an old brush and smooth your troubles away :)
If only all life's little problems were so simply dealt with... ;)
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I'd be worried about obscuring the details. How does it affect the brush?
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Nope, miraculously it just seems to lift off / smooth away any residual mould lines or bits of burring, and leave the detail intact.
Particularly useful across fine detail like mould lines across knuckles or down the middle of a face. Very hard to get rid of these completely with a blade, without damaging the detail. But easy to just paint them away with liquid poly cement.
I use an old fine point brush. Wash it out with humbrol enamel thinners afterwards. Comes up fine.
:)
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Clearly I need to try this out.
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There must be a toyshop in Bognor ;)
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It's a bit rubbish. I do have the Mongol horses that I was cleaning up the hard way until my scalpel blade broke. Might have a go on them.
Edit: engaging brain for a second, it'll have to wait until I'm home. No brushes here.
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I am at odds with Liquid Poly. I swear to God I must have insulted its mother or something in an earlier life. It has more times than I care to count toppled over, spilling all over my plastic projects. These days the first thing I do before I open a fresh pot, is to epoxy glue it at the bottom to a sheet of plywood 20 by 20 cms. I can see it shaking its fetters, struggling to get free when it thinks I am not looking.
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These days I just use this, no real chance of spillage and accurate application. Just keep a bit of wire to hand in case the needle clogs up.
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These days I just use this, no real chance of spillage and accurate application. Just keep a bit of wire to hand in case the needle clogs up.
Not quite the same product, old boy. The Humbrol liquid poly I am talking about is more fluid, almost like water. I suppose it is more of a solvent but I am hazarding the guess that it also contains trace amounts of polystyrene as a bonding agent. Both have their different uses, obviously.
(https://hattonsimages.blob.core.windows.net/products/AE2500_31813_Qty1_1.jpg)
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Christ, that turned up big... Well, now you know.
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Yeah, I stopped using that type after it spilt on clothing too often :)
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Yeah, I stopped using that type after it spilt on clothing too often :)
Wearing a lot of polysterene shirts, then? ;-)
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Denim doesn't like it either, seems to make hard patches.
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Nope, miraculously it just seems to lift off / smooth away any residual mould lines or bits of burring, and leave the detail intact.
Not quite the same product, old boy. The Humbrol liquid poly I am talking about is more fluid, almost like water.
Aye. I got some Humbrol liquid poly for a particularly fiddly styrene project, but I've started using it more often since the inevitable excess hat squeezes out between pieces evaporates down to a pretty much invisible layer, without blobbifying any surrounding detail. (Also wicks into gaps quite nicely too.) Gonna have to try it on mould lines, now.
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Inspiring conversions/constructions Richard. I haven't as yet sought out a box of the Frostgrave plastics but you make it tempting to do so
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use this, trust me. ;)
EMA Plastic Weld.
(http://www.ema-models.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/aece60c6f4c2a3c3308fabe79b74ea24/p/p/ppc2p.jpg)
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use this, trust me. ;)
EMA Plastic Weld.
(http://www.ema-models.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/aece60c6f4c2a3c3308fabe79b74ea24/p/p/ppc2p.jpg)
I'll see if I can find it locally. My Humbol pot is soon empty.
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I don't think the Perry figures are really appreciable taller, even though they look it. It's more to do with the bandy-legged fighting stance that most of the plastic manufacturers seem to prefer. (One of the reasons why the Perry figures usually look so much more natural than their competitor products).
This. Plastics have come a long way recently, but why oh why do the sculptors insist on sculpting their little toys legs as though they are limbering up for gymnastics. Especially annoying on missile troops, when a good solid stance would be needed (presumably). And yes, this is why Perry plastics are still the best - they sculpt natural, normal poses. Other companies could learn so much from this one paragraph. Semi rant over.
Great work on the photos, really informative. When I saw the official photos of the Frost figures, I was a little underwhelmed, they looked so chunky - I think the painting style is partly responsible for this. Seeing them naked like this is an eye opener.
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This. Plastics have come a long way recently, but why oh why do the sculptors insist on sculpting their little toys legs as though they are limbering up for gymnastics. Especially annoying on missile troops, when a good solid stance would be needed (presumably). And yes, this is why Perry plastics are still the best - they sculpt natural, normal poses. Other companies could learn so much from this one paragraph. Semi rant over.
Excellent rant, and I agree with every last word 8)
As far as glue goes, I've always used the Revell Contacta poly cement with needle applicator, as shown above. It's always worked a treat for me, and the needle applicator is super-helpful for dispensing just the right amount of glue at exactly the right spot. It dissolves the plastic surfaces almost instantly, so that components stick within a couple of seconds (although can still be moved around for a further 20 minutes or so before it really starts to go off). Highly recommended.
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Excellent rant, and I agree with every last word 8)
As far as glue goes, I've always used the Revell Contacta poly cement with needle applicator, as shown above. It's always worked a treat for me, and the needle applicator is super-helpful for dispensing just the right amount of glue at exactly the right spot. It dissolves the plastic surfaces almost instantly, so that components stick within a couple of seconds (although can still be moved around for a further 20 minutes or so before it really starts to go off). Highly recommended.
Same here Revell Contacta is the best I have used apart from the needle drying up if you leave it to long between uses.
Great conversions again Richard you have a great eye for what really works.
Rog
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We use the industrial version of Plastic Weld at work (just a different name and bigger container) and it works a treat :)
Wearing a lot of polysterene shirts, then? ;-)
Nylon jumpsuits ;)
cheers
James
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Same here Revell Contacta is the best I have used apart from the needle drying up if you leave it to long between uses.
I stiff brass wire swab up it's length takes care of that problem.
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I stiff brass wire swab up it's length takes care of that problem.
:o :o :o
...said Dr. Hammers.
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I had a strange desire to cross my legs when I read that :o
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I stiff brass wire swab up it's length takes care of that problem.
I just run a lighter/match near the tip of the needle to take care of the blockage. It usually just clogs there (at least with the big Contacta bottle).
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Well, maybe just one more for now...
I felt the need to do a Ser Jamie Lannister of my own.
My Ser Jamie (in his two-handed incarnation) is made up from A Perry Foot Knight torso and legs (the ones in fancy-schmanzy armour), Perry arms, and a Fireforge Templar Infantry cloak.
The head is from the Perry Light Cavalry box, with the soft hat shaved away, and a luxuriant Green Stuff hairdo superimposed, reminiscent of Jon Bon Jovi in his pomp :D
The Jamie Lannister of the books has flowing blond hair in the manner of a true Gothic romance...
Unlike the distinctly mousey-brown short back and sides of HBO's Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ::)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_08_08_15_2_40_48.jpg)
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Very nice. 8)
Do you ever get torn between using either the characterisation in the books or the TV rendition, when there's a distinct difference ?
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Nope :D
My mission is to try to stick as closely as possible to what I have in my head from the books. And to be as little influenced by the styling of the TV series as possible. Mainly because I think a lot of the wardrobe and culture portrayed in the Weiss/Benioff HBO vision of Westeros is nothing like what Martin describes in the books.
(Although I think they've done pretty well with the cultures of Essos)
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Holy moly, that's a fine Jaime! :o I can understand Cersei completely now.. ;D lol
Are you gonna paint him up in red and gold, like a Lannister, or in the pure white of the Kings guard?
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Red and gold I think :)
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Splendid Greenstuffing. :)
I won't comment on the hair itself for obvious reasons. ;)
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Good hair; well done. For some reason I find sculpting hair difficult.
Had I had a go at him he might have ended up with an even less inspiring haircut than Nikolaj Coster-Waldau after season 4.
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Looks good Richard :)
I must admit, I prefer the HBO vision rather than the man's himself. The figures from the company that got the license; good sculpts though they are, really don't do it for me at all :?
cheers
James
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Red and gold I think :)
Controversial, for all his faults the Jaime of the books takes his duty very seriously. Other than when captured, I don't believe he's ever armoured in something other than white.
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That do is impressively 80'es!
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Controversial, for all his faults the Jaime of the books takes his duty very seriously. Other than when captured, I don't believe he's ever armoured in something other than white.
He wore his gold armor when he killed Aerys, and presumably whenever he went afield with a Lannister host, away from the king. I don't remember what the book says, but all artwork I've seen of the Whispering Woods has him in gold armor, so I guess that is correct.
I made a conversion of Jaimie quite long ago, and started painting it recently. It is quite similar to yours, using the same body, and the Richard III head. I also plan to paint him up with gold armor and red cloak.
Anyhow, great job, Cap. I look forawrd to seeing it painted up. I will probably wait for you before I finish mine. Hopefully I can learn a thing or two :)
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Wonderful conversions. What system do you plan to use for your Seven Kingdoms (and beyond) skirmishes? I'd considered LotR because it's not too fantastical but gives some solid leeway to characters and allows them to be larger than life.
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I am always amazed and delighted with your conversions from the Perry plastic sets. :-*
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Very nice!
Tell me about these fireforge infantry cloaks. Do they require must conversion work to put on the Perry kits, or do they just plonk right on there? It looks like a great fit on this example.
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Very nice!
Tell me about these fireforge infantry cloaks. Do they require must conversion work to put on the Perry kits, or do they just plonk right on there? It looks like a great fit on this example.
Mostly they plonk straight on fine. Occasionally, depending on the fit, you might need to do a little bit of craving / shaping for a better fit, but if all else fails (as you can see in examples higher up in this thread) a simply fashioned Green Stuff fur cape will cover a multitude of sins where the cloak joins the body ;)
Wonderful conversions. What system do you plan to use for your Seven Kingdoms (and beyond) skirmishes? I'd considered LotR because it's not too fantastical but gives some solid leeway to characters and allows them to be larger than life.
Probably, if all else fails, a variant of my adapted all-purpose skirmish rules derived from Kill Zone. But a Warhammer historical type set would work perfectly well I think. Once I've mustered enough figures to mount a worthwhile game (around 25 - 35 figures a side I think), I'll settle on rules. Actually, Lion Rampant would probably lend itself reasonably well too.
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Wonderful Jamie!!!
and I think I will try the Lion Rampant rules too
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Hi Captain Blood
Really interesting to see what gives us our vision of a subject, I watched the series before reading the books, so my imagining of the characters when reading the books was always like the series characters, hence I'm doing my (stalled) project like the series, but interesting to see how you envision the characters, love your work by the way.
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=74275.msg906863#msg906863 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=74275.msg906863#msg906863)
Cheers
Dan
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Thanks Dan. I like what you've done too.
There are no right and wrongs with a fantasy novel, I guess :)
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absolutely not ! Use it as inspiration and go wild from there !!! It is fantasy after all ;)
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Wow some inspiring stuff here, and I've only just read the first page of your thread! Such smooth GS work, really makes your conversions pop. Watching with interest
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Splendid work, Richard! :-*
I'm looking forward to seeing Jamie in his full coloured glory.
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I hope you are proud of yourself. I just ordered a bunch of Perry miniatures because of you and your thread.
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Thanks.
Better not look at my other Perry build thread then...
;)
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=40936.0
Splendid work, Richard! :-*
I'm looking forward to seeing Jamie in his full coloured glory.
Thanks Stefan.
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I hope you are proud of yourself. I just ordered a bunch of Perry miniatures because of you and your thread.
Haven't we all? lol
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Haven't we all? lol
Nope. Not yet, anyways...
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It's only a matter of time Niels... ;)
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It's only a matter of time Niels... ;)
Yeah, well, I'll probably be building some small medieval armies for C&C and LR/DR, but I'm not sure if I'll actually plunge into the 100YW-era. Too many other projects, to be honest...
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One more little update... Another Stark guardsman, using the fifth and final body from one of the Frostgrave frames, with arms from the Perry light cavalry box, shield from the Fireforge Templar Infantry set, and the head is one of the two from the Salute 2015 free figure (also by Perry).
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_15_08_15_11_47_34_0.jpg)
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more of the good stuff from you :-*
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Very nice conversion
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The Frostgrave bodies certainly seem to be just right for Starks. Very nice combination of pieces by the Captain.
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I have being looking at this entire thread today with great interest as all of the GOT series have been repeated the last few months and i have really got into watching them. your conversions and painting are inspirational so thanks for putting in the time to update you thread with lots of eye candy, i am currently making up the perry foot knights for a warhammer game but will have to splash out on a few different boxes soon
brian
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Thanks Brian :)
I've made a start on painting some more of these recently made-up figures, so coloured-in versions will appear in due course.
I hope you enjoy building and painting your own figures for GOT.
I have to say it's a lot of fun, whether you try to create figures as portrayed by HBO, entirely from your own imagination, or possibly somewhere in between :)
Which reminds me, I really need to make a Peter Dinklage, sorry, a Tyrion ;)
Cheers.
Richard
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Which reminds me, I really need to make a Peter Dinklage, sorry, a Tyrion ;)
Bloody hell, that just brought back a scary image....
..... 'In Bruges' and that Jimmy Krankie school uniform!
:o :o :o
Still freaks me to this day....shudder.
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Bloody hell, that just brought back a scary image....
..... 'In Bruges' and that Jimmy Krankie school uniform!
:o :o :o
Still freaks me to this day....shudder.
And to think that that was Jordan Prentice. ;) Peter Dinklage doesn't even have to be in a film to scare you! Goes to show how good he is! lol
Magnificent work, all this. Trying very hard and manfully to resist this specific lure, but you're not making it easier, Cap'n.
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Peter Dinklage, sorry, a Tyrion ;)
A short great man who deserves your best effort.
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look forward to seeing a Tryion figure soon, will you have to sculpt him yourself? he could be an interesting addition
to a game, giving a certain bonus to a Lannister army or possibly another army!
brian
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Thanks :)
Alright then. Here's another figure-build update, although I am happy to report painting is now taking place too. Nothing finished quite yet, but all the preceding Stark and Lannister builds are well under way :)
This new lot are Boltons.
You will see I already did three Boltons way up above in this thread (Lord Roose, Ramsay the Bastard, plus a random huntsman). Now I am adding Bolton fighting men.
The good thing about the Boltons of course, is that you can use them on either side - depending whenabouts in the story you're setting your game...
As usual, they're concocted from a wide array of different plastic sets, including the Frostgrave soldiers set. All liberally adorned with true North-style furs from Green Stuff.
Although I don't favour using Dark Age / Viking / Norman heads on later medieval style bodies for Game of Thrones, I do quite like the mid-Saxon 'Coppergate'-style helms (Gripping Beast plastic Saxon heads) for the Boltons. They seem to suit them... Or how I see them anyway: a bit flashy, but kinda primitive and brutal at the same time...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/577_26_10_15_4_33_12_4.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/577_26_10_15_4_34_08_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/577_26_10_15_4_33_12_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/577_26_10_15_4_33_12_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/577_26_10_15_4_33_11_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/577_26_10_15_4_33_12_1.JPG)
And finally, as promised, here's my take on the Imp...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/577_26_10_15_4_34_08_1.jpg)
And here, for a height comparison...
As you can see, he's not ridiculously tiny - just a very small man... :)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/577_26_10_15_4_34_08_2.JPG)
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Super cool man! It may sound like hyperbole, but this is one of my favorite threads on any painting forum I've followed.
The wild kitbashing also inspired my own Frostgrave warbands.
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Brilliant mash ups, it just goes to prove what you keep saying about how versatile this plastic stuff really is. Given the multitude of different manufacturers used its hard to tell who made what. :)
The face on the dwarf is great, you're getting good at this putty pushing. ;)
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Very effective conversions. Although you've introduced a 'new' range into the mix with the Frostgrave plastics they still look like they're part of the same suite of figures. Painting will likely enhance the cohesion further. The Tyrion is a nifty bit of work. It'll be nice to see him painted up.
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Nice to see new stuff from you Captain, spearman and archer are my favourites this time, followed by the crossbowmen. Great GS work all around, as is to be expected :)
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That spearman is tremendous.
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Excellent!!!!!! :-*
Didn't notice the Frostgrave body in there until I read the later comment, which just shows how well it works. 8)
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Thanks Steve. Both crossbowmen and the spearman are built on Frostgrave bodies. The only thing that gives it away is that the detail is quite soft, but they paint up very nicely.
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What a variety of bits and pieces. :-* :-*
Very well done.
I´m loving the combination of the plastics and GS.
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Great stuff ;D
My paint brushes are coming out this week >:D
I'm assuming some chopping was required for Tyrion?
cheers
James
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Excellent, especially the fur cloaks and the face on the imp
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Thanks :)
My paint brushes are coming out this week >:D
Yay!
I'm assuming some chopping was required for Tyrion?
Yes, top of the thighs and bottom of the lower legs all chopped off and reattached, likewise the forearms shortened... Major surgery >:D
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Fantastic. :D
Brilliant mash ups, it just goes to prove what you keep saying about how versatile this plastic stuff really is. Given the multitude of different manufacturers used its hard to tell who made what. :)
The face on the dwarf is great, you're getting good at this putty pushing. ;)
Yup, just that! It's difficult to see any weak links.
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That spearman is tremendous.
What he said. Awesome!
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Really cool stuff. I like your take on the Boltons. Clearly Northmen but somehow they look a bit more sinister.
You gonna do a noseless version of the Imp, too? :D
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the face on tryion is excellent! the guy with the spear is also nicely dynamic
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Another great set of plastic kitbashed. Simply wonderful. Thanks for sharing
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That spearman is tremendous.
I totally agree. That figure has a feeling about it!
The rest is simply great as ever!
GS
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Another for the spearman. But the face on the little one - full of (the right) expression.
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Thanks gents. To be fair, I should point out that I didn't sculpt that winsome little face on The Imp. It's built up from a Perry HYW plastic head. I just gave him a new forehead and hairdo :)
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Arh, it's shit then ;D
;)
cheers
James
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Somehow I missed this latest update until not.
Superb new additions and those Frostgrave bodies do seem to work really well.*
:-* :-*
Nice work on the little fella too.
Great 'surgery', I reckon you got it just about spot on.
8) 8)
In fact, I have just bought some for kitbashing myself.
Good to see how well they work.
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In fact, I have just bought some for kitbashing myself.
Good to see how well they work.
Good news. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with :)
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More great work. Looking forward to the painted versions...
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Good news. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with :)
Oh, I am not sure that you will..... ;)
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Oh, I am not sure that you will..... ;)
lol
Don't tell me - Wars of The Roses zombies? ;)
(Been there, done that. I already mashed-up a couple of Mantic ghouls with some Perry WOTR components. Must dig them out of the box I threw them in and post pics... ;D)
(Thinking about it, they are pretty much 'White Walkers' really, so hey, I might even paint them... )
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lol
Don't tell me - Wars of The Roses zombies? ;)
No zombies....I promise.
Although you probably still wont like it.
:D
(Been there, done that. I already mashed-up a couple of Mantic ghouls with some Perry WOTR components. Must dig them out of the box I threw them in and post pics... ;D)
(Thinking about it, they are pretty much 'White Walkers' really, so hey, I might even paint them... )
Ya see?
You do like zombies really.
:D
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Paul succombs to the pull of the plastic! lol
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Paul succombs to the pull of the plastic! lol
Mate, I have been playing with plastics for donkeys, being an old 40k player (many moons ago).
Loads of kit-bashing in my shady past.... ::)
I just prefer the heft of metal.
Plastic is much easier to convert, though, so I am being tempted by you lot back tonthe Dark Side for an idea that I have had.
(Which will probably give Richard the heeby-jeebies!)
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Never having been a GW player I tend to forget about their plastics. You prompted me to have a quick look at their LOTR line and some look like they might be useful for GOT conversions. 8)
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Phil from Osprey kindly sent me a box of the new Frostgrave plastic cultists - so I obviously had to immediately throw a few together to see what they were like :D
I'm using these to further build out my plastic painting pile for my Game of Thrones project.
Although the styling of the components is more outright fantasy than I’d normally be interested in, I like the Cultists set very much.
The poses are a bit more interesting and dynamic than the first Frostgrave Soldier set; the components (including a generous 16 different heads) are more sharply sculpted and cast, and although the five bodies included (there are four identical frames in the set, giving 20 figures) still suffer from a certain softness of detail and one or two ugly undercuts, overall they’re a pretty handsome and versatile kit of parts.
Only one slight downside for me: Because (for extra versatility, so you can make dead / undead cultists) there are two different zombie heads and a couple of different skeletal heads included, plus assorted arms to accompany these, there are rather less ‘regular’ arm and weapon options than in the first set. Although, that said, there are several separate hands clutching assorted evil-looking daggers, which can be grafted on with minor surgery.
The slightly holey, tattered clothes, plus the various dead/undead options, mean that this set lends itself particularly well to GoT conversions - eminently suitable for kitbashing White Walkers, Wildlings / Free Folk of various denominations, and the Night’s Watch, as well as Northern houses like Starks, Boltons and so on.
So here are my first few test mash-ups using the Cultists set…
Stark bowman and Bolton banner-bearer.
This is the first of the bodies on the cultists’ frame. It’s upright and nicely done. I’ve used it twice here.
The Stark bowman has a GB Dark Age warrior head with added Green Stuff long hair. His arms are from the original Perry WOTR set.
The Bolton bannerman has a Coppergate-style helmeted head from the GB Saxons set, plus a pair of armoured sword and standard-bearer arms from the Perry WOTR command frame.
This being the North where it’s chilly, both have added Green Stuff fur capes.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/577_08_11_15_6_18_43_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/577_08_11_15_6_18_43_1.JPG)
The next two are both built on body number 2. This one has a very nicely modelled padded jerkin, which (as you can see on the longbowman) allows it to be neatly paired with a variety of Perry arms clad in similarly quilted armour.
The bowman is going to be another Stark. His open bascinet and longbow arms are from the Perry HYW set. Note the very nice new quiver of arrows which comes with the Cultists set. Again, this is rather better than the one included in the original Frostgrave Soldiers set. The wooden targe is from the Perry Mercenaries set.
The second figure is a Bolton - or possibly even a Frey crossbowman. Maybe one of those villains from The Red Wedding… He’s got one of the (many) hooded cultist heads, and a pair of Perry WOTR crossbow arms. The quiver full of quarrels is another nice new piece from the Cultists set.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/577_08_11_15_6_18_43_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/577_08_11_15_6_18_43_3.JPG)
The next one is a Bolton or Frey (TBC) swordsman. This uses the third cultist body – a nicely detailed outfit and a great lunging pose. The arms are also from the Cultists set, although I’ve swapped out the OTT fantasy scimitar for a more proportionate WOTR broadsword blade. I’ve added a scabbard and an Italianate barbute helmet from the Perry Mercenaries set.
Note the raised left arm – there are several variants of this arm included in the Frostgrave Cultists set. I think they’re meant to be scary claw-like hands. They’re very finely done, and work for fighting poses like this one.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/577_08_11_15_6_18_44_4.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/577_08_11_15_6_19_58_0.JPG)
Number 6 in this batch is a Bolton armoured spearman.
This is the fourth of the cultist bodies – again, a very well done and dynamic piece – a strong, legs-braced stance, without too much of the slightly odd bandy-leggedness that characterises some of this sculptor’s other work for Fireforge.
I like the Monkish rope belt on him (because rope belts always paint up nicely), and the stance lends itself to an aggressive spear defense, using a pair of armoured arms from the Perry HYW English Army men-at-arms frame, plus a Perry WOTR great helm for that slightly sinister, businesslike look…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/577_08_11_15_6_19_58_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/577_08_11_15_6_19_59_2.JPG)
For some reason, the fifth and final cultist body hasn't inspired me so far, so instead, for the last character in this group - another rascally Bolton - I’ve used a Perry HYW longbowman body with a pair of the cultists' arms.
The axe is slightly fantastical, but one of the few weapons options in the Cultists set which looks reasonably realistic in its proportions.
His head is one of several open-faced, hooded heads in the new Frostgrave set. The faces themselves are all a wee bit exaggerated, GW-like / pseudo-Orcish. But a couple of them will pass muster for real human faces. Again, it’s very finely done - as are all the heads. This one reminds me of an Enid Blyton evil goblin - so just about right for a Frey or a Bolton...
There are even a couple of heads in the set wearing skull-like masks - one of these is a dead ringer for the ‘Lord of Bones’ from the HBO series. (Purely co-incidental I’m sure).
The shield is from Fireforge. The large pouch and dagger combo is another useful component included in the new Cultists set.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/577_08_11_15_6_19_59_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/23/577_08_11_15_6_19_59_4.JPG)
So, all in all from my point of view (not being all that interested in Frostgrave – sorry Nick and Joe – but hopelessly addicted to kitbashing plastics for A Game of Thrones) this is another excellent new set with a serious amount of potential when it comes to modelling in general, and breaking for spares.
I think it’s also a step-change improvement over the original Frostgrave Soldiers set – which was nice enough anyway. So well done and thumbs up to all concerned :)
Followers of this thread will note that I now have around 30 recently built figures to paint :(
So probably no more builds from me for a while, 'cos I really do now need to see some of these through to finished, painted figures ::)
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Very nice figures and conversions. Now I have some ideas ::)
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Excellent. While I've only played one game of Frostgrave it was enough to show me I've no interest in devoting time/project status to it. I'll play it if someone hosts (using my own figs) but I concur, no real interest.
However, I am vastly interested in the plastics for bashing. Are the cultists out for normal retail sale already? I've been putting off buying the normal plastics because of shipping, but if I can swing both boxes I'll buy in. (doesn't hurt that maddened cultists are one of the few henchmen I don't have painted up...)
Wonderful work as always.
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Very nicely done: the lunging swordsman is my stand out favourite 8) 8) 8)
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Thanks Steve :)
However, I am vastly interested in the plastics for bashing. Are the cultists out for normal retail sale already? I've been putting off buying the normal plastics because of shipping, but if I can swing both boxes I'll buy in. (doesn't hurt that maddened cultists are one of the few henchmen I don't have painted up...)
Wonderful work as always.
Thanks. I think the plastic Cultists are out in a week or two's time :)
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Very impressive compositions. I really like the lunging swordsman, the spearman and the Bolton axeman, he looks especially like a right bastard.
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Another great set of additions, again showing your skill at kitbashing, getting the best out of various plastic sets. I can't wait to get my hands on these cultists. Thanks for sharing
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Wow! I think those cultists bodies would also work well for my WIP House Martell force. I may have to hold off on gluing all those Gripping Beast plastic Arabs together...
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:-* Brilliant! As soon as a new box of plastics comes out I wonder what you'll do with them. 8)
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Very impressive compositions. I really like the lunging swordsman, the spearman and the Bolton axeman, he looks especially like a right bastard.
My favourite trio from these new additions as well. :-*
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Although the styling of the components is more outright fantasy than I’d normally be interested in, I like the Cultists set very much.
The poses are a bit more interesting and dynamic than the first Frostgrave Soldier set; the components (including a generous 16 different heads) are more sharply sculpted and cast, and although the five bodies included (there are four identical frames in the set, giving 20 figures) still suffer from a certain softness of detail and one or two ugly undercuts, overall they’re a pretty handsome and versatile kit of parts.
Nice to have kits like this sent to experiment.
The way you describe the cultists set makes me happy because I do want all the fantasy stuff for use with all the other kits I still haven't used up.
btw:
I really like the new creations.
Cheers
GS
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Thanks.
Nice to have kits like this sent to experiment.
To be fair, it was as a thank you for the use of some of my photos in a new Osprey publication :)
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Thanks.
To be fair, it was as a thank you for the use of some of my photos in a new Osprey publication :)
"British PM declares new economic policy. "Pictures for Plastic" to boost gaming economy in 2016"
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Thanks.
To be fair, it was as a thank you for the use of some of my photos in a new Osprey publication :)
Even so, nice to have them quick, isn't it?
:D
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Of course :)
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Cracking stuff Richard!
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Nice posing, sir.
:-* ;) :-*
You go making any more of those fur wraps and I am going to have to start calling you Liberace in future.
:D ;)
Even though there are some issues with the parts, as already mentioned, they look like they will be wonderfully useful with a little imagination.
I shall certainly be picking up a box at some point.
8)
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I've been off the grid for quite a while now and only just come back to this thread. The Frostgrave and Perry HYW sets are new to me. I haven't even got round to using Fireforge sets yet. I'm seriously impressed with the amount of creative poses and details you've been able to achieve. I particularly like your character figures, which is something I have been struggling with. I will be following in your footsteps sirrah...
My last experimentation was having some success with adding the extra Perry WOTR horse armour components to GW Rohan horses...
I must remember to hunt down my father's liquid poly...
Keep up the great work Cpn!
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Brilliant stuff Rich.
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After seeing what you did with your cultists I want some of my own even more. Great work!
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Thanks lads :)
I've been off the grid for quite a while now and only just come back to this thread.
Good to see you back. I hope you will do some more GoT figures of your own. I think it was you who started me off down this track! ;)
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nice figures and definitely a must have set
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Wow! :o
I came to the party from the Frostgrave thread and had no idea what I was missing out on (although I did see the article in WS&S, I just didn't figure it out.)
The good news is I got to read all the posts at once.
AWESOME! :-*
Truly inspiring!
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Thanks :) (Sorry for the late reply!)
Well, happily, I have now painted most of the figures shown in the builds further up this thread.
They will be appearing in various groupings in a painting competition near you, in the not-too-distant future! ;)
Meanwhile, I have opened the new Perry HYW French box, and started making a few more!
I've decided it's time for some cavalry... I've done one mounted Lannister previously, but I reckon I ought to be able to field at least a unit of horse on each side... I was going to wait for Perry to produce their HYW cavalry set, but who knows when that will happen (previews at Salute, perhaps? o_o) So in the meantime I've made a start with a Stark command group.
The first model is probably Ser Richard Karstark.
Or possibly Greatjon Umber.
Someone hairy and northern at any rate...
It's a Perry mounted men at arms (MMAA) body and arms with a Fireforge cloak and added Green Stuff (GS) fur cape. The head is a GW 'hairy head' generously donated - along with a few others - by DeafNala (thanks Al!) I've used a caparisoned Fireforge horse, but added a Perry horse's head - because the Fireforge horse heads are frankly hideous. A fair amount of carving away of saddle etc required to get the Perry figure to sit on the FF horse... I will add in a saddle from GS before I paint him.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_05_03_16_7_20_06_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_05_03_16_7_20_06_1.JPG)
Next up, a Stark banner bearer - this one is a Perry Light Cavalry body, mounted on a Perry horse. The arms and standard staff are from the MMAA set. The head, interestingly is from the recent Conquest Games Medieval Archers set. I don't rate this set much I'm afraid, but it does have some nice characterful heads in it, like this one. The heater shield is from Fireforge (the Teutonic Knights set as it happens, although all the FF knights sets include the same shields). The sallet slung from his saddle horn is from the Perry Mercenaries set.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_05_03_16_7_20_06_2.JPG)
The third figure is another banner bearer - again from the Perry Light Cavalry box, apart from a Bascinet with visor closed, which is from the Perry English HYW set. Plus a cloak from GS obviously, because never forget, this is The North, where men wear FUR! ;)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_05_03_16_7_20_06_3.JPG)
And here's how the little command group looks together... Foil flags will be added later, to stream and flap in the stiff breeze...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_05_03_16_7_20_06_4.JPG)
Turning my attention to the new HYW French set... The first two are straight from the box, French footmen in beautiful advancing stances, wearing padded gambesons, with just the addition of fur cloaks from GS. These two will be added to my Stark contingent. The socking great bardische axes and the slightly silly faces say 'Stark' to me, so Starks they shall be...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_05_03_16_7_21_16_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_05_03_16_7_21_16_0.JPG)
There are a LOT of wonderful new bodies, heads and weapons in the new Perry set, and for some reason, they look and feel particularly well-suited to GoT to me, so I shall be making plenty of figures based on these models.
The last couple for now: A Stark armoured knight - this is one of the new French HYW knights, wielding a chunky new double-handed greatsword, and with the addition of a fur cape. The other figure is going to be a Lannister I think. It's a WOTR Foot Knight body and arms, but with a French HYW head and 'bouche' heater shield from the same set. I might add a cloak - most of my Lannisters have cloaks. There again, I quite like him without. Head apart, this figure is a shameless steal from LAF member Jericho, who showed it yesterday on his Burgundian thread. Nice.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_05_03_16_7_21_16_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_05_03_16_7_21_16_3.JPG)
A lot of the other new French heads feel quite Lannister-like to me... Something about a few of the the quirky-yet-oddly-menacing helmet styles.
There are also a variety of nice new crossbow options in the new set, so my next set of builds will be a further 6 - 8 crossbowmen, to bulk out my Lannister firepower, and probably add a couple more Boltons too.
Watch this space!
:)
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Lovely conversions Richard but stay away from the Karstarks... They're mine >:D
I'm glad you've posted these as it give just that little bit more impetus for my own forces :)
cheers
James
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They look really good! I don't think you should add a cloak to the Lannister knight; he looks great without. I do think he needs a nicely detailed breastplate.. :D
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Lovely conversions as always. Can't wait to see them wet with paint!
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Lovely stuff. 8)
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Lovely bashing, Blood!
8) 8)
It is a wonder that you manage to combine so many plastic kits with the least amount of fuss.
:D
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It is a wonder that you manage to combine so many plastic kits with the least amount of fuss.
:D
Well, you know what they say, Paolo - I'm a man of many parts (and they can all be stuck together one way or another :))
;)
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I agree that the vertical-line gambeson + open faced bascinet combo is very "Starky". Very nice results, and encouraging as I'm waiting on mine. :)
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Yay!!!
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Nice additions. Thanks for sharing
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Always a treat! And continued encouragement for me to get over my hesitancy around sculpting with greenstuff (as opposed to just filling joints) and put more fur on my Starks.)
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Lovely. R, did you do something to the mouth of that bearded chap, like enlarging it or digging it out?
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Once again, most excellent plastics-bashing :-*
The mounted banner bearer is the top of this lot for me 8) (continuing the tradition of picking my favs of shown batches) :)
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Thanks all :)
Lovely. R, did you do something to the mouth of that bearded chap, like enlarging it or digging it out?
Peder - no. That's just how he comes. There are some splendid bonces in that GW hairy head set :)
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OUTSTANDING! You've made kit bashing into a FINE ART...it was a privilege to donate a small item to The Cause. Have FUN with the painting et al!
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very nice indeed :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Yeahh!!!! :-* :-*
Looking very good Richard.
This project is getting very expanded and great. :)
Thanks to you i will try and make some conversions on some conquest archers mixed with other plastic stuff to see how they look like.
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Great as always. Cant wait to see them painted Richard (Unless i get paired against them in the LPL).
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Thanks gents.
Great as always. Cant wait to see them painted Richard (Unless i get paired against them in the LPL).
lol it's not impossible Robert. Possibly even quite likely. But then you're no slouch as a painter and stager of scenes yourself, so I think we would have a close match!
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Here are a few more painted Starks, fresh from the LPL...
These are Frostgrave soldier bodies (and a couple of arms - with the spiked club), plus assorted Perry medieval heads and arms, and Fireforge heater shields. And some Gripping Beast arms and round shield on the guy with the axe.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_21_03_16_11_14_26_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_21_03_16_11_14_26_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_21_03_16_11_14_26_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_21_03_16_11_14_26_3.jpg)
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Just... wow.
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Double wow :-* :-* :-*
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How big is your Stark army right now? As the last photo lack at least Mikken, Robb, Ned and Rodrik.
Really great btw!!
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You could say the Starks might be a little stark without them (doh!) o_o
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How big is your Stark army right now? As the last photo lack at least Mikken, Robb, Ned and Rodrik.
By the time I've finished the LPL, I should have around 30 Starks painted, including the three mounted ones. After that, I'll be looking to add another few bowmen, a couple more foot soldiers, three more mounted, and that should give me enough for a reasonable small game, Lion Rampant style (or similar). Say a dozen bowmen, two dozen foot soldiers, six mounted, and a few characters.
I'll have about the same number of Lannisters and their Bolton allies by the conclusion of the LPL too - need to do more crossbowmen and mounted for them :)
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Yep that sounds about right. I'm lumping the Boltons, Freys and Karstarks together as a 'separatist' faction of the North distinct from Winterfell and it's vassals. I'm giving the Lannisters the best tech and most expensive kit. I figured they'd have more access to Mercs and Crossbows. I'm looking forward to seeing how your forces shape up!
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Phwoar.
Recipe on the blue black please Richard?
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I think this batch is my favourite of all your GoT inspired mash ups. I think its the use of the Northstar bodies which work perfectly in this context. :)
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Great as always Richard, but that last pic :-*
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Stunning. Thanks for sharing
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Those are fantastic :-* :o I love the colours used on this unit, and your attention to detail with the faces is remarkable.
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Thanks gents, for the feedback :)
Phwoar.
Recipe on the blue black please Richard?
Cheers Roy.
It's black (I'm down to the last knockings of my final bottle of Inscribe/Palmer 'Raven' - now OOP :()
The highlights are done by wet-blending small and increasing amounts of white and Vallejo Model Color 'Dark Prussian Blue' into the black.
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Fantastic again, Captain! The pictures with the scenary seems to be better for your work, the white background seems to be too shiny. Maybe a little bit darker background (blue or light gray(?)) would supportyour fantastic work.
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Beautiful brushwork on those lovely plastic dollies you have made.
:-*
I have to agree with DD, the background seems to suit them much better than the plain white backdrop.
;)
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Beautiful stuff.
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Luverly. :-* You put all those different kits together so well. With the stonking paintjob on top, it's like they were meant to go together.
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Thanks lads. Appreciate the feedback...
Interesting about the painting on white vs scenery. For some reason the colour and definition is always brighter and better against a white backdrop. It tends to wash out a bit when set against scenery. Camera setting more or less the same, but the figures look a lot greyer in the scene, and a lot blacker when shot au natrel... Ah well.
Meanwhile, back in the seven kingdoms...
With most of the preceding builds now painted (you’ll see them appearing in the LPL over coming weeks), the time has come to ramp up production, and start to fill out the ranks.
Here are ten new builds, largely using the potential of the new Perry HYW French army set. And in particular, the very nicely done array of crossbow arms included.
The first two figures are Lannister Men-at-arms / knights.
These are pretty much straight builds from the French HYW set, although the swordsman has arms from the Perry WOTR Foot Knights set, and a Fireforge heater shield. I like these new bodies in frocks – room to paint some nice Lannister lions rampant on the chest.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_23_03_16_3_13_00_0.JPG)
Next, a Lannister guardsman and crossbowman.
The guardsman is a Fireforge Templar infantry body and cloak, with Perry HYW French head and arms.
The crossbowman is straight from the HYW French set, apart from the addition of a Fireforge foot knight’s cloak.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_23_03_16_3_13_00_1.JPG)
I was going to give the guardsman a big pavise shield – again, a nice field to paint on… But I’m not sure I don’t prefer him without it. Looks a bit more butch that way.
What do you think?
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_23_03_16_3_13_00_2.JPG)
Next up, three more Lannister crossbowmen.
To the left, a Fireforge body and cloak, with a dagger arm and a crossbow arm from the French HYW set. As is the head (you have to be very careful picking heads for the Lannisters, to ensure they LOOK like Lannisters ought to look – which is slightly sinister… )
In the middle another build straight from the HYW French set, but with a FF cloak and a head from the Perry WOTR Mounted Men at Arms set. Bit of Greenstuffery required to tidy up the cloak and neck joint. Nothing too major.
And the one on the right is another French HYW build, but again with a head from the MMAA set. More Green Stuff to make sense of the join between the mail coif on the body part, and the coif on the head.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_23_03_16_3_13_00_3.JPG)
And finally, nos. eight, nine and ten for this round… Three more Bolton crossbowmen. I’m using the Frostgrave bodies for these, because the well-padded, slightly ragged style suits my mental image of the Boltons of the North. The middle body is a cultist. The other two are ‘soldiers’. All of them use crossbow arm combos from the HYW French set.
The chap on the left has a head from the Perry European Mercenaries set.
The one in the middle, a Gripping Beast Saxon helm (I’ve used several of these on the Boltons, to give them a slightly archaic feel).
And the fellow on the right, loading his crossbow, has a GW beardy head, kindly supplied (once again) by the excellent DeafNala, all the way from Texas By God (thanks Al!).
I’ve given them all quivers full of quarrels drawn variously from the Frostgrave, Perry French HYW, and Perry medieval light cavalry sets…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_23_03_16_3_13_00_4.JPG)
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I like the way you are using the same parts but with different combinations to keep the 'feel' of the different factions.
Nice.
8) 8)
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Cheers Paul :)
That's certainly the intent.
Ta.
Richard
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I was going to give the guardsman a big pavise shield – again, a nice field to paint on… But I’m not sure I don’t prefer him without it. Looks a bit more butch that way.
What do you think?
Leave the shield away. :)
I was thinking though, you could give him a red/yellow wimpel on his spear. A what? Well seems to be no english word for a wimpel, so here a picture to show what I mean: http://vlaggenmastenxl.nl/image/cache/data/wimpel2/wimpel-gelderland-2-600x600.jpg (http://vlaggenmastenxl.nl/image/cache/data/wimpel2/wimpel-gelderland-2-600x600.jpg) A very small but long flag. :)
I think a lot flags, banners and wimpels would give the Lannister army exact the arrogant and wealthy appearance it needs. :D
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Richard, could I ask for your, say, three top sets of plastic soldiers (out of Perry, Mantic, Fireforge, Gripping Beast, Frostgrave etc) to make a bulk GoT force?
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Richard, could I ask for your, say, three top sets of plastic soldiers (out of Perry, Mantic, Fireforge, Gripping Beast, Frostgrave etc) to make a bulk GoT force?
Slightly depends on the houses you are thinking of representing Peder. I've started using the Frostgrave figures as the basis for a lot of my Starks and Bolotns, because they look kind of swaddled for cold weather.
But for a generic, non-period specific mid-late medieval look, suitable for say, Lannisters, Tyrell, Baratheon, and such, I'd say either of the Perry HYW sets - English if you want to go for longbowmen, French if you want crossbows and spearmen. Both include some armoured knights as well as generic infantry types.
Then I'd go for the Fireforge Templar infantry set - lots of shields and generic medieval bodies, don't rate the heads much though. The Fireforge foot sergeants set is similar, and would be a good option too.
Not a massive fan of the Gripping Beast sets. Apart from a few of the heads, I haven't used much of them, although if you're after representing an earlier historical look, the Saxon or Viking sets with chainmail clad bodies would be useful.
The Perry Wars of the Roses Foot knights are also a very useful set if you're thinking of a heavily armoured force.
So on the whole, I'd go:
Perry HYW French and / or English.
Perry WOTR Foot knights.
Fireforge Templar infantry or Foot sergeants.
Hope helpful :)
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Sweet. Thanks.
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After all, Captain, you became - maybe by accident - the leading master of GoT. So, in the next step you should write the long expected 6th book. ;)
I agree with you with all the things about the foot, but the mounted troops seems to be more WotR than 100 years war. Being honest I'm not so glad with the fireforge stuff, the plastic version of GB Late Crusaders in my opinion. In the books I think often of the Perry's WotR Range.
But it is all the time a question of Sir Richards Modelling ideas, I think. Expect the next miracle in plastic
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So inspiring! ;D ;D ;D
Would it be possible with a small tutorial on that GS fur? They are just excellent!
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As for the fur (I hope the good Captain won't mind) it looks like he does what I do, which is to use a blunt scalpel blade or similar narrow implement, starting at the edges and making small pulling motions into the green stuff. Then working inwards in patches repeating the process to create layers, not unlike the fur combing method making thatch.
Its surprisingly effective and straightforward once you get the knack of it...
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That's about it. I do have a small pack of sculpting tools, but I really only use one of them - the one with a kind of flat spearhead.
Basically, you just wrap a blob of Green Stuff around the shoulders of the figure, roughly shape how you want it, then use the tip of the tool (repeatedly moistened) to scrape the fur like texture into it.
Simples :)
(But yes, I will try to do a bit of a tutorial at some point. Guy at Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy magazine has been on at me for ages to do an article on 'amateur sculpting' - adding capes, beards, boots, etc using GS... )
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I think that would be an excellent idea Cpn B!
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Thanks for the advice!
Awaiting your article (that should be labelled Pro-sculpting BTW) I will make some feeble attempts following your advice
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Scum of the earth, doubling as the lesser (non-zorse-mounted!) members of the Brave Companions, fresh from crushing defeat in the LPL ;)
More pics of these boys on my WOTR thread here: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=40936.1650
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_27_03_16_1_50_47_2.JPG)
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Epic, Richard, fantastic picture :-*
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Well I voted for them :D
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:-* :-* :-* :-* like them a lot and your new builds too
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Thanks lads :)
Here are my Stark bowmen from last week's LPL round...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_04_04_16_12_22_21_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_04_04_16_12_22_22_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_04_04_16_12_22_22_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_04_04_16_12_22_21_0.jpg)
And the Stark contingent so far - 22 and counting (eight more done for a later LPL round... )
:)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_04_04_16_12_22_22_4.JPG)
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Very nice, I do like your wolf-shields...
Cheers
GS
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Brilliant. :D They look reet Northern!
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So very grim and so beautiful. :-*
You must be building quite the excellent collection for Westeros now Richard. :o
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That group shot is inspirational. Will they and their antagonists feature at a BLAM event in the future? That would be quite a sight!
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Without any knowledge of the Game of Thrones among other things, I can still admire your WONDERFULLY INSPIRING creations simply for the artistry. VERY WELL DONE as always!
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Stonking set of northemen.
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Very, very nice. My favourites me thinks of all your GoT inspired figures. ;D
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Lovely work, Richard.
I always admire such well done 'black' tones.
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....My favourites me thinks of all your GoT inspired figures. ;D
Mine too.
:D
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Very, very nice. My favourites me thinks of all your GoT inspired figures. ;D
I agree. They could pass as Crows to (bar the shields).
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Stunning as usual. Nice group shots. Thanks for sharing
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Very nice indeed. :-* :-*
Keep it coming.
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Lovely. The sigils are so good. 8)
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Damned impressive Richard!
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Very well done. The colour scheme pulls them together nicely. Not that they needed it too much, beforehand!
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Thanks fellas :)
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That project is really unique regarding the quality of the painting, photography and it's so full of wondefull conversion ideas :-* Well done, Richard!
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Bloody marvellous.
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nice archers :-* :-*
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:-* :-* :-*
Inspiration and envy in equal measure. :D
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Those archers are some of your nicest Westeros figures. Silly question but am I right in thinking that in the books GRR Martin has the Stark coat of arms as a Grey Wolf on a white figure? I actually prefer your version of the coat of arms, also that very dark grey can easily be redefined as faded black and you have reinforcements for your Night's Watch and vice versa.
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Silly question but am I right in thinking that in the books GRR Martin has the Stark coat of arms as a Grey Wolf on a white figure?
I think you might be right. It's a few years since I read the books. I had a white device on black field in my head for some reason - and I pinched the idea of the two tone black/grey field from tomrommel1!
A quick Google image search reveals infinite combinations of black / grey / silver / white. AWOIAF indeed records it as a grey dire wolf on a white field - but then their illustration looks more like some kind of marsupial cuddly toy than a savage giant vulpine predator, so I'm not giving too much credence to that ;)
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Herladic tinctures are a bit tricky, at least in our world. I am sure many of you already know this. There are many rules and also crimes against them.
The ourworld pallet is most notably rather limited: Or, Argent, Gule, Sable Azure, Vert and Purple.
Argent/silver is most often represented but white or rarely, pale grey.
Or/gold is represented by goldleaf or yellow.
In the world of I&F colours like orange, light green, grey, pink, turquoise, browns are apparently bonafide but in ourwold they are (have been) considered variations of the basic tinctures. There for pink is Gule (and therefore, until an earth shattering shift in paradigm just a few hundred years ago, a very martial and masculine colour).
So what am I getting at? There have never been ISO colour codes in heraldry. The whole point, I argue, is that heraldry was used for recognition of your tribe/nation/family/guild/cricket team... I am find it unlikely that there has ever been a Master of Arms handing out a scoop from the same pot of paint, telling the levy exactly how to represent their honorable mark. I imagine he'd rather go like:"Now, I would like you all to paint a fucking (this is GoT after all) fierce looking wolf on your shields. Make it greyish on a background of snow and paint it ruddy scary". Then the equivalent of the village Saturday aquarellist would do his or her best with soot and limewash for himself and those without talent.
I would personally give plus points to the person who has the stamina to paint a number of variations of the same heraldic theme.
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What???
:o :o :o
You mean that they didnt just pop down to 'Heraldic-Devices-R-Us' and get a 'codex' copy printed on their sheid?!?
You speak Heresy, I tell ya!
:D ;)
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Man, those group shots look cool; lots of atmosphere! The way you kit-bash is so inspiring to me. I have done a few conversions with the perry models and the frostgrave soldiers, and I'm amazed with how well they fit together.
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Thanks :)
Here are my latest batch of Lannisters... All plastic kit-bashed, per the builds way up above in this selfsame thread.
Except for the older chap with the grey beard and receding hairline, who is a Blue Moon figure from one of their Robin Hood type sets, kindly gifted to me by the Prof along with a few other likely candidates...
The ruined castle gate is another Manor House Workshop piece.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_17_04_16_8_08_28_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_17_04_16_8_08_29_1.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_17_04_16_8_08_29_2.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_17_04_16_8_08_29_3.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_17_04_16_8_08_29_4.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_17_04_16_8_10_33_0.jpg)
And my House Lannister contingent so far...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_17_04_16_8_10_33_1.JPG)
I now have another 8 primed and ready to paint...
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Splendid :D
cheers
James
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Wow, love the Lannister Dwarf, great bashing, Captain.
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They are all so wonderful. :-* :o o_o 8)
Recipe for the red, please. :D
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This is turning into a spectacular-looking force there, sir.
Stunning reds, I am seriously envious.
:-* :-*
Quick question: Which kit is the head with the leather coif from?
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Roar indeed. Bravo sir.
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I especially like that model with the (Frostgrave?) hooded head. Does that represent any character in particular?
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I like that Jamie has the hairdo of a 70ies B-movie star.
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Quick question: Which kit is the head with the leather coif from?
I especially like that model with the (Frostgrave?) hooded head.
Ah!
Frostgrave sounds about right.
:D
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Thanks gents.
Yes, the chap in the leather cap's head (I have cast him as Ser Kevan Lannister) is indeed from the Frostgrave Soldiers set. As are his arms.
Ser Jaime is rather obviously The Kingslayer, with his golden armour and 70's pop star blond hairdo (I was thinking of David Van Day from Dollar when I was making him :D)
The older fellow (Blue Moon figure) will be appearing as Ser Gerion Lannister, Tywin's youngest brother, favourite uncle of both Tyrion and Jaime. Went on a quest looking for his family's ancestral sword Brightroar, and never returned. (Thanks to Charlie_ for the suggestion! :))
The red is my standard red recipe - basically GW 'Evil Sunz Scarlet' (yes really) - basecoat cut with a bit of black, then neat Evil Sunz, then highlight coat with a bit of VMC bright yellow mixed in, then very topmost highlights, a bit of white mixed into the red/yellow blend.
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Delicious reds and delightful sigils 8) :-*
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Yes, the chap in the leather cap's head (I have cast him as Ser Kevan Lannister)
I had an inkling. Just couldn't remember the name 'Kevan'. :D
The red is my standard red recipe - basically GW 'Evil Sunz Scarlet' (yes really) - basecoat cut with a bit of black, then neat Evil Sunz, then highlight coat with a bit of VMC bright yellow mixed in, then very topmost highlights, a bit of white mixed into the red/yellow blend.
Nice! I'd've thought white would create a slightly chalky pink effect, but these are vivid all the way up to the highlights. I guess the yellow helps there?
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Lubs me dem reds!!! :-*
And so much character in the group!
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Wonderful! If you get tired from making knights, you should make the mountain clans men as a retinue for Tyrion.
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Wonderful! If you get tired from making knights, you should make the mountain clans men as a retinue for Tyrion.
Brilliant idea. Thanks :)
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A fine looking group of scoundrels, excellent work. The red is rather lush.
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EXCELLENT! Red is my favorite color...VERY WELL DONE as always!
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Wonderful! If you get tired from making knights, you should make the mountain clans men as a retinue for Tyrion.
Brilliant idea. Thanks :)
It is indeed.
Although I think you should leave the Burned Men for Steve.
They sound right up his street.
;)
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Richard these are really nice . Like that you gave them all a cloak.
Hope you had a nice day out at Salute! It was nice meeting you!
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Thanks Tom. Was good to catch up :)
Here are my latest Boltons, fresh from a well-earned defeat in the last round of the LPL... ;)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_24_04_16_11_38_55_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_24_04_16_11_38_56_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_24_04_16_11_38_56_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_24_04_16_11_38_56_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_24_04_16_11_38_56_4.JPG)
Here's the small Bolton contingent so far, although I have another six half-finished. Hopefully they should be appearing soon...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_24_04_16_11_39_53.jpg)
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Brilliant. Love the guy in the cowl holding an axe and shield :-*
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Never has pink looked so terrifying. :o
Brilliant as always Richard.
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As Klein and his blue I shall as a critic I always prize Richard's pink period the highest. In fact I think that particular hue should henceforth be called Captain Blood Pink.
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Lovely :D
Captain Pink!
lol
cheers
James
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I thank you from the pinky depths of my heart :D
(It's not my fault that George R R Martin picked such a patently stupid combination of livery colours for House Bolton! lol)
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For most of them to be honest ::)
cheers
James
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Yeah. For an author so steeped in the culture of all things medieval, he displays a strange lack of knowledge of the basic rules of viable heraldry ::)
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Yeah. For an author so steeped in the culture of all things medieval, he displays a strange lack of knowledge of the basic rules of viable heraldry ::)
lol
Astounding brushwork Richard. You must be tickled pink.
:-*
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Yeah. For an author so steeped in the culture of all things medieval, he displays a strange lack of knowledge of the basic rules of viable heraldry ::)
That's why I picked Karstarks, easy emblem and colours lol
cheers
James
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Yeah. For an author so steeped in the culture of all things medieval, he displays a strange lack of knowledge of the basic rules of viable heraldry ::)
I kind of like that deviation from ourworld heraldry. It is...simply fun! (And a rather american take on things)
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Damn, those Boltons look scary.. and again, I'm very impressed with the way you've mixed so many kits.
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Your Bolton look great :-*!
Honestly all your Game of Thrones is excellent!, very well done!
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What game system are you using them for mate?
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Nothing yet. Don't have quite enough. But will probably give them a try with Lion Rampant once up to strength...
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Look forward to that as that is the direction my group is taking :)
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The pink came out better then I thought! Indeed a strange combination of colors but you made it work!
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Don't think of it as pink. Think of it as Polish crimson...that's how Imrie Risley referred to their pink when they had their own line of paints.
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Thanks Al!
Polish Crimson it shall be :D
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The next few builds...
I picked up a pack of the new Fireforge Kiev City Militia spearmen at Salute a couple of weeks back. (There's a City Militia archer pack too).
These are small sets of six resin figures each. Very nice sculpting - better than the FF plastics I think. Great detailing, although working with resin is a bit strange. One thing I discover is that polystyrene cement does not stick plastic to resin. So after making a bit of a mess, I went to superglue instead which seems to do the job...
Anyway, I thought these figures, suitably wrapped up for the Russian (or Ukrainian) cold would do nicely for the North. Obviously I couldn't build them straight from the box... I had to have a fiddle.
Here are the first three...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_02_05_16_11_38_27_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_02_05_16_11_38_27_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/577_02_05_16_11_38_27_4.JPG)
The guy in the hat will become another Stark soldier. He's made from the City Militia set but using FF plastic serjeants arms (the Kiev set has spears only).
The one in the middle uses the 'fat' body from the City Militia set. I've added a head from the Conquest Games 'Medieval Archers' set (the heads are really the only good things in this set IMHO), arms from FF and Perry plastic sets, and a generous amount of Green stuff to make sense of his hair and upper sleeves. He's really for my Feudal project, but he will double as some sort of Bolton or Bloody Mummer...
The spearman uses a GB throwing spear arm from the Dark Age warriors set, and an Ancient Celt head from the Warlord Games set of that name. I had to remake the fur trim around his jacket shoulders, as it got a bit mangled in the glueing shenanigans... This character will be joining the Boltons as another of Ramsay's huntsmen.... He has the right kind of face for it... :)
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Oooh really characterfull guys! :-* I love the guy in the middle!
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Very interesting poses! I'll have to see them painted to judge the resin sculpting of those, but they look promising! =)
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Great stuff. :-*
I hate working with resin but the way you did looks great.
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Top builds Richard, love the fella in the middle 8)
How much of the face was sculpted?
cheers
James
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Top builds Richard, love the fella in the middle 8)
How much of the face was sculpted?
None of it. It's from that Conquest archers box that we split. I just had to carve away some of the extraneous plastic surround and then make good the hair.
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Why is it green then ???
cheers
James
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Why is it green then ???
cheers
James
He's been ill.
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'Cos I do the substantial work to the hair with proper Green Stuff, then fill in any remaining crevices with liquid Green Stuff. This get's all over his face, so I just paint the whole thing Green, so I start to get a sense of how he looks when complete, without different blotchy colours getting n the way! :D
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I prefer Hammers answer...
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nice builds
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'Cos I do the substantial work to the hair with proper Green Stuff, then fill in any remaining crevices with liquid Green Stuff. This get's all over his face, so I just paint the whole thing Green, so I start to get a sense of how he looks when complete, without different blotchy colours getting n the way! :D
lol
It is a seamless transition 8)
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The one in the middle uses the 'fat' body from the City Militia set. I've added a head from the Conquest Games 'Medieval Archers' set (the heads are really the only good things in this set IMHO), arms from FF and Perry plastic sets, and a generous amount of Green stuff to make sense of his hair and upper sleeves. He's really for my Feudal project, but he will double as some sort of Bolton or Bloody Mummer...
That's what I thought of when I saw the picture. It must be Biter.
Lovely
Cheers
GS
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Centre guy is a real stand out Rich, oodles of character.
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Thanks chaps. He's a great looking character isn't he :)
Meanwhile, I have been adding firepower to my Boltons...
The raw builds are shown up above... A variety of plastic and resin parts kitbashed mercilessly together...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_17_05_16_8_14_05_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_17_05_16_8_14_05_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_17_05_16_8_14_05_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_17_05_16_8_14_05_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_17_05_16_8_14_05_4.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_17_05_16_8_17_26_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_17_05_16_8_17_26_1.JPG)
House Bolton so far...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_17_05_16_8_17_26_2.JPG)
And the arty shot...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_17_05_16_8_17_26_3.JPG)
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And the numbers grow ;D
cheers
James
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Boltons; booh hiss!
Nice paintjobs and conversions; hurray!
The three on the right look like particular bastards.
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They're all bastards Steve. I've tried to make them to look like that ;)
(Well, all except for the Bastard of Bolton, who's been legitimised and looks like butter wouldn't melt... )
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They're all bastards Steve. I've tried to make them to look like that ;)
(Well, all except for the Bastard of Bolton, who's been legitimised and looks like butter wouldn't melt... )
Oh they're all bastards all right, but those three are particular bastards! lol
Don't get me started on Ramsay Bolton. He's a total can't! In this case I'll defer to autocorrect out of politeness.
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Brilliant, in all meanings of the word :D
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I quite like the Barbutes on those, they definitely seem menacing and Boltonesque to me. :)
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Gems, all of them.
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Wonderful, and so nice to see that lovely dusty rose on an army.
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Man the quality of these is just mind blowing :o Would love to see a battle report at some point Captain Blood
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A pleasure to look at - as always!
Cheers
GS
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Not really fan of the mink color for the Boltons, but it's just a matter of personnal taste.
As always with you, the painting is really top and the freehands on the shields nicely done.
Good job, Captain ! :-*
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Very very nice painting!! I particularly like the fur trim round the shoulders and the neck on the spear armed one. Might nick that idea
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They look great. More please.
Which house will you be doing next?
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inspirational!
many thanks mate.
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Not really fan of the mink color for the Boltons, but it's just a matter of personnal taste.
Merci beaucoup. I'm not a great fan of the colour scheme either, but it is what's described for the Boltons in the books.
Very very nice painting!! I particularly like the fur trim round the shoulders and the neck on the spear armed one. Might nick that idea
Viel dank. Nick away, Tom. The figure came like that, to be fair. (I just added a bit of extra thickness to the fur trim using Green Stuff :))
Which house will you be doing next?
That's a good question.
I have another batch of Lannisters to paint, and then I need to do more cavalry for both sides.
Beyond that, I'm not sure.
The good thing about the Starks, Lannisters and Boltons, is that - as well as being three of the leading factions in the books - they can all fight each other, with the Boltons on either side.
I started on some Greyjoys, but because they don't really feature much in the books, apart from their forays into the North, I don't have a lot of enthusiasm for building a Greyjoy army.
I suppose I could go Tyrell or Arryn, but Tully is most likely, because I can add a few standards and characters with shileds, and then use my WOTR Yorkists as ringers, in their murrey and blue livery.
Am quite attracted by the idea of some of the minor houses, further down the line maybe... :)
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Do you not fancy doing some of Stannis' men so you can duke it out in the North?
Lovely minis as always.
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Am quite attracted by the idea of some of the minor houses, further down the line maybe... :)
Hmmm do tell. ;)
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Tyrells could fight both Starks and Lannisters as well.
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When are we going to see some artsy battle shots between numerous factions on a large scale?
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I started on some Greyjoys, but because they don't really feature much in the books, apart from their forays into the North, I don't have a lot of enthusiasm for building a Greyjoy army.
The burning of Lannisport, the battle of Fair Island, the scouring of Kayce and more all await your Lannisters and (future) Greyjoys. Throw in some Tyrell's and you can refight the Shield Islands, Arbor and the Mander! Just need ships, shore and island scenery! ;D
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When are we going to see some artsy battle shots between numerous factions on a large scale?
When I've painted just a few more, enough for a battle :)
Meanwhile, my latest Starks, fresh from round 11 of the Lead Painters League...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_22_05_16_7_27_30_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_22_05_16_7_27_31_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_22_05_16_7_27_31_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_22_05_16_7_27_31_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_22_05_16_7_27_31_4.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_22_05_16_7_31_10_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_22_05_16_7_31_10_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_22_05_16_7_31_11_4.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_22_05_16_7_33_20_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_22_05_16_7_31_11_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_22_05_16_7_31_11_2.JPG)
30 Starks and counting so far...
Need to do at least three more cavalry, and probably a few more men at arms types on foot...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_22_05_16_7_33_20_1.JPG)
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Super inspirational as always. What's the head on the mounted banner bearer?
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From the Conquest Games medieval archers set. Great heads. Not so keen on the rest of the kit. But it's worth it for the heads... :)
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Great stuff :-* :-*
I think we need some more bad guys though :?
Freys next for me then :D
cheers
James
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Well done - they look mean :-*
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Lovely work, sir.
Very characterful.
:-* :-*
Where are those puppies from?
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Superb. :-* :-*
May i ask from what box(es) did you made the bareheaded mounted standard bearer?
The head i know already. :)
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Awesome! Ive been toying with Robert's Rebelion but this is amazing!
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Such awesome painting.
As a follow up to my previous question, will you be focusing on Essos at all?
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Well they're all sorts of awesome, great job.
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Where are those puppies from?
DeeZee / Primeval wolves, Paul. You can see the whole pack in my Cave Wars thread / gallery :)
They just happen to double up nicely for Stark dire wolves.
As a follow up to my previous question, will you be focusing on Essos at all?
No. I did a few Braavosi at the top of the thread, and a test Dothraki. But really, my heart lies in Westeros :)
May i ask from what box(es) did you made the bareheaded mounted standard bearer?
The head i know already. :)
Rui, it's a Perry medieval light cavalry body with arms from the mounted men at arms set I think...
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I love your style...BEAUTIFUL brushwork & GLORIOUS colors. Going from researching historical pieces to researching fantasy ones seems like a logical step to moi. OUTSTANDINGLY WELL DONE as always!
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Thanks Al.
Another of your generously donated hairy heads features on the Stark mounted commander, so I hope you like him :)
Richard
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Many thanks Richard.
I need to buy one of those WOTR boxes of mounted light cavalry for kitbashing.
The horses look the best.
One more question please. Did you ever tried to mix perry horses with mounted fireforge figures and if so do they mix well?
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He did:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_22_05_16_7_27_31_3.JPG)
They work well together!
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That´s the oposite. :D
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IIRC, the general consensus is that the Perry Horses are thinner than the Fireforge horses, so the FF riders would fit on the Perry horses but would need some sort of filler.
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Yeah, the FF riders look like they are riding a rail on Perry horses, plus the stirrups end on open air. Perhaps with careful bending, or cutting the riders at the waist.
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One more question please. Did you ever tried to mix perry horses with mounted fireforge figures and if so do they mix well?
Yes, I generally put Perry horse heads onto FF horse bodies if I want a caparisoned horse. Otherwise I just use Perry horses. They are an altogether better quality. Although actually, the FF unbarded horse bodies are really very nice - it's just the grinning skull horse heads I don't like.
In terms of the riders, as mentioned by the others:
1. Perry figure can sit on a FF horse, but you need to carve away the high saddle or the rider won't fit (like the example shown just above). You can always build up a new saddle afterwards from Green Stuff. You also need to carve away a little of the side skirts to get a Perry rider to sit down properly on a FF mount.
2. I haven't actually tried FF figures on a Perry mount. But yes, you'd expect them to be a bit loose...
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DeeZee / Primeval wolves, Paul. You can see the whole pack in my Cave Wars thread / gallery :)
They just happen to double up nicely for Stark dire wolves.
Thanks, Richard.
They certainly do.
I like them and it is certainly good to know where they are from for future use.
:D
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(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_08_06_15_3_01_24_1.JPG)
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No Ghost :'(
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Richard, Dbsubashi , Digitarii, GS, many thanks for the tips and explanations. :)
I will try both ways as soon as i get my hands on some perry horses.
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Excellent painting work, could u say me the manufacturer of the wolves please? Are amazing!!!
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Captain, I just wanted to say that the blueish greyish black on your Starks is just amazing. Rich and somehow bright while still being black. Just wow.
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(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/22/577_08_06_15_3_01_24_1.JPG)
Ooooh....
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You've soon got yourself a nice Dragon/Lion Rampant Stark army. I really like that group photo.
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Excellent painting work, could u say me the manufacturer of the wolves please? Are amazing!!!
DeeZee / Primeval wolves, Paul. You can see the whole pack in my Cave Wars thread / gallery :)
They just happen to double up nicely for Stark dire wolves.
;)
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Brienne of Tarth...
Nothing terribly clever about this...
Perry C15th Foot Knight body (I picked one of the taller ones) and arms; Statuesque metal head; Fireforge cloak, and a bit of Green Stuff to pull it together...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_10_06_16_5_44_30_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_10_06_16_5_44_30_1.JPG)
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She is going to look far too pretty!
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She is going to look far too pretty!
Dont worry. After he has painted her she will not look pretty any more. ;)
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She is going to look far too pretty!
I agree ,perhaps the Richard bare head version would be more appropriate :) but this is a tricky one to resolve.At this scale I feel the head that has been chosen would be more readily recognizable as feminine and therefore more than suitable to represent the character of Brienne,I'm sure this is what the good Captain had in mind and considered when creating this mini :)
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I like it.
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Nicely done. The head marks her out as female but the armour and stance is very masculine, so overall very Brienne-like. Thanks for sharing
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I think it works fine. Pugged nosed, cropped hair, sufficiently feminine. A dusky skin base colour and she'll look the bollocks.
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I think it works fine. Pugged nosed, cropped hair, sufficiently feminine. A dusky skin base colour and she'll look the bollocks.
I concur with Hammers. I like what you've done. 8)
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Yes, she'll do!
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Captain, did you go with the Pulp scale heads or the Fine scale heads, as that looks spot on...
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Captain, did you go with the Pulp scale heads or the Fine scale heads, as that looks spot on...
I think there are three sizes? I bought two packs. Not sure which this one is. It's not Pulp scale though - they were too big. Actually think this may be a whisker too small, but it's the closest match size-wise to the Perry heads.
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Which period are you going to paint her for?
cheers
James
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Which period are you going to paint her for?
cheers
James
Really, James! A bit of decorum, please...
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Really, James! A bit of decorum, please...
And you have the cheek to call me vulgar :o
lol
cheers
James
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And you have the cheek to call me vulgar :o
lol
cheers
James
It's just a mask I put on when it is convenient for me... ;)
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It's just a mask I put on when it is convenient for me... ;)
And what a good one it is :D
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very nice indeed
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Which period are you going to paint her for?
cheers
James
Oh, gold armour, definitely :)
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I set up a little set-to between my Game of Thrones factions.
The Starks attacking a holdfast occupied by the Lannisters and their Bolton allies...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_08_07_16_6_05_04_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_08_07_16_6_05_04_4.JPG)
More pics on my Renedra Tower build project thread... http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=90386.135
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Game time! Game time! Game time!
:D
cheers
James
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Wow. That is a wonderful scene.
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Great stuff!
Where are the miniatures from and what colours did you use? ;)
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Blimely Charlie. That's a fantastic scene :o
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Superb painting and photos Richard, inspiring work :-*
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Great photos Richard!
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Conversions to building to paint, just amazing work Richard!
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Can I come and live with you please?
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Can I come and live with you please?
lol
Only if you bring your paints.
And your NMM technique!
;)
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Fantastic diorama Captain - I am in awe.
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lol
Only if you bring your paints.
And your NMM technique!
;)
Done. No backsies.
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Real nice.
I second the need to see a game played with this too!
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That looks really stunning, The Renadra tower fits in very nicely with the Westerosi theme!
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What a great scene. Excellent.
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Thanks folks :)
Now the latest Lannisters to roll off the painting line...
Perry parts mainly, although the spearman has a Fireforge body and cloak.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_31_07_16_4_30_23_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_31_07_16_4_30_23_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_31_07_16_4_30_23_1.JPG)
Plus Brienne of Tarth - Perry body and arms and a Statuesque Miniatures head.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_31_07_16_4_30_23_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_31_07_16_4_30_23_4.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_31_07_16_4_31_04_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_31_07_16_4_31_04_1.JPG)
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Beautiful!
:-*
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lol That was quick - thanks Steve 8)
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Well Done :-*
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Lovelly aditions. :-* :-*
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Lovely as always.
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lol That was quick - thanks Steve 8)
lol
Less than a minute after you put them up
Maybe I'm stalking you?!? ;) :D
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Maybe I'm stalking you?!? ;) :D
Maybe isn't the word I would've used ;)
Lovely stuff Richard :-* :-*
cheers
James
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Beautiful Captain! Loving the golden visor. And the teal cloak on Brienne is a capital touch, one I'll have to remember and borrow!
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Very nice, even if Briennes face is much to good looking in my opinion. Still exquisit painting, though.
Cheers
GS
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More great additions. Thanks for sharing
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Wonderful!
:-* :-*
And I should say: 'Thank You!' too, as I started reading the books after your recommendation and I have to agree that they are so much better than watching the moving pictures. Much more depth and explanation of motives etc.
I still really enjoy the series, but it does pale a little in comparison.
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Thanks Paul. The books do get a bit weighty towards the later volumes, but the first three instalments are great. God knows how thick and convoluted 'The Winds of Winter' will be... If it ever actually appears!
Beautiful Captain! Loving the golden visor. And the teal cloak on Brienne is a capital touch, one I'll have to remember and borrow!
Ha ha. That's okay. I pinched the gold visors from Don Voss's HYW thread ;)
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Thanks Paul. The books do get a bit weighty towards the later volumes, but the first three instalments are great. God knows how thick and convoluted 'The Winds of Winter' will be... If it ever actually appears!
He's got a lot of loose ends to start tying up ::)
Still a good read though, I've just finished my third outing :D
cheers
James
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While I have architectural reservations about the Renedra tower per se, I cannot but doff my cap to your excellent conversion of it... A fab realization as always
Cpn B, I think we may have another convert to the good books in Mason!
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Excellent! Love the gold armour on the virago 8)
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Crikey :-*
I wish I could paint properly, and not just drybrushing. lol
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Plus Brienne of Tarth - Perry body and arms and a Statuesque Miniatures head.
Cracking bunch of eye candy as usual Richard :)
For Brienne, do you use a Fine or Pulp sized head?
Cheers
Gary
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Um... Not sure. There are three sizes of heads. I think this is the middle one? It's actually probably a whisker too small, but the larger size heads (pulp scale?) looked too large...
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Brienne looks great! :)
Regarding which size it is, I can quite understand Captain Blood not being sure as there's not much difference between Fine and Pulp scale (9% width, 6% height and 3% depth to be exact!). However, I'd have thought that would be the Fine Scale heads. You can see Fine Scale (3 on left) and Pulp Scale (3 on right) in this image (https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mZDnwvp48LY/VuHXOUuphiI/AAAAAAAAB2g/4j4ZD3pfpGAkmkYKsnVFTSNyLLJpbJWGA/s1600/knightsboths.jpg). Fine Scale are the closest to the size of the original Perry heads.
In terms of size, Fine Scale is the smallest, then Pulp Scale, then Heroic Scale. My other half still berates me for not calling them Small, Medium and Large... ;D
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Great work, the vivid reds and yellows really stand out.
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Amazing work as always!!
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I've never seen The Game of Thrones. HOWEVER, your creations are always BEAUTIFUL AND INSPIRING. VERY WELL DONE once more!
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Tremendous, very vibrant red.
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Cool conversions and good painting ! :-*
It's always a pleasure to come on this thread...
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Lovely figures
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Cracking work, Capt B :-*
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Extremely fine execution of the Lannister Lion Rampant heraldry. And I'll second the comment re Brienne - beautifully painted figure, but the face is much too good looking !
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I have to say it - While Brienne is a beautiful piece of miniature artwork, the gold armor and the flowing locks makes me think of Jamie Lannister instead of Brienne. I've read the books and watched the entire series and Brienne (to me) would have been in steel or silver armor with a more severe hairstyle.
Just my opinion.
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Thank you. Everyone's entitled to their opinion :)
After something of a painting hiatus, finally I have managed to complete a few more figures...
Four more Lannister crossbowmen, giving me a unit of six... The details of the parts these are built from are up above somewhere earlier in the thread...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/577_01_11_16_1_58_25_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/577_01_11_16_1_58_25_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/577_01_11_16_1_58_25_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/577_01_11_16_1_58_25_3.JPG)
And a solitary Stark footsoldier...
This is one of the Fireforge resin 'Kiev City Militia' figures - very nice miniatures - but with FF plastic arms, titivated with a little Green Stuff fur trim to make sense of the arm joints...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/577_01_11_16_1_58_25_4.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/577_01_11_16_1_59_07_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/577_01_11_16_1_59_07_1.JPG)
Lannister vs Stark...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/577_01_11_16_1_59_07_2.JPG)
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Got inspired from other night did we :D
They look lovely 8)
I built the 'Blackfish' last night as well :D
cheers
James
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I like the Stark guy a lot! He looks really fierce!
James, any chance we can see your Blackfish?
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Maybe tonight but I've got six Tully household knights I'd like to finish first :)
cheers
James
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stunning stuff sir
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Wow fantastic! I really love the conversion, the fur makes it look suitably nordish and you wouldn't expect this to be a conversion :o
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:-* :-* :-* lost for words
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Lovely work, Richard.
I particularly like that Stark fella, nice conversion work.
:-* :-*
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I like those Lannistermen a lot.
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I like those Lannistermen a lot.
Yes, me too. They really look the part.
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Amazing stuff Captain Blood!
It's a lovely red you've got there.
I set up a little set-to between my Game of Thrones factions.
The Starks attacking a holdfast occupied by the Lannisters and their Bolton allies...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_08_07_16_6_05_04_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/25/577_08_07_16_6_05_04_4.JPG)
More pics on my Renedra Tower build project thread... http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=90386.135
PS I some how missed this! Lovely stuff!
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Thanks Andy :)
It's easy to lose track of these long running threads ;)
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Excellent stuff, Good to see more missile troops. :)
I had forgotten your lovely buildings, bring them along for the next game. ;D
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Wonderful, as always!!! :-*
I really enjoy realistic poses that you give to your converted miniatures! For me it requires a lot of planning...
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Once again, great stuff here. :-*
Conversions are simple but very effective, and the painting is top, as always !
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I had forgotten your lovely buildings, bring them along for the next game. ;D
They're blinking heavy. You might need to come here!
I really enjoy realistic poses that you give to your converted miniatures! For me it requires a lot of planning...
That is half the fun ;)
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Nice additions. The Fireforge militia look like useful figures. Thanks for sharing
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Outstanding as always Captain :-*
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Thanks lads 8)
More on the way... Just not quite sure when!
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More on the way... Just not quite sure when!
Me too :D
cheers
James
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I need to create a few more characters...
I already made a Ned Stark figure on foot - one of the first GoT figures I made up...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_07_09_14_10_56_07_0.jpg)
But for purposes of the game, I need a mounted Lord Eddard. And with maybe slightly less Viking-y looking hairiness...
This is one of the new Frostgrave Barbarian heads on a Perry WOTR light cavalry body, with Perry Foot Knight arms, a Fireforge cloak, and a generous application of Green Stuff fur and flowing locks. I'll probably give him a shield as well - a small FF heater shield.
The heads are in new Frostgrave Barbarian set are really top notch. Full of character. When I saw this grim-visage countenance, I knew straightaway who he was going to be!
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/577_13_11_16_11_19_44_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/577_13_11_16_11_19_44_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/577_13_11_16_11_19_45_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/577_13_11_16_11_19_44_1.JPG)
Next up will be Ser Tywin Lannister mounted...
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Looking good :)
cheers
James
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He fits the bill nicely, sir.
Bravo.
8) 8)
I thought those barbarian kits could be useful and shall probably grab a set for myself at some point to make a Necromunda gang.
:D
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Brilliant, Richard. Very dramatic and dynamic.
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top notch Richard. I like him a lot!
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Thank you chaps.
You are indeed, hard core supporters of this thread :)
I can see I'll have to start building some baddies/southerners soon...
cheers
James
Just pointing out James, that you said this almost two years ago. But as of last night, you've still built exclusively goodies! lol
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Well his Karstarks aren't exclusively goodies. After Robb beheads mister Karstark they join the Bolton-Frey alliance...
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True enough :)
I have finally got round to finishing off my Bolton dog pack - the dread hounds of Dreadfort, used by Ramsay Snow for hunting... well, all sorts of things.
The two pseudo-Rottweilers I did a while back, but have now bulked out the pack with various lighter coloured hounds.
The animals are a mix of Vendel (now Sgt.Major Miniatures) and Warlord Games mastiffs. The Warlord ones (without collars) are nice sculpts, but a bit more doggy looking. The Vendel ones look more like actual mastiffs. There are two or three from each pack I didn't use. Partly because I only need 6 in a 'unit', but also because there was something not quite right about the posing / anatomy.
Anyway, I like all these ones well enough :)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/577_26_12_16_11_43_21_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/577_26_12_16_11_43_21_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/577_26_12_16_11_43_21_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/26/577_26_12_16_11_43_21_1.JPG)
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Lovely pooches, sir.
:-* :-*
So cute.....until they rip your face off, that is.
:D
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great stuff.
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Really great- the faces of those hounds are so characterful!
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Lovely stuff but a couple of them are looking a bit long in the tooth lol
Will they be rolling d6 ;D
cheers
James
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D8. Always attack at the charge, see? :D
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D8. Always attack at the charge, see? :D
Bugger lol
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Very nice doggies. I just bought some Warlord ones. Great price for them.
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I have painted a fair amount of dogs in my days an the Vendel curs are among my favorites.
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Top dogs 8)
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Lovely work, Richard! :-*
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Love those dogs. If I ever need more, I'll take a look at the Vendel ones for sure.
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Bugger lol
lol
Smashing brushwork. :)
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Thanks Nick. Are we due another trial run?
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Yeah!
I've got a Blackfish now :D
cheers
James
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Thanks Nick. Are we due another trial run?
I should say so sometime in the next couple of weeks?
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Great :)
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Wonderful pack of canines! 8)
Wouldn't want to be chased/charged by them, d6 or d8! lol
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lol
They can be a bit vicious...
cheers
James
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very nice dogs Richard
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Wow. What else is there to say? I remember coming across this thread (and this website) I think sometime after Lion Rampant was published in 2014 and I had wanted to throw together some GRRM inspired figs. What a treat to come back and get to see...three years of work? Amazing. Keep up the great work! Definitely has me inspired.
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Thanks :)
Glad it's given you some food for thought!
Been a bit of a lull on this while I've been doing WW2 and Arthurians over the past few months, but I do have some more GoT plastic figures built, and will be back with it shortly!
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And here we are. A little late in the day, but my final entry from the recently concluded Lead Painters League...
These are Frostgrave plastic barbarians, and very delightful figures they are too. I will certainly be making up some more.
For GoT purposes, I'm thinking of these more as Hill Tribes than out-and-out Wildlings, although they would do for either.
The barbarian giant is by Copplestone from the old Grenadier range. This sculpt is probably 25 years old, but is still widely available and fresh as a daisy. Lovely model to make and paint, with a choice of heads and weapons. He's not really Sasquatch-hairy / primitive enough to pass as a plausible GoT giant from the Free Peoples north of The Wall. But I like him anyway :)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/28/577_18_06_17_6_02_35_4.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/28/577_18_06_17_6_01_09_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/28/577_18_06_17_6_01_09_4.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/28/577_18_06_17_6_02_35_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/28/577_18_06_17_6_02_35_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/28/577_18_06_17_6_01_09_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/28/577_18_06_17_6_01_09_1.JPG)
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nice skin 8)
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As always with you outstanding paintjob and scenesetting.
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Will you bleeding stop it, I have 4 boxes of these on their way for a Sword and Spear fantasy Wildling army after some of the lads ogled your GOT page...all your fault :-* ;D lol
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The guy with the shield is my favourite but they are all wonderful. I would love to get my hands on one of those giants, as it really does, as you said, look like a fund model to paint.
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Thanks Kaiser. You can buy the giant from a couple of different retailers still I think. What's more he was only 7 or 8 quid I think. Pretty good value for a solid lump of lead in this day and age...
Edit: in fact, he was only a fiver from Folorn Hope Games. Outstanding value, plus a pound or so P&P and delivered within a couple of days.
Heh heh. You can't blame me for ALL your new collecting diversions Karl :D
Late Romans and a Game of Thrones so far... Afrika Korps and Desert Rats up next? ;) lol
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Thanks Kaiser. You can buy the giant from a couple of different retailers still I think. What's more he was only 7 or 8 quid I think. Pretty good value for a solid lump of lead in this day and age...
Heh heh. You can't blame me for ALL your new collecting diversions Karl :D
Late Romans and a Game of Thrones so far... Afrika Korps and Desert Rats up next? ;) lol
Nope you can`t get me onto those ;D :o
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Holy shit! DUNCAN!!!! Brilliant stuff Rich. :-* :-*
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great job !!! :-* :-*
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Those barbarians and that giant are fantastically painted :-* :-*
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Lovely palette Richard. :-* :-*
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Ah, that wonderful LPL entry.
I love this little group, so full of character.
8) 8)
Those plastic hairies are great but I absolutely love that Giant*.
He is stunning, both in sculpt and colouring.
:-* :-*
I reckon the old Asgard Jes Goodwin Barbarians would make great additions to this little bunch if you can be persuaded to go with a little more 'metal', as there are some great characters in the mob.
;)
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0371/5545/products/bp13_1000pix.jpg?v=1402659652)
https://www.alternative-armies.com/collections/barbarians-from-asgard
*As for those two ruddy great spikes in the log.
That is serious overkill!
;)
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Really nice latest group with the giant!
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Very nice indeed
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Awesome Free folk and giant...! :-*
I'm going for the more book version Yeti-like giant look. When I run out of steam with my current Middle Earth army building session I have a couple more candidates for hairy conversion...
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Wow! This looks fantastic, great work. Great color scheme and sensational painting. :o
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Thanks Kaiser. You can buy the giant from a couple of different retailers still I think. What's more he was only 7 or 8 quid I think. Pretty good value for a solid lump of lead in this day and age...
Edit: in fact, he was only a fiver from Folorn Hope Games. Outstanding value, plus a pound or so P&P and delivered within a couple of days.
Oh yeah, there he is! Thanks!
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Fantatsic, but then I wouldn't expect anything else ;)
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Thanks Rog. Long time no see - glad to see you're still popping by from time to time :)
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My second version of Ned Stark (see p.53 of this thread) painted up...
Frostgrave Barbarian head on a Perry WOTR light cavalry body, with Perry Foot Knight arms, a Fireforge cloak, and a generous application of Green Stuff fur and flowing locks.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_09_08_17_9_29_35_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_09_08_17_9_29_35_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_09_08_17_9_29_35_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_09_08_17_9_29_35_0.JPG)
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I really like how you sculpted the fur on this one.
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This is an absolute new feeling considering your work, but... I'm not a fan. Not the painting (which is great as always) but the model. It's probably just the head, but I really dislike it. There's just something about it that does not fit my perception of Ned. A bit of a bummer, but that's really subjective.
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Great job, Cpt. Frankenstein...but indeed, he got the looks of a Lannister lol
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Very nice Ned figure !
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Excellent work Richard(those Frostgrave heads are good aren't they)!
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Is it meant to be a young Ned hence he hasnt got a beard?
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Stellar!
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This thread is just soo inspiring... :-*
Keep up the fantastic work... :)
Thanx,
Don
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Thanks :)
This is an absolute new feeling considering your work, but... I'm not a fan. Not the painting (which is great as always) but the model. It's probably just the head, but I really dislike it. There's just something about it that does not fit my perception of Ned. A bit of a bummer, but that's really subjective.
That's perfectly fair. It's an ugly face and not a particularly attractive figure. But that's kind of how I see Ned Stark.
Not sure he's described as bearded in the books, is he? Although my first version of Ned Stark on foot, did have a beard...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_07_09_14_10_56_07_0.jpg)
Great job, Cpt. Frankenstein...but indeed, he got the looks of a Lannister lol
Haha! Thank you Marc. Actually, it's a trick of the camera. The miniature is not blond, but kind of sandy brown haired...
Excellent work Richard(those Frostgrave heads are good aren't they)!
Indeed Guy. They're a really nice set of parts.
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I prefer the bearded over clean shaven Ned, I guess it fits that 'Northern cold' idea I have in my head, but no question, both as smashing jobs! In fact, I so prefer your vision of GoT that I just had to drop their CMON game. The sculpts are not bad at all, but they look a little too 'high fantasy' for my tastes and a bit too cartoony....
I'd rather push some green stuff and make my own and adapt the SAGA rules....
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I'd rather push some green stuff and make my own and adapt the SAGA rules....
Do it 8)
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Well, I think he's only in his thirties in the books (the Stark children all being a bit younger there as well), so I think the head is a good fit - not youthful, but not exactly old yet either. Maybe slightly more Greyjoy Rebellion era with the previous bearded figure on foot showing him at the contemporary time of the story.
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Don't mind which head you use for your version of Ned Stark, just as long as it looks nothing like Sean Bean. Though I must admit of the two very nice versions you have done I like the bearded version more.
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Inspiring work as usual.
The giant and his mates are brilliant :-*
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He looks troubled, which fits with my (tv) view of Ned. 8) :-*
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Thanks chaps :)
Don't mind which head you use for your version of Ned Stark, just as long as it looks nothing like Sean Bean.
lol my thoughts exactly...
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Thanks chaps :)
lol my thoughts exactly...
What's your beef with Sean Bean? I think he is pretty good. ???
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Prince of Gondor, Captain of Rifles, Warden of the North, whatever - always exactly the same character. Sheffield's finest export.
He's not terrible - he's just Sean Bean. Always playing Sean Bean.
There again, you can say the same thing about a lot of actors. They just do their schtick in whatever part.
They can't all be Daniel Day-Lewis and take on a myriad of utterly different characters I suppose...
With Sean Bean it's just more obvious than with many actors.
Mind you, I feel the same way about Michael Caine.
Just personal view, obvs... ;)
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The only Stark I didn't really like is Tony. He doesn't even bother trying to do the "Narth!" accent.
On the subject of which, how come the Stark daughters don't have the Narth! accent (I count Bran among them because he's so wet). They grew up in the same place as the rest of them. And another thing, Samwell is from the Reach, but he does have the Narth! accent. What's all that about?
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The only Stark I didn't really like is Tony. He doesn't even bother trying to do the "Narth!" accent.
On the subject of which, how come the Stark daughters don't have the Narth! accent (I count Bran among them because he's so wet). They grew up in the same place as the rest of them. And another thing, Samwell is from the Reach, but he does have the Narth! accent. What's all that about?
Ladies speak Narth! just as much as they fart.
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Prince of Gondor, Captain of Rifles, Warden of the North, whatever - always exactly the same character. Sheffield's finest export.
He's not terrible - he's just Sean Bean. Always playing Sean Bean.
There again, you can say the same thing about a lot of actors. They just do their schtick in whatever part.
They can't all be Daniel Day-Lewis and take on a myriad of utterly different characters I suppose...
With Sean Bean it's just more obvious than with many actors.
Mind you, I feel the same way about Michael Caine.
Just personal view, obvs... ;)
That is true. No one could accuse him of being a character actor, unless you mean a one-character actor. I just think for the character he masters he does it rather well and has often been cast rather well. I like him especially well in 'Ronin'.
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As a Herefordian, that one scene in Ronin makes me cringe. De Niro throws Bean out of their gang because he trips up over a trick question about the boathouse at Hereford (proving he's lying about having been in the SAS). Yet De Niro, who thinks he's such an expert on bloody everything can't even pronounce the word 'Hereford' properly, so I think he should be kicked out of the gang too. lol
Some of my favourite actors are the sort that just turn up and read the lines as themself. It might not be the heights of acting like Daniel Day-Lewis, but not everyone can do it. You still have to have a certain something. Not sure Sean Bean is quite up there with the likes of Connery or John Wayne in that respect, but I do like him nonetheless.
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Well I don't dislike him. It's just that all you ever really get is Sean Bean.
Actors like Day-Lewis and Simon Russell-Beale can create and inhabit any character, all utterly different, and make you believe in them. The trouble with the Bean-meister, is that all I can ever see is Sean Bean - not the character he's meant to be portraying. Perhaps he's just too big a star ;)
On the subject of which, how come the Stark daughters don't have the Narth! accent (I count Bran among them because he's so wet). They grew up in the same place as the rest of them. And another thing, Samwell is from the Reach, but he does have the Narth! accent. What's all that about?
This has always bugged me too.
For a massive TV epic with such monstrous budgets and generally high production values, it seems they just didn't give a toss about accents.
To be fair most of the other characters from the North do have northern accents. But not at Winterfell:
Ned Stark - bluff Yorkshire
John Snow - oop Norf, good and proper - fair enough
Robb Stark - oop Norf too, but with an occasional Scottish lilt
So far so good, but then...
Catelyn Stark - Irish (none of the other Tullys are Irish, so this is also inexplicable)
Sansa Stark - ultra posh, cut glass upper class, public school
Arya Stark - middle class, middle England
Bran - RP
Rickon - I forget (is he still alive somewhere, by the way? I've lost track... )
No sense to any of it.
Mind you, at the other end of the scale we have the shining example of Alexander, where because Colin Farrell could only speak in his Dublin accent, the entire cast portraying Macedon, including poor old Val Kilmer as Phillip, had to adopt cod Irish accents... But at least it was consistent! :D
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Mind you, at the other end of the scale we have the shining example of Alexander, where because Colin Farrell could only speak in his Dublin accent, the entire cast portraying Macedon, including poor old Val Kilmer as Phillip, had to adopt cod Irish accents... But at least it was consistent! :D
Consistently awful.
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So, to get to the point: What accent do your versions of Ned speak with, Richard?
:D
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West Norwood heading for Gypsy Hill, Paul ;)
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lol lol
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More great figures, as always. Excellent use of different plastic kits, and top notch paint jobs. All very inspiring :)
As to accents, I kind of get Sansa having a posh accent coz she's had a proper lady's education, all needlework and table manners, etc. So she'd have worked to not let an accent sneak through. but Arya's outlook on life is completely different, so surely she should have had just as thick an accent as her Dad and brothers as she'd have resisted any attempt to get her talking 'properly'.
As for Rickon's fate, he's dead as he didn't zigzag ;)
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I confess, as a yank the accents don't bother me. I notice the differences, especially now that you point it out, but it just doesn't bother me the same way. Now if it were cast with Americans and Jon Snow spoke like a Minnesotan, Arya had a thick Brooklyn accent, Sansa had a southern drawl and Bran spoke like a Californian skater/surfer, I would probably be annoyed as you all are. lol
"You know nothing Jon Snow."
"Oooo well I dooon't knooow about that now eh?" :D
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lol
Fair point. It wasn't until I watched Fargo, that I realised that particular American accent even existed...
Then on the news last night, there was an item about the island of Tangier off the coast of Virginia, where the inhabitants were descended from Cornish stock some time in the 1700s, and it was the weirdest thing I've ever heard. Like a kind of Cornish-US dialect drawl.
So yes, there are a lot more accents out there in the world we could have had on GoT.
At least the Lannisters are all universally posh, which is as it should be :D
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I rather like the Sean Bean Ned Stark. I think the role fits well with the Sean Bean Persona. I do agree that he is pretty much always the same but when he's cast in the right role it works. As for the accent thing, I've always had a slightly different accent than the rest of my family. It's only gotten more pronounced with my time spent with non native English speakers. It probably doesn't help that I've dropped my use of Scots words since I moved and few people knew what I was talking about.
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Today, we play 'A Game of Thrones'
6 players, 80 figures per side. Home-brew rules.
The Lannisters and their mercenaries are trying to convey the captive Brienne of Tarth to Dreadfort and the clutches of the Boltons.
The Starks and their allied houses are set to prevent this...
Made possible by borrowing Jimbibbly's Karstarks and Tullys, and pulling in a few WOTR rongers!
The forces of righteousness, Starks, Tullys and Karstarks...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_13_08_17_11_09_27_0.JPG)
The forces of oppression, Boltons, Lannisters, Stone Crows and Brave Companions...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_13_08_17_11_09_27_1.JPG)
The table...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_13_08_17_11_09_27_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_13_08_17_11_09_27_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_13_08_17_11_09_27_4.JPG)
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That looks absolutely fabulous! Great table set up, the tower has just the right air of ominous for a Bolton holding.
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This is looking great. :-* :-* :-*
What a treat this is bound to be...
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Fan-bloody-tastic! Wish I was there :D
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That's a lovely-looking game! :-* Those ruins really do a great job "setting" the table in Westeros to me. Where are they from?
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Manor House Workshop.
Battle report to follow in the next day or two :)
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Can I PLEASE come to your house and play with your toys too!?!?! I'm clean and take up next to no space!
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lol Any time, TBC...
Next time you're in Merrie England... :)
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Yet more eye candy to be devoured.
You do spoil us, sir.
:D :D
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Wow,looks great,table and buildings look the biz,looking forward to the bat rep and pictures :)
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lol Any time, TBC...
Next time you're in Merrie England... :)
Thanks Mate! :D
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As a Herefordian, that one scene in Ronin makes me cringe. De Niro throws Bean out of their gang because he trips up over a trick question about the boathouse at Hereford (proving he's lying about having been in the SAS). Yet De Niro, who thinks he's such an expert on bloody everything can't even pronounce the word 'Hereford' properly, so I think he should be kicked out of the gang too. lol
It always bugged me.. What is the color ?
(You might never now when such knowledge might come handy! :)
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This looks absolutly fantastic.... :-* o_o :o
Thats pretty much the size of game I want to game... ;)
Witing for the Batrep...
Thanx or posting,
Don
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The game setup and figures look great. Looking forward to the AAR.
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Awesome looking set-up! :o
I'm waiting for the battle-rep as well! ;D
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Here we are then…
The battlefield…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_13_08_17_11_09_27_2.JPG)
The Boltons are in their holdfast top right.
Lord Tywin Lannister enters bottom left. He aims to deliver his prisoner, Brienne of Tarth, to Ser Roose Bolton for safekeeping.
Tyrion Lannister with some Lannister soldiers and his personal bodyguard of Stone Crow hill tribesmen, are waiting to meet them in the ruins, centre.
But the Starks and their Karstark and Tully allies are out to rescue Brienne and put as many Lannisters and treacherous Boltons to the sword as they can…
The Starks and their allied houses can enter anywhere they like from either side of the table, and only have to deploy half their forces on table at the start of the game (once the Lannisters and Boltons have deployed fully on table in their allotted starting positions).
Just to be clear, this doesn’t represent any episode that actually occurs in the novels. It’s just a riff on the GoT theme, using many of the well-known characters.
The forces were as follows…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_30_26_2.jpg)
The rules were of the simple home grown variety, devised a little while ago between Messrs Malamute, Jimbibbly and myself.
Each player controls around 25-30 rank and file figures, plus two or three characters. James kindly loaned me his Karstarks and Tullys. The rest of the figures are mine. I had to pull in a few WOTR and Dark Age ringers to make up even forces… Clearly I still need to build a few more GoT figures!
Named characters have cards with special abilities, special rules, and suchlike - like this…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_30_25_0.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_30_26_1.jpg)
And so to the events of the day…
One turn in, and the forces of light march on from the eastern edge of the table - Tully Knights in the foreground, and the main body of Stark infantry, direwolves, and bowmen in the background.
Tyrion’s hill tribe bowmen behind the hedge have already popped off two direwolves and one of Ned Stark’s mounted bodyguard… They in turn have lost two or three men to the Stark arrows…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_30_26_3.JPG)
While the Imp and the rest of the Stone Crows take cover behind a poplar thicket, his Lannister cannon fodder infantry are sent forward in a thin red line to face the vengeance of The North…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_30_26_4.JPG)
Lord Tywin, his mounted bodyguard, and a party of Lannister household knights on foot (with Brienne in their midst), cut across country. They’re halfway to the Bolton’s holdfast of Dreadfort already… This is going to be so easy, they think…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_33_29_0.JPG)
Meanwhile, the rest of Lord Tywin’s force – the bills and bows of The Brave Companions, AKA The Bloody Mummers - his favourite unscrupulous mercenaries - are left to try to take the rapidly advancing Tullys in the flank…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_33_29_1.JPG)
While the Bolton commander moves his pack of hounds out of his holdfast, Ned Stark enjoys another beer…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_33_29_2.jpg)
On the tabletop though, as the screen of Lannister men-at-arms falls back, said Bolton hounds make a beeline straight for Ned Stark - who bravely rides straight into them and starts laying about him with his Valyrian steel blade. (Unfortunately, the hounds proved to be the Boltons’ best troops and managed to take two savage bites out of Lord Eddard, reducing his resilience to a precarious level…)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_33_29_3.JPG)
Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the table, the Karstarks have put in a surprise appearance and get stuck straight into Lord Tywin and his mounted bodyguard… A party of Bolton knights rush forward to assist the Lord of Casterly Rock…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_33_29_4.JPG)
The Tullys are strong in the field, and the Stone Crows have only one bowmen left shooting. Miraculously, he survives a morale test and carries on loosing arrows like the madman he clearly is… Ned Stark continues his life and death fight with the pack of slavering hounds…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_38_04_0.JPG)
The gallantly battling Karstarks have now been joined by a large body of Stark household knights (seen through the archway), and with Robb Stark and Grey Wind bringing up the rear… Brienne of Tarth, in her highly visible blue cloak is mere inches from rescue at this point!
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_38_04_1.JPG)
Having had enough of the hounds, Lord Stark, bleeding profusely, nobly turns away to ride down the irritating Stone Crow with the bow - leaving his pack of direwolves to tear into the unfortunate hounds in a fearsome lupine/canine melee of snarling and flying fur…
Ser Brynden Tully fearlessly joins in and starts killing hounds...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_38_04_2.JPG)
A massive and very confusing series of melees has also ensued around the centre of the field.
Lord Tywin’s mounted bodyguards are thrown back by the Karstarks, so Tyrion sends his Stone Crows in the hold the line.
Meanwhile, the Stark knights are battling the Lannister knights, led by the near-indestructible Ser Jaime Lannister in person.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_38_04_3.JPG)
A couple of general views of the field at this pivotal point…
The Tully knights are about to utterly destroy the Lannister crossbowmen; The Bolton hounds, somewhat chewed, have been driven back by the direwolves; The Stark knights in the foreground have been thrown back by Ser Jaime and his men, and Brienne has been dragged off up the road again. The Stone Crows have been given a pasting by the Karstarks, and now the Boltons come into the line in their place. The Karstarks were proving very resilient to this point, but Lord Rickard met his maker shortly afterwards...
And finally, in the far distance, the Tully and Stark longbowmen are giving the Brave Companions an arrow storm.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_38_04_4.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_41_47_0.JPG)
Another party of Bolton infantry - in a strangely close formation - venture forth from the Dreadfort to join in the chaos…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_41_47_1.JPG)
Atop their holdfast, the Bolton crossbowmen find that Ned Stark, having ridden down the last Stone Crow bowman, is a whisker out of range of their bolts…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_41_47_2.JPG)
The Brave Companions meanwhile, are getting steadily reduced by Tully and Stark archery, without managing to inflict much damage in return…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_41_47_4.JPG)
As Lord Tywin rides forth to smash into the main body of Stark infantry, Ned Stark, his banner bearer with him, surges past his old enemy, spotting an opportunity to rescue Brienne, as the remaining Lannister knights are engaged by a motely crew of Tully knights and direwolves…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_46_50_0.JPG)
Ser Brynden the Blackfish and his few remaining Tully knights finally manage to kill off all but one of the Boltons’ hounds. Ser Jaime battles Robb Stark and Grey Wind bottom right. Brienne is briefly in the hands of the Stark banner bearer - but Lord Eddard, gravely weakened by hound bites and hill tribe arrows has been ruthlessly despatched by Lord Tywin…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_46_50_1.JPG)
As the Stark bannerman is shot down by Bolton crossbow bolts from the battlements above, Brienne siezes a sword and kills a few Boltons, but Ser Jaime, having slain Grey Wind and evaded Robb’s vengeful blade, races across to regain control of her - and leads her to her fate in the Dreadfort… Brienne of course, has a soft spot for Jaime, and so her special ability prevents her from attempting to kill him…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_16_08_17_11_46_50_2.JPG)
And that’s about it.
I managed to miss getting photos of quite a few important bits of the action in the latter part of the game - Tyrion had several successful melees, but I missed all of them. Roose Bolton and Ramsay Snow did nothing at all, except trying to get around the back of the Karstarks - almost all of whom were dead by the time they finally got there. And the photos are not the best - but you get the gist of it. The Starks very nearly rescued Brienne, but couldn’t quite manage it in the end. The Lannisters lost 75% of their men, but achieved their objective.
That's it :)
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I have just gawked at all the pictures: Sublime!
Proper gaming porn at its best.
:-* :-*
Now I need to go back and read what happened....
;)
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Exciting bat rep,the minis with the flowing red cloaks seem to have added a dramatic, cinematic feel to the photos ,great stuff :-*
I have just gawked at all the pictures: Sublime!
Proper gaming porn at its best.
:-* :-*
Now I need to go back and read what happened....
;)
Paul's right,another read is in order :)
Cheers
Keith
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Great AAR, thanks for sharing :)
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Stunning!!!
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Booh, hiss, bloody Lannisters! Great write up on a lovely table.
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My God, what a thrilling tale! As bloody and unsentimental as any of the book. I read the write up in quite a state of exhilaration.
Quite inspirational! I'm sure you've said somewhere which rules you used but I' must have missed it. Homebrew?
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"You know nothing, Peder Snow."
(Home-brew rules as you say, it says so right there in the text. ;))
Just bloomin' smashing.
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Absolutely stunning :o
How did you do that dark blue on the Stark soldiers?
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Brilliant game with some fantastic figures and sublime scenery. Wonderful!!!
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"You know nothing, Peder Snow."
(Home-brew rules as you say, it says so right there in the text. ;))
Just bloomin' smashing.
What are bastards called over at your end? Dylan ap Sheep? >:D
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Fantastic! Makes me immediately wanna ditch everything and build a GoT force :D
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It looks a stunner! 8) :-*
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Good AAR, but man, your gaming table is just awesome !! :-*
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Thanks lads :)
How did you do that dark blue on the Stark soldiers?
It's just a dash of Vallejo Prussian blue mixed into a black and white mix to create a suitable highlight colour for black...
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Very impressive Richard - no doubt a joy to get these on the table. :-* :-* :-*
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What are bastards called over at your end? Dylan ap Sheep? >:D
Well, this here vicinity is traditionally associated with cider and beef cattle. So I think it would be either 'Apples' or 'Bullock.' :)
But since my family's particular line of bastardy allegedly stems from the house of Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha I'm afraid I must insist upon the traditional Anglo-Norman appellation for royal bastards of Fitzroy. ;)
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Thanks gents :)
While I had some of Jimbibbly's figures on loan, I decided to snap a few more piccies...
Here are his Karstarks - excellent job on these, both kitbashing and painting...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_19_08_17_7_41_30_0.jpg)
Here are some of Jim's Tullys along with some of my Tullys (ahem *cough* - Yorkists... :D) Well, they all look like Tullys...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_19_08_17_7_41_30_1.jpg)
And then Lord Tywin Lannister beset by those pesky Karstarks...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_19_08_17_7_41_30_2.jpg)
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Nice work by Little Jim, those Northern types look great.
As do your Barnsley Tullys, of course.
:-* :-*
I have to ask: Where are those buildings from...?
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I was also wondering about the buildings. One in particular, the one that looks a bit like a North American wood indian's lodge made of slate. I've never seen anything quite like it before. Who makes it and what is it originally meant to be?
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The timber framed houses are by Grand Manner - the masters made by Tony (Dampfpanzerwagen). I keep meaning to get some more - lovely resin pieces.
The slate building is the 'oratory' by Fogou Models. Chris, the designer and proprietor, is also here on LAF. Again, very nice resin model :)
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The timber framed houses are by Grand Manner - the masters made by Tony (Dampfpanzerwagen). I keep meaning to get some more - lovely resin pieces.
Thanks, Richard.
They are very nice.
Good to know.
:)
The slate building is the 'oratory' by Fogou Models. Chris, the designer and proprietor, is also here on LAF. Again, very nice resin model :)
I have several Fogou models and can second that opinion.
Highly recommended.
8) 8)
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My gaming adventures last week prompted me to fill in some gaps in my Game of Thrones project collection – so I don’t have to use ringers from other genres in future games… So I've been busy building new characters...
These concoctions are kit-bashed from a wide variety of plastic sets – principally the Perry WOTR Foot Knights and HYW French and English sets. But with parts from the Fireforge Foot Sergeants set (their best and most versatile box, IMHO) and Teutonic knights; the Frostgrave Barbarians and Soldiers sets; the Gripping Beast Saxon Thegns set, and the Perry WOTR Mounted Men at Arms, and one or two other sets. Plus one or two GW components!
First, three more Bolton household knights…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_20_08_17_1_13_22_2.JPG)
I've now figured out the design / style guide that I've been unconsciously following for each house…
The Boltons use generally scruffy bodies (the various Frostgrave bodies serve well for these - although because these three are knights, I’ve also used a couple of Perry Foot Knight bodies to give a decent amount of armour, and an armoured HYW French body). The Boltons always wear furry capes, because they’re from the North, where it's cold, right?
They rarely have shields – mainly because painting the Flayed Man of Dreadfort is a complete pain in the arse. However, they do always have either surcoats or cloaks, so that I can get plenty of their defining ‘Bolton Pink’ livery onto them… Their helmets / heads are always slightly antiquated or somewhat barbaric looking – because the Boltons are backward and not nice people. In this case, a Gripping Beast Saxon head, and two Frostgrave Barbarian heads…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_20_08_17_1_13_22_1.JPG)
Next, two more Stark household knights, and one more Stark man-at-arms.
Like the Boltons, the Starks always have fur capes (The North!) but unlike the Boltons, painting the Stark direwolf sigil is quite easy, so I like to make sure my Starks have got shields or surcoats to paint it on.
For knights in all factions, I usually use armoured bodies and arms from the WOTR / HYW / assorted FF Knights sets.
Lesser men-at-arms generally use swaddled Frostgrave bodies (esp. in the North), or HYW or WOTR unarmoured bodies. Or Fireforge infantry bodies wearing padded or no armour. The Starks have a high proportion of axe armed infantry. Because they’re Northern, down to earth and a bit rough and ready.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_20_08_17_1_13_22_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_20_08_17_1_05_38_4.JPG)
Next a Lannister knight and man-at-arms.
You can see these design principles in action here. Lesser armoured man at arms; knightly looking knight.
For the Lannisters, knights always have sinister closed or visored helmets. Lannister men-at-arms always wear open faced, clichéd men-at-arms bog-standard helmets. Most Lannisters have big shields and surcoats, because painting lion sigils is fun.
All Lannisters always wear cloaks - because that’s just the kind of snooty sorts they are…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_20_08_17_1_05_38_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_20_08_17_1_05_38_2.JPG)
And finally, a new departure – some Tullys. (Because I can’t keep borrowing Jimbbbly’s!)
As it happens, I have a good number of WOTR Yorkists in Murrey-and-blue, who double very nicely as Tullys.
But unfortunately, too many of them are sporting ‘Sunne-in-splendour’ livery badges, which (in my borderline OCD world) renders them unusable as Tullys.
Also, I don’t want all my Tullys looking like they’ve stepped straight from 1475. I want a slightly fanciful mix of styles, as for all the rest of my GoT collection…
So I figured that by making a few specific Tullys and integrating these with my Yorkists (the 20 or so sans Sunne-in-splendour badges) I can build a whole new faction quickly. I think I only need to make about a dozen figures. Here are the first four…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_20_08_17_1_05_38_1.JPG)
My take on Ser Brynden Tully, ‘the Blackfish’ has a GW Flagellant head, and a HYW infantry body with rolled down leggings. This is because in my take on the story, the Blackfish is a disreputable old renegade.
The spear and buckler man will actually serve as the Tully standard bearer, with a streaming narrow banner.
The longbowman is, well, just another longbowman – I’m short one Yorkist archer in the right livery for the Tullys, so here he is.
And finally, a Tully infantryman – I’ve decided I’m going to give most of my Tully infantry pavise sized shields, so that I can go to town on the sigil. And just to differentiate them a bit… My Tullys are going to have open faced helmets, because they are open, friendly kind of people…
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_20_08_17_1_05_38_0.JPG)
Now I just need to paint them!
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Nice work, sir.
I like the explanation of your 'House' theory, it all makes perfect sense to me.
8) 8)
I still find these kitbashes much better than the renditions of the various Houses in the impending game.
This way you can add as much 'fantasy' and 'uniform' as you like, all to your own taste and vision.
Of course, it also helps if you can point a brush the way can.....
:)
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More nice creations,also enjoyed the reasoning behind the conversions too Richard.
Funny how a game can stimulate,rekindle,interest in a collection don't you think :)
Cheers
Keith
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Another set of fantastic conversions. I particularly like the Blackfish. He perfectly my image of him.
I agree with Mason that your take on the different houses is far superior to the incoming official minis line.
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I, rather boringly, agree with the others. There's no real need for an official range when you have created a blueprint for GoT / ASoIaF right here. You make me want to try my own, though it would be a bad idea when I'm trying to get rid of stuff. The fact remains that this is inspirational stuff.
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You make me want to try my own, though it would be a bad idea when I'm trying to get rid of stuff. The fact remains that this is inspirational stuff.
My thoughts too :)
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Nice to see such a burst of creativity! I especially like the Blackfish and the middle Bolton.
You make me want to try my own, though it would be a bad idea when I'm trying to get rid of stuff. The fact remains that this is inspirational stuff.
It is almost unbelievable how many sprues one can want for this sort of thing. Fortunately for myself, GoT and Frostgrave are my only ongoing collections.
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My thoughts too :)
I have toyed with the idea myself but I have enough things to 'finish' that I have started already.
So many ideas, so little time......
(Although, I should finally be slapping some paint on some resin buildings that I picked up on the Bazaar some years ago from Captain Blood very soon....).
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Fantastic update. The lack of uniformity is what really seals the deal for me, it adds so much realism to this collection. My particular historical OCD sense probably means I'll never mix and match bits from such a disparate selection of miniature ranges, but the recurrent themes mean they do somehow work, every time.
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I have toyed with the idea myself but I have enough things to 'finish' that I have started already.
So many ideas, so little time......
(Although, I should finally be slapping some paint on some resin buildings that I picked up on the Bazaar some years ago from Captain Blood very soon....).
Ditto.... :P
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Lovely new additions to your collection, and splendid AAR pics!
Interesting about the grand manner houses. they look like rather old masters, are they? It's too bad that there rare VERY FEW companies willing to cast new whole buildings at the moment. :(
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Bloody genius Richard - really enjoy the tour through your thought process. :-)
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Another great thread, love the amount of dedication you put in your projects :-*
Still waiting for the release of the sixth GoT book Winds of Winter though.......it's taking ages! :-[
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nice additions
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Great inspiration for the conversions.
Now, I want the painted models, sir ! ;)
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Thank you for this, very inspirational stuff just made me buy 4 boxes of Perry minis!
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Wonderful stuff Richard. Your poses look so dynamic and natural.
I like that Boltons don't use shields because their livery is a pain in the arse! lol
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Ditto on these versions of GoT over the CMON game. The CMON stuff looks far too high fantasy with the long almost 'elvish' faces on so many of the characters and the unrealistic armor on figures like Tywin.
So I am at about 12 boxes I would need to buy, but with enough to build at least 3 or 4 saga forces.
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Thanx for the great AAr....;)
The new additions look very promising.... :o
Thanx,
Don
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They all look awesome! I really like that Stark knight in the middle he looks like a true tough as nails Northerner. Those Tullys are exactly what I was thinking of doing for mine eventually, very inspirational stuff as usual :)
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I always love seeing what others are doing kit-bashing plastic figures. Your guys are brilliant.
-Michael
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VERY WELL DONE, Cap'n! You do some of THE MOST BEAUTIFUL conversions. Your work with the brush & eye for color are OUTSTANDING. I am sure if I knew anything about The Game of Thrones I would be a more avid follower.
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More great additions, and interesting descriptions, thanks for sharing
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Your builds have such a sense of movement, nothing static about them.
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Thanks gents (especially Al, who kindly contributed to this project via the donation of a few hairy heads a while back! :))
I seem to have rediscovered my kitbashing addiction. I can't seem to stop building! (Mainly I suspect, as often remarked before, because it's a great deal easier making them up than painting them!)
Anyway, here are the rest of the Tullys... As usual, a mishmash between Perry WOTR/HYW parts, supplemented with Fireforge components plus a bit of Green Stuff.
The unfortunate Ser Edmure Tully and a couple of serious looking lads... Ser Edmure is supposed to look callow and a bit useless, per the books.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_26_08_17_11_02_33_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_26_08_17_11_02_33_1.JPG)
And three more Tully heavy infantry...
As you can see, I've foregone the notion of the friendly, open-faced Tullys... Decided to make them look a bit more businesslike. Mainly because some of my Yorkist knights will be doubling as Tullys, and they have a fairly brutalist, visored look, so these new additions need to fit.
I am sticking with the big pavise theme though...
I'm looking forward to painting these.
I'll use the Tully livery described in the books: red and blue vertical stripes with the leaping salmon sigil - quite different from the parti-coloured version invented by HBO with its wavy white lines.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_26_08_17_11_02_33_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/577_26_08_17_11_02_33_3.JPG)
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Sir edmure looks a little bit like Donny osmond. lol
Brilliant figures nonetheless. those tullys look great.
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Nice use of the body with the scale armour. Feels very Tully.
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Nice use of the body with the scale armour. Feels very Tully.
Yes, thought about that a bit late in the day... The fishy reference... Ah well... ::)
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This thread is enthralling. Quite apart from the brilliance of the painting, it's great to see original interpretations of a book rather than ones based on someone else's interpretation (my heart sinks a little whenever I see LotR armies that draw on the films rather than the book). The subtlety of these conversions is superb.
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The new Tully additions look like they know about warfare, which is very accurate as in the history of Westeros most wars have taken place in the Riverlands.
Great new builds, can't wait to see them painted, and I'm especially looking forward to your version of the Tully emblem!
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Thanks fellas. I shall do my best not to disappoint! There's now rather an off-puttingly large queue for painting though. So it could be a while!
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A mean looking bunch there.
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More nice additions, these lot look tough. Thanks fir sharing :)
What sets are the pavis shields from?
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The two slightly smaller ones are from the Perry mercenaries set, the larger one is from the HYW French set.
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very nice
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The two slightly smaller ones are from the Perry mercenaries set, the larger one is from the HYW French set.
Thanks :)
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Inspiring work as always. Been following a few of your threads for a while. It's inspired me to get some of my own piles of perry plastics out and create some of my own.It's possible you have put this in one of your threads but I would love to know what the recipe is for the gloop you use on your bases.
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Thanks :)
'Gloop' is just a rough mix of PVA, sand, and paint (acrylic or emulsion) made into a paste.
If you want a 'stiffer' mix, add more sand; if you want a runnier consistency to work with, add more paint and or PVA (the paint:PVA proportion is roughly 50:50 - the amount of aggregate is the main variable to consistency).
You can store it forever in an airtight jar or tub. It costs pennies / cents to make up.
You can use any old water based paint you need to get rid of or aren't otherwise going to use.
Add railway grit or similar, or use 'sharp sand' if you want added textures - with small rocky bits in your basing or terrain. You can embed larger pieces of rock while the mix is wet. They will stick fast in the ground mix once dry.
Paint it on with an old brush. In small quantities (on a miniature's base) it sets hard within a couple of hours. The PVA plasticises the end product, so it's very very durable.
Easy to overpaint whatever colour you like, although if you're careful with your choice of paint you can actually make it up in the right base colour...
And yes, while it's wet you can sprinkle sand on the surface if you prefer a sandier finish...
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glorious, thanks for that.
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You're welcome 8)
As well as finishing off my WW2 desert boards, I've now painted my Tullys, previously seen in their raw state on page 62...
Worth noting that in the books, the Tully livery is described as vertical red and blue stripes with a leaping salmon sigil or motif.
I was going to do stripes, but in the end simplified my version by just doing half and half, red and blue...
The version in the HBO series with the double wavy lines etc, is the invention of whoever Messrs. Benioff and Weiss employ as their production designer.
It's nice, but it's not right.
Just saying :D
Anyway, here they are...
- Ser Brynden the Blackfish
- A banner bearer
- And the unfortunate Ser Edmure Tully... (Now looking a bit less like Donny Osmond, but still quite a bit like David Van Day of Dollar... lol)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_06_10_17_6_52_01_0.JPG)
Assorted Tully soldiery...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_06_10_17_6_52_02_1.JPG)
And more...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_06_10_17_6_52_02_2.JPG)
Group shot...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_06_10_17_6_54_54_1.JPG)
And just to prove I paint the backs as well... :D
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_06_10_17_6_54_55_2.JPG)
Now, when I put these new purpose built and painted Tully additions together with my Yorkist ringers (the ones who aren't wearing Sunne in Splendour badges, but do handily have the same 'murrey and blue' parti-coloured scheme as the Tullys), I have a very serviceable Tully force of 24 figures...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_06_10_17_6_54_54_0.JPG)
That's all of them together...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_06_10_17_6_52_02_3.JPG)
Arty shot with a snazzy filter...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_06_10_17_6_52_02_4.JPG)
Enjoy!
:)
More Starks, Lannisters and Boltons half complete on the painting table. Up next!
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Flip! Those are a bit bloody nice.
(I like the double wavy line, personally.)
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That's a really nice force! The Blackfish looks great especially, it's a cool interpretation of that character.
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Incredible! I really love your take on the Blackfish!
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Simply superb painting, and amazing character. I wondered though, why the Blackfish seems to have so little armor.
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Bravo, sir!!! As always, fantastic work. I wish I could paint like you. So next time I see a flying comet in the sky, I'll ask for your super-painting-powers :D
I have a question though, being a great admirer of yours: How do you do the colours for the livery of the soldiers? It's amazing how basic they are to any work of painting, and yet how difficult it is to carry them out well. I've now tried several recipes from various online sites, and the result I've got has always turned out to be the same, dull and opaque. Thus far, I've kept the amount of washes low and the priming white, and therefore has made me think that the error might be in the colours I've been using for basecoating and highlightig. So I wondered if it would bother you to share your recipes for painting your reds, blues, yellows, etc. so bright and tidy as they look in the pictures.
All the same, thank you very much for your time and best wishes!
Siegfried.
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Siegfried, have you tried using the foundation paints from GW as a base colour? Might help.
Nice one Capt! 8) Are the wee fishes decals or handpainted? And that banner looks the biz, how have you added the texture in there? I’d swear it looks like real material!
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(I like the double wavy line, personally.)
Actually, so do I :D
(But I'm being a bit of a button counter on this project - which is ironic, seeing as I don't generally give a monkeys about accuracy on historical figures. But with these, I'm just trying to realise my interpretation of what's described in the books... )
Are the wee fishes decals or handpainted? And that banner looks the biz, how have you added the texture in there? I’d swear it looks like real material!
Thanks Andy. Yes, the fishes are done by hand, which is why they're all a little bit different. Not totally happy with them to be honest. Think they may look a little too comic, but I'm not doing them again...
The flag is just the usual tomato puree tube foil job. No, no texture. Just shading :)
I wondered though, why the Blackfish seems to have so little armor.
Fair point. I suppose I see him as a bit more of a disreputable old guerrilla fighter than knight in shining armour. (Maybe he wore armour in his younger days, before he became a legendary renegade... :))
So I wondered if it would bother you to share your recipes for painting your reds, blues, yellows, etc. so bright and tidy as they look in the pictures.
Hmmm. I used to have a tutorial up on Steve Dean's site, but alas, Steve's site is no more... Maybe I will remake it here... But honestly, it's pretty much the same technique used by most painters, more or less in line with Kev Dallimore's approach. It's also down to the photography. Bright light, contrast, saturation etc. But if I were to give you one tip, it would be this: Always make your top highlight colours a lot lighter and brighter than looks entirely natural at first. Firstly, most paints dry darker - so always go brighter than you think. Secondly, the brightness / stand-out of a finished figure depends very much on the highlighting and contrast from the shady areas of clothing, armour, skin etc., to the areas in highest relief... That's if you want figures that 'pop'. Many painters favour a subtler style, and that's fine. Just a matter of taste...
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I like it! You have accomplished a lot with this Westeros business. The fish has a bit of a foetus feeling about it. Worst thing is that the actual thing wouldn't even be out of place as a shield design in GoT I guess.
Less banter, more lauding - Brilliant ser, bravo!
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Thanks, Cap! Your advice is very much appreciated. Next time I'll make sure to use some brighter colours for my highlights. Hopefully they will help the figures pop out more on the tabletop!
Hmmm. I used to have a tutorial up on Steve Dean's site, but alas, Steve's site is no more... Maybe I will remake it here...
That'd be great! It would certainly get many of doubts answered, besides just serving as an excellent guide to follow. For by the looks of it, your painting procedure seems to be rather simple, making it a fantastic aid for beginner painters like me!
So thank you, sir! And good luck!
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Those are some nice looking Tullys you have there. I like the heraldry it looks good!
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The Tullys are really grand!!!
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Hope you dont mind but I've stolen your idea to use some of my WOTR Yorkists to give me additional Tully troops, they actually mix in ok with the HYW Perry figures. . For me its your kit bashing and use of green stuff I love, the painting is so incredible that I'm just in awe, but I may be able to knock up a few reasonable conversions to make my Tully/Stark/Lannister troops more interesting. Thanks for all your updates, amazing stuff :)
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Just caught up on the last few pages, and wow, such inspirational stuff as always :)
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Thanks gents, for your very nice comments :)
Wellington - steal away. That's what the forum's here for. Sharing ideas and prompting new ones.
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I don't think the GoT Compendium thread would have nearly as many entries if we couldn't steal the Captain's ideas :D
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Get in! :-*
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Thanks gents :)
Here are some more painted creations (the builds are described somewhere up above, but are principally Perry as usual, but with a fair smattering of Fireforge and Frostgrave parts, plus Green Stuff). This somewhat random assortment lets me round out various units which are currently a man or two short, into neat groups of 6 or 12 figures.
Lannister man at arms and knight...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_04_11_17_12_26_11_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_04_11_17_12_26_11_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_04_11_17_12_26_11_1.JPG)
Beastly Boltons...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_04_11_17_12_26_11_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_04_11_17_12_28_00.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_04_11_17_12_26_11_4.JPG)
Sterling Starks...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_04_11_17_12_23_54_0.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_04_11_17_12_23_55_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_04_11_17_12_23_55_3.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_04_11_17_12_23_55_2.JPG)
And all together...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/30/577_04_11_17_12_23_55_4.JPG)
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Very nice, I liek the effect you've achieved with Two Face Stark.
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Excellent, Fantastic, Brilliant - what more can be said :-*
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Marvelous. Do you use a stamp of some kind for your greenstuff fur, or just do it in place on each model?
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Very nice, I like the mud on the cloaks especially. The Frostgrave barbarian heads also make for a really interesting visual.
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Wonderful :-*
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Thanks.
Marvelous. Do you use a stamp of some kind for your greenstuff fur, or just do it in place on each model?
Just apply a little roll of it around the model’s shoulders and then push into shape with a sculpting tool.
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very nice additions Richard
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nice stuff...are you using lion rampant given the units are in 6's and 12's?
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Cracking stuff as always.
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Lovely, rich painting.
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Thanks :)
nice stuff...are you using lion rampant given the units are in 6's and 12's?
No, simple home-brew rules, Giles. The 6 and 12 sized units just kind of turned out that way. Actually the rules will work just as well with 5 and 10 figure units, although 5 figures always feels a bit too small for a unit on the table-top to me... Also, with a 'unit reduced to half strength' morale factor involved, 6's and 12's make more practical sense :)
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Do it 8)
Remember my email for a week ago about basic boxes? Yeah... I bought about 15 boxes of minis...lol I got the fever!
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Remember my email for a week ago about basic boxes? Yeah... I bought about 15 boxes of minis...lol I got the fever!
Hooray! lol
You’ll find it a lot of fun Erik :)
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Fantastic as always :o
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Hooray! lol
You’ll find it a lot of fun Erik :)
Thanks Richard.
Be warned a plan to shamelessly copy your work!
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:)
Fine by me.
A few people have! (Most of them just don't admit it! lol)
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:)
Fine by me.
A few people have! (Most of them just don't admit it! lol)
😂🤣
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Thanks chaps.
Did Ned Stark have dark hair? Must have missed that bit in the book. Perhaps I was subconsciously swayed by the thought of Sean Bean's flaxen locks... ;)
This next one is Aeron Greyjoy known as The Damphair.
He's composed from a Warlord Celt torso and arms spliced onto Fireforge infantry legs, a Fireforge shield and a Gripping Beast Viking bare head.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_08_09_14_10_12_31.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_08_09_14_10_11_48_1.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/19/577_08_09_14_10_11_48_0.jpg)
Your Greyjoys are among my favorites! What color is that green? It looks sort of teal, but more green
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I can tell you exactly what it is. It’s Anita’s Acrylic Ocean Blue. A very nice colour I use a lot. Not, unfortunately, a very nice paint though. Matt, but kind of glutinous and thinly pigmented. Mix in a little flat black or white to make it more workable.
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I can tell you exactly what it is. It’s Anita’s Acrylic Ocean Blue. A very nice colour I use a lot. Not, unfortunately, a very nice paint though. Matt, but kind of glutinous and thinly pigmented. Mix in a little flat black or white to make it more workable.
Brilliant, thank you!
Ah, craft paint! Beautiful color. I'll have to pick one up when I am stateside again! May I also ask, what is the color you use for the belts? I've been using quite a bit of rusty oranges myself lately.
Let me know if you need any craft paints you cant get in the UK. I'll be happy to pick up for you and send them along.
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Nice additions to your Westerosi, Cpn. :-* I agree that the 'ole 6 and 12 figure combos will always remain popular, whatever ruleset for just the reasons you stated. It is just irritating when it causes you to completely reorganize your forces though... I'm going to have to revisit all my Northern houses to bump the numbers up... >:D :(
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After a long hiatus, I needed to add one more figure to my Hill Tribesmen gang - basically Frostgrave Barbarians, which I did for last year's LPL - to bring them up to six.
This one has a FG Barbarian body, FG Soldier arms, and a FG Ghost Archipelago head - thus demonstrating the excellent and straightforward mash-up possibilities offered by the ever expanding range of Frostgrave plastic sets :)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/577-141018112725-35898719.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/577-141018112725-359001445.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/35/577-141018112725-358991731.jpeg)
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Nice 8)
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Lovely job.
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That's a belter! It's actually quite close to how I visualised them from the books.
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Lovely job!
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That FG Barbarian set looks the best one out of the lot to me.
8)
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Excellent!
I'm glad you got over your hiatus ;)
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Great, Richard. THis really make me itch to paint FG barbarians of the sons of Hammers.
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Just had this thread brought to my attention. At the risk of being accused of threadromancy I felt the need to first compliment the amazing skill shown and second bring it to the attention of relative newcomers like me that are interested in improving our kitbashing conversion skills. Some of the ideas in this thread are perfect for my Middle Earth project.
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Thanks Rick. Glad you rediscovered this thread :)
They do sink without trace unless you keep feeding them ;)
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Find work again! Is the cloak integral to the barbarian body, or an add on?
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It’s integral, James. Part of the plastic body moulding :)