WK does GoT... sort of...

[white knight]

With some delay (it was pre-order) my fiancée's christmas gift to me has arrived and it's the new Game of Thrones construction set range from Macfarlane.

Overall, the sets look pretty good. The lego-style set uses a mixture of textured blocks and regular blocks with a weathering wash to good effect. The figures themselves are a bit of a pain to put together, but are overall good sculpts (though parts are not really interchangeable (head swaps aside) without some converting work). The likenesses for Tyrion, Jon Snow and Grey Worm are particularly good. Paintjob is basic, and I will add some more depth to the faces at some point. Weapons are bendy, which will need to be addressed. I plan to glue some parts together for greater strength and pin them all to clear plastic bases, but overall these should make good gaming pieces for a skirmish game, more or less usable out of the box. Scale is around 50-54mm.



I had two Jon Snows (random packaging will do that) and converted one to Stark colours. This was really quick. Leaving off the fur cape allows a different position to the arms. The small gap where the cape slots in is easily filled and it took all of 2 minutes to "wetbrush" his tunic and legs with matching shades of brown to the Stark bannermen. I will go back to them later to touch up the factory paintjob on the faces and add eyes and some shading, but for now, this works well.



Tyrion (random packs) and some Lannister bannermen (fixed sets):



Converted Jon Snow (random packs) and some Stark bannermen (fixed sets, one with a crow headswap):



Joffrey and his guard from the thronerooom set. The random packs give you another kingsguard variant:



Jon Snow, Ghost and 2 crows (one with a headswap) from the random packs:



3 Wildlings from the random packs. Some creative posing of the arms allows some variation in the spearwielding model:



The wight (random packs), a bit of a disapointment this one:


A very bad picture of Daenerys, Grey Worm and 3 Unsullied (all from the random packs):

[Elbows]

Interesting, when I saw these advertised I thought they were much more...premier action figures, with really nice paint etc.  Didn't realize they were randomized etc.  Looking forward to seeing what you do with them.

[white knight]

Yeah, I thought it might be useful to show what they really look like. The factory paintjob is quite thin though, so should be easy to touch up or repaint without obscuring details.

[DeafNala]

The UBERCOOL potential of the various minis, paraphernalia, & accessories abounds in the Beasty. Have FUN with it all.

[manic _miner]

 I have some of these too.Only the blind bag one's so far.

 The others set's which are due next look great.The Giants will be sought after pieces.

 Putting the figures on round bases is something which i thought about doing too.Some dont really stand well on the blocks they come with.

[white knight]

The bases they come with are really not very effective and seem more of an afterthought. A lot of the stances are really too wide to fit well on the bases and the footprint is too small for some figures so they are prone to fall over. The little half-ring attached to the feet doesn't always grip the base tab too well either.

[white knight]

I've put up a few spare figures for trade in the Bazaar in case anyone wants to try out a couple to see what they're like. Otherwise I'll just turn them into statues. 

[Devoted of Slaanesh]

Can you make some pics comparing them to other model lines. That could be useful. Like the banners best.

[white knight]

Can you make some pics comparing them to other model lines. That could be useful. Like the banners best.

You mean other model lines in the same scale?

[Devoted of Slaanesh]

Yes. Thanks. Just have check the prices - European are very steep. The Iron Throne set is 30$ in USA and here is 50 euros + 9 delivery...