A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm

[sukhe_bator]

And waiting in the wings to be completed on my workbench, my Westerlands host...
On the Front Left... Clegane and Lefford, behind them Swyft and Crakehall, and Jast and Westerling at the back. On the Front Right 2 x 12 units of Lannister, with Prester and Brax behind and Marbrand and Bettley in the rear

[Magos Kasen]

They look great!

[Wellington Bonaparte]

I love your take on Vargo Hoat, the Zoarse (excuse spelling)  is superb!!

[Captain Blood]

Excellent. I need a Vargo Hoat... 

[sukhe_bator]

We should put together everyone's versions -
and then we'll have a Qohorum!

[sukhe_bator]

After the winter break, 2018 has been officially designated the 'Year of the Homestead'. Watching my kids wandering around the wonderful world building in games like 'Skyrim' and 'Witcher' has galvanised me into action. After many false starts and grandiose construction schemes and not much progress with the more mundane everyday dwellings I have finally brought together my entire collection of scratchbuilt and resin houses. The plan is to take these to completion to be able to recreate a village compatible with my LoTR or GOT figures.
I currently have 4 Gripping Beast thatched buildings, 2 Zvezda 20mm Russian timber cabins, 2 scratchbuilt timber framed houses currently on the work bench and 2 dark age huts to add to my lonely hall and sept... I also plan to make a forge and Phase II will be populating these with a variety of civilians / smallfolk

[Coenus Scaldingus]

Missed the previous update, nice Vargo you you have there - when sourcing bits for my own version (one day...) I'm pretty sure that exact same head was among the ones I had when narrowing down the selection to the best 2 or 3! It's the long goatee I guess. Not massively looking forward to painting a gazillion stripes though...

[sukhe_bator]

Not massively looking forward to painting a gazillion stripes though...

I hear you - especially as I have a couple more Zorses to do for my planned 'Bloody Mummers' unit

[sukhe_bator]

Taking advantage of a brief break in the typical UK spring weather, some w.i.p. shots of two Westerosi timber framed buildings I have scratchbuilt. Balsa, scrap wood and matchstick framing and shingles over a foamcore shell, with Milliput daub infill and sculpted stone footings.
One building has a jetty on two sides and has a decorative dragon post. The second build is styled and a shop front at one end with an upper dwelling which will be accessed via an external wooden staircase.

[Andym]

Nice addition!

[Ogrob]

Some great buildings, it will look brill on the table.

[sukhe_bator]

After a long hiatus, I returned to 25mm and Westeros at the end of summer with a vengeance and worked on finishing a number of buildings, as well as starting a few new projects... the two timber framed houses from earlier posts, a new build of a medieval post mill, a partially completed moot hall and a stable block which will form part of an inn. The inn is L shaped and will feature oriel windows a wooden gallery and external wooden staircase and possibly dormer windows.

[sukhe_bator]

These builds are all shell-only construction and I've condensed the scale to 4mm:foot so the doors and windows are a little underscale for 25mm figures. They are designed to add character and interfere with line of sight etc. in skirmish games.

[Ogrob]

Lovely stuff. Welcome back to GRRM-land.

[sukhe_bator]

Lovely stuff. Welcome back to GRRM-land.

Thanks Ogrob, it has been awhile... Since I ran out of steam (pardon the pun) with my Transcaspian railway conversions in 15mm, I've been itching to continue my 25mm world building. I was acutely aware of the number of half started/finished projects I had from the spring. I caught the timber framing bug when I discovered I could use hi-grab solvent free glues for my constructions, rather than the smelly cheap clear glues I had been previously. They had restricted my build time to the fine weather (or at least warm and dry enough to open the patio doors!)