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Author Topic: A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm  (Read 99539 times)

Offline Charlie_

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Re: A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm
« Reply #525 on: May 28, 2020, 07:04:58 PM »
Very nice!

But who's the Hightower infiltrating the Vale nobility?  ;)

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Re: A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm
« Reply #526 on: May 28, 2020, 08:20:22 PM »
The Knights of the Vale look pretty damn good!

Apologies for my ignorance, but is it a heraldic convention to have the Liege Lords sigil on the hind section of the mount, or your own idea?

Either way it looks very effective, and ties them together as a force.


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Re: A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm
« Reply #527 on: May 28, 2020, 08:33:37 PM »
The Knights of the Vale look pretty damn good! Apologies for my ignorance, but is it a heraldic convention to have the Liege Lords sigil on the hind section of the mount, or your own idea?
A bit of both, really. It was partly to give it a unified look and something a little separate from the rest of the regions. There is historic precedent for this. In Spanish heraldry the confrere knights of the Military Orders had their personal heraldry combined with that of the order. In early heraldry a conroy often bore the same charges as the lord, even lesser knights owing service as well as men at arms. Others used the same colour combinations to show allegience to a particular faction. In instances where the sigil colours aren't specified I have used white and grey to signify allegience to the Starks, Blue and white for the Vale, Red and Yellow for the Lannisters and Yellow and Green for the Reach.
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Re: A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm
« Reply #528 on: May 28, 2020, 08:59:10 PM »
Thanks for the explanation - it makes sense, AND looks really effective

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Re: A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm
« Reply #529 on: May 29, 2020, 07:26:16 AM »
But who's the Hightower infiltrating the Vale nobility?  ;)
Hmmm, appears I have Hightower and Grafton muddled up... I've taken a simpler approach to the sigil than the semi-canon source
Thanks for spotting the error Charlie! :)

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Re: A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm
« Reply #530 on: May 29, 2020, 07:31:28 AM »
Those elephants are lovely :)

I dont mean to add to your labour, but have you considered the faith militant?
The Warrior's Sons and the Poor Fellows could be a neutral force, willing to fight for any pious lord.

Offline sukhe_bator

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Re: A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm
« Reply #531 on: May 29, 2020, 07:44:18 AM »
I dont mean to add to your labour, but have you considered the faith militant?
The Warrior's Sons and the Poor Fellows could be a neutral force, willing to fight for any pious lord.
Thanks for reminding me. I have a party of armed peasants and I have a Warrior's Son figure to paint up to lead them. I plan to kitbash a unit of Poor Fellows and a Septon too in good time...
I'm currently concentrating on the better quality arrow fodder and very pleased I'm following the book cycle and not having to add a model of my own Drogon to the long to-do list... ;)

Offline Gunner Dunbar

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Re: A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm
« Reply #532 on: May 29, 2020, 07:57:36 AM »
Cool thread, nice minis.

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Re: A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm
« Reply #533 on: June 01, 2020, 12:05:42 PM »
The Golden Company finally gets a standard bearer...

Offline HappyChappy439

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Re: A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm
« Reply #534 on: June 01, 2020, 12:12:07 PM »
Nice work! I like the interpretation of having 'gold' cloth without it being like...literally metallic gold! Looks great!

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Re: A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm
« Reply #535 on: June 01, 2020, 02:23:48 PM »
 :-* :-*

Love the standard bearer

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Re: A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm
« Reply #536 on: June 01, 2020, 05:45:58 PM »
And fresh off the drawing board - an afternoon's work and the outline heraldry for the Dornish infantry contingent begins to emerge. 8 of these are canon based on Tyrion's reception of the Dornish at King's Landing. I will tweak these further as I progress the figures. I had a variety of unused Gripping Beast Spanish mozarabs and chose to use those. The infantry are cast with kite shields but I figured that was better suited to foot fighters. The cavalry contingent will have the traditional round shields the Dornish are known to favour...
From L to R; Manwoody, Uller, Gargalen, Martell, Allyrion and Qorgyle
and 2nd row; Blackmont, Santagar, Wyl, Vaith, Jordayne and Toland

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Re: A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm
« Reply #537 on: June 01, 2020, 07:02:32 PM »
You are a machine  lol

I hadn’t even thought about Dorne...

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Re: A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm
« Reply #538 on: June 02, 2020, 11:54:26 AM »
The first mass assembly of the Reach host now all the models are built and beginning to show the look I'm after. Still days of work ahead progressing each house to completion. 12 Houses represented
L Hand side column from top to bottom; Fossoway of Cider Hall, Leygood, Ashford, Fossoway of New barrel, Tyrell and Oakheart
R Hand column from top to bottom; Crane, Caswell, Rowan, Merryweather, Footly and Tarly.
Off the table are 12 mounted men at arms still to be armed and equipped which will bear sigils of lesser houses.

Offline HappyChappy439

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Re: A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm
« Reply #539 on: June 02, 2020, 04:11:59 PM »
 :o You're a painting machine! In awe of the rate you finish these!

Keep up the great work!

 

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