A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm

[sukhe_bator]

You're a painting machine! In awe of the rate you finish these!

These are by no means finished! I wish 'by the Seven' that they all were! In many cases I have been slowly building up the numbers over a long time - My process is to build/assign the figures to the relevant factions/houses and then devise and paint the sigils and only THEN go on to complete the rest of the painting. I find that once I've assigned the heraldry to the figures they take on a character all of their own. Once they belong to a house I then go back and work on a house at a time. This is after a lengthy reorganisation. To put it into context I started this project not that long after the Perry WoTR had come out but their Agincourt range hadn't and the Fireforge feudals were not yet available. Having built a load of HYW and Fireforge feudals to bulk out the numbers I had to repaint a load to match my vision of the world building assigning. I assigned the WoTR & HYW mainly to the Westerlands and The Reach and the feudals have fleshed out the Riverlands, the Vale and the North. I still have a very long road to go but they are at least photogenic enough to get an impression of the finished outcome.

[AKULA]

Makes perfect sense if you are trying to build a coherent force.

Looking forward to seeing them all finished

 

[sukhe_bator]

Looking forward to seeing them all finished

Me too!

[AKULA]

Me too!

Will it ever be really finished though...always something else to add

 

[sukhe_bator]

That's the problem with world-building, you end up with... well, and entire world 

[sukhe_bator]

The Crownlands contingent of the Duskendale Alliance, Houses (top to bottom) Stokeworth, Rykker and Rosby, with respective mounted knights/men at arms plus mounted sergeants with my take on Hayford, Buckwell and semi-canon Mallery. The contingent is 12 infantry short for combining comfortably into various Lion/Dragon Rampant units so I will probably end up making a composite unit from lesser houses.

[HappyChappy439]

Nicely done! I like how the Stokeworth lamb has turned out especially!

How do you decide on the composition for your infantry? Is it consistently 6 melee and 6 ranged?

I may have to nab your process and set up some blocks of Narrow-Sea Houses!

[sukhe_bator]

Each House unit is made up of 6 melee (including 1 captain and 1 standard bearer) and 6 ranged weapons (typically 4 bow and 2 crossbow) - see attached image of House Stokeworth. One house per region is outfitted with 6 bow to act as a scout/specialist unit. Each house can operate independently but will usually combine with up to 3 neighbouring houses to defend a district. For campaign purposes I have subdivided each region under the control of 12 houses. In the case of the Crownlands (due to its proximity to King's Landing) only 3 major houses are fielded. This gives 12 bow, a mixed unit of 6 crossbow and 6 pavisiers, 12 foot men at arms, and 6 cavalry. This equates to approx. 16 points in Lion Rampant terms. The expectation is the Crownlands will act as an allied contingent or be supported in turn by allies. However I have a few HYW figures left over so will probably add a mixed unit from the lesser houses mentioned.

[AKULA]

I somehow missed the last set of photos .... great work, I’m in full admiration for the range of Houses you’ve achieved.

Would love a closeup of the House Buckwell heraldry in particular 

[tomrommel1]

nice additions