A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm

[sukhe_bator]

I'm pleased with the overall result of my abominable conversion (thanks for that FramFramson) , though I will be far happier when it has a lick of paint. If you look at the general description of the Westeros giants on the Wiki site
http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Giant, the Moria Cave troll matches the description pretty closely. If it hadn't been for the fact that I picked up the Troll torso for only a squid I wouldn't have tried the conversion.

I shall be keeping my eyes peeled for another one now to undertake the mammoth task (thought I'd get in there first)  of modelling a mounted version, the Papo and Schleich Mammoths are around 1:20th scale.

The Schleich mammoth is 16 x 12cms
http://www.everythingdinosaur.com/woolly-mammoth.html
The Papo version is taller and larger at 22 x 14cm
http://www.everythingdinosaur.com/papo-woolly-mammoth.html
The Natural History Museum do a version 20 x 14cm H though it is a little staid in pose and too friendly looking for my liking!
http://www.everythingdinosaur.com/woolly-mammoth-2.html
Alternatively there's the Everything Dinosaur Wild Safari Woolly Mammoth at 16 x 11cm H (to the head)
http://www.everythingdinosaur.com/wild-safari-woolly-mammoth.html

Which one would you guys choose if you were me?

[Wilkins]

Looking forward to seeing your giant with some paint on. Mammoth-wise my vote is for the Papo one!

[Mr.J]

I like the top two best. The third one is the worst I think.

In order of preference:
1st 2nd 4th 3rd.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with these.

[sukhe_bator]

Thanks for the straw poll guys,
I think I will keep my eye out for a Papo mammoth, since I like the pose better. If I can get hold of another troll body cheaply enough I'll go mammoth hunting .

Hopefully I'll pick up some more bits and bobs at SELWG this coming Sunday.

I always try to model some distinctive piece of scenery that evokes the period I'm gaming. I'm planning a few barrows to supplement the scenery I already have. I like buildings and the idea of a small Sept appealed. One thing bugs me about Martin's description - I get the 7 niches for the seven gods, but where's the door going to be? Surely it makes more architectural sense to have an 8 sided building, with 1 side blank for a door and the other 7 niched?! A nice Romanesque/Byzantine round church would look quite good I think with a small clerestory.

I discovered a cache of wire at the weekend and while the muse (and the milliput) sang to me, decided to work on a Weirwood tree. The trunk was easy enough to make but I'm not looking forward to cutting out loads of leaves!
WIP pics to follow...

[sukhe_bator]

WIP pics of my weirwood heart tree, with a follower of the drowned god for scale! The main sculpt has been mostly done, some finer bark texturing and minor work on the branches and the fiddler smaller branches to do before the addition of loads of red painted paper leaves. The base is a separate matter
 

[sukhe_bator]

I understand now why commercially available trees are so fricking expensive. The main build was easy enough but I've now used enough fuse wire to light up a small town to model the upper branches...

Next stop is to coat the thinner branches with something (probably an epoxy resin glue) before matt white undercoating. Then the joyous task of adding a gazillion leaves handcut from red painted paper...
I will not be modelling any more trees in the near future, and I can feel my LOTR Ent/Huorn army receding to the end of my 'To Do' list!

[DeafNala]

The Tree is EXCELLENT. GREAT WORK
You're right about your minis getting dropped a couple of spots on the priorities scale. Terrain making is definitely addictive...I need to make some more Mushrooms now.

[CyberAlien312]

The tree is very nice!

[sundayhero]

For faster chesnut-style tree building (but not as cool as yours), you can replace the very tiny upper branches with some pillow interior flakes (polyester I guess). You can make them so thin that they appears almost invisible. Then spray a deep green paint on it and then modelling flock (cork or sawdust style).

It's a good way to build a big forest fast (I used it to make forest on slot racing tracks, where the boards are around 3-4meters x 1-2meters wide...).

[sukhe_bator]

Good tip sundayhero. If it weren't for the fact that Weirwoods had such distinctive leaves (red 5-ptd maple-like) and I wanted a sparser autumnal look, them I'd have gone with a similar idea.

[obsidian3d]

Great looking tree! Very evocative.

[Vauln]

I love the Weirwood!

[Thantsants]

Nice work on the tree - some useful tips to take away there too 

[sukhe_bator]

The final result after what seems like years of sticking on leaves!

[Mo!]

Wow thats right down special!!! Well done!