A Song of Ice and Fire in 25mm

[Mr.J]

It sounds like you are well away but have you considered using throwing the Foreforge plastics into the mix as well?
As soon as I saw them I thought that they would be ideal for ASOIAF.

[Vermis]

It's been a while since I replied to this thread.  Everything looks great!  The troll conversion looks especially effective.

The Wildlings are supposed to be backwoodsmen with limited availability to metalworking technology, so wood leather bone and fur and stone feature quite heavily. They also scavenge and steal weaponry and armour. The Thenn have a bronze age culture, but I had great trouble finding suitable barbarians with sufficient clothing to survive the cold - hence the extensive alterations in green stuff!but I had great trouble finding suitable barbarians with sufficient clothing to survive the cold - hence the extensive alterations in green stuff!

I hear that!  My eyes went bloodshot scouring the net for suitable minis.  Fantasy barbarians are almost all half-naked Conan-alikes (despite supposedly hailing from a similar climate) and historical celts aren't too far behind.  Vikings and saxons etc. have too much metal wrapped around them or just look too civilised in clothing.  As fussy as I am, I figure the easiest thing to do might be to sculpt some myself and have them cast up.

max,
It may well be easier to adapt/swap other plastic or metal heads (GW and Fireforge come to mind among others) and save the sculpting for the more ideosyncratic helms such as Victarion Greyjoy's kraken helm and the Hound's. Otherwise you may end up with an awful lot to handsculpt!

Eccentric Miniatures' helm sprue might be just the thing.  Some of those, and their shields, and maybe some hand weapons on Perry men-at-arms?  Surcoats and tabards might be tricky, though; but still, EM just boosted my own ASoIaF plans ahead a fair bit.

(Although the final hump is still the biggest, IMO.  Where can I find at least one more ASoIaF fan to game with...?)

[Suber]

I'm really enjoying this thread, good job! Go on!

[sukhe_bator]

Having had a look at the rule sets out there, I'm experimenting using my Armies of Arcana ruleset for this, since most of the troop types have equivalents already represented. An alternative is to try the LOTR skirmish rules, so I would have thought you should be able to find an opponent out there willing to have a go using those rules with ASOIAF Proxy figures.

[sukhe_bator]

I've found that the Warlord Viking Bondi torsos are a good value source both for Northern Men at Arms and Wildlings. The trousers and footwear look about right for the climate, with the wrap around puttees. By the time you've added a hood/cowl/cape/cloak you tend to obscure the distinctive tunic collar while legwarmers and wrist bands add to the cold weather look. Then its just a question of using the head and arms of your choice and arming them appropriately.

[sukhe_bator]

A few WIP pics of the forces as they roll off the production line...
The Others

The first batch of White Walkers

The Magnar of Thenn leads his clan

The heavy mob - Papo Mammoth and converted Giant

A variety of Bannermen converted from Perry & Gripping Beast & Warlord parts with green stuff cowls and hoods added

[Mr.J]

Excellent! This project just keep getting better!
This is exactly what I pictured things as looking like after reading the book. Your aesthetics are much closer to ASoIaF than the Game of Thrones series. Really like the Thenn, they look brilliant! All the extra work really has paid off.

[sukhe_bator]

Thanks Mr J, I'm pleased with the look
Some shots of the Magnar of Thenn - one of my favourite conversions


And some Northern archers

And lastly Tyrion, Brom and Jaime

[Limaike]

Jamie looks like a total freak. Perfect!!

I'm not surprised you looked elsewhere for the Game of Thrones character miniatures- the Dark Sword release was a disappointment, too stilted, especially the stuff by Meier (and i'm usually a big fan of his work).

Keep up the great work!

[sukhe_bator]

Hopefully once I've styled his King's Guard cloak the Prince Charming 'big hair' look will not seem too out of place!

[Hammers]

Jamie looks like a total freak. Perfect!!

I'm not surprised you looked elsewhere for the Game of Thrones character miniatures- the Dark Sword release was a disappointment, too stilted, especially the stuff by Meier (and i'm usually a big fan of his work).

Keep up the great work!

I really like the Meier character figs.

[max]

Really like the banner men. The use of parts is excellent, true kit bashing!

[fastolfrus]

Although the final hump is still the biggest, IMO.  Where can I find at least one more ASoIaF fan to game with...?

Where are you based?

[Vermis]

Mid-Ulster. I go up to Belfast every couple of weeks to a fantasy skirmish/boardgame group, and to the Omagh library every month with a club of historical mass battle afficionados. I know what both would and do say if I suggest we all collect armies for fantasy battles, let alone for a set of books I don't think the rest of them ever looked at.

Nice work, Sukhe.

[CyberAlien312]

Very nice, that Tyrion is a great idea and it looks really good!