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Offline Centaur_Seducer

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Re: To Westeros!
« Reply #30 on: January 28, 2014, 12:45:07 PM »
lol

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Re: To Westeros!
« Reply #31 on: January 28, 2014, 12:52:44 PM »
Thanks for that statement, Chris: I now have visions of the Captain striking poses to Madonna's 'Vogue' video....  :o




I was thinking more like this...but back on track gents...ahem


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Re: To Westeros!
« Reply #32 on: January 28, 2014, 12:58:02 PM »
Cpn Blood - I too grew up in a pre GW world and still have a unit of 20 man orcs from the old Minifigs ME ranges in my LOTR army.
You've made an excellent start to your westerosi. I'm liking your take on the Braavosi! With a bit of work the handgunner could be converted to taking a crossbow? - I've been eyeing up the Kingmaker medievals particularly the Hussites as a potential source of low born to make up the Brotherhood Without Banners and a peasant militia of 'Sparrows' from 'A Feast for Crows' who protect the smallfolk during the War of the Five Kings...
I echo the comments made on the great poses - Not those kinda poses!
Nice use of the various plastic elements - especially the capes, cowls and cloaks - .
My Ironborn are pretty much Gripping Beast Vikings out of the box
I'm still slaving away on my Em4 orc challenge otherwise you'd inspire me to crack on with my own Westerosi!
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Re: To Westeros!
« Reply #33 on: January 28, 2014, 01:05:00 PM »
For white walkers and their walking dead I would also look at the Fimir of Albon thread, the work he used for ghouls and zeds fomr Mantic mixed with GW and others is great. I have pinched the idea for use with my celtos stuff. great fun too.












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Re: To Westeros!
« Reply #34 on: January 28, 2014, 02:04:34 PM »
Nice beginning
as I am doing Westeros at the moment to I will watch this closely . I have already a Flement Brax force (Lannister vassals) a Stark force and am working on Tytos Blackwood
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Re: To Westeros!
« Reply #35 on: January 28, 2014, 03:41:01 PM »
Quite excited. I've been considering getting a few Perry Ansar for the Unsullied...
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Re: To Westeros!
« Reply #36 on: January 28, 2014, 04:48:45 PM »
Thanks everyone, for your enthusiasm - no pressure!  lol

Nice one Richard  :-*

Time to get mine out of the cupboard again  lol

If you're talking about your Perry figs in the pale blue livery, I think you will find they're in my cupboard still James :D

I've got an idea for the iron-born Greyjoys. Will knock one up a bit later... Watch this space...

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Re: To Westeros!
« Reply #37 on: January 28, 2014, 04:50:58 PM »
Thanks everyone, for your enthusiasm - no pressure!  lol

If you're talking about your Perry figs in the pale blue livery, I think you will find they're in my cupboard still James :D

I've got an idea for the iron-born Greyjoys. Will knock one up a bit later... Watch this space...

Nah, my black Karstarks  :D

Those others are normal WotR figures  :)

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Re: To Westeros!
« Reply #38 on: January 28, 2014, 05:39:05 PM »
Nah, my black Karstarks  :D

Those others are normal WotR figures  :)


Ah, I thought they were doubling up as one of the minor houses  ;)

Yes, now I remember the black Karstarks. Northern brutes  ;)

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Re: To Westeros!
« Reply #39 on: January 28, 2014, 05:40:54 PM »
Northern brutes  ;)

Aren't we all  ;) lol

cheers

James

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Re: To Westeros!
« Reply #40 on: January 28, 2014, 05:55:26 PM »
Well you are, certainly  lol

Okay, so here’s my first stab at a Greyjoy… I feel this is more or less the look I’m after. He’s a bit of a Frankenstein’s monster…
Perry WOTR head on a Warlord Celt torso and arms. Mounted onto a Fireforge serjeant’s legs plus a FF kite shield and generous Green Stuff fur cloak swirling in the sea wind off Pike…

Unfortunately, the Warlord Celt bodies are a bit naff – all arms flung wide and cartoon six-packs. But I think some of them will be usable.
On reflection, I might change his sword and sword hand for something more medieval… Think that would change the look quite a bit.

Overall, I’m trying to go for elements of medieval sophistication grafted onto an essentially poor and brutal seagoing culture – but without veering too far into Conan the barbarian territory.

Essentially I’m seeing the Lannisters and Tyrells as pretty much High Medieval, the Starks and their bannermen a little bit less so and with a bit more fur (but nowhere near as Dark Age grungy as the HBO version), and the Greyjoys as poorer relations still.

What do you think?



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Re: To Westeros! (Update: 'We Do Not Sow')
« Reply #41 on: January 28, 2014, 05:58:27 PM »
Like it!

How about an axe, very Viking  :)

cheers

James

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Re: To Westeros! (Update: 'We Do Not Sow')
« Reply #42 on: January 28, 2014, 06:16:10 PM »
Hmmm. Yes. I'm trying to keep them medieval rather than too overtly viking. Tricky. I mean GRRM clearly has vikings in mind with the Greyjoys, but doesn't really describe them culturally as very different from the rest of the great houses of Westeros...

I think, essentially, that HBO took the easy way out, by rooting each of the great houses in very visibly different cultural styles. So King's Landing looks much more exotically Mediterranean than I'd ever envisaged, the North is kind of sub-Lord of The Rings, and no doubt Dorne, when they get to it, will be out and out mysterious orient. Personally, I think this is a mistake. Yes there are climate differences from north to south across Westeros, but as I read it, the Seven Kingdoms are a fairly homogenous pseudo-medieval culture. It's only once you cross the narrow seas that you find the exotic cultures of the middle east, horse tribes etc...

Interesting innit?  :D

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Re: To Westeros! (Update: 'We Do Not Sow')
« Reply #43 on: January 28, 2014, 07:05:35 PM »
Lovely work Cap!
I'm with the fierce northern brute known as Jim "The Mountain that talks". How about a hatchett?

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Re: To Westeros! (Update: 'We Do Not Sow')
« Reply #44 on: January 28, 2014, 07:42:18 PM »
Do you know this book:



It has a wealth of paintings about all the houses and characters by lots of artists, so many different views of their appearance. I would highly recommend it, and there is even a second inspiring volume available.

 

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