A Song of Ice and Fire character figures

In between paintings of large batches of War of the Roses figures (I have recently finished about 80 more), I like to spend some time refreshing by doing something a little different. I have been a huge fan of George R. R. Martin's ASong of Ice and Fire series since I first came across them about 8 years ago. It has gone on to become quite the pop-culture item in its TV incarnation as Game of Thrones on HBO. In my most recent refresher time I have converted and modeled some character figures from the series. Whether I use them for any gaming, the future will tell. I am planning to do a fictional campaign in a the aSoIaF realm using my WotR collection with newly made command stands and vignettes (more on those in coming posts), creating fictional houses to play out a regional conflict between local lords.

I thought I would use this space to post up a few pictures of characters I have converted and painted up.

"A ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is."

First we have Eddard 'Ned' Stark and his massive Valyrian steel great sword 'Ice.' The body is a Perry plastic from the WotR infantry boxes. The blade for the sword came from some old ridiculous fantasy miniature. The crosspiece is a bit of a sprue , and the pommel comes from a Wargames Factory gladius. The head is a plasticWargames Factory ancient German tribesman, complete with the trademark Wargames Factory 'mushy face,' as I like to call it. I think this is the least pleasing figure of the bunch, due to the bad face sculpt, and the coloring of the sword. I was going for a bluish tint but not sure I like the way it turned out. The Valyrian steel effect I later came up with looks better (see Jon Snow below).

"I think it passing odd that I am loved by one for a kindness I never did, and reviled by so many for my finest act."

Here is Jaime 'The Kingslayer' Lannister, (spoiler alert!) after his run in with the Brave Companions and his heel-to-semi-face turn). The body is once again a Perry plastic, the cloak is from the Fireforge Teutonic sergeants plastic box, the head is chopped from a Foundry Roman head that came stuck on a stake meant as a Germanic/Gallic decoration. The armor is polished looking I think, washed at one point with yellow to give it a golden-white appearance.

"I have won every battle, yet somehow I'm losing the war."

Above is Robb Stark, 'The Young Wolf.' The components are fairly similar to the Jaime figure, body by Perry plastics, cloak by Fireforge, and a Foundry head hacked off.

"There’s no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it."

Jon Snow is almost entirely from the Fireforge Teutonic infantry set. There is a little sculpting done at teh back of the right arm to get it in the position I wanted. The wolf's head pommel piece was sculpted by me from Kneadatite 'green stuff'. The figure is decent, and I like how it turned out, though I wish the nose on the Fireforge hooded head was not so broad. It is a little overpowering for the face, and does not quite look as I would want.

Here we have a Targaryen of some sort. The armor is inspired by Rhaegar's at the Battle of the Trident, but I could not quite get the whole Targaryen sigil on the chest, so one dragon head will have to suffice, rather than three. This one is entirely from the Perry platic WotR boxes. The dragon on the chest was altered and fitted by me from a 6th ed. Warhammer dark elf shield decoration.

I hope you enjoy, and say tuned for the some pictures of my command vignettes I intend to use for the campaign.

S.V.B.E.

Historicon 2014 Photo Dump

Here are a collection of photos from Historicon 2014 held in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Most of the pictures here come from the Piquet Field of Battle and Pulse of Battle games in which I participated. At the end are a few shots of other nice looking games on show at the convention.

First, from Tim's FoB2 Latema Nek WWI East Africa game (with Tim's lovely 28mm khaki troops):

Proof that Peter touched khaki troops (from the replay of the game on Friday):

From the Pulse of Battle pick-up game on Thursday night, New Kingdom Egyptians versus Assyrians (with Peter's excellent collection of ancient warriors):

Peter's FoB2 Battle of Montmirail (French and Prussians are from Peter's collection, the Russians are lovingly 'greened' by Barry):

And now from something completely different:

Enjoy!
-The Fox

Some 15mm fantasy figures from Splintered Light

I have begun to build some 15mm fantasy forces, and due to a very good find in the flea market at Historicon, I find myself in possession of a decent-sized, fully-painted army of 15mm orcs,

I have also started to paint a dark elven force. Below are some photos of a sampling of figures as examples, Rather than photographing whole units, I have just taken a picture of a single figure type from each of two types of units I have painted so far. The figures are by Splintered Light, a company that I do not hesitate to recommend.

First, we have some figures that I am using as 'corsair' types:

These figures below are meant to be wood elves--ranger types, I think--but I have turned them to the dark side.

And here, to lead them, we have a character figure. He is definitely the corsair captain, what with his flowing shirt and sea-monster skin cloak.

Enjoy!

S. V. B. E.
-The Fox