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Up next is Robb Stark and the first Stark that I’ve worked on. With that in mind there’s a few things to look at, mainly regarding colour. I’m still not done getting rid of all the mould lines on the mini…though the mono-pose nature of these minis does make that a little tricky. The first thing we need to look at is the colours of House Stark.

The important thing here is ‘ice white’. I have noticed that many depictions of Stark colours change this to ‘blue grey’ and I’m not sure where that came from. My assumption is that the ‘ice’ part of the description makes people think of glaciers that do have that lovely blue hue to them (glaciers are amazing, if anyone needs reminding) but if you google ‘ice white colour’ most of the colours are a pure to slightly grey-white and this is the colour I plan to go with for Robb’s tabard and, by extension, the tabards of my Sworn Swords…unless I decide that some of them are Mormonts…we’ll have to see. The white colour is a bit of a pet peeve of mine, but what’s life without a little pedantry every now and then?

VERY important point here; this is my choice with my minis, everyone can do whatever they like the look of with their minis and should in no way be discouraged or feel that they have done wrong. Blue-grey tabards look good, I just prefer a literal adherence. Remember that it’s YOUR hobby. 🙂

As I’m aiming for a closer-to-the-books approach, Robb’s appearance is very different. One of the defining factors of the Stark children is that they, largely, resemble their Tully mother than their Stark father. Another reason for Catelyn’s resentment of Jon Snow, who is very much like a Stark. Robb, Bran, Rickon, and Sansa are all described as looking like Tullys, whereas Arya and Jon look like Starks. This is actually quite helpful as it allows me to dabble in more brighter colours and help move away from the darker colours of the TV series. As per normal, I’m going to reserve pure blacks for belts and small details on Robb just to help make the Northmen very distinct of any Night’s Watch I may get in future…after the Greyjoys, of course… Well, back to struggling with mould lines…