Foehammer’s A Song of Ice and Fire
Jumping in
So, after debating it for several weeks, and getting another demo game in, I decided to jump in. The minis are really nice to paint, and a departure from the other games I am painting. The gameplay is fun and fast, and the way characters impact gameplay means a small army can play a bunch of different ways based on what characters you include. Mostly due to painting opportunities and the characters, I decided to jump in with Lannisters. A good Amazon.com deal on the starter set, and two days later, and I had a force and was off painting.
I decided, at least initially, to go with House Clegane. The Hound is a favorite character of mine from the show, and the force plays a little more offensively then the typical Lannister force. Also, it would involve the challenge of paining yellow, which I haven’t really had to deal with before.
Below is the start of my army painting, a unit of the “Mountains Men”. As each unit is only 12 guys, and 3-4 sculpts, I found I could bulk paint them up rather quickly, just varying color locations on the models.
Mountain's Men 1
Mountain's Men 2
Mountain's Men 3
Really nice smooth painting and nice touch with the freehand insignia on the shoulder pads on a couple of them.
Thank you. I did the free-hands as, compared to the other Lannister figs, these felt like they needed some color. They were much more metallic and drab.
@foehammer888 These have turned out lovely, even some nmm in there, very nice work!
Thanks. However, there is no actual NMM in these figs. Its actually something I do where I paint with actual metallics, but using some VERY basic NMM techniques. I think it gives some of the cool NMM effects, but still looks good if you cut a few corners. If you look at the actual figs, all the armor are just lighter/darker shades of silver.