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That title will almost certainly give the game away as to what is up next. And if you don’t recognise that line then read the books. The TV show is all well and good, but the books contain so much more intrigue and characters that it’s well worth your time. I don’t have a picture of the primed mini…yet…because he’s not due to arrive until tomorrow, but I’m getting antsy about wait for my new toys that I just had to start this ‘research’ post before I burst…

With that in mind, my next project will be Grey Wind from CMON’s A Song of Ice and Fire Miniatures Game.* Been a while since I attempted this much fur on a mini and I’m really looking forward to it. As the basis of CMON’s game is the books rather than the TV series I will be focusing heavily on those descriptions and imagery. Luckily, Grey Wind in the series isn’t too far off how he is described in the book. In fact, shall we compare?

Robb looks very different, though, eh? More on that later. The artwork here was taken from the Wiki of Ice and Fire article for Grey Wind that I am including a link for in the spirit of openness and intellectual property. The other was a basic google search, so I think you could all find that easily enough. The depictions here are very similar to the colourations of Grey Wolves (Canis lupus if we’re being technical) which I am taking as my ‘real life’ influence and because of some interesting colours found in the fur. Here’s a photo from a quick google image search for Eurasian grey wolves that should show what I mean.

The brown tones in the fur are something that I do want to try, but as Grey Wind is described as having ‘smoke grey’ fur, I think I will have some darker greys along the top fur, and maybe a little less of the brown, but he should be a very interesting project and I’m looking forward to it. I really hope the parcel comes tomorrow…