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A Lannister Always Paints His Armies

A Lannister Always Paints His Armies

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About the Project

Painting a Lannister army for A Song of Ice And Fire Miniatures game.

This Project is Completed

A different project

Tutoring 2
Skill 4
Idea 5
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Seeing it gaining some tracking at the local club, I decided to jump into A Song of Ice and Fire Miniatures game. Nice change of pace for myself, as I don’t actively play any other rank-and-file fantasy games and I quite liked the straightforward mechanics but the learn-as-you go complexity the game offers.

First stop was the choice of faction. The game is offering me change of pace, then why not go with the painting too and for something that’s furthest away from what I’ve recently done otherwise. The bright red and gold of Lannisters was exactly that, and after the few demo games and let’s plays online, I quite like how the folks of Casterly Rock are on the table top.

The project itself was a little unusual for me. I typically jump between projects, paint what what ever I feel like and build up armies slow, this time I wanted to get everything ready as quickly as possible and so that I wouldn’t necessarily be returning to this project once the army is battle ready.

Writing this, I’ve in fact painted everything. Now it’s all just to take photos and upload them here.

Lannister Guardsmen

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Guardsmen unitGuardsmen unit
Individual figuresIndividual figures
Individual figures, the Lloyd shotIndividual figures, the Lloyd shot

Guardsmen, the core fighting unit of the Lannister army. There’s two units in the starter set, and I started painting from these. The colour and technique choices here defined the whole project, for the rest of the army I stuck to the same pallette.

Primer and pre-shading:

I started off from black primer, airbrushed on. Considering the red and gold paint scheme, I did the pre-shade zenith with Vallejo Model Air Aged White. It’s an off white, creamy colour.

Red:

– Citadel Contrast Blood Angels Red

First time trying out the Contrast paints, I went with the Contrast Blood Angels Red. It’s absolutely fantastic paint, works well over the pre-shaded figures as I’m sure it does also for flat primer. I highlighted and shaded it a bit on characters and some individual models where I felt like it, but mostly the reds are just pre-shade and Contrast.

Gold:

my trusty trio of

– Vallejo Model Colour Ochre Brown

– Vallejo Model Colour Yellow Ochre

– Scale75 Tenere Yellow (or VMC Ice Yellow, which I ran out and replaced with S75)

Black:

– Contrast Black Templar

Armour:

– Black and Citadel Nuln Oil Shading

– Vallejo Model Colour Offwhite and Army Painter White for highlights.

Skin:

Either

– Army Painter Barbarian Flesh

– Citadel Contrast Guilliman Flesh

– Highlights: AP Barbarian flesh with VMC Deck Tan.

 

Leathers:

– Army Painter Leather Brown

– Citadel Agrax Earthshade wash

– AP Leather Brown mixed with VMC Deck Tan for the models I bothered to highlight.

Mountains Men

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Skill 8
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Mountain’s MenMountain’s Men
Individual figuresIndividual figures
Lloyd shotLloyd shot

Halberdiers

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Halberdiers UnitHalberdiers Unit
Halberdiers, individual figuresHalberdiers, individual figures
Lloyd shotLloyd shot

Crossbowmen

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Crossbowmen
Crossbowmen
Crossbowmen

Knights of Casterly Rock

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Skill 6
Idea 2
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Knights of Casterly Rock
Knights of Casterly Rock
Knights of Casterly Rock

Guard Captain and Assault Veteran

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Guard CaptainGuard Captain
Guard Captain, Lloyd shotGuard Captain, Lloyd shot
Assault VeteranAssault Veteran
Assault Veteran, Lloyd shotAssault Veteran, Lloyd shot

Jaime Lannister

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Skill 5
Idea 2
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Jaime Lannister
Jaime Lannister
Jaime Lannister

Clegane Bros

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Gregor Clegane, The MountainGregor Clegane, The Mountain
Clegane Bros
Clegane Bros
SandorSandor
Clegane Bros
Gregor sure is a big boyGregor sure is a big boy

Tywin Lannister

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Tywin Lannister
Tywin Lannister

Tyrion the Imp and Tyrion the Halfman

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Tyrion, the non-combat unit variant. I quite like how his face turned out.Tyrion, the non-combat unit variant. I quite like how his face turned out.
Tyrion the Imp and Tyrion the Halfman
Tyrion the Halfman. Combat commanderTyrion the Halfman. Combat commander
Tyrion the Imp and Tyrion the Halfman

Cersei Lannister

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Skill 7
Idea 3
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Cersei Lannister
Cersei Lannister

The High Sparrow

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Skill 7
Idea 2
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The High Sparrow
The High Sparrow

Maester Pycelle

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Skill 6
Idea 2
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Maester Pycelle
Maester Pycelle

Poor Fellows

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Idea 2
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I had this project marked as ‘completed’. But what army is completed when there are reinforcements available?

Here’s the Poor Fellows, I’ll post couple other units as separate post.

Poor FellowsPoor Fellows
Poor Fellows, Lloyd view.Poor Fellows, Lloyd view.

Warrior’s Sons

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Another faith based unit as reinforcements to my army, the Warrior’s Sons. Loved painting the armour on these guys.

I wanted to get them on the table quick, so I kept the capes simple. It’s simply a Contrast Yellow on top of pre-shade.

Warrior’s Sons
Warrior’s Sons

The King’s Guard

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King’s Guard. King’s Guard.
King’s GuardKing’s Guard
The ultimate Lloyd shot: backs of minies and flegs. The ultimate Lloyd shot: backs of minies and flegs.

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