Links

And while we are at it, why not take a look at a few other blogs around the web that are trying similar projects?

The Dilettante Gamer, trying his hand at making up factions via Dux Brittanicum by Too Fat Lardies

Franktactica, who gives us not only his blog and its awesome paint jobs, but also SAGA battle boards for the Starks and Lannisters!

FINiatures, who is hard at work on doing a Westeros army (armies?) for Impetus!

A Homage to Westeros, with an excellent Tyrion conversion!

More to follow as I uncover more goodies!

Inspiration From the Series

Here are a few images of what the Stark household guards look like in the series.  The helmets are 14th century open-faced bascinet types, with camails underneath.  The armour consists of round shields and fantasy-styled brigandines.  Certainly as good a place as any to start off.

Miniatures!

A good starting point from which I drew my initial inspiration: the Lead Adventure forum.  This modeler has used the Perry Brothers 15th century pikemen and has obviously subbed in various viking heads from other plastic manufacturers (I believe in this case Wargames Factory, although the original link says Gripping Best).  Overall, a good impression and I like the color scheme, although I'm not super fond of the way some guys have viking heads and some don't.  Although the color scheme ties it all together, I find the effect sort of jarring.  Sadly, no more photos to be had.

On Heraldry

As part of my research and inspiration for this blog, I stumbled across this effort at "branding" the various houses of Westeros by a Nike designer.  While I'm not overly fond of all of them, it is certainly an interesting concept, and worth a look.  Who knows?  Perhaps someone will find inspiration here for shield designs, banners, or other heraldry.  Take a look at the full list here.

Introduction

This blog represents a foray into wargaming the world of Westeros from George R.R. Martin's series Game of Thrones.  While immensely popular, this series appears more or less untouched by the wargaming community.  As such, I will attempt to rectify this sitution as I work on various Westeros-themed projects in 28mm (mostly), and chronicle my attempts to bring more attention to this theater of play.