Game of thrones | first-commission

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May 1, 2022

Cool Frostgrave miniatures

Having just painted up the umpety umpth set of minis to be used in Frostgrave I thought I might take a look back at some my favourites...

Dec 24, 2021

Bestest of 2021

Personal favourites from this year. As usual there is no attempt at ordering or even keeping to a top 10. As always I have painted a...

Jun 13, 2021

Paint the whole world with a rainbow

Readers of a certain age will need no reminding about Geoffrey, George, Bungle and of course Zippy but this blog is in fact about...

Jan 23, 2021

Nights Watch 2020 - A dark night illuminated a tiny bit

Following my blog about the mass of Free Folk I painted up this is a smaller, but more elite blog about the Men in Black who have to deal...

Jan 9, 2021

Game of Thrones 2020 Review Part 1 - The North forgets a bit - Freefolkerama

As 2020 drags its sorry arse out the door and 2021 edges in sideways with a hopeful look in its eye I thought I would do another of my...

Aug 30, 2020

Steppe by Steppe Dothraki (Redux)

This is a repeat of an earlier Blog which unfortunately Wix has maimed by removing the fotos so I've redone it..... Just completed the...

Aug 29, 2020

Stormcrow mercenaries - step by step

Just been sent a commission involving several units I hadn't yet been asked to paint amongst which were these Stormcrow mercenaries and...

Mar 8, 2020

Throw the dog a bone

Another in the rather random series of how i paint stuff. The idea as always is not to produce competition winners but to get something...

Feb 29, 2020

Night's Watch - Historical Analogies

Continuing my completely non expert illustrated wander through the possible historical back stories of Game of Thrones I arrive at the...

Jan 25, 2020

Will the real Wildlings please stand up?

Think of the Wildlings or Free Folk north of the wall and the immediate analogy which comes to mind are the Pict barbarians living North...