The barbaric bannermen of House Clegane have their place but my Lannister army is mostly going to be made up of the house’s own (rather classy looking) troops. I don’t often get the chance to paint some nice, opulent looking colour-schemes but the Lannisters provide it in spades. Whilst the rank and file of House Stark prefer to look grim and austere as they march into battle the Guardsmen of House Lannister know that if you’re going to war you ought to do it in style!
These were a lot of fun to do and I’m looking forward to working my way through the rest of them. However whilst the troops are taking to the field someone needs to be manipulating things from behind the scenes; enter the queen of paranoia and rash decisions herself, Cersei Lannister.
Like several other models from the starter set, the original miniature for Cersei isn’t the best, the sculptor has done a fine job conveying her expression but it feels like a sketch, not a finished piece, which leaves a lot of the work in the hands of the painter. Still it’s a nice enough miniature in my book, and definitely counted as an easy win (once I’d figured out how to paint blonde hair that is!).
Cersei is joined by her little brother Tyrion Lannister, who’ll be the second of the non-combat characters for my Lannister army. They’ve done a good job of capturing the character with this one and, especially compared to some of the other models in the starter set – like his sister for instance – he’s quite well sculpted too.
All in all I’ve been enjoying painting these brightly coloured, smartly turned out models, they’re a nice change from the grubby-looking individuals I usually paint. Alongside the Starks, painting up an army of them is one of my key goals for the year so expect to see plenty more of them in the coming months.
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April 28th, 2022 at 7:36 am
I love these mate – the red leather is gorgeous! Just make sure you paint an Ed Sheeran trooper please 😁👍
April 28th, 2022 at 4:41 pm
Thanks – must admit I’m bloody chuffed with the red leather. Ed Sheeran eh – I’ll have to stock up on my ginger paint! I’ve actually got a good mate who looks like Ed Sheeran and lives like Ray Mears, when I saw that scene in the show I assumed Will was just camping in the woods and the GoT crew turned up and started filming him. 😁
April 28th, 2022 at 6:00 pm
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April 28th, 2022 at 2:46 pm
Those look great- the red is nice and rich.
Cheers,
Pete.
April 28th, 2022 at 5:05 pm
Thank you! “Nice and rich” – just like the Lannisters (well, they’re rich anyway…). 😀
April 28th, 2022 at 9:39 pm
Coming along very nicely indeed. As for looking smart I think everyone should dress their best all the time. After all, if anything happens to you that will be your ghost attire for eternity. The Lanisters knew that. 😉
April 29th, 2022 at 6:19 am
Wise words! Far too many people die whilst trying to make the bed, hence all the moaning and flapping around in sheets.
April 29th, 2022 at 1:07 am
These latest minis look they’d be quick and fun to paint. I would have to agree that Cersei is lacking a bit in details and quality of the sculpt but you did a great job painting up each mini and that was wise because a Lannister always pays their debts! 😉
May 3rd, 2022 at 5:45 pm
Cheers! The troops took a little longer to paint – especially compared to the Starks – but that was mostly working out the colour scheme, they should be quick and easy from here on. Tyrion was very quick and fun to do (but then he’s only little!). Cersei was the real challenge (no surprise there – she’s always been a challenging woman!) just because the paint had to make up for all the work the sculpt wasn’t doing. There’s a couple of new versions of her available now, both of which look better, but I’m trying to paint what I have not raise the unpainted pile even higher! 😆
April 29th, 2022 at 12:37 pm
Great stuff and although you may not like the Cersei mini you have done a great job with that. Looks very impressive.
May 3rd, 2022 at 5:45 pm
Thank you – she wasn’t the easiest model that’s for sure, glad you think the effort paid off! 😀
May 2nd, 2022 at 8:39 am
These look great, especially the richness of the reds. If there is anything missing in the sculpting of the Queen then your painting has done a good job hiding it.
May 14th, 2022 at 1:05 pm
Thank you! I really enjoyed the reds, I think this army is really going to stand out on the table when it’s done. Glad you like what I did with Her Highness, she’s a very plain sculpt so I had to work a bit to make her stand out (she’s the kind of miniature that would be fine lurking in the back rank of a squad but lacks the visual impact that the Queen of Westeros deserves). Glad you think I pulled it off. 🙂
May 6th, 2022 at 11:57 am
That’s a really nice set of models. The red and gold look really good together, though they’re calling out for a group shot!
May 14th, 2022 at 1:06 pm
Thank you! Well, if I’m going to do a group shot I really ought to paint a few more of them first! 😀
May 14th, 2022 at 1:35 pm
Well, at this stage i just meant the models in the post! 😅
May 25th, 2022 at 10:10 am
Nice figures mate, AH blond hair is one thing I find very difficult so if you could manage to see the hair on my tiny guys you would notice they are predominantly red and black !! You done a nice job on yours.
May 26th, 2022 at 7:58 am
Cheers! Aye, blonde is a challenge (whoever said they’re more fun wasn’t thinking of painting them!). I must have painted a few in the past but I can’t think of what or when so I had to work it out all over again. Well done on painting a few red-heads in your own collection, that’s another challenging one.
May 26th, 2022 at 9:59 am
😅😅👍🏻, yep it’s funny how one struggles through modelling problem but forgets to take notes on how you managed only to come face to face with it sometime latter and go oh “how on earth did I do this last time !”