Gamers attending last weekend’s GenCon in Indianapolis found a surprise waiting for them at the Dark Sword Miniatures booth — a half dozen new figures in the “George R.R. Martin Masterworks” range, being rolled out for the first time as special convention pre-release.

The talented Jeff Grace sculpted these new additions to the Dark Sword range, six wildings from beyond the Wall, to face off against the Night’s Watch figures featured in the first wave.

Two are spearwives, the women warriors of the far north, but don’t look for ludicrous chainmail bikinis on these gals. Fur and leather are a lot more practical in the wild.

The wildlings were a special GenCon run, available for purchase only at the convention, but Dark Sword expects to make them available for mail-order in another month or two, as soon as the rest of “wave 1.5” is ready. Gencon attendees also got a glimpse at prototypes of some of the other figures in the iopeline, including a court lady, two gold cloak guardsmen, and a stunning 54mm sculpt of Daenerys and her newborn dragons, fresh from the fires of Khal Drogo’s funeral pyre, all from Tom Meier. Watch this space for pictures for those figures, when they are available.

We’ll also have pictures of the winning entries in the painting contest. My friends at Dark Sword tell me that some of them were truly spectacular. I look forward to seeing them.

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