{"id":3831,"date":"2008-08-19T15:06:06","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T15:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/?p=3831"},"modified":"2017-09-28T20:35:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T20:35:31","slug":"wildlings-at-gencon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/2008\/08\/19\/wildlings-at-gencon\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlings at Gencon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gamers attending last weekend&#8217;s GenCon in Indianapolis found a surprise waiting for them at the Dark Sword Miniatures booth &#8212; a half dozen new figures  in the &#8220;George R.R. Martin Masterworks&#8221; range, being rolled out for the first time as special convention pre-release.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/grrm\/pic\/0000t237\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/import\/s320x240171\" width=\"320\" height=\"130\" border='0'\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s Watch figures featured in the first wave.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/grrm\/pic\/0000w61k\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/import\/s320x240172\" width=\"193\" height=\"240\" border='0'\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/grrm\/pic\/0000xyt5\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/import\/s320x240173\" width=\"148\" height=\"240\" border='0'\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two are spearwives, the women warriors of the far north, but don&#8217;t look for ludicrous chainmail bikinis on these gals.  Fur and leather are a lot more practical in the wild. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/grrm\/pic\/0000yaq9\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/import\/s320x240174\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" border='0'\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/grrm\/pic\/0000zxhx\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/import\/s320x240175\" width=\"256\" height=\"240\" border='0'\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 &#8220;wave 1.5&#8221; 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&#8217;s funeral pyre, all from Tom Meier.  Watch this space for pictures for those figures, when they are available.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;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. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gamers attending last weekend&#8217;s GenCon in Indianapolis found a surprise waiting for them at the Dark Sword Miniatures booth &#8212; a half dozen new figures in the &#8220;George R.R. Martin Masterworks&#8221; range, being rolled out for the first time as special convention pre-release. 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