Now that I have passed to the Circle of Violence I present you The Mountain that Rides. If you know, no explanation is necessary. If you don't know, then there is not enough space to explain. :)
Gregor Clegane also known as The Mountain that Rides comes from G.R.R. Martin's stalled fantasy epic The Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted to the screen couple of years ago by HBO. These miniatures come from the books, not series, and therefore don't look like that actors. Westeros Wiki describes him as "The violent Gregor is a sadistic murderer and rapists", so I believe my claim for bonus points is valid.
Accompanying Gregor is Addam Marbrand, character I don't remember from the series and it has been years since I read the books, so I don't know how violent he is. Probably a lot, considering where he comes from... They both come from Cool Mini Or Not box Lannister Heroes 3, just like the three characters I presented earlier. Quite boring to paint, lots of armour and red cloaks. The size, material and amount of detail makes them resemble more toys than wargame miniatures. May be some freehand somewhere? Addam's shield for example, but since I don't know he is, I left it plain. Gregor's shield had sculpted details.
The armour of Robert Strong got some nice earlier comments, so naturally I decided to paint these guys differently and had lots of troubles. The red plastic still comes through here and there despite several layers of different metallic paints and thin washes. Quite ok, but not good enough for close inspections.
Based on the previous points claimed on similar minis I ask 7 points for 40mm Addam and 20 points for 54mm mounted Gregor. And 20 bonus points for Violence. Total of 47 points.
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Ooh, A Riot of Red Violence!
The Mountain, Gregor Clegane is definitely destined for this Circle of Hell as could be GRR Martin himself (his "stalled" series has left many a fan with very strong feelings)
Well done on working through the problems of the plastic minis and the results are super.
Sorry, but a 40mm mounted figure is 15 points not 20, so 42 total points to your scoreboard. :)
- Sarah
Very nice work on this bad man.
ReplyDeleteThank you Barks. They both look quite nice in the photos, maybe they are not that bad after all. :)
DeleteThank you Sarah! I like what GRR Martin has done, but I dislike what he has NOT done. Talk about Limbo...
ReplyDeleteI was asking 20 points for Clegane, because he is much larger than Addam, at least 54mm tall. But he is the same scale (just like hobbits are 5 points in 28mm) :D