ASOIAF.House Greyjoy 2. Ironborn Trappers

 

My next Greyjoy unit on the painting table are the Ironborn Trappers. I really liked the sculpts with these, the spear and nets are an original variation you don't see that often outside the Roman Arena with the Retarius. 

The layers of plate and leather armour and scaled armour are also nice detail I always enjoy.

The paint scheme was the same as with the reavers but looking at the sculpts many had leather like collars or jackets with rougher texture which I tried to paint as if they were fish skin leather, linking with the more explicit fishing theme and adding a variation to mark them away from the Reavers.

Completed force so far

Alternatives to the Greyjoy banners for Activations

ASOIAF. House Greyjoy 1. Reavers

 

Approaching the figures I drew from the series and wanted to go for a more realistic weathered look but not full Grimdark. Looking at the series, the Greyjoys often appear far more blue than they actually are due to filters on screen

   

 

For the movement tray, I have seen some stunning versions with them made up as shore lines or waves but I decided to go for a more neutral look, one that would still work with the theme and colour scheme but wouldn't look jarringly out of place on a range of tables. I settled on a variation of my grey theme with a high shore/cliff top/stone harbour look with some sand and seaweed details.

gravel and bark chipping to add some texture

Even though there is a nice number of variations, I wanted to change it a bit more so swapped and repositioned some of the arms

First test Reaver.

I have extended the base all the way down rather than the usual black band so it blends in better when in the tray

First Greyjoy reavers completed