TTT 29 Belwas

By now, anyone who's watching Game of Thrones and read A Song of Ice and Fire has realized some sad news.

 There's no strong Belwas.
 No blobbity bea-eating brute who decapitates an arrogant Astaporian lancer ...then poops on him.

  Alas poor Belwas, we'll always remember you!

too many fried locusts for poor Belwas

 (couldn't help but to think he looks like some garbage pail kid....) 

TTT 28: Oberyn Martell; The Red Viper

I know we say this every time "oh this is one of my favorite characters", but this week's TTT highlights a character that showcases my FAVORITE house/ region in A Song of Ice and Fire:

     The Prince of Dorne, from House Martell; Oberyn Martell.

   THE RED VIPER

Lithe as a snake, deadly and venomous as the vipers under the sands of Dorne. Oberyn is quick to anger and horrible in his wrath. Having studied at the Citadel in Olde Towne, Oberyn has learned the arts of poison and venom. (Much to the chagrin of the Lannisters)

 His actions and endings are one of the catalysts to bringing House Martell and Dorne into the war....albeit slowly.
There's so much I'd love to draw on this guy, but here he is, ready for his duel with the Mountain. "The Snake jumps over the Mountain."

  UNBOWED 

  UNBENT 

  UNBROKEN

TTT 27: Mance Rayder

Ahoy.
So it's been a while. Projects, work and other obstacles.
But we're back with one of my favorite characters; Mance Rayder

 Mance Rayder is the King Beyond the Wall, but nothing like other kings. Rough, unattractive, and seemingly unassuming. I pictured him as fierce as a wilding and solemn as one who's walked The Wall and seen the impending doom of the White Walkers.

No crown or jewels for this King, only iron, snow and a yard of red thread.

 

 Was experimenting with a quick way to make some colors look 'bronze-ish' and hope they worked.

 Wait till you get a load of Casey's "Mance"

 here's the original drawing.

TTT 26: Zach's Daario

"I control an army! I have dragons and will soon take back westeros! Blood and fire!....oooOOo you have a colored beard and nudie ladies for swords!?"

 Taa daa.

 A bit late, but here's my Daario

Gaudy, self absorbed and scheming.

not to mention, something that only a fool would fall for.

  Not happy with how the hair/beard turned out.

Onward

TTT 26 - Casey's Daario Naharis

Work in progress - need to slap some (garish) color on this dude.

Need to post my Reed siblings too...

Casey - TTT 23: Gregor Clegane

Well this certainly can't end well, now can it?

TTT 22 - Daenerys Targaryen (and Drogon)

Zach's the one who got me started on 'A Song of Ice and Fire' and he really created a monster. I was just going to watch the series but he told me to read the books first - about a hundred pages into 'Game of Thrones' I was completely and totally hooked. A few weeks of OCD marathon reading sessions later and I'd read up through 'A Dance of Dragons.' For those of you who haven't dove in yet; seriously, wow, I really can't oversell this series - it's far more intelligent, nuanced and expansive than I could have possibly imagined. I finally got around to watching the show and it's a blast but I'm gonna echo Zach's advice and suggest that if you haven't done so already (and have a few thousand hours to kill), you check out the books first.

I think we're gonna try doing a series with the next few posts, first up is Daenerys Targaryen.

Awww, ain't that cute? Drogon likes to snuggle.