FIGURE BUILD
Following its 1/16 Night King, ICM has released another figure seemingly inspired by the Game of Thrones series: one of the reanimated minions from the frozen land beyond The Wall. Johan Augustsson introduces painting theories on this creepy fellow, a 1/16 Wight.
In the world of the Game of Thrones TV series, Wights were humans and ‘others’ raised magically from the realm of the dead by the Night King and his White Walkers, serving as foot soldiers for those beings.
ICM has captured one of these ‘living corpses’ very well, with 16 parts moulded in grey plastic, shipped in their usual sturdy boxes. A plinth consisting of three black styrene parts was also included, along with a painting guide and a well-printed A4 poster of the character. Injection-moulded plastic has its limitations in terms of detail, but in general this figure was well above acceptable level and built up to a fine miniature.
MODEL SPEC
Above: ICM’s instructions didn’t include a step-by-step construction sequence, so it was up to the builder to figure out a logical order of assembly. Legs were constructed first to ensure it was possible to paint everything; gaps in the cloth around the armour plate and the leather belt…
