Lady Stoneheart

It is hard to believe that 4 years ago, Rin at Dark World Creations was putting together the first of what was to be an Anniversary Painting bash commemorating the birthday of his company. Sad- ly--but hardly surprising given today's marketplace--DWC is no more save in our memories. "For one brief shining moment. . . "

And now for something completely different. . .

This weekend will be the finale of Season 7 of GoT. That means that there are but 6(!) more epi- sodes left in the entire saga. The all-too-short Season 8 is supposed to begin filming in October, but the premiere date is at this point uncertain: there is speculation that it may not launch until sometime in 2019! Personally, I would have rather seen a slightly longer--13 episodes--seventh and final season than having two mini-seasons. . .

But I digress. . .

Catelyn, Lady Stark, is the widow of Eddard "Ned" Stark, mother of all the Stark children, and the matriarch of Winterfell. She meets her untimely end at the infamous event known as "The Red Wedding". Her corpse is disposed of in the Green Fork, but it is retrieved three days later by Arya's direwolf, Nymeria. She is then resurrected by Beric Dondarrion, leader of the Brotherhood Without Banners. The resultant revenant comes to be known as Lady Stoneheart. . .  also known as the Silent Sister, Mother Merciless, and/or the Hangwoman.

Lady Stoneheart was one of, if not the most anticipated characters in HBO's GoT. Regrettably, she was "cut" (again!), and one would be hard-pressed to see how--or why!--she might be insinu- ated somewhere in the last 7 episodes.

In lieu of a dramatic realization of this awesome character, I decided to honour it in miniature! I found an issue of DWC's 1/10th scale Jessica bust at a most compelling price, and it will provide the base sculpt of my interpretation of Lady Stoneheart.

More to follow!

“When the cost of a hobby exceeds the fun and doesn't attract new people, the game is over.” -
Oscar Koveleski, August 2003