MGoT update: New dagger photo

I have to say I’m keen to see their portrayal of the Iron Throne.

My money’s on that being the dagger and the book.

Ser Hedgeknight,

I’m with you Ser…hoping to see the Iron Throne…

Yeah….Iron Throne……but also the dragon eggs….can’t decide, can’t decide.

Dragon eggs, iron throne, and the dragon skull Arya runs into in the depths of KL. And needle, if that’s not already out.

An exterior shot of the Eyrie! Also, the Iron Throne….

As much as I want to see the Iron Throne and Winterfell heart tree… I want to save some things for when I see the show for the first time…. so my vote goes for the dragon eggs.

I’d love to see the dragon eggs in their chest and pile of fine damasks, but maybe HBO would like to save that detail for the series. I hope they’re as super pretty and spangly as they’re described in the books. My second choice would be the heart tree. I’ll also agree that the dagger and book are probably THE dagger and THE book.

Really? no one wants to see the great wall to the north? Or images of the Tower of Joy? (that Flashback better be in the show!!!!) How about the direwolves fully grown (probably not until season two). ICE, Tyrion’s prison in the Eyrie hanging on a cliff. Weirwood of course. I hope the wights dont look stupid.

Either the Hound’s Helmet or the Iron Throne. I’d also really like to see just simple camera test pictures of each of the actors in costume. Especially some of the lesser characters who we haven’t really seen much yet, like Loras in his armor, Renly, some of the others.

The Throne! Yes! And more of the heraldry. And more wolves.

The Iron Throne!!!

And a Dothraki arakh

Am I alone in thinking these props look freaking AWESOME?!?! Thank you HBO for getting this series so right on the money. Man I can’t wait for the spring premier.

Most definitely the Iron Throne. Also want to see the dragon skulls under the Red Keep and the dragons themselves.

Maybe some of the more memorable characters armor? Yes, everything looks great!

Wait what dagger is this if its not Needle?

(God I really need to re-read the series!)

GaR,

What makes them modern looking, and not something a blacksmith could do? Not being an ass, just curious.

1. Dragon eggs, no contest.
2. Iron Throne is a close second.

Since everyone is saying Dragon Eggs, and Iron Throne.
I’ll throw in LongClaw. Kinda curious if they made up a new design or went with the valyriansteel.com version.

Avalanche3319,

I’m no metallurgist, but I’m pretty sure old school rivets would have hammered ends. Modern ones have tighter tolerances than would have been possible with steel at that technology level. I’d expect to see hammered bronze rather than turned steel, is all.

As I say though, I’m no expert. Maybe they did have rivets like that in the day.

Crap it. Now I sound like a proper nerd.

Cyan,

HBO aren’t using any existing Valyrian Steel designs, for copyright reasons or some such legal thing. Personally I’m okay with that because their version of Ice looks dicks compared to HBO’s (though their Needle is hell of nice).

I know that HBO and George Martin are playing down the existence of the magical elements at the moment, maybe in the belief that too much magic would deter some people who have not read the books from engaging with the show. And even though at this point where there will be massive amounts of CGI to be done, what I really want to see is how the show’s producers envisage the Others. I know that this may not be forthcoming any time soon as they are the only supernatural element apart from the three baby dragons at the end of season 1.

I also want to see the Mountain, in full armour, in a shot where his monstrous size is obvious in relation to virtually everybody else.

And is it just me or has there been a lack of Robb Stark shots?

Henkan,

Indeed.
I second that.

Hm, good question.

I’d like to see the dragon eggs too, the Iron Throne, or the chaine of the Hand. (or necklake? I don’t know how to translate it to english…)

Well, but really, I’m happy to see anything they’re ready to show us! :)

The dragon eggs for sure!

The Wall and Winterfells heart tree!

When I say the Wall don’t even think about not including Castle Black.

If they did did the flashbacks…. Rhaegars armor.

And speaking of rad armor, a wide shot of Tywin overlooking the battlefield would be sweet :)

Dragon eggs, but I doubt pics of those will be forthcoming. So I vote Lyanna’s grave.

I agree that the Dragons Eggs would be great to see but i personally would like to see The Iron Throne in all its glory and the Hands Chain, definetly the 2 most dangerous possessions ( excluding Tyrions face) in the whole story.

The Three- Eyed Crow would be very cool but HBO might save that one.

I would also like to see, in random order-
-The Wall
-The heart tree of Winterfell
-dragon eggs
-iron throne w/drag0n skulls looming above
-the Hound’s helm (I have noticed there hasn’t been any Sandor shots since the raven clip. I bet they are saving any Sandor stuff for the later promos or the series itself. I’m hoping for a “little bird” or “I’m no knight” voice-over in an upcoming promo)

winterqueen,

I would hate it if Bran’s vision got cut. It sets up so much for the following books. Its also a tool that GRRM works in that basically reminds us that we are in a land of magic…without slapping us in the face with said magic.

As much as I’d love to see the Trident and the Throneroom flashbacks, the Three-Eyed Crow dream is second only to “Promise me Ned” in importance of scenes that take place away from the main action.

Hmm new post at Not A Blog. GRRM says he’s wrestling with Krakens. I like this in part, simply because he does’t often mention about writing the Squids. Perhaps its a signal that other chapters are finished (or almost finished). Then again, maybe George just had alot of Calamari in Malta.

Stella Maris: My list:Heart tree in the godswood at Winterfell, the Iron Throne, Dany’s dragon’s eggs in the chest she first receives them, dragon skulls from the throne room in the storage closet, Maester Luwin’s solar, any one of the rookeries    

Greedy, greedy! But I’m entirely with you Stella!

Oh yeah, no a prop, but this horse person wants to see a good pic of “The Silver”!

rorschach-,

Re: the basket saddle: I suspect it will be a version of the English antique pony basket saddles for very small children, made out of wicker, wood, and horsehair. Google “antique basket saddle” and you will see examples. I’m from Virginia and we see these occasionally bearing tiny children in so-called horse show leadline classes; they provide back support to allow tiny folks to pretend to ride, to the delight of their parents.

I also wouldn’t mind seeing any of the maester’s chains, always thought that was a cool little detail that GRRM came up with.

Sekhmet,

I’m a horse person too (albeit a beginner). I hope HBO includes a section about the horses used in GoT in the DVD extras like what they did in the LOTR DVD extras.

GaR,

Yeah the point in that HD-comment was that if I remember correctly there was something curvy and sharp bladelike object in teaser or some other little parsel of info we have had before. And I personally would like to see it in better picture and with more details. I think somebody in Westeros or here identified that blade as arakh.

The Iron Throne, please :)

I actually like HBO’s restraint with the prop images so far. I would prefer to see the “big” items for the first time on the show itself. No Iron Throne vote from me.

I would second most of rorschachs ideas for future images. Good choices!

1. dragon skull. 2.High Septons crystal crown. 3. any weirwood tree.

What about Roberts antlered Helm?

OldGran,

Robb Stark…the prop. Ahaha. I love it.

I wanna see Needle.

What I’d like to see:

Ned Stark’s sword ‘Ice’
Ser Loras’s armor
The Direwolves
Robert’s antlered helm or hammer
Tyrion Lannister… period
The Iron Throne… a given

…and that’s just the FIRST book!

marzman: I would really love to see Winterfell’s heart tree. That’s one of the few things I could not imagine the looks of it while reading the books.  Quote  Reply

I’ve seen it and my breath was literally taken from me. Even though I was seeing it without any hollywood pixie dust and crew were wandering all around it, it still had an incredible beauty. And then a Direwolf appeared from behind it and lay down in front of it. I could have died a happy man!

You guys are in for such a treat!

BTW – I wasn’t in a scene at the Tree. The set was beside a set that I was working on and I had my lunch there.

I would like to see a picture of a direwolf that makes me go “Shit, a direwolf!!”
It is the beginning of the show….the pups. It is the feeling of a prophecy starting to tick down.
It makes you smile thinking of the kids with these huge pups of beasts. Peoples reactions.
It all kind of gets lost when they look like ordinary dogs. Not even ordinary….kind of whimpy dogs at that.
To quote myself:

c0venant: Im a bit disapointed with Lady.
Okay, its a pup….but still…..Its a pup. Not a pup direwolf.
How could people possibly see it is a direwolf if it looks exactly as a ordinary pup?I have a dog and it looks more as a direwolf. It is a mix between German shepherd, Rottweiler and Leonberger.
He moves just as a wolf does, shoulders up and head down. The same trot and the tail down behind it. Just like a wolf he also enjoys to jump at stuff kind of like a deer and hit them with his front paws….the way you might see a wolf hunt down a mouse.The thing I was coming to is that since he was a mix between three different breeds we didnt know exactly how big he would become.
The thing you can look at is the paws and the joints. They dont grow as much as the rest of the dog and are fairly big to begin with. The bigger the joints and paws the bigger the dog will become.
My dog had very large paws and joints and today, three years old he weighs 70kg (150 lbs).Now look at Lady again. Look at the joints and the paws. It cant be such a young pup and it wont get much bigger.
It is the same bodily differences as betweeen a grown man and a child. You cant enlarge a child to make it look like a grown man, neither the opposite.The direwolf is a fail    

I want to see a direwolf! That is a huge part of the whole thing.

c0venant,

I think the only images we have seen of Direwolves are from the 2nd or 3rd episode at the latest. I expect that by the 7th or 8th episode, they will have grown significantly, and will be much more threatening (ie Grey Wind at the battle of Whispering Woods).

Plus, when Lady is killed, she is supposed to still be this cute little pup (if partially grown), so that the viewership really feels for Ned as he sits there petting her.

Well the dagger looks great to me and so jealous of Rimshot. So is Ran going to get to break the iron throne?

Just remembered something I was told once, that extras are just living props..If that is the case then I think I would qualify to have a picture of myself posted. I know a good shot was taken of me in Stark bannerman costume by the same lady that took the recently released photos. She was taking a couple of pics of Jack Gleason between scenes,he was posing with a large Sherlock style pipe. I happened to be standing beside them and she asked me to pose for a moody left side head and shoulders shot.It was at the Redhall set the same day the Ned and Arya and Sansa with wolf pics were taken.I know its a long shot but if HBO have it on file somewhere I would really love to see it.

Winter Is Coming: Two Feathers, you should try to contact Helen Sloan and see if you could get a copy for your own personal use. That would be a really cool memento to have of your time on set. I know Helen has a Facebook account, if you have one also you could try contacting her via FB.  Quote  Reply

Thanks Winter. I dont have a FB account, but I will surely check it out.Helen seemed like a really nice girl so hopefully if she still has my pic. she won`t mind sending me a copy for my own use.

Oh, I just saw Steve is working for HBO and that he’s written posts over at MGoT before :)

Sure would be nice to see Lyanna’s likeness.

The Iron Throne for one (it is the prize that every one kills or dies for)
A Heart Tree
Dragon Eggs
The helmets for the Hound and Mountain That Rides
the blade of an Other
the Wall
and just about anything you can get

Rimshot,

I wish you to have a fight on the Green Fork field soon :)