This is HBO's official $30,000 (plus $1,800 shipping) replica of the Iron Throne from the Game of Thrones. Unfortunately, it's made out of fiberglass and not real swords. *rushing castle with a pitchfork* I mean, it does looks cool and all, but they really should have made it out of real swords. Especially for that price. If I'm spending $30,000 on a chair it better be made out of things that have actually killed people. Hit the jump for a couple more crappy quality pics. Thanks to LupusYonderBoy, who plans on buying one, adding wheels to the bottom, and using it as his new office chair. Bring me our competitor -- ON A STAKE. Tastefully Done: Stephen Hawking Over-The-Nipple Tat Vampire Skeletons Found With Iron Stakes Through HeartThe Iron Throne was made up of a "thousand swords" - swords of fell enemies. A two handed sword like Ice or Heartsbane would weight somewhere around 4-5 kgs. A normal sword around 2.5.That puts the weight of the throne at at least 2.5 tons.
Time taken: (Reference: In the Medieval period, how long would an average swordsmith need to forge an average sword?)Forging a single sword usually takes around a month. Out of which half the times goes into the production of steel from iron. So for a thousand swords, a 100 smiths would take 10 months. Accouting for 50% efficiency in mass production of steel from iron, they will take 5 + 5*0.5 = 7.5 months.Add to that the fifty nine days (Iron Throne - Wiki) it took to hammer the swords together and then weld them in the fire of Balerion, the black dread, it comes to around 9.5 months.So, there you go - A 100 smiths could make the Iron Throne in the time it requires to make a baby.Cost:There's not much on cost. A sword at today's price would costs around $10,000. (How much would a medieval sword cost in terms of other items available during the period?)This is considering that we only have access to the medieval technology. So the cost of swords = $10,000,000 (10 million).+ cost of labor (assuming $100 per day, 100 smiths) = $100*(100 smiths)*(285 days) = $2.85 millionHence, total cost of the throne = $13 million (Approx)Well you can buy a replica, but its made of fiberglass:Game of Thrones Life Size Replica Iron Throne
“Game of Thrones” invaded “Parks and Recreation” for its “Anniversaries” episode. While Ben (Adam Scott) scrambled to set up an entire day for Leslie (Amy Poehler), she countered with the perfect gift for any “GoT” fan: the Iron Throne. It’s not the real Iron Throne, of course. You have to kill heads of various noble families in Westeros to get that. Leslie’s gift is instead a full-size replica built at the local craft store. For nerdy Ben — a professed “Game of Thrones” fan and already the owner of a Batman costume — this present was beyond perfect. How excited was he? GIFs show Ben’s “stupid shock” face best. In “Parks and Recreation,” you win or you die? It doesn’t have quite the same ring, even if the show has the appropriate throne now. Get Screener's essential guide to the best TV—and TV writing—delivered to your inbox every week. Hand of the King Pin House Sigil Pint Glasses House Sigil Charm Bracelets
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Game of Thrones creator, George R.R. Martin is blogging again, and this one is a doozy. Turns out the impressive Iron Throne HBO created for the television series is but a step ladder to the behemoth Martin originally envisioned. Martin penned a kind, but honest note (on his personal Livejournal) explaining exactly where HBO got it wrong: The HBO throne has become iconic. And well it might. It's a terrific design, and it has served the show very well. There are replicas and paperweights of it in three different sizes. I have all those replicas right here, sitting on my shelves.And yet, and yet... it's still not right. It's not the Iron Throne I see when I'm working on THE WINDS OF WINTER. It's not the Iron Throne I want my readers to see. The way the throne is described in the books... HUGE, hulking, black and twisted, with the steep iron stairs in front, the high seat from which the king looks DOWN on everyone in the court... my throne is a hunched beast looming over the throne room, ugly and assymetric...
The HBO throne is none of those things. It's big, yes, but not nearly as big as the one described in the novels. And for good reason. We have a huge throne room set in Belfast, but not nearly huge enough to hold the Iron Throne as I painted it. For that we'd need something much bigger, more like the interior of St. Paul's Cathedral or Westminster Abbey, and no set has that much room. The Book Version of the Iron Throne would not even fit through the doors of the Paint Hall.Ok, ok so what does it look like? Well according to the author it looks exactly like THIS painting by Marc Simonetti. This is the giant, lumbering throne Martin always imagined. And we agree with him 100% it's much more grand in scale but not practical in the slightest for television shooting. Ah well, it's still a lovely version of a now classic image. The Iron Throne is a metonym for the fictional monarchy of Westeros as well as the physical throne of its monarch in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin.
The success of the HBO television adaptation Game of Thrones has made the show's version of the royal seat an icon of the entire media franchise.[4] Martin said himself in 2013, "Say 'Game of Thrones,' and people think of the HBO Iron Throne." Martin called the depiction of the throne in his 2014 A Song of Ice and Fire companion book The World of Ice & Fire "absolutely right".[1] He has noted repeatedly that none of the previous media representations of the throne — including books, games and the TV series — closely resemble what he had in mind when writing his novels. 1 A Song of Ice and Fire In the series, the Iron Throne is both a physical seat of office as well as a metonym for the monarchy of Westeros. Martin establishes in A Game of Thrones (1996) that after seizing control of six of the Seven Kingdoms, Targaryen ruler Aegon the Conqueror had made a throne for himself from the swords of his vanquished enemies, fused by dragonfire. Aegon had established King's Landing as the royal capital, and the Iron Throne itself sits in the Red Keep.
Martin writes that according to legend, Aegon kept the blades sharp so that no ruler should ever sit comfortably. Centuries later, kings still cut themselves on the throne; and it is a common belief that such rulers are therefore unfit to rule. Purportedly made from a thousand swords and knives, the Iron Throne is a massive and asymmetrical tangle of jagged and twisted blades, in which reclining is impossible. Have you ever seen the Iron Throne? The barbs along the back, the ribbons of twisted steel, the jagged ends of swords and knives all tangled up and melted? It is not a comfortable seat, ser. Aerys cut himself so often men took to calling him King Scab, and Maegor the Cruel was murdered in that chair. By that chair, to hear some tell it. It is not a seat where a man can rest at ease. Ofttimes I wonder why my brothers wanted it so desperately. – Stannis Baratheon, A Storm of Swords (2000)[5] I said repeatedly the Iron Throne is huge. It towers over the room like a great beast.
It's put together by blacksmiths not by craftsmen and experts in furniture manufacturing. You have to walk the iron steps, and when a king sits on it he's like 10 feet above everybody else ... He's in this raised position looking down on everyone. The Iron Throne has been depicted in comic books, in games, and on book covers, but Martin has noted repeatedly that none of these representations coincided with what he imagined:[1][2] A dozen different artists have done versions of the Iron Throne over the years. Some have been very striking, some less so, but none of them have ever been quite RIGHT. Their versions never quite matched what I saw in my mind's eye. To Martin, the attempt closest to his vision was by French artist Marc Simonetti, for a Mexican edition of 1996's A Game of Thrones.[7] The author subsequently worked with Simonetti to get an image the author calls "absolutely right".[1] This depiction appears in Martin's 2014 companion book The World of Ice & Fire.[3] He noted, "From now on, THIS will be the reference I give to every other artist tackling a throne room scene."
[8] Martin said of the image: This Iron Throne is massive. It's a throne made by blacksmiths hammering together half-melted, broken, twisted swords, wrenched from the hands of dead men or yielded up by defeated foes ... a symbol of conquest ... it has the steps I describe, and the height. From on top, the king dominates the throne room. And there are thousands of swords in it, not just a few. This Iron Throne is scary. And not at all a comfortable seat, just as Aegon intended. The various depictions of the throne include: Promotional replica of the Iron Throne from HBO's Game of Thrones The HBO television adaptation of the series, Game of Thrones, premiered in 2011. The show's popularity has made its version of the Iron Throne an icon of the entire media franchise.[4] It has been parodied in magazines and used in merchandising.[3] Several "promotional thrones" travel the world with show-sponsored exhibits and for fan events.[30] In June 2014, Queen Elizabeth II visited the Belfast set of Game of Thrones and was photographed examining the Iron Throne set piece from the series, though she declined to sit on it.
Though Martin had previously stated that the HBO version of the Iron Throne did not match his idea of how it should appear ideally, in 2013 he called its design "terrific" and claimed to own all of the merchandised replicas. I'm a realist about these things, and I know perfectly well that for millions of television viewers worldwide, the HBO Iron Throne is THE Iron Throne, and always will be. It turns up everywhere, on book covers, on magazines, in places that have no connection to the show. Say "GAME OF THRONES," and people think of the HBO Iron Throne. Of the feasibility of recreating the throne as depicted in The World of Ice & Fire, Martin said in October 2014: Now, you can’t do this in the TV show. It’s not something I criticize HBO for. The thrones they have are enormously large and cumbersome to move and expensive to build. To build this monstrosity, would blow the budget of an entire episode, and it wouldn’t fit in the set. Our program is in the Paint Hall in Belfast in Northern Ireland.
The Paint Hall is the largest sound stage in Europe. It [was] originally part of the old Portland Wolff shipyard where they built the Titanic. We’ve divided it into a number of pods, and our throne room is in one of them. It’s a very large set, but it’s not large enough. The image of Sean Bean as Ned Stark sitting in the Iron Throne is featured on the covers of the 2011 Season 1 DVD and Blu-ray Disc sets, released in March 2012. Game of Thrones Iron Throne Blonde Ale from Brewery Ommegang HBO has licensed the likeness of its Iron Throne for merchandising since the show's premiere, including T-shirts and small replicas of varying sizes.[3] In June 2012 the network began selling custom made, life size replicas of its Iron Throne for $30,000.[39] HBO even partnered with Brewery Ommegang to produce Iron Throne Blonde Ale, released in March 2013. The officially licensed merchandise includes: ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n ^ a b c d e f g h i