Diy Shenaniagins12 DiyThrones ThemeThrones PartyDiy Game Of Thrones ChairGame Of Thrones Throne ChairAstrid ProjectDiy Iron ThroneDiy Throne ChairForwardFor the DIY crowd, playing the “game of thrones” is nothing but fun. And these fandom-obsessed makers win the battle with their imaginative — and sometimes jaw-dropping — replicas of the HBO series’ Iron Throne. If you’re done binge-watching last season in time for Sunday’s Season 5 premiere, browse this collection of life-sized (and one bunny-sized) models, created from every material you can imagine, from wood pallets to carrots to pool noodles, and the old standby — duct tape. Want to see the future of car technology? Brian Cooley found it for you at CES 2017 in Las Vegas and the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The connected home experience you didn't know you wanted Everything you need in a phone, except the headphone jackYep, that's totally Gandalf's sword in Game of Thrones' Iron Throne3/14/14 10:00pm
An eagle-eyed Redditor named NoMoreHodoring — well, eagle-eyed compared to the rest of us, but how it took this long for someone to notice this boggles me — discovered that Gandalf's sword Glamdring is one of the many weapons melted and forged into the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms. Is this a subtle Easter egg for fantasy fans? Did the Game of Thrones production team just grab as many different prop swords as they could find, never realizing exactly what they had grabbed? Or did the Aegon Targaryen, first of his name, conquer Middle-Earth on his way to battle the Andals of Westeros, and handed Gandalf his grey Istari ass? No man can say.Brace yourself, presents are coming. A very lucky 1-year-old had the birthday party theme of every nerd's dream. The Game of Thrones-themed event was complete with felt "name day" banner and Stark heads (Breathe, they're just candy apples.) The birthday girl, Emma, even sat like a true Khaleesi on her own foam mini Iron Throne. See also: All Men Must DIY: 10 Crafts Inspired by 'Game of Thrones'
Though the show is notorious for an onslaught of sex and violence, Emma's parents Eric and Lisa Cheung told Mashable that their version was totally appropriate for a children's birthday party. The PG party was an age-appropriate medieval theme for the kids, and a Game of Thrones theme for the adults "in the know." In fact, little Emma does not even watch Game of Thrones (yet). "Her entertainment is mostly limited to wooden toys, children's songs, and books for now," said Eric. Instead of being forged from the swords of 1,000 enemies, this Iron Throne replica was made from a Pottery Barn kid's foam chair. The crafty Cheung family wrapped it with linen and decorated with foam board and construction paper, using a glue-gun and markers to give it the characteristic lethal appearance. Emma has taken quite a liking to the chair, as have the cats, Hastings and Poirot, who frequently sit on the armrests. So what does a 1-year-old get out of Thrones-obsessed parents besides living like a Khaleesi?
"I suspect she'll find it amusing that she had her 15 minutes of Internet notoriety," said Eric. "At the very least it'll make for an interesting wedding slide presentation." All hail Emma of the House Cheung, First of Her Name, Queen of the First Birthday, Breaker of Toys, and Mother of Kitties. BONUS: 'Game of Thrones' in 10 SecondsGame of Thrones: Channel 4's Jon Snow sits on the Iron Throne Is the broadcaster trolling fans of the show? Thursday 12 November 2015 12:37 GMT Jon Snow has finally conquered the Iron Throne. Not the fictional character in HBO’s Game of Thrones, but the Channel 4 news anchor, who shared a photo on Twitter of him jubilantly sitting on pop culture’s most iconic seat. “Winter really MUST be coming!” he told his 826,000 followers as he shared the picture on Twitter. The fact the news reader shares a name with one of the show’s most popular characters has produced countless memes and in-jokes. Winter really MUST be coming!
— Jon Snow (@jonsnowC4) November 12, 2015 The other Jon Snow is the illegitimate son of Ned Stark, and one of the show’s most popular characters. Sadly, though, he was not named after the broadcaster with the jazzy socks. People news in pictures In Game of Thrones children born out of wedlock are given a surname which reflects the region they were born, rather than the noble house name that legitimate children receive.’ 'Snow’ is given to children born out of wedlock in the Northern part of Westeros, while other regions call their bastards “Sand”, “Stone”, or “Rivers”. So while the fate of one Jon Snow hangs in the balance, it’s good to know there’s a back-up ready to assume his position before Season Six starts in April. 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.