How to paint your dragon

Rescrus · **Posted:** Sat Dec 14, 2013 12:52 pm

Hello,
I don´t know if there is a topic like this, so I´m sorry when I´m asking the same question someone else already did.

How do you paint your dragon? Which colours, which techniques and how is the result?

I want to paint my dragon in a ghostly looking scheme. It shoot be dark, maybe already black.

However the biggest model I painted was a cave troll.
Which ideas, advice or even pictures do you have for me?

greetings, Rescrus

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Sat Dec 14, 2013 5:21 pm

I painted a Cave Drake a while back and I went about it similar to any other figure. After priming I base coated everything to see that my colour scheme works for me. Then it's a case of going about the highlights and shading.
I think the trick is, to concentrate on a small area \ colour at a time i.e. shading the underbelly or highlighting there spines.
You can speed things up with dry brushing the scales.

Bilbo · **Posted:** Sat Dec 14, 2013 8:24 pm

I wanted a green dragon after the name of the pub in Hobbiton, and thought that green would contrast nicely with Smaug's red.

Constantine · **Posted:** Mon Dec 16, 2013 10:43 am

I will later try to upload a photo of my red Dragon. I didn't use any particular technique besides the heavy application of Gryphone Sephia (I don't remember its current name), which gave him a nice soft golden hue.

Rescrus · **Posted:** Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:03 am

@Gandalf the grey: Oh, thank you. I thought, that I need a special technique...
I can paint clothes and armour, but I got my problems with a realistic skin.

Bilbo wrote:

I wanted a green dragon after the name of the pub in Hobbiton, and thought that green would contrast nicely with Smaug's red.

Well that´s also an idea... green is a cool colour. I think I will use a mix with it.

Constantine wrote:

I will later try to upload a photo of my red Dragon. I didn't use any particular technique besides the heavy application of Gryphone Sephia (I don't remember its current name), which gave him a nice soft golden hue.

I´m looking foward to your picture =)
I think the new name is Seraphim Sepia, but I also have one pot of the older one.

BTW: This is the dragon model I will use.

mfg, Rescrus

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:21 am

The dragon looks brilliant, here's a WIP of the one I did

I used lots of thin glazes and washes to create the effects you see. Having painted a clean underbelly I dirtied it up with lots of mucky glazes. I just kept doing more and more until I got the look I wanted.

Bilbo · **Posted:** Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:50 pm

Here we go!

Rescrus · **Posted:** Mon Dec 16, 2013 7:23 pm

Wow, guys that´s really cool stuff.
I like the drake, he really looks like he spends his hole life under the mountains.
And the green of the other is also cool. The white is a great looking contrast to it. You drybrushed him, didn´t you?

I think a big problem is to stay concentrated. When you see the end of your job coming you started to go lazy and just wanted to get the miniature done.
And in case of a big model like a dragon..

Tezzy · **Joined:** Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:42 am **Posts:** 160

I painted mine purple, I haven't finished it yet but here are the WIP pictures:

http://imgur.com/a/QHBmb#0

The firebreath is magnetized because I usually don't take that upgrade :lol:

Bilbo · **Posted:** Tue Dec 17, 2013 2:52 am

great fire and use of light effects!

Constantine · **Posted:** Tue Dec 17, 2013 10:07 am

wow great conversion tezzy

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