WIP Smaug and Lake Town

River Zora · **Joined:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:57 pm **Posts:** 224

It's been a looooong time full of work and Tyranids and End Times... But what better way to get back into the hobby than this guy. Enjoy!

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:10 am

Loving that head. Paintbrush or airbrush?

River Zora · **Joined:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:57 pm **Posts:** 224

Paintbrush. I primed black, then basecoated with GW Mournfang Brown, Mephiston Red and Zandri Dust. Then started painting! I don't use airbrushes. Dont have enough practice with them to try on this model... Maybe one day. For now, brushes.

warrior of the north · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:57 am

Awesome Smaug, I'm curious to see how this beast turns out once it is finished!

Gene Parmesan · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:13 am

Bandobras Took · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:45 pm

Fantastic work! Truly excellent painting on that head. Can't wait to see the whole thing! :yay:

Xintao · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2014 2:02 pm

Stunning work. I want the model, but honestly I don't think I could bring myself to paint it.

Sacrilege83 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2014 2:19 pm

Awesome. Looking at your previous work and comparing, I could be wrong but it looks like you have taken much more care in painting Smaug. The head looks fantastic.

edge67 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 01, 2015 2:49 am

Stunning work so far. The head looks amazing and the eye is perfect. :yay:

Good luck with the rest of it!

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Thu Jan 01, 2015 5:43 am

Enough said above to say how good this is looking. You are adopting a system I'm considering of dry fitting everything then painting up before sticking together, hope it works out ok with the joins.

Blue Dragon · **Posted:** Thu Jan 01, 2015 7:12 am

I'm rather interested to know what the process of assembly will be. Clearly you've started painting all the components before attaching the wings and head, so when it comes to attaching them, what will you do? Put them together and fill then repaint the join? That's how I'd do it, but I'd worry that the colour wouldn't match exactly when painting the join.

Smaug looks fantastic so far. I can't wait to see him done!

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Thu Jan 01, 2015 8:35 am

Fantastic work. I would love a Smaug but there is nowhere left to put him

Blue Dragon · **Posted:** Thu Jan 01, 2015 8:42 am

I've gone and bought a new shelf to put Smaug on when I buy one.

Quendil · **Posted:** Thu Jan 01, 2015 12:14 pm

Adanedhel88 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:11 pm **Posts:** 216

That is a stunning looking Smaug
i admire u allready. mine still awaits gapfilling...but maybe this weekend

Ridgeback · **Joined:** Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:25 pm **Posts:** 105

Great work !

River Zora · **Joined:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:57 pm **Posts:** 224

Sithious · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2015 8:56 pm

awesome.

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:01 pm

Yep. I like that. A lot.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:10 pm

Looking very nice.
However, I think you can go darker between the scales. Not all over but in places to create some depth. Add to this some touches of highlight on the top most scales.
At the moment, as good as it is, I think the red scales are a touch flat.
Chuck on some dark glazes of blue, purple green on the scales in areas were they will be shaded.
You will find that it's not so much the highlighting but the shading that will deepen the look.
Love that eye.

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