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Post by sgtslag on Jul 4, 2015 21:46:55 GMT
I started with another toy dragon by one of the toy dragon makers. It started out as a bright, yellow-gold Dragon, from the store. I wanted to convert it into a Brass, or Bronze Dragon, per the 1st/2nd Ed. AD&D Monster Manuals. After considering a few different painting options, I decided upon using Liquid Leaf paint, Antique Gold, to be precise. It uses Xylene, as its solvent carrier, so be warned, this is a nasty chemical which you do not want absorbed into your system... Anyway, it took one coat, only, to cover the parts necessary. The tan color on the belly was retained, as were the more golden combs on the head and the wing colors were retained. To see a slideshow of mixed photo's, showing it in various stages of completion, click here: Toy Dragon Slideshow. Below is a single image of the completed figure. Note that the Tudor Dip is fresh, so I will post more photo's in a few days, when it is completely dry. I will also put it with some figures for scale, to give a better idea of what it will look like on the table, in play. Cheers!
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Post by DnDPaladin on Jul 5, 2015 17:02:24 GMT
good one !
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Post by sgtslag on Jul 5, 2015 19:58:57 GMT
Here is the finished project: The link to the slideshow now shows an additional five photo's of the finished Dragon, with one-inch scale dungeon tiles, and two 28mm figures, a Human, and a Gnome figure. The Antique Gold Liquid Leaf paint was very gold-looking, by itself. After applying The Dip/Tudor, the Antique Gold darkened to a very nice Bronze-looking color. It is not high-quality painting, but it is GEtGW ( Good Enough to Game With) standard, easily. The real joy, aside from the finished product, is the amount of cash, and effort involved, to bring this to the game table: minimal... The toy dragon figure was $20, and the rest ( Leaf Paint + Minwax Polyshades Tudor urethane stain) came to around $8, as I had the Tudor already. The effort involved, was to paint the Leaf Paint onto the yellow-gold regions of the toy, and then to apply The Dip. Nothing more. For a gaming Dragon miniature figure, unpainted, even in Reaper Bones' plastic material, the dragon would be higher than $20, smaller than this figure, in all likelihood, and I would need to paint the entire model, start to finish. For me, this is the epitome of gaming figures on the cheap! YMMV. Cheers!
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Post by DnDPaladin on Jul 5, 2015 23:59:18 GMT
anything bigger then huge size is better to be kit bashed and painted.
there is a reason why that colosal red dragon is sold for 300$
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Post by lordbryon on Jul 9, 2015 15:44:49 GMT
Well done indeed. Superb job.
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