77201: Dragoth the Defiler On Throne

[Guyra]

Finally painted up this guy on his throne! He's been waiting to be painted up for quite a long time.

Paint scheme too involved to remember because I mixed a lot of the paints, but I used a lot of Army Painter Speed Paints and some Citadel Contrast Paints, especially for the throne. But the entire throne started out as a gray with light gray drybrush, same as you can still see on the base of it, before applying various mixes of paints/washes on its surfaces/details.

The sword blade is a black base with Army Painter "D&D Mithral Silver" on it, and the runes drybrushed white. Then I gave it a coat of the Citadel "Coelia Greenshade" wash(which is blue). I like the effect that gave.

 

 

Quite a while back I did some work on it, first removing the character("Dragoth") from his throne, and then adding magnets to his butt and his throne. So I can both use the throne and him separately from each other. (This mini is also available with two other heads: One that's human/vampire, and one that's with a helmet on.)
 

[Glitterwolf]

He looks great!

[Guyra]

3 hours ago, Glitterwolf said:

He looks great!

 

Thank you! 😊

[Adrift]

I love what you did with removing him so that he can actually be used on the table for battle. I’ve yet to paint this figure bc of the absurdity of navigating an entire throne around in combat. It would be simultaneously funny, but also immersion-breaking. Having the ability to take him on/off is a great idea!

[Guyra]

2 minutes ago, Adrift said:

I love what you did with removing him so that he can actually be used on the table for battle. I’ve yet to paint this figure bc of the absurdity of navigating an entire throne around in combat. It would be simultaneously funny, but also immersion-breaking. Having the ability to take him on/off is a great idea!

 

Oh man, now I'm imagining that entire throne being moved around in combat! 😆

I figured this would make it a lot more practical and useable. Now I can use the throne by itself as a terrain piece for the throne room of either Dragoth or someone else, and I can have Dragoth sitting other places as well. 😉
Would love to see a standing version of this version of Dragoth, though. That would've been cool. Though I guess I'll just have to find some proxy. 😄

[Adrift]

My other thought had been to just find a figure in my enormous undead arsenal who is ‘close enough’ and then paint them to match so that I have a standing version and a throne version. I guess piloting him around the battlefield in a seated position would be equally hilarious! 

[haldir]

11 minutes ago, Adrift said:

I love what you did with removing him so that he can actually be used on the table for battle. I’ve yet to paint this figure bc of the absurdity of navigating an entire throne around in combat. It would be simultaneously funny, but also immersion-breaking. Having the ability to take him on/off is a great idea!

 

I think he's always been separate from his throne, even when he was just metal. The metal version gives you 3 options for his head & a female helmet holder vs the Bones skull head guy & throne. I think there is just a separate figure as well.

 

Great work on the entire piece. I like that sword blade, I'll have to remember that if I ever want to replicate a blade like that. I also like the lettering at the base of his throne, kinda gives off a glowing vibe when you compare it to the dark backgrounds,

 

Nevermind, it's a earlier sculpt with the same name:

[Guyra]

Just now, Adrift said:

My other thought had been to just find a figure in my enormous undead arsenal who is ‘close enough’ and then paint them to match so that I have a standing version and a throne version. I guess piloting him around the battlefield in a seated position would be equally hilarious! 

 

Sitting down is a free action. 😆

 

Yeah, I think that's what I'll do as well. Maybe do a little bit of sculpting for the unique shoulder pads. 😉

[Adrift]

2 minutes ago, haldir said:

 

I think he's always been separate from his throne, even when he was just metal. The metal version gives you 3 options for his head & a female helmet holder vs the Bones skull head guy & throne. I think there is just a separate figure as well.

 

Great work on the entire piece. I like that sword blade, I'll have to remember that if I ever want to replicate a blade like that. I also like the lettering at the base of his throne, kinda gives off a glowing vibe when you compare it to the dark backgrounds,

 

Nevermind, it's a earlier sculpt with the same name:

I don’t mean to come off as a snob, but that metal sculpt is no-where near as awesome as the stuff in their catalogue over the past few years.

[Guyra]

13 minutes ago, haldir said:

 

I think he's always been separate from his throne, even when he was just metal. The metal version gives you 3 options for his head & a female helmet holder vs the Bones skull head guy & throne. I think there is just a separate figure as well.

 

Great work on the entire piece. I like that sword blade, I'll have to remember that if I ever want to replicate a blade like that. I also like the lettering at the base of his throne, kinda gives off a glowing vibe when you compare it to the dark backgrounds,

 

Nevermind, it's a earlier sculpt with the same name:

 

 

Dragoth seems to be a character they've resculpted a couple of times. And yeah, I wish the Bones version also came with the extra head options! 😉 

 

The blade was just something I tried out and hoped would work, and it did. So I'm happy with that. Will probably do it again. 😉 The copper runes against dark gray is something I've started doing a bit more lately. I've used it before, but then I saw Galladoria Games use it for some of their prepainted stuff(specifically the statues in their latest KS), and it just adds a lot of character to the otherwise gray rock. 😄 

 

10 minutes ago, Adrift said:

I don’t mean to come off as a snob, but that metal sculpt is no-where near as awesome as the stuff in their catalogue over the past few years.

 

It's definitely a very old school style sculpt. 😉

But there's also a metal version of the same sculpt. 😄

 

 

 

Edited December 20, 2022 by Guyra

[haldir]

23 minutes ago, Adrift said:

I don’t mean to come off as a snob, but that metal sculpt is no-where near as awesome as the stuff in their catalogue over the past few years.

 

Yah that is a 2000 listing  (2367 to be exact) of metal Dark Heaven Legends line, so yah the sculpting has gotten better over the years. I think that figure may have existed even before the forums came into existence. ha ha

 

For one Dragoth on big throne is 3807, so yah lots of figures done up & not even digital yet either. Also the 2367 Dragoth is done by Bob Olley, where the big throne is done by Bob Ridolfi. Some of Bob O's stuff can be bit hard to take in, but overall thou he is a great sculptor.

21 minutes ago, Guyra said:

 

Dragoth seems to be a character they've resculpted a couple of times. And yeah, I wish the Bones version also came with the extra head options! 😉 

 

What I've always thought was funny was you can't really use the helmet bearer & his helmet head together in the same scene....ummmm his back-up helm? 

[Rigel]

Spectacular painting and conversion!

[Guyra]

4 hours ago, Rigel said:

Spectacular painting and conversion!

 

Thank you very much! 😄

[Chaoswolf]

You did a fantastic job on him!

[Count Urlik]

The sword really pops out nicely!  Great job on a cool figure!