Metalchaos Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) What a great gift, it's very beautiful, the colors are vibrant. The gradient shading on the wings is wonderful. The top view picture gives a nice perspective to appreciate it. The base is beautiful too, it put the dragon in value in it's natural environment.Did you paint the wings before assembling them? Edited January 8, 2015 by Metalchaos 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limey72 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 This is so well done and I love the basing as much as the painting really excellent work ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzardB Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Goddamn thats pretty. Could you tell me what colours were used for the dirty base? Its lovely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corporea Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Sanael- I did worry about the cork- I was going for a sandstone look, but in hindsight I probably should have smoothed it out more. If I steal it back from Lisa for Reapercon I may play with the base some more! Metalchaos- Why yes, I did! I painted the wings and the body almost completely before attaching them, but did some touching up on both later. I had to greenstuff the wing joints with scales, but they weren't too hard to paint afterwards. BuzzardB- I basecoated the base with Americana black (craft paint). While it was still wet I put spattered crimson- that's where the brown color comes from. Then I drybrushed with some more spattered crimson, and while that was wet added some saffron sunset and then sun yellow for the brightest areas. Mostly unthinned paint. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darcstaar Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Truly inspiring. Glad people are willing to do dragon colors apart from the Monster Manual guidelines. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanael Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 "should" is a strong term, I think. I meant it as a small nit, really. Cork is such a weird basing material, sometimes. I love the stuff, it makes my Warmahordes pieces super quick to base, but it's easy to miss a corner or an edge and have a spot that ends up "wrong" without being able to pinpoint why. I hope you do get to bring this to Reapercon, whether you futz with the basing or not. Your pieces are always inspiring to see! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattnuke Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 The vibrant green and red really works with this dragon. You did a fantastic job Corporea! The dragon is wonderful and is made even better by the outstanding base. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoroaster100 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Very nice job on that green and the highlighting on the green. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kharsin Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 This is a gorgeous dragon! Very vibrant and imaginative. I'm a big fan of cork as well. I think it'd my favorite material to work with. All you really need is good glue, needle nose pliers, and perhaps a razor saw. Instant earth goodness! Great job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kay13 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Oh wow! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricksay Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Beautiful work! Truly inspiring! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmiles Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Was it the tree that gave it away? The over-reliance on basing? A little from column A, a little from column B. Amazing work, as usual, Corporea. Good thing I'm not working on a dragon right now, I'd probably toss it out the window in furstration. Just don't go painting Cthulhu on me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talae Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Wonderful work, as always! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orionjp Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Oh look, a Christmas Dragon... Just kidding, it looks amazing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuro Cleanbrush Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Inspiring, as always! Great job putting the smack-down on that color theory! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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