Dragons Don't Share WIP thread - by Rowan

[Rowan]

This is the year to finish (or at least make major progress on) the epic Dragons Don't Share bones II model.

To start with, the washing... 

 

and the boiling...

 

And finally, the base elements are ready for cleaning:

 

More details can be found here and here.

 

More to come in the weeks ahead.

[BLZeebub]

Acccckkkk, makes me want to excavate mine from the mines of my mini-tomb and get to work...

[Dilvish the Deliverer]

I keep meaning to break mine out so I can at least use the ruins as terrain for Frostgrave.  Looking forward to seeing this one progress.

[LordJosh]

Yeah, I really want to break mine out, now, too!

[Rowan]

I hear ya.  I looked at the 20 models I had to assemble and/or paint, and figured I'd pick one, single biggie to make the year's project.  While a year sounds like a long time, when you factor in writing, day job, family, a household and all the other myriad draws on time, I figured having a go at something major, with a serious stretch of time allowed, would serve as a cool 'start-to-finish' project.

 

Either that or it'll all get finished up in the last three weeks of December!  

[knarthex]

Don't forget to clean up all the mold lines!

 

I said to myself. "It's Just Terrain, no one will notice...."

 

I noticed when it was to far along to fix......

 

Enjoy the project!

 

And the rest of you get busy!

 

George

[Rowan]

Indeed.  I've already seen a bunch that need to be dealt with.  Figure I'll get the cleaning done (cleaning = mold lines, flash, et al) then work up the dragon and heroes.  Guarantee at least one will slip by, as Knarthex's sig says.

[Rowan]

An update!

 

http://rowanwilson.blogspot.ca/2016/03/dragons-dont-share-update.html

 

In brief, I've finished prepping the model for painting.  All the mold lines gone (fingers crossed, white-on-white makes them tough to hunt down) and she's ready for some colour!

 

I'm a big fan of this model.  I knew it would be sweet from the previews during the kickstarter, but in person, it's absolutely fantastic!  It makes me crave painting it, though I have to harness that enthusiasm and do it right.  

 

I will say the model went together with minimal effort.  Clean up the mold lines, a little bit of putty work on the right wing join and the upper level of the tower, and done.  Well done Reaper, this model is sweet all around.