03430 :: Young Swamp Dragon :: Copper Dragon on Marbled Tiled Hex Base

[Thrym]

Young Swamp Dragon
"Copper Dragon on Marbled Tiled Hex Base"

At the monthly Paint Day I host in Seneca Falls, NY ... Finger Lakes Paint and Game Day ... a Reaper forumite came up for a visit from down near NYC.  He brought with him some great pieces of marble tiles that were left over from a floor installation.  These tiles are 3/8 inches thick and one inch to a side hexagons of white marble.  He gave me several before he left to return home.

Not long after that day, I decided to utilize one of his amazing pieces of marble for the Reaper Miniatures Young Swamp Dragon, sculpted by Kevin Williams, that had been sitting in his blister pack on the wall above my work table.  But I wanted to really utilize the gleaming white marble and pay an homage to the base.  So using plastic squares as individually placed tiles I set out to make a marble floor on top of the marble base.

The base turned out wonderfully.  But what kind of dragon was I interested in painting?  I certainly wasn't interested in making him a "swamp" dragon.  After some thought and a comparison of size to some of my other dragons, I decided he would be a copper dragon.

But that led to the idea that the copper dragons would molt their skins like lizards and snakes.  This molting would in fact take the form of verdigris (copper rust) and form around the outside of the dragon as it slept for long periods.  I set out to create a verdigris combination of paints to paint on his wings and underbelly.

But after some conversations with other artists and a specific comment from the provider of the marble tile, I decided the dragon was shaking off his molt and scattering bits of the verdigris around the floor and that his wings were still not finished molting and that hardened bits were still attached to the dragon.

To see everything that went on in the production of this piece, please check out the WIP.

Thus, I present to you, my copper dragon:
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy.

 

Check him out in the Inspiration Gallery. (Approved)

 

Added to Thrym's Index of Reaper Miniatures & Thrym's General Show Off List

Edited January 17, 2017 by Thrym

[ub3r_n3rd]

Nicely done!

[72moonglum]

Really nicely done on this dragon, such cool colors!

[Thrym]

Posted to my blog, Thrym's Table.

 

[LittleBluberry]

I should really scrounge around hardware stores for some leftover bits of natural stone tiles. It looks lovely!

[Glitterwolf]

Looks amazing!

 

Nice patina!

[Citrine]

Cool idea and great execution!

[Gargs]

Awesome job, I love how this turned out!

[Thrym]

I should really scrounge around hardware stores for some leftover bits of natural stone tiles. It looks lovely!

 

Thanks.  I find tiles for similar stuff all over ...  Lowes, Home Depot, Tractor Supply, and even some Dollar Stores.  Not like Dollar Tree but shops that have odds and ends they buy.  Look in the big stores for stuff that's clearanced out because a tile or two on a mesh sheet are broken or missing.  They sell them to allow people to replace individual pieces, etc.  I have tons of these for bases about.

 

 

Nicely done!

 

Really nicely done on this dragon, such cool colors!

 

Looks amazing!

 

Nice patina!

 

Cool idea and great execution!

 

Awesome job, I love how this turned out!

 

Thank you, guys.

Edited January 17, 2017 by Thrym

[Thrym]

Copper Dragon made the catalog!  WOOT!



Naturally that means the Inspiration Gallery post is approved.

Edited January 17, 2017 by Thrym

[Chaoswolf]

That's fantastic, I love how you did the base!!