Guardian Dragon - Grenadier

[Vacaroja]

Pulled out one of the many in my old school collection and finally painted it up.  Part of my New Year's resolution which is to not buy any new minis this year and paint what I already own, some of which goes back 30+ years.  At some point I may put together a resolution WIP thread to help me stay focused.

 

Mixed up somewhere in the depths of my cases are the people that came with this beast and someday maybe I'll get to them.  If I can find them and all their parts!

 

 

[Darsc Zacal]

That's a unique choice of colours for a dragon. Nicely done!

 

And best of luck with your New Years Resolution.

It's not one I could ever hold to.

[kitenerd]

Jaw dropped and gasping for breath...

 

WOW - that is stunning

 

Would have never occurred to me to paint a dragon so understated - simply gorgeous!

[Pingo]

It’s odd to think of “naturalistic” as a description of dragon coloration.  This is quite effective. Well done!

 

(Also props for some Old School Grenadier love.)

[Glitterwolf]

I love this!

[WhiteWulfe]

Love the colours! 

[Zink]

I've owned that model ever since it came out and it's still one of my favourite dragons. Very nice job on it. I did the no buying new minis thing for a few years. My painting slowed to almost nothing. It seems that buying stuff is a large part of what gives me inspiration to paint. Now I'm just trying to buy less than I paint because I have a huge backlog. I've done ok with that if you don't count all the Bones KS but even so I think I'm gaining slowly. 

[Inarah]

Very cool. That was the first dragon I ever painted, back in '83 or '84. 

[nytflyr]

love the colors, well done!

 

[Vacaroja]

8 hours ago, Zink said:

I've owned that model ever since it came out and it's still one of my favourite dragons. Very nice job on it. I did the no buying new minis thing for a few years. My painting slowed to almost nothing. It seems that buying stuff is a large part of what gives me inspiration to paint. Now I'm just trying to buy less than I paint because I have a huge backlog. I've done ok with that if you don't count all the Bones KS but even so I think I'm gaining slowly. 

It's been in my possession too since the 80s.  I started collecting minis as a young teenager who somehow stumbled into a hobby store with her father (who really had no interest himself), thought minis just looked cool, and convinced him to buy them for me. But aside from 1 or 2, I only finally started painting them seriously this past year.  I'm amazed that all the majority of what I've collected has survived the multiple moves I've done since junior high.

 

I have some very specific ones I'd really like to get going on.  So I'm hoping having that list of favorites will help.  The hard part will be not window shopping minis and feeling that urge to splurge.  Yesterday I had to resist buying some old Rackham minis I pine for.

[NecroMancer]

Very well done!  The color scheme is perfect!

[Chaoswolf]

Excellent paint job!