77542 Marthrangul, Lava Dragon

[AutumnHare]

Way back in May, I finished a Lava/Magma elemental that I teased as being a practice piece for something larger. It’s been longer than planned, but I’ve completed him, and I’m 99% happy with the results. 

 

I introduce the fearsome Marty the Lava Dragon. 

 

And one last one with his little buddy for comparison. There are definite differences in how the lava effect played out on the sculpts. I like them both for what they are. 

 

 

Colors used:

P3 Heartfire, Magma Red, Walnut Brown, and P3 Coal Black (barely there in the very blackest areas).

 

Technically, I also used Pure White as a base coat and later a couple times when I messed it up badly enough that I had to start over. 

Edited September 28, 2018 by AutumnHare
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[sentinel]

Oh yeah, that is cool!  I like how the mouth and eyes glow in the "at arms length" pictures.  Nicely done.  That will cause an adventurer or two to fill his, or her, britches!

[Warlady]

Wow!  Stunning job - I can feel the heat radiating off him!

[Darcstaar]

Beauty!  Must have taken a lot of patience.

[Metalchaos]

Awesome, you did an amazing work. Everytime I see these lava monster I tell myself, I need to paint one of these. I really like the base too, lava seem to slowly flow between the rocks.

[planetmut]

Another post where I couldn't scroll to the like button fast enough. You've done an incredible job on that dragon.

[AutumnHare]

Thanks for the kind words everyone.  

[zoroaster100]

Great looking lava effect!

 

[Iridil]

I can feel the heat coming through the screen! Well done lava effect, the body is really something!

[Rigel]

Glorious! The shift in colors to match temperatures is stunning. This is a fearsome encounter indeed!

[hosercanadian]

Wow.  Very striking I like how the dark effects nicely replicate glowing coals.

[Chaoswolf]

That's an amazing paint job!!

[Mutilatedlips]

Really nice, love the flow of the base too.

[Glitterwolf]

[Pingo]

Oh my, this is eye-watering. You did a great job bringing across the idea of heat and magma.