By
Cyradis
Congratulations, by opening this forum post, you have received a quest!
This quest is a challenge created by the combined forces of @Sirithiliel the Queen Tiamacrab, a Wizard Most Wild @Pezler the Polychromatic, and myself – @Cyradis the Questgiver.
The challenge is this! Paint a small dragon, letting the dice control the colors!
The Rules:
Post in the WIP Forums “_Your Pseudonym_ is taking the random rainbow dragon challenge!” or “_Your Pseudonym_ has accepted the d20 rainbow dragon quest!” something to that extent.
Select a figure from one of the following: Stormwing (from Bones III), Kryphrixis (from Bones III), Deathsleet (77110), or Ebonwrath (77102).
You must select the dragon BEFORE rolling for colors. Take a photo with the figure and a clock as proof of order of operations.
Roll for colors! Use a d20 and a photo, or an online dice roller with a screenshot as proof of rolling. Or have a fellow forum dweller vouch for your rolls. Use the Color Chart below to determine what the color is that you rolled. There are three rolls. Below is an online dice roller. Most keyboards have a PRT SCRN button that can take a screenshot for you. Then you can paste the photo into Paint to save. I'm sure there are better methods, but that works for me.
https://www.wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm
The first roll determines what your primary base color is. That must be the dominant color on the figure.
The second roll determines your secondary color. It should be the second color that catches the eye, and second most prevalent color on the figure.
The third roll determines your miscellaneous color. This should be most of the accent colors that you use, and third most prevalent color on the figure.
You might need to order paint or go to the FLGS after rolling if you don’t have a given bottle – we’ll be patient and wait for you. If you can’t get a bottle of one of these colors, here is a spreadsheet with equivalent colors from different brands. If you really can't get them, use the closest thing you got to your rolls (let us know what they are please).
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xl-x9eW3bLw5eqDeNUG2JUwn2EZwn34TDKfNIg5uul4/edit#gid=5
Number
Reaper #
Color Name
Color Description
1
9004
Fire Red
Bright red
2
9134
Clotted Red
Dull red
3
9218
Lava Orange
Volcanic orange
4
9201
Orange Brown
Dull orange
5
9009
Lemon Yellow
Bright yellow
6
9227
Brilliant green
Bright green
7
9035
Olive Green
Olive dull green
8
9017
True Blue
Bright blue
9
9231
Heather Blue
Dull light blue
10
9023
Imperial Purple
Deep purple
11
9026
Violet Red
A very misnamed color; somewhere between burgundy and magenta. Not violet.
12
9262
Blush Pink
Very pink
13
9029
Earth Brown
Generic brown
14
9122
Terran Khaki
Light brown
15
9263
Mint Green
Bright pastel green
16
9089
Cloudy Grey
Generic grey
17
9077
Marine Teal
Teal, blueish
18
9074
Palomino Gold
Earthy gold yellow
19
9037
Pure Black
Super black. Critical threat!
20
9039
Pure White
Super white. Critical threat!
You are allowed to use whatever colors to shade and highlight that you want, as long as the rolled colors are obvious visually.* Example: you can shade a red dragon with purple, brown, or black, but it must always appear as a red dragon. A white dragon shaded with grey must appear as a white dragon, not a grey dragon.
You are allowed to use colors outside the ones that you rolled, but they must not take up more visual surface area than any of the others.** Example: your pink, green, and gray dragon is allowed to have bone-beige teeth.
The proportions of color on the figure can be however you want, as long as the 1st roll is dominant, 2nd is less, 3rd is less, and anything else smaller. Example: 70% pink, 15% green, 10% gray, and 5% anything else. Or it could be 50% pink, 25% green, 15% grey, and 10% anything else. The tidbit colors are fine wherever, as long as they are minor.
Paint your dragon according to the rolls plus your tidbits. Even if it is outrageous. The goal is to make the dragon look as awesome as possible without the benefit of planning color themes. You can add spots, stripes, eye-spots like moths have, or nothing. This is the base challenge.
Star 1* You may decide after your initial three rolls to limit your shading colors to your rolled colors mixed with pure black and white. You may still use tidbit colors. Declare this if you go for a Star 1 challenge!
Star 2** You may decide after your initial three rolls to not use colors outside of your rolled ones and shading colors (so no tidbits like beige teeth, only 3 visual colors shaded however you want). Declare this if you go for a Star 2 challenge!
Star 3*** You may decide to do both the Star 1 and Star 2 challenges, using absolutely nothing but your three rolled colors, plus black and white for shading. If you do this, you are allowed to use the white for areas like teeth and eyes that could be really weird otherwise (or not - up to you). Effectively, you have 5 colors to work with only, and three of them must be the majority (in decreasing order of prevalence). You gotta be nuts!
There is no time limit on this. However, if the WIP photos stop showing up at a normal rate and there’s never a Show Off thread, the forum dwellers may gently poke fun at you for adding this to your Shelf of Shame.
Post to the Show Off forums with a “_Your Pseudonym_ has completed the random rainbow dragon challenge!” sort of title upon completion. Brag about your awesome (or hilarious) dragon. Win all the internet-points. Receive experience and praise. Thus shall end the quest.
Once the first Random Rainbow Dragon has been completed, we will start up a group Show Off thread to compile all of the dragons in a great flock of rainbowy goodness.
Current WIP List (started thanks to @Evilhalfling.)
Little Bluberry
Sylverthorne
Glitterwolf
Cyradis
Corporea
Sirithiliel
Morihalda
Evilhalfling
Guindyloo
Maledrakh
Eldamir
pcktInt
Talae
nakos
Kate
midshipmaneasy
Paradoxical Mouse
Darsc Zacal
vegascat
Cranky Dog
Auberon
robinh
Ulfheathen
Phoenix Rising
NebulousMissy
Edsterdoom
Ironhammer
Thes Hunter
Invisible Thumb
arouark
OneBoot
Gadgetman
Eldamir v2
Ludo
midshipmaneasy v2
HornedTurtle
Sophie was taken
Crazyscribble
Sanwah
Inarah
Mierot
Xiwo Xerase
WhiteWulfe & RuneLyall
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