This is an awesome model of a large dragon (it sits on a 2" base - so tactically it's large - I think that makes it young adult). This is part of the 3D Dungeon Labs Etsy shop purchase. I'm going to scale these models with Poor, Average, Good, Excellent in a couple of categories.
Sculpt: Excellent - one of the better looking dragons I've seen and matches what a D&D green dragon should look like.
3D Print: Excellent - well done - clean
Fitness: Excellent - has the proper large base, model matches expectations
This model represents my first attempt at airbrushing. After receiving the gift of an airbrush, I spent the month of January reading websites and watching Youtube videos. Then I grabbed the biggest model that was pertinent to one of my current campaigns. One of the campaigns is the Lost Mine of Phandelver and I had purchased a complete set of miniatures - we started the campaign in a new local game store in Cedar Park, Texas that unfortunately after a few months didn't make it (I understand there was a lot of drama in the ownership group - not for a lack of interest by customers). We had just arrived in the campaign at the deserted town of Thundertree - so go big or go home - I grabbed the winged beast and started spraying.
I used basically the same techniques I would have used if I had painted it by hand. I started with a black primer. Then dark green to a light green layers and eventually mixing some white into the green for the final highlights. I then hit the belly of the beast with Rotting Flesh as it's a cream color with just a bit of green in it. Here's a film strip of a couple shots I took along the way...
When I was done airbrushing I came in and tagged all the claws, including the ones on the wing ends, with Bonewhite. Then finished off the base with basic black - the art design language I'm trying to replicate here is equivalent to a D&D pre-painted mini.
A note on paints... I purchased the Vallejo Game Air paints because they are a 1:1 match for Vallejo Game Color paints. While I could have diluted in various ways the Game Color paints (and everyone has an opinion on what the proper mix/ratio is of all sorts of various ingredients), it's just easier for a beginner to open bottle and go without having to worry about mixes. BEST DECISION EVER! As I was working my way up from dark to light I didn't even clean the airbrush - just kept adding more paint of a lighter green. The first time I cleaned the airbrush was when I switched to the Rotting Flesh.
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