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My D&D Dragon

Back in the 1980s, I got caught up in the whirlwind of the Dungeons & Dragons craze (a craze that's still going strong today) and bought myself one of their dragon kits. I never got around to actually building and painting this kit until very recently. It was the new D&D movie starring Chris Pine that actually spurred me onward. I was also inspired to build this after watching the fantastic House of the Dragon TV series.

And here she is, in all of her glory. I had to glue on the wings with superglue, then secured them in further with putty. I then painted her with a burgundy red and green paint job, with a honey brown color painton her legs and underside. I also used a black wash on the figure to really bring out the great sculpt job.

She came already standing on a rock base, which I glued down to a large block of solid wood. The wood base worked well, because the dragon, being solid metal, is really heavy. The wood base, while heavy in its own right, gives the dragon a secure home.

I smeared Flex Paste, from Woodland Scenics, and after it dried, I painted it blue with white dry-brushed on the high ridges. This created the look of water, as if the dragon had landed on a tiny sliver of land in the ocean, or on a lake.

The dragon is six and a half inches long, with the wingspan also coming in at six and a half inches. I'm glad I've finally brought this beauty to life.

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