Monday, 29 June 2020

JEWEL OF JULY

While running my first challenge, I'm also wanting to take part in Azazelx challenge the-jewel-of-july-2020-community-painting-challenge I have a couple of bits I'd like to do, but the main one I finally want to finish is this Dragon from MDP, this is another one I sculpted for them, and has sat for many years collecting dust and totally neglected. Over the last couple of days I have been putting the bits together and filling any gaps.

Thinking of a red colour scheme for the dragon, and possibly yellow wings, but that may change as the painting progresses.

Have also been looking at what I would like to do for the Summer of Scenery challenge, and have sorted out a couple of GW building pieces I'd like to finally get painted, but also I'm hoping to make some new scenery pieces, some for the business, and maybe a couple of pieces that are just for me, but will share more on this in a later post.
That's the lot for this post, so until next time stay safe and have fun !
Cheers Dave
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  1. Dai29 June 2020 at 08:04

    Dragon is impressive Dave! How large is it?

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    1. Dave Stone29 June 2020 at 08:12

      Thank you Dai, he is a pretty large kit, the straight line measurement between wing tips is 360 mm, each wing is 200 mm wide and the total length of the dragon is 420 mm from nose to tip of tail. the base is 130 mm tall. Hope these measurements give an idea of scale

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  2. Frank O Donnell29 June 2020 at 12:06

    Great work Dave & don't forget red ones go faster :)

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    1. Dave Stone29 June 2020 at 14:05

      Thank you Frank, indeed ! lol

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    2. Vagabond1 July 2020 at 01:24

      I thought it was red stripes made them go faster!

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    3. Dave Stone1 July 2020 at 02:59

      In the real world John, you would be right, in 40K a red paint gives you extra movement in an Ork army LOL

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  3. eltee Harry29 June 2020 at 15:37

    That dragon is super cool, Dave. Can't wait to see it finished.

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    1. Dave Stone29 June 2020 at 23:16

      Thank you Harry, me too as it's been hanging around in bits for years ! LOL

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  4. Carrion Crow30 June 2020 at 02:04

    That's a fairly substantial model, Dave. Should be fun to paint.

    And regretfully, due to work commitments, it's unlikely I'll have time to take part in the scenery challenge. But I shall be watching along and supporting those taking part.

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    1. Dave Stone30 June 2020 at 02:11

      Thank you Jez, as long as I don't over complicate it, it should be good ! LOL
      Sorry to hear you won't be able to participate, but completely understand that work has to come first, and thank you for the support

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  5. Zabadak30 June 2020 at 04:58

    That is one impressive beast. It must be th first I've seen that has irreggular finish n the trailing wing edge - great feature !

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    1. Dave Stone30 June 2020 at 05:01

      Thank you Joe, it's something I like to do on some of the Dragons I make, to represent damage from fighting other Dragons or prey

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  6. Dick Garrison30 June 2020 at 05:03

    That is a very impressive Dragon, you have done so beautiful Dragons over the years Dave, love that pose reminds me of "Reign of Fire" is that what it is based on?

    Nice little piece of scenery too, I feel like I should know what that is but can't put my finger on it!

    Cheers Roger.

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    1. Dave Stone30 June 2020 at 05:11

      Thank you Roger, I like to vary the poses so they don't all look the same. The design came from a piece of art the client wanted it loosely based on, so as not to have any copyright infringements, but I know what you mean about Reign of Fire, except that was a Wyvern ! LOL
      The scenery is a ruined keep that was made for the Dragon, and comes as part of the kit, Had to build that part first to make sure the Dragon would fit, and look natural on top of it.

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  7. Dick Garrison30 June 2020 at 09:11

    Your right of course it was a wyvern in the film. I should watch that again at some point!

    The piece of scenery I was referring to was the small Sci/Fi one at the end of the post, is that part of you "Liberator" set?

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    1. Dave Stone30 June 2020 at 09:15

      It's been a while since I've watched it also, may have to remedy that soon ! LOL
      The bit of scenery is a charging station for bio mechanicals like Servitors in 40K, but would work perfectly well for Borg as well, their will be some scenery soon for the Blake's 7 project, so watch this space

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  8. Matt30 June 2020 at 11:38

    That's a magnificent dragon. As a Welshman, I'm hoping you paint it red :-)

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    1. Dave Stone30 June 2020 at 12:03

      Thank you Matt, as I don’t currently have a red one I’m pretty sure it will be !

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  9. caveadsum147130 June 2020 at 12:09

    Lovely looking dragon, can't wait to see it painted @
    Best Iain

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    1. Dave Stone30 June 2020 at 12:34

      Thank you Iain, hopefully it will turn out okay

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  10. Phil Curran30 June 2020 at 23:37

    That's going to be difficult to paint if it is still attached to the tower.

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    1. Dave Stone1 July 2020 at 03:02

      You're not wrong Phil, luckily it is only placed on the base for the pictures. It was actually a tricky part of the original sculpt, to make sure it was perfectly balanced so as not to add extra pressure on the glue points.

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  11. Vagabond1 July 2020 at 01:25

    That's a huge model Dave, painting will be on an indistrial scale.

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    1. Dave Stone1 July 2020 at 03:03

      Thank you John, definitely need to break out the bigger brushes for this one ! LOL

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  12. Azazel3 July 2020 at 06:49

    That's bloody impressive! Even moreso (like infinitely moreso) as you sculpted it!

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    1. Dave Stone3 July 2020 at 06:53

      Cheers mate, was the third dragon I sculpted, but the last to get painted ! LOL Hopefully it will turn into a Jewel

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