Anglo Danes for SAGA
Painting the Dragon
Given the army this dragon would go with was a Dark Ages force I was put in mind of the old story of the Red Welsh Dragon fighting the invading White Dragon. But the more I’ve looked at this force the more it’s felt like it’s inspired by natural, woodland themes. So I went with green.
For all my love of this miniature I need it done pretty quickly. I’m in a hobby golf shame league and my score is abysmal (thank you Star Wars Legion). So I’m working to pump out the minis.
I decided I’d try and undercoat with the airbrush to add tones and shadows and then go over with the main colour. I used:
- Gradients of ScaleColour SC-36 red and SC-33 purple for shadow.
- SC-54 Navi Blue for the wing armatures.
- SC-10 yellow and Golden Titanium White for highlights.
- I went over the shades on the body with SC-41 green.
- I masked around the wing membranes and eventually used SC-25. I struggled to gt this right and think it went on a little heavily.
- I also used SC-25 on the front chest and horns.
- I used Vallejo Model Colour 70.843 to add tones to the chest and horns.
- I finished with oil washes of Michael Harding Ultramarine Violet for the scales and Raw Sienna + Raw Umber for the base.
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