I finally finished my dragon! My wife bought the beastie for me two Christmases ago. At the time I had only been painting for a few months, so decided to wait until I could do a better job on it. Fast forward a year, and during Christmas break, I broke out the critter and built him. Needless to say, the project has been a lot longer getting done than I had intended. I found the model so large that painting it got tedious at times and I had to switch over to something else for a while. But now I've finally fished her.
If there was a way to paint this model with the wings off and then attach them at a later date, I would definitely recommend it. The wings were constantly banging into the table top, lamp and anything else close to my painting area. I even got one of them up into the bulb of the lamp at one point and blunted the tip a wee bit. However, I don't see how it can be done. The model needed a fair bit of green stuff in order to fill the gaps that were present around the wing joints and various other conspicuous areas around the model. You can really see the difference a few years has made in the moulding technology and techniques that GW uses.
I'm relatively happy with the finished model, but there are several areas I wish had turned out better. I am still working on blending and highlighting. I need both more practice and more patience in equal parts. However, Rome was not built in a day and for a year and a half in the hobby, I should be pleased with my progress.
PS. The rider will get some attention at some point in the next month.
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