I finally finished him..the dragonman mini from Reaper...Yay! I spend a lot of time on painting the metal armor using my homebrew NMM technique, and that really ate up time. I can't say how many hours went into this guy..but I'm pretty sure it was too many and most likely embarassing to admit here. As always, I appreciate the NMM metals even if they are not exactly right.
I'm happy with the skin and wing colorings - red is quite fun to paint up in different shades and hues. Getting the wing colors to work with the rest of the mini while not using the exact same colors was challenging. It seems the violets are OK to mix with the red /oranges.
I added a homemade giant skull to the base to make it a little more interesting. A past victim of the fierce dragon warriors perhaps. I may add some tropical ferns or banana leaves as well. I assume these creatures live in the tropics and are rulers amongst the reptiles. Or perhaps they battle for supremacy with the snake people.
Here is a back shot that kind of shows of more of the wing colorings and those funny scales right by the base of his tail. Once I had pinned the wings, glued them, and added some green stuff to the seams, the bond was strong. These wings don't move much, which is a good thing.
Now on to paint something different!
