Green Dragon of Melnibone - Painting Leathery Brown Legs
With the green and golden scales now complete, it’s onto the dragon’s legs and the 'fingers' of the wings. They look okay in the photos but in real life show some wear and tear.
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| From this... |
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I um-ed and ah-ed about changing colour completely but in the end I think that the light brown tone go well with the colours of the scales.
Step 1. (Above) I applied a wash of 25% solution of Ecoline 245 ink, the same one I used on the golden scales. The aim being to give a consistent base colour.
Step 2. I’ve given everything a light coat of GW Golfrag Brown, leaving the deeper recesses as is. This is one of their dry-brush formulation but I didn’t let that stop me!
Step 3. I used Derivan Skin Tone Mid to glaze the pure GW Golfrag Brown. As usual, I left some of the previous layer showing so that the highlights will build up.
Step 4. For this layer I used a 50/50 mix of Derivan Skin Tone Mid + Vallejo Tan Yellow. As ever, I cover less area with each highlight.
Step 5. Nearly there! This time a highlight with pure Vallejo Tan Yellow.
Step 6. The final highlight uses Derivan Desert stone which is basically a bone white on the claw wrinkles.
Step 7. To finish off these leathery brown parts of the dragon, I washed over all of the areas using a 1 in 8 solution of Ecoline 245 ink.
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| Before the final highlight... |
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| And after the final highlight. |
Step 8. As a bit of an afterthought, I decided to redo a highlight of Derivan Desert stone on the claw wrinkles.
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| All done!. |
Green Dragon Part 2 - Golden Scales
Let me know what you think.
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