Today’s blog post is a special one, I got to paint Krondys, Son of Dracothion early for a Warhammer Community article and in today’s Tale of Painter’s post I’m going to share some size comparisons, different angles and my paint recipes.
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Holy moly! Would you look at the size of that thing. Krondys, Son of Dracothion is a brand new plastic Dragon kit from Games Workshop and I was lucky enough to be sent one early to paint for a Warhammer Community article. I chose the Krondys build, but there is an optional assembly in the kit where you can build Karazai the Scarred.
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When it came to deciding on what colours to paint my Krondys, I knew I wanted him to fit with my Primal Kings’ lore. The Primal Kings are situated in Ghur, the Realm of Beasts, that helped me decide that I wanted a forest dragon scheme.
Forest Dragon paint Scheme
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Bone Wings and Skin
- Undercoat the model with Wraithbone spray
- Wash the wings and underbelly with 50:50 Skeleton Horde + Contrast Medium
- Drybrush the wings and underbelly with Screaming Skull
- Lightly Drybrushing with Wraithbone
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Light Green Skin
- Wash the scales with 50:50 Nurgling Green + Contrast Medium
- Wash the scales with Militarium Green + Contrast Medium
- Shade the recesses, shins, backhands and nose with 50:50 Caliban Green + Contrast Medium
- Highlight the light green scales with a drybrushing of Wraithbone.
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Dark Green Scales
- Paint the large scales Abbadon Black
- Paint the large scales with two costs of Caliban Green
- Paint a wide highlight of Warpstone Glow on the scales
- Edge highlight the scales with Moot Green
- paint a thin line of Dark Angels Green Contrast in the recesses and around the large scales.
When I painted my Zombie Dragon, I thought the 130mm base was huge and sparse, Krondys comes with a whopping 160mm base with a huge chunk of ruined masonry in the middle. There was still a few empty areas on the base so I filled those with plasticard tiles and painted them in my sandstone ruins scheme.
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