The size of dragons is one of my peeves. From 3rd edition on, they have been getting ridiculously big--so big that not only would they not fit in dungeons, but it would be absolutely impossible to hurt them with any weapon held by a human. I didn't watch the movie, but I understand that Smaug was made ludicrously big; like, how on earth would he crawl around in dwarven halls big. "But aren't dragons supposed to be awesome and dangerous?" Yeah, but not so much so that a sword wouldn't even get through their skin if you drove it to the hilt. And I think something the size of a tyrannosaur, that can fly, breathe fire, use its front claws, and is intelligent to boot (and possibly able to cast spells) is plenty dangerous enough, thank you. The biggest dragons on my table are the metal Reapers. T'raukzul would be an absolutely epic dragon, like Glaurung or Ancalagon the Black. I guess that's what those ridiculously oversized swords are for.
Well said, I have the OOP T'raukzul in my workshop ready to paint all metal mega heavyweight I will have to make a painting video on him soon. The truth of the matter with the larger Dragons is there are way more collectors/painters than actual tabletop players, most use roll20 and play in groups online with friends around the World (I use it all the time) so they don't use the Dragons in real games they are shelf fillers in the display cabinets, I am lucky that my partner loves playing games at home but it is rare for us to get a good party of friends around to play a game anymore but even then if a Dragon is needed it is one that fits in the game, any Dragon the does not fit on a 100mm base or smaller is too big for my Dungeons.
@@MichaelMordor Too bad you don't live nearer; I've got a great in-person game going (for the first time in years) at my house. I've created a campaign setting in which Tolkien's Middle-Earth and Howard's Hyboria are the same world, in a previous age, and the world of Arthurian legend is its future. But I suppose a transatlantic commute every other Saturday is a bit far.
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Fantastic
Great idea using Glitter
Great video, I agree keep the Dragons to fit in our Dungeons.
I always liked this dragon. It just looks right. Nice work on the dragon and vid.
I agree with smaller dragons. The dragon of myth and "history" was relatively small.
Makes sense to have a dragon small enough to fit on the table. Players can imagine it's 3 times the size if the story calls for it.
I tend to use smaller dragons because ancient dragons are extremely rare. I do own some very large dragons because they are cool.
The size of dragons is one of my peeves. From 3rd edition on, they have been getting ridiculously big--so big that not only would they not fit in dungeons, but it would be absolutely impossible to hurt them with any weapon held by a human. I didn't watch the movie, but I understand that Smaug was made ludicrously big; like, how on earth would he crawl around in dwarven halls big. "But aren't dragons supposed to be awesome and dangerous?" Yeah, but not so much so that a sword wouldn't even get through their skin if you drove it to the hilt. And I think something the size of a tyrannosaur, that can fly, breathe fire, use its front claws, and is intelligent to boot (and possibly able to cast spells) is plenty dangerous enough, thank you. The biggest dragons on my table are the metal Reapers. T'raukzul would be an absolutely epic dragon, like Glaurung or Ancalagon the Black.
I guess that's what those ridiculously oversized swords are for.
Well said, I have the OOP T'raukzul in my workshop ready to paint all metal mega heavyweight I will have to make a painting video on him soon. The truth of the matter with the larger Dragons is there are way more collectors/painters than actual tabletop players, most use roll20 and play in groups online with friends around the World (I use it all the time) so they don't use the Dragons in real games they are shelf fillers in the display cabinets, I am lucky that my partner loves playing games at home but it is rare for us to get a good party of friends around to play a game anymore but even then if a Dragon is needed it is one that fits in the game, any Dragon the does not fit on a 100mm base or smaller is too big for my Dungeons.
@@MichaelMordor Too bad you don't live nearer; I've got a great in-person game going (for the first time in years) at my house. I've created a campaign setting in which Tolkien's Middle-Earth and Howard's Hyboria are the same world, in a previous age, and the world of Arthurian legend is its future. But I suppose a transatlantic commute every other Saturday is a bit far.