Miniature Painting the Wizkids Young Blue Dragon
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2024
- Welcome to my miniature painting tutorial video on how to paint the Wizkids Young Blue Dragon for D&D!
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Paints used for the Wizkids Blue Dragon and Base:
Army Painter Deep Blue
Army Painter Crystal Blue
Army Painter Blue Tone Wash
Army Painter Troglodyte Blue
Army Painter Voidshield Blue
Army Painter Desert Yellow
Army Painter Mid Brown Wash
Army Painter Skeleton Bone
Army Painter Corpse Pale
Army Painter Scar Tissue
Army Painter Matt White
Army Painter Red Tone Wash
Army Painter Matt Black
Army Painter Gorgon Hide
Liquitex Deep Turquoise
Army Painter Banshee Brown
Army Painter Hemp Rope
Army Painter Arid Earth
Army Painter Light Tone
Army Painter Angel Green
Army Painter Royal Cloak
Army Painter Werewolf fur
Army Painter Stone Golem
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every dragon has been a banger after banger!
Thank you kindly Stone Slate! My favourite was the Black one together with the Blue one! 👍😁
You paint the models so well, but goddamn are your bases on a whole 'nother level of impressive
Hahaha! Thank you Sean! Yeah the bases were sort of my focus with these dragons! Thank you kindly! 👍😊
I really do like the way the base turned out. Especially the addition of the frothy wave tops.
Yeah I agree! I am happy I pursued this solution for the base rather than settle for the included base! :)
Guy gets halfway done with the dragon and I am like "Wow, that looks amazin.... oh, there's more?"
Same for the base too. Lol. Blew me away.
Thanks JaV P! Yeah I really loved working on these five dragons! 😊
Lovely work. Thank you.
Thank you kindly! :)
I just got this one myself. I plan to use your video as a guide!
That's awesome! I am so glad I could help! :)
Heya Leif, thanks for the video. Bought this model last week and was looking for an example, as a beginner I'm in awe 🤘😁
Ahh nice Wouter! Hope the video helped! 👍🙂
absolutely love the way this turned out Leif, the beach for the base was a great way to make this model pop.
Cheers mate! Yeah I am very happy as well. Scary but it payed off this time! :D
This mis my favorite chromatic Dragon! Now I'm ready to paint it, thanks to you! Thanks a lot man!
That's awesome! That makes me so happy to hear! Go forth Haegeth and paint your heart out! :D
@@DevsDice will do man!
Good! 👍
Loved it. Thanks for doing these videos.
My pleasure! I am happy you like them! :)
It came out so good but I prefer fire coming out. But I sure love your dragons.
Thank you so much Marianne! Yeah I can agree with the lighting bolt not looking as nice as fire! 👍😂
Not a fan of blue dragons myself (lore or head design), but your work on the miniature is fantastic as always. The basing is incredible, sir! Keep up the great work.
Haha fair enough! Yeah my impression is that the Blue Dragon usually is the one people like the least! Thanks for the kind words though! :)
Great video Leif. My favorite dragon so far. Fantastic work on the base too, looks amazing!
Cheers mate! Thanks for those calls in the night also! This honor belongs to you as well man! 🤘
Another amazing video bro, I love watching you make bases!
Haha! Thanks man! Yeah I really do love them bases! It's like making small contained terrain pieces! Inspires me easily I guess! Thanks for commenting!
Very well executed but I feel you could have added a little more detail and texture to the dragon to really make come alive also very well done on the base!! Those waves turned really well
Thank you so much! Yeah this video was a bunch of years ago and I think I would have done a better job today! But that's the journey right? 👍😅
With the lighting of the ferocious Blue Dragon you have brought my heart back to Leif!
My God this is the best one yet. I want him so damn bad D: Wonderful job Leif!
Haha! Thanks man! Yeah it turned out pretty okay I think! Thanks for the kind words - as always! 👍😊
@@DevsDice Pretty okay?! PRETTY OKAY?! It's awesome Lief! Don't make make me shake that humility out of you!
Hahaha all jokes of course. Can't wait to see what you do with the Black Dragon ;P
Haha! Well yeah, looking forward to the next one for sure. Only two to go! :D
It turned out really great. I love the water effect.
Thank you! Yeah it was scary at times but happy I did it! :D
I just started painting a blue dragon mini I found on Etsy. I’ve been pouring over all the old images from the forgotten realms wiki and elsewhere trying to find the color I want. I think your video is just about exactly what I’m looking for. The color scheme you’ve used strikes me as the classic blue dragon. I also like the lighter under wings and the blue outer wings. And the base is epic!
Thank you so much GB Fire Pro! Happy that you like the color scheme! Regarding the base, I sort of wanted to challenge myself with these chromatic dragons! 👍😁
You knocked (flew?) this one out of the park! Great wing coloring decision, would have done it the same way and the base was just perfection. Can’t wait forcthe next one...having seen a teaser of it! oO
Haha! Thanks Niklas! One of the benefits of a late night IRL meet-up ey! :D
WOW, That looks amazing!! Great job dude.
Thank you kindly James! :D
Just came across this video. Awesome work :)
Thank you so much Kevin! I appreciate it! 👍🙂
Great end result friend.
From your intro I thought the catastrophe was going to be much more dramatic!
Good job painting the dragon to life =)
Haha! You should have been here man! I think I was swearing in 4 different languages! Thanks man! :)
That beachfront base!!! Part of me wants to just quit mini painting after watching this video. I thought the green dragon one was fantastic, but this... I can see how working on one of the bigger dragons would be an awesome gift for someone; so much creative energy in painting a fantastic mini, plus the outstanding renovations to the base. I’m blown away.
Oh noes! Don't quit man! Push on! Yeah I really love working with terrain and such so. I think it shines through in this project! :D Thanks for the nice comment! 🤘
I also loved the Desert Yellow to contrast the mostly blue dragon. It’s beautiful. Yeah, I’ve made errors with paint choices and had to paint over them. Currently, I’m painting the Rage Drake from the Wrath of Ashardalon game. I tried one paint scheme, but couldn’t get what I wanted, so have rethought the colours.
@@ronaldboal7500 Thanks man! Yeah I tend to have to noodle on my color choices before hand and usually I still have to adjust when I am in the process of painting! I guess it gets better with time as one gains more experience :D
What paint scheme did you try btw? It was one of the first things I painted. Here is a link to my instagram post:
instagram.com/p/BquWw88FK4d/?
Devs & Dice - I’m still working on it. I go on Imgur (far too much) for some colour scheme inspiration. I found a couple of examples that I liked, but couldn’t match it. So, I’m thinking more along the lines of the Hellhound from Chronicles of Riddick (fiery red blending to a darker blue). I’ve posted some painted minis there.
Devs & Dice - I love the painted WoA minis. The cultists and snakes are beautiful. I painted the little Gauth, after doing the Wizkids Beholder, the Grell, and the Otyugh (I did watch another TH-cam video for that inspiration - it was the first time I tried dry brushing multiple shades for that mottled effect.)
This for me was the best one so far,Keep up the good work..
Thank you so much! I am glad you liked it! I hope to up it for every one but it's difficult! Working on the next dragon as we speak. Hopefully it will come out in a couple of days! :)
If you are going to do more series. I would recommend the nolzur giants. Is not many giant tutorials out there
Great video and mini
Edit: i really liked the dessert yellow where you painted it
Thank you so much! Yeah I don't think I own all of the giants so not sure it will be a series! :)
I will however at some point look into the metallic dragons as well!
Devs & Dice do what you would like the most. I enjoy every vid whatever you paint
Thank you so much for saying so! 🤘💙
@Devs & Dice Thank you for making these turtorials. I am using them to paint the Gargantuan Tiamat "mini". As of writing this comment I have done the Green and Blue heads.
Awesome dragon and I love the water and the waves!
Thank you so much Jason R! Yeah this one came out nice! 😂👍
Greeting lovely people! Please continue helping me as I try my best to paint the five chromatic Dragons for D&D! What sort of color do you want on your wings for the Blue Dragon? Please tell me in the comments below!
If you want to see the other Young Dragons then have a look at this playlist:
th-cam.com/play/PLIPnVHPmyThqgjYHJpTnk-hbZpVWUsx9Q.html
Lots of love! Stay safe! 💙💛💙
This base is sick good.
Haha! Yeah I am happy with all of the bases for the dragons but yeah this one became especially good! Thanks for the nice comment!👍
Thats the best base I’ve seen yet!
Ah thanks Robert! Yeah I wanted to take it up a level when it came to the bases for these young dragons! Glad you like it! :D
Looks really good... However I am from the other side wings.. The color change was meant as a counter camouflage sand side up ( looking down blends with ground ) blue side down, looking up blends with the sky airplanes in WWII used to paint their planes in this fashion and some countries still do.
Thank you! That makes sense from a tactical point of view for sure! :)
I love the paint job, but I will let you know the reason the underside of a blue dragon's wings are blue is so it is harder to spot when flying overhead. I am a huge fan of artists changing color schemes to fit the artists ideal look, however, and I think the brown underneath looks incredible.
Yeap that does make a lot of sense but yeah I for some reason really like this solution. :D Thanks for the nice comment!
Awesome work
Thank you so much Israel! 👍😊
Epic base!
Thank you so much! 👍😁
The basing is so good! What agreat work and nice mini!
Cheers! :D
Well done. I like the transitions in the blues.
Thank you kindly! :)
I do like the colour scheme of the dragon and especially your base idea! The blue tones are pleasing.
Your video inspires me to try water effects on my own models. Never did that before!
Your dragon looks magnificent, but you could spice it up a bit with a lil bit of seasoning;
I would recommend to get some Vallejo Black Ink (or an equivalent) and work it into the eye sockets and then give the eyes a highlight of an off-white and lastly an extreme highlight of pure white. This should make the eyes really pop out and draw more focus onto his beautiful scaly face.
And if you would color the teeth like his horn he would be striking!
Keep up the good work!
Greetings from Germany!
That’s awesome advice! Thank you kindly! :)
Really like this series, looks awesome!
Cheers! I am glad you like them!
I don't know Leif, you paint a damn good figure! But the freaking bases you do are ingenious! I took my white dragon and redid the base similar to the one you did. After you finish up on the dragons, can you do a baseing video?
Haha! Thanks John! Yeah I might do that actually! I think I just need to formulate my thoughts on it carefully cause to me I just...well..do it! :D But for sure man that is an interesting video idea! Thanks! 🤘💙💛
@@DevsDice my pleasure as always my Norse friend 🤘
Thanks you for that! :)
I like the overall color scheme. I feel like the blue top membrane with the brown underside looks good but I think I will paint mine blue on both sides.
Why thank you Leif! Also, awesome name! 👍😂
Im a bit disapointed, you forgeting to start the camera was a perfect setup for the "vasken" proverb. Hehehe. Awsome work as allways Leif. Keep it up bro.
Haha! It will come man! I need to keep you on your toes man! Thank you so much man! :)
Wow this is awesome holy inspiration! Hey do you paint any warhammer? I know you did the squig challenge but anything else?
Haha! Thank you! Well, I haven't yet! But I have a whole bunch of War Cry Starter Kit models and such that I would LOVE to paint! Games Workshop really make wonderful miniatures! It will come! :)
This is really helpful. I recently got a Blue Dragon Wyrmling and was curious what I paint the fleshy bits like the wings and belly.
Aha! So you team blue and sand on the wings? :) Glad to help!
Could you do some with smaller miniatures, player characters and whatnot?
Yeah I will look into it! :) Thanks for the comment!
Thank you for sticking mostly with one brand of paint. It makes it easier to make a shopping list. Can you put a complete list of the paints used in the description?
No worries! One of my challenges with this one was to only use Army Painter paints so :) That being said, I do not think you necessarily need the exact same paints to be honest. The description has been updated with a list of paints! :)
What an incredible result! I'm loving the series! You have a new subscriber from my channel!
Haha thank you so much for the kind word and for the subscription! :D
I agree, you should've saved the beach-themed base for a Young Bronze Dragon. Blue Dragons are desert dwellers.
Cool! Thanks for the feedback! :D
@@DevsDice I actually went ahead and made a beach scene for my own Young Bronze Dragon, only I went a little further: I had the sea teeming with life and color. I painted some small rocks and reindeer moss to look like coral, threw in a few strands of green moss for seeweed/kelp, and made a tiny clay shark, a bunch of little fish, and modified a clump of spilled hot glue to look like a jellyfish. I made a little tide pool along the shore, with tiny broken shards of real sea shells from the beach I live near. I even used real beach sand.
Once again a incredible job, base is awesome....what would you recommend if I don't have a air gun for the lighting? (and really wishing I did) Thanks!
Thank you so much Steve! Well for the lightning bolt I would try some inks or contrast paints with a brush. Or even a drybrush to be honest. Hope that helps! 👍😊
Hi Leif! The blue dragon is my favourite D&d monster ever and you definitely did an awesome job! I recently added this model to my collection too. Do you think a two part epoxy glue could be a decent substitute for the water effects? Also, do you think it’s possible to dilute a strong tone to make a mid tone wash?
Hey Matt! First of, thank you so much! I am not sure about the epoxy glue, I would guess so but best be safe and try it on a small surface first? Regarding the wash I would say yes except that it feels like midtone is more reddish in color.
I like the water effects. How did you get the crests?
I did these using heavy body gloss gel from Liquitex! It's similar to Vallejo's water texture thingy! :)
Know where I can get the base for this mini? I bought mine and noticed when I got home after opening it that it didn't come with the actual rising base for the dragon.
Hey Chris! Not sure what you mean. Are you referring to the transparent bit? 🤔
Leif, Have you seen that Wizkids is releasing another Young Blue Dragon with a different base this sumner? Do you know why they are changing it? I got really confused when I saw the preview.
Hey Ryan! Yeah I heard something about that. Honestly I have no idea!? 😂 Please do tell me if you have found out! I will check and get back to you as well! 👍
Checked it a bit and I wonder if they have received some flak on the flying part? Or if it's because the bases demand a larger base "than they should"?
I will keep looking into it too and let you know!
Awesome!!!
Why are the bases huge when young dragons are large?
Yeah good question right? My guess is that there was some sort of missunderstanding in the production of these minis. For me, these are adult ones. ;)
Devs & Dice they look really adult
Oh I totally agree! To me it also looks like they have modeled the adult ones from the MM so... I consider these adults even though they are labeled young. :)
I love the dragon and the base. But I wish you didn't put a blue dragon on the sea coast. Blue dragons live in the desert for the most part and the beaches are more of bronze dragon territory. But I guess the desert could be connected to the ocean. But I'm not extremely happy about it. I still love the way it looks though
Hi Adrienne! Thank for your comment! Yeah I know that I stretched the lore a bit with the sea and such but I really had a vision of the Blue Dragon being at the shore so I went with it. The issue is what I will do when I paint the Bronze dragon!? :D Thanks for the nice comment!
@@DevsDice for the bronze dragon you could do it above a coral reef. Bronze dragons love looking at coral
That's a great idea! I will keep that in mind for when I start working on them metallic ones! Thanks Adrienne! 👍
Amazing job. But I'm just getting pissed off watching it. It's such great work. I hate my skills.
Thank you but I am sorry that you get pissed off. Remember that the only people we should compare to is ourselves. You can let other's work inspire or push but it's kind of detrimental for your fun to compare against other - believe me I have the same thing with most other painters. A lot of talent out there and personally I am just happy if I can inspire anyone.
You guys always lose me at airbrush
"You guys"? Well that's too bad! but I can honestly say that having an airbrush really simplifies things a great deal and it saves a great deal of time. The best thing is that there are several good entry level airbrushes out there which cost a lot less than only a couple of years ago. I really recommend getting an airbrush after getting a wet palette and some good brushes! :)
@@DevsDice sorry, by you guys I meant the painting community on youtube. I've actually gotten quite good at brush painting but thank you
Ahh I see, well there are plenty of Minitubers out there who never use an airbrush. I am sure you're great with a brush - good for you! :)
@@DevsDice thank you, you're really good too and I watch your vids alot when Working on my own minis.
Thank you kindly! :)
Great job (again!). Can you give some info on the UV resin and light? From looking on Amazon I see a TaoTronics light that resembles yours. Thanks!
I think anyone would of, the one that I think is most accessible is the UV resin from Green Stuff World. I think they have a torch as well! :)