The Vengeance of Smaug

[billyturnip]

Here's a couple of photo's of a Mithril Miniatures figure I've just finished for my son. Painted in acrylics.
Roger.

 

[megroot]

Really Nice Roger,
It is refreshing i think to paint something difficult then the usual stuff.
I thinking about it.

marc

 

[tonydawe]

Well done Roger. I hope your son likes it!
Tony

 

[billyturnip]

Cheers Marc. Do I win the "I never thought he'd paint anything like that" prize?
I think we take for granted the amount of subjects available for us to paint, there's so much to choose from and plenty of opportunity to try something different.

Roger

 

[billyturnip]

Cheers Tony, yes he does thanks. Time for a warm beer

Roger

 

[Guy]

Excellent work Roger. Glad to see you got it done. Nice to see a change in subjects, isn't it?

 

[Dan Morton]

Smaug! LOLOLOLOL Great name! Sorry, Roger - remember I'm a guy whose job is testing air pollutants a lot of the time. Smaug! R R R R R!

Great painting - AS ALWAYS, Roger! Some really sumptous reds on the body!

All the best,
Dan

 

[billyturnip]

Guy and Dan thank you.

 

[eissteban]

waouh Roger what a beautiful monster

It isn't "a dragon de l'impératrice" ! But it's something different
the reds are well painted, i think i can't do a thing like that
Bravo mon ami

Seb.

 

[tonydawe]

Roger
We had the AFL Grand Final on today mate. I'm waaaaay ahead of you.
Cheers
Tony

 

[billyturnip]

waouh Roger what a beautiful monster

It isn't "a dragon de l'impératrice" ! But it's something different
the reds are well painted, i think i can't do a thing like that
Bravo mon ami

Seb.

It's definately different Seb, not exactly a Dragon de l'impératrice I know. For a start it's red not vert impérial

Cheers,
Roger

 

[billyturnip]

Roger
We had the AFL Grand Final on today mate. I'm waaaaay ahead of you.
Cheers
Tony

Sounds like I've got some catching up to do, you'll maybe drowning your sorrows next saturday Tony........ or maybe I will

Roger

 

[mcsneed17]

i recently read that games workshop will be doing the same thing !

 

[rej]

Great painting Roger on an unusual "monster"

Ray

 

[billyturnip]

Great painting Roger on an unusual "monster"

Ray

Thank you Ray, what makes it even more unusual is I painted it. It's not a subject I'm used to

Roger

 

[Dan Morton]

One of my drum heroes, the late great Buddy Rich, once said something like , "There are no jazz drummers or rock drummers or whatever...there's just drummers." I think Buddy meant that if you are an artist and have skill, you can adapt your work to fit an odd genre. And that explains why you can paint a dragon. If you guys could see the Three Tommies on the Somme in person - - I think you'd agree.

And after me saying that I have one question. Are you going to need to buy a cap stretcher?

All the best,
Dan

 

[Wendy]

i recently read that games workshop will be doing the same thing !

Ugh! Frankly, GW's interpretation of Tolkien's world is absolutely atrocious. The Perrys do an acceptable job of sculpting, but I get the impression that the sculptors do not have a lot of (or any) creative leeway. Blah. They should have stayed with characters that appear in the movies.

 

[billyturnip]

And after me saying that I have one question. Are you going to need to buy a cap stretcher?
All the best,
Dan

Just a bigger cap.