Miniature Painting the Wizkids Young Green Dragon

[@DevsDice]

Continue supporting me as I try my best to paint the five chromatic Dragons for D&D! This time I got a bit of help from my friends at The Army Painter! Remember good folks, like, share and subscribe if you like the content! Lots of love! Stay safe! 💙💛💙

[@refurnarrator]

Comments are also important, they are better for the YT algorythm than likes ;).

[@DevsDice]

Haha! Well alright then! Comment as well! ;)

[@mariannemcilrath3767]

Yes your work and ideas are good. Thank you

[@chrissagers9990]

Sittin down to paint a green dragon today, and watching your video is the first thing I'll do!

[@DevsDice]

Cheers Chris! I appreciate it! 👍😀 Have fun and hope it turns out good! 👍

[@NatesMiniatures]

Your basing is on another level compared to mine mate, great colour choices as well.

[@DevsDice]

Aw thanks Nate! :D Not sure about that but thanks man :D

[@edwinvanooijen7749]

@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.

[@RFDHobby]

This one looks amazing! Loving these dragons mate.

[@DevsDice]

Thanks mate! Yeah things are coming together somewhat. The fear of dragons is gone but the respect remains! Still three to go! ;)

[@GotengoCaptain]

Love the way it turned out! I just bought a Green Dragon mini recently and this is great inspiration for how I'm going to paint it. Well done!

[@DevsDice]

Thank you kindly Jacob! I am always happy to help out! 😃

[@lordviktrix13]

Nice job Leif! You kinda undid all the nice color variants you put into the rocks on the base with the heavy highlight and the super heavy moss coverage but that's my personal taste. Well done man!

[@DevsDice]

Thank you so much! This was a minute ago! 👍😂

[@blakec1924]

Another great job sir! The upgrade to the base really makes it pop as well and the way you layer it out makes it super easy to follow. We are looking forward to the next one on your table!

[@DevsDice]

Thank you Blake! Glad to hear you say that! Yeah starting soon on the next one! Phew! :)

[@whoopwhoop5136]

I'm working on my green dragon now. I liked what you did with the base 🤘

[@DevsDice]

Awesome! Thank you so much! Have fun with your green dragon! 👍😊

[@TheSkeletonVA]

These videos are always a treat

[@DevsDice]

Thank you kindly! :)

[@igormalicki4465]

He is beautiful. Thumbs up.

[@DevsDice]

Thank you Igor! You are very kind to say so! :D

[@chicago928]

And here I thought I would have to wait to see my favorite of the dragons done. Excellent work on this lad. While I am not personally a fan of the pose they gave the Young Green dragon, I can appreciate your work on it.

[@DevsDice]

Haha! I am glad that you liked it! Yeah the pose made also the dragon somewhat hard to work with to be honest! But turned out ok in the end! :D

[@sharkwolfdarkwolf2625]

@@DevsDice definitely some odd dragon related molding choices. I painted the Black dragon wyrmling, and I just said screw it and cut up the terrain part of the mold to get to the belly to paint.

[@DevsDice]

@@sharkwolfdarkwolf2625 Good choice as far as I can see! 👍😀

[@GMAtank]

I think I'ma have to ninja your idea to also overlay my finished miniatures on beautiful backgrounds on Paint to life. It really adds some "je ne sais quoi" to the project. Great work Leif!

[@DevsDice]

It’s a photo man! I just use an iPad or laptop screen behind it! Got the inspiration from watching some behind the scenes from the mandalorian!

[@SeattleFira]

I’m committing to painting 1 dragon a month through out this year. I’m on Green and I really appreciate your insight. The Green is so... green!! Just so unbelievably greeeen. I’m choosing to spice it up in my own way, so I appreciate the insight into adding layers that bring out the other color tones. Just SUB’d love the proverbs

[@DevsDice]

Thank you so much Christopher! Good to hear that these videos still are useful for folk! 👍😀

[@SeattleFira]

@@DevsDice Very much so. As someone who recently got back into painting, i've been fortunate to find all 5 of the Chromatics here. It's like... just a trove of potential answers as i continue down this hobby. Cheers!

[@saltykrug]

I thought the white was really good man. You outdid yourself with the green and really inspired me to take my painting up a notch on the chromatic series. My white was the 2nd mini I painted after coming back from 35 years of absence from the hobby. I have been thinking about going back to it and doing more because it's boring. Adding layers is what it needs and some washing perhaps. Cheers man!

[@DevsDice]

Thank you again Kirk for your kind words! Personally, I think I like the Black and Blue the most. I think it has more to do with the basing perhaps than the actual paint on the mini! 😂

[@humanfighter4944]

This is extremely beautiful

[@DevsDice]

Thank you so much! 👍🙂

[@bripa3890]

Watching your videos gives me some serious base envy hahaha. I had never thought about spicing up the bases like you do. Thanks for giving me new ideas on how to spend my paycheck ahahaha

[@DevsDice]

Haha! Thank you so much! Yeah I really went to town when it came to these five chromatic dragons! 😂 Good luck and have fun! 👍

[@johnharvath2522]

Without a doubt, greens are my favorite chromatic dragons 🐉Mordare mola jobb👍

[@DevsDice]

Hahaha! Thanks man! Did you mean to say ”killer paint job”?

[@johnharvath2522]

@@DevsDice yes,what did I say? Good lord, I hope I didn't say anything offensive.

[@DevsDice]

Haha! No worries man! I figured it out after some parsing from Swenglish to Barbarian :D

[@johnharvath2522]

@@DevsDice 🤘👍

[@DevsDice]

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[@apocalypticmoth6040]

Great work again!

[@DevsDice]

Thank you kindly! Yeah these dragons came out good! :D

[@Thoralmir]

I used some oak tree twigs to make some moss-covered fallen logs to strew among the rocks in mine.

[@DevsDice]

That's a great idea! Which reminds me...I need to go out into the woods and scavenge a bit before winter comes! :D

[@noahlong1325]

So at first I didn’t like the green dragon very much but I mean that looks amazing and something not to hard to do so I might have to get that one!

[@DevsDice]

Yeah go it man! I think for me it was really the Poisonous Cloud that brought it all together for me! A long time since I painting something this green! :D

[@ChillingWargamers]

Lovely video dude.

[@DevsDice]

Thanks man! I am glad you liked it! :D

[@danroscigno187]

Nice job!

[@DevsDice]

Thank you so much Dan! Have you checked the rest of the dragons? :)

[@danroscigno187]

@@DevsDice sure have! I painted the white dragon after watching your video. In our game last night we heard a dragon overhead, it was foggy, and we were in the forest; so I am painting a green dragon now :)

[@ForrTheXP]

Love it! It looks like you really developed your green thumb there Leif! (All the green/yellow paint on your hand) I love that you added a little familiar helped give the scene as a whole a bit more Leif to it! Once again I wish it was mine! Next Dragon I predict to be the Blue Dragon!

[@DevsDice]

Glad you like it! And yeah one tends to get a whole lot of paint on the left hand when glazing and such! I think you have figured it out buddy! Thanks as always for the nice comment! :D

[@ForrTheXP]

@@DevsDice Great minds think alike y'know? It's always an honor to watch you work! Thanks as always for the awesome videos!

[@DevsDice]

You honor me man! Thank you for watching them! 💙💛💙

[@ForrTheXP]

@@DevsDice One day I hope we can paint a miniature or two together!

[@DevsDice]

I'm looking forward to it! :)

[@mariannemcilrath3767]

Love it

[@DevsDice]

Thank you Marianne! You are so kind! 👍😃

[@willsweetin2313]

Soooo good

[@DevsDice]

Thank you so much Will! Yeah the green one did come out okay! Now this is almost a year ago but I still like them dragons! 😂

[@TheSasquatchjones]

Magnificent

[@DevsDice]

Thank you so much! 👍😊

[@refurnarrator]

While I love the base and the dragon, I feel somehow that the lizard-thingie is a little bit under-painted compared to the rest. Just my personal opinion of a detail, that gets attention away from the magnificent mini.

[@DevsDice]

You know what? I agree! This will be fixed! ;)

[@Mooney_the_Filthy_Casual]

starts painting the dragon 8:47

[@DevsDice]

Yeah perhaps I should go over some of my old videos and add chapters to them! 👍😊

[@Hulaabeo]

I really liked this build! I think the only little nitpick I have is that I think you could have spent more time on the little red lizard on the base, it seems a bit basic. That's a bit of a problem I think since the red really draws the eye, and it would help if the paintjob holds up to closer scrutiny.

[@DevsDice]

I totally agree! This was some years ago and I think I would most likely do it differently today! Once lives and learns right!? 👍😃

[@Miniocalypse]

Epic!

[@DevsDice]

Thanks buddy! :D

[@ericerickson2876]

Outstanding painting techniques! I'm new to the Army Painter products but been painting minis for years. I've been asked to do a commission for a dragon. Can you give me a rough time estimate on how long this took? I'm just trying to gage what it may cost. Thanks in advance.

[@DevsDice]

Thank you so much Eric! Well recording and painting this was done in like 5-6 hours perhaps? This is a long time ago and I am fairly certain that one could cut down that time to 1-2 hours to be honest! 👍😅

[@dinohunter6450]

For a more rainforest vibe like you gave it, it looks pretty good. I do think that some parts were far too bright, but otherwise, it was amazing, especially the wing.

[@DevsDice]

Thank you very much DinoHunter! :)

[@squigdaddy]

Have you done the "blue cupbord" proverb yet? My grandma gave me a ton of proverbs so if you ever run out i got your back. Awsome work on the base and model. The only thing i thought didnt fit was the transparent dohicky and thats not your fault, i hate dose things there has to be a beter way to simulate flight.

[@DevsDice]

Haha! I know it's my favorite as well and yes I did it on my "Beholder Zombie"-video! Yeah I hear you, not sure there is a better way - yet! Thanks for the nice comment! :)

[@squigdaddy]

@@DevsDice "Sent ska syndaren vakna" and "Den som ger sig in i leken får leken tåla." has to be my favorite ones. And if you throw em together you get my life. Have a nice rest of the summer and heres hopeing warmth will embrace us here in Svedala once again

[@DevsDice]

Ouch man that sounds rough! Which part of Sweden are you in btw? Swedish summer for me is any sunshine and above 15 degrees :D

[@squigdaddy]

@@DevsDice im currently in värmland but i live on bästkusten more specific Kungsbacka. Yeah we got the same weather but i like the kind of warmth that slaps you in the face like like a bag of wet towls and seeps your energy like kick in the jewlpouch. Making you hide in the room with the ac looking and soundin like smegol going: my precious, gives it to me

[@DevsDice]

@@squigdaddy Cool man, I am sort of from your neck of the woods. Lilla Edets Kommun, about 4,5 miles north from Gothenburg. But yeah I want 20 degrees, slight breeze and "växlande molnighet" that my jam. Or Autum and Winter :D

[@mangacomics1601]

Why so many layers on the rocks when you are going to cover them up in the end?

[@DevsDice]

Well first off, I didn't work off a premade plan so I rarely know how much or little something is covered before doing it. Also, the rocks do "peek" through quite a bit here and there so best to ...haha...cover ones bases! In addition to this, I wanted to also show good looking rocks from my perspective. Hope that answers your question? Thanks for commenting!

[@PadrePython57]

Wow!

[@DevsDice]

Thanks Jimmy! 👍🙂

[@ronaldboal7500]

Hey, man. I have a quick question for you . Do you use a mask when working with the resin? A coworker of my girlfriend uses resin for some hobby, and mentioned using a mask. Thanks again. Be well.

[@DevsDice]

Hey Ronald! No I don't actually, I do however sit in a fairly well ventilated place and most importantly, the amount of resin I work with is usually quite small. That being said, I most likely should use a mask. Better safe than sorry! Take care dude! Hope you like the next video! Up working on it now! ;)

[@stormrider1848]

What size base did you use?

[@DevsDice]

I used the base that was included which is 3x3 inches. Hope that helps! :)

[@miklein01]

What does he mean by “dry brush” at the beginning?

[@DevsDice]

Do you mean when I start painting the rocks? Dry brushing means that you have removed a majority of the paint from the brush before applying it to the miniature. Usually by "painting" it a bit on some paper tissues or such. Did that answer your question? :)

[@miklein01]

@@DevsDice yes it did thanks. I've been thinking about possibly starting to paint some minis myself. i think a bigger mini would be easier to get started with. The starter sets i'm running also has a green dragon. do you have any tips for a new painter?

[@DevsDice]

Ahh sounds like Lost Mines ;) Any tips... well I would watch a bunch of KZbinrs to get some solid theory but honestly, just start. I do of course have a lot of tips but that's almost too much to cover here :D

[@miklein01]

@@DevsDice thanks. i did the same thing with BOB Ross. i watched him a lot and then tried it, and nailed it for my first few times.

[@DevsDice]

Haha that's awesome! :D

[@viktorkolaric4156]

Title: Painting a green dragon, more than 50% of the video: making a base.

[@DevsDice]

Yeap that sounds about right! 👍😂

[@willsweetin2313]

I somehow don’t think that mine is gonna come out like yours

[@DevsDice]

Well, I sort of try to live by the "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take"-principle. It might, it might not, it might look better. Who knows? What's really important I think is that you enjoy the process. If you do, then the result will come sooner or later. Does that make sense? 😊

[@COOPALOOPTROOPA]

A $14.99 masterpiece.

[@DevsDice]

Hahaha! Thank you kindly Joe! 😂👍

[@kiethbiasillo4678]

Love the video. I am a little unsure about the brown underbelly. Kind of makes the legs look attached to something else. Just an opinion. But great work as always.

[@DevsDice]

Thanks for the kind words and the suggestion! This was a long time ago and I think I was trying to go for the look of the monster manual! 👍😅

[@kiethbiasillo4678]

@@DevsDice oh, that makes perfect sense!

[@jmd9402]

I think this guy took more time on the base than the actual model

[@DevsDice]

I think I did! That was part of the mandate I had to work with and also I did get carried away with the bases! 👍😂

[@andrewl9191]

lol, halfway through the video, we start to get to the actual dragon...

[@DevsDice]

Yeap sorry about that! I did a series where I wanted to really make the basing stellar. 👍🙂

[@andrewl9191]

@@DevsDice Definitely. Also gives stuff to think about with these dragons in particular. I had a dragon which I found out was one of the Pathfinder ones, but was checking out some of these for tips on painting my "Silver Dragon" as a green dragon.

[@DevsDice]

Yeah if I understand it correctly Pathfinder dragons are different entirely from the D&D ones, visually at least.

[@caseybeauclair3964]

I wonder if he like Army Painter? 😂

[@DevsDice]

What gave it away Casey? 👍🤣

[@orcpaintshop355]

Hah first comments

[@orcpaintshop355]

Also amazing job on this its awesome

[@DevsDice]

Haha! Early bird gets ehh the worm? :D Also thank you so much!

[@orcpaintshop355]

@@DevsDice always man =) going to catch all these dragons

[@DevsDice]

Haha! Thank you so much for your support buddy! :)

[@handlesarestupid154]

I think he might be using army painter products guys

[@DevsDice]

No shit, what gave it away? 🤣

[@mrfordf3508]

A 16 minute video that spends more than 1/2 the time on the base? Then dry brushes green on top of green? Sorry, but it looks like a 14 year old painted the dragon. Nice base though.

[@DevsDice]

Yeap I spent a lot of focus on the bases on the dragons! Thanks for saying so! Have a nice day!👍😂

[@stompingfreak8980]

This is not a paint guide. It’s a advert for.... ....we’ll see if anyone can work it out. I’m not sponsored by The Army Painter. Lucky I just happen to have Army Painter products to fit every need for the job. I only say Arm Painter ever chance I get. Other paints are available. Quote I need, or with this, or luckily I had.........FROM ARMY PAINTER, Lol.

[@DevsDice]

Not sure if you missed it but I sort of explain it in the beginning of each of these 5 videos. They sent me a whole heap of things that I needed to paint up these dragons. So it wasn't an accident. Again, here is the example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZLdgXR6btiKaK8 Sorry if that in some way rubs you the wrong way, I would still consider it a painting guide. Have a nice day.

[@stompingfreak8980]

@@DevsDice sorry. I was only joking. Your works really amazing. But you can play a drinking game to this one. Didn’t mean to offend.