Miniature Painting the Wizkids Young White Dragon

[@DevsDice]

Follow me as I take the plunge and 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! 💙💛💙

[@TheOahuMike]

i LOVE this SO much!!! I just got into miniature painting again.. last time was like 15 years ago, painting Lord of the Rings metal minis... now, I'm 53 years young and just bought all the chromatic and metallic dragons.. am following your excellent videos to paint them! I really hope you paint the metallic ones eventually, so that I can follow along and paint mine! Keep up the AMAZING work and love your personality and kind nature as well!!!

[@sheepfly]

Looks awesome and i agree on the teeth, i guess that's how they decide to show this one is a young dragon.

[@DevsDice]

Thank you a ton! Yeah I am not sure if it's the age or just that they wanted some differentiation between the chromatic dragons? Not sure but yeah not a fan! Thanks for the nice comment! 🤘

[@Miniocalypse]

Rawwwrrr! I say the viking in you did well in battle against the young white dragon. Great video. Cant wait to see the next dragon!

[@DevsDice]

Thanks man! Yeah the viking-spirit was a bit dormant and dazed but finally was brought to the surface!

[@Miniocalypse]

Devs & Dice Skol

[@DevsDice]

Something like that! :D SKÅL!

[@Miniocalypse]

Devs & Dice ah, that is what i get for using google to spell it lol.

[@DevsDice]

Haha! I do appreciate the effort though man! :D

[@stantoniv]

I found your video after buying the adventurer's paint set and the young white dragon model for my game. I was planning for the dragon to be my first mini I had ever painted, but I wisely decided to try the character mini the paint set comes with first as practice. I was happy with how it came out so I booted up this video to watch it before getting into my dragon tonight. I was disappointed to see that you used your airbrush so much, but I figured I'd try my best to get a similar effect with my brush techniques I learned after doing it last night. I ended up being extremely happy with how it turned out! It didn't end up as professionally as yours, nor did I expect it to. But the end result was a really pleasant surprise for myself, especially considering my lack of paint colors and tools, not to mention experience. The sunset wings were a great addition that I received a few compliments on. Thanks again for this really great tutorial. You 100% earned yourself a subscriber.

[@DevsDice]

That's amazing Johnny! Happy to help and I am glad you worked through the painting with the tools and paint you had at your disposal! Thanks for the sub! 👍

[@Leo-db4wp]

This looks amazing! I love the pink wing tips in contrast to the cool blue, and how well the dragon would camouflage in with their environment :)

[@DevsDice]

Thank you so much Jenny! I really loved the whole blue-white-to-pink-purple-red as well! I had to fight myself to find the right level with the final step with the white glaze! And yeah I was thinking of the camouflage quite a lot! I like trying to add some sense of logic to my paint jobs - especially the dragons! :D Thank you so much for this nice comment! 🤘

[@johnharvath2522]

I think Tiamat would be proud!! You nailed the base Leif,it looks freaking cool. No pun intended lol. Ha en bra en brother 👍

[@DevsDice]

Haha! Thanks John! I should have known that you would be the first to speak her name! Thanks for the nice comment! Du också kära vän! 🤘

[@johnharvath2522]

@@DevsDice Tack sjalv 👍

[@refurnarrator]

You need more subs, nice work :).

[@DevsDice]

Wow! Thank you so much for saying so! Yeah I would love more subs but hopefully they will come if the YT algorithm finds me worthy! 😂 Thanks for the nice comment!

[@refurnarrator]

Ok, a quick look through your videos, and here comes one more :D.

[@DevsDice]

Haha! Thank you so much Refur! 🤘

[@de4na1sghost]

Just got this as a present for Christmas from my father yesterday as I love dragons and painting and it'll be my 1st DnD mini to paint I'm excited but nervous to. I'm new to anything DnD. Love the ice colours and details you did.

[@DevsDice]

Nice SarahsCreativeWorld! I can understand being nervous, but remember that it's just paint and it can be stripped or painted over if need be! Thank you so much, good luck and have fun! 👍😊

[@mariannemcilrath3767]

It is beautiful. I can’t wait till my dragon arrives.

[@DevsDice]

Thank you so much Marianne! Yeah this one was a bit tricky since white dragons are seldom...well...just white! 👍🤣

[@Otter855]

20$ it ain’t there yet

[@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.

[@DevsDice]

Awesome to hear Edwin! One day I will paint my Tiamat one as well! The Reaper one that is! 😂👍

[@KvaZi_Lux]

Incredible paint job. Thank you for the video

[@DevsDice]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! 👍😊

[@ForrTheXP]

Dragons are the true love of my Leif....I'm so excited for this series. It came out so awesome! Leif I am gonna come across the sea and steal that thing!

[@DevsDice]

Hahaha! If you come across the sea then you have bloody well deserved it man! :D Thanks for your continued support! 🤘

[@ForrTheXP]

@@DevsDice Absolutely, I see a Boxes of Shame vid pop up I immediately click! I know the feeling of being scared to do certain miniatures like that. Especially epic monsters like Dragons. The desire to do them true justice can be paralyzing. I'm sitting on A dragon and some beholder minis right now that I keep avoiding because of that. I'm glad you got the bump in confidence to bust out this amazing mini and I cannot wait to see which color you do next!

[@DevsDice]

Thank you man! Yeah it is much scarier with Monsters that you like right? Cause just like you said, one wants to make them justice! Yeah the order was actually suggested by my wife so there is little to no "D&D" logic to it! :D

[@ForrTheXP]

@@DevsDice I wanna take a guess and say the next Dragon is going to be the Green one ;D

[@DevsDice]

Your insights serves you well! :D

[@muffinmanreborn6245]

Amazing work dude! I just finished painting the Slaad based on your video!

[@DevsDice]

Awesome! Makes me so glad to hear that these videos are of use! Keep on pushing! And thanks for the nice comment! :D

[@NatesMiniatures]

Great to see some dragons getting love on the channel Leif, and it was extremely nice of Army Painter to support you! As always another fantastic paint job and I enjoy how you explain what you are doing :D

[@DevsDice]

Thanks Nate! Yeah Army Painter are great to work with! Thanks for that - again! ;) Yeah it must be the game designer in me that naturally wants to explain :D

[@RFDHobby]

Fantastic job! Love the base as well, all the Army Painter elements really came together perfectly.

[@DevsDice]

Thanks man! Yeah it was really quite nice to work with! :D

[@Mandalorian2814]

That looks awesome, the layers really add depth, I like the Icy gradient to the wing tips. I wouldn't have thought to add a pinkish color. I love the texture on the base. Lol I'm going to have to rethink my white dragon and step up my game o was going to to a pearl white highlight . So thanks for the great job as always.

[@DevsDice]

Thank you for the nice comment! Yeah I think pearl-white can work as well! I was actually debating whether to go for cold icy blue or warm cream white so but I think both work to be honest!

[@SilvrWingsDragon]

I loved this! Subscribed instantly.

[@DevsDice]

Thank you so much and welcome to the channel SilvrWingsDragon! 👍💙💛💙

[@blakec1924]

Great job on the dragon and the base! I am looking forward to seeing each one and can't wait to see your spin on the supportive terrain. When you get to black, I may even be brave and show you my not so good attempt. I am also super glad Army Painter sent you a care package. You deserve the love for how much of yourself you put into the videos and here is hoping more people find the Viking with a Brush soon. :)

[@DevsDice]

Wow Blake. Thank you so much. First off, I would love to see your paint scheme of the Black Dragon! Second of all. Man you almost made me cry "happy tears" for your words man. Thank you so much for this! 💙💛💙

[@beemerrox]

Purely awesome!

[@DevsDice]

Thank you so much Rickard! 👍🙂

[@Agastui]

Bravo! I really enjoyed your tutorial :) Good work.

[@DevsDice]

Thanks a lot! That makes me glad to hear! 👍😊

[@christophermurray9777]

Well done. Came out looking amazing.

[@DevsDice]

Thanks you so much Christopher! I really appreciate you saying so! 🤘

[@Thoralmir]

Good job with the base. I made mine out to be more of like a glacier, and I painted the blur parts with fluorescent blue paint so that it would glow under the blacklight effects I sometimes use.

[@DevsDice]

Ahh nice idea! Thanks for the nice comment! :D

[@ryankealty1376]

Great video Leif! Even though I don't have many of the same miniatures as you, I find the techniques and color palettes you use to be super helpful. Keep up the awesome work!

[@DevsDice]

Thank you so much Ryan! I suppose you paint GW minis then? :D

[@travisbarber1945]

Love this the white dragon is awesome. Please do the giants now please please please

[@DevsDice]

I will paint some of the giants but unfortunately I do not own all of them :( I wish I did :(

[@davidkelly5459]

Just watched this and you did a fantastic job on the painting. The base turned out great and you layers on the dragon were very nice. My only thing that I would have done (OCD) is fill the wing gaps. That would make me crazy over time so, that’s a personal issue and in no way takes from what you did. You showed me what I am up against when I get these figures. Beautiful job!

[@DevsDice]

Thank you so much David! Yeah filling gaps is something I generally try to do but every now and then one slips through! 👍😂

[@spaznorcrest]

Just watching this as the paint dries on mine. Almost done. I am trying to keep the blues more underneath the dragon, where it would provide some camouflage if you were looking up at it. This has ended up putting more grey black on the top side which makes it look more like a snowy owl. I tried to add some camo spots to it to heighten this effect but it did not come out very well

[@DevsDice]

Ahhh! That sounds like an interesting paint scheme Spaznorcrest! Just responding to this makes me want to paint more minis! 👍😂

[@orcpaintshop355]

Nice job man this Guy came out amazing!@!!!!!!

[@DevsDice]

Haha! Thanks man! I appreciate you taking the time to have a look buddy! :)

[@orcpaintshop355]

@@DevsDice always man

[@mangacomics1601]

For the teeth you could filed them sharp and glued toothpicks ends in the mouth to give them the teeth pattern you wanted.

[@DevsDice]

Yeap! I guess I could have! Didn't think of it at the time and also presumed that it looked "the way it was supposed to" :D

[@sparky6743]

My personal favorite dragon is the blue dragon, and recently got its miniature a while ago. Lightning is best damage!

[@DevsDice]

You know what? Doing some research into the Chromatic Dragons I have to say that the Blue is ranked high with me as well! I will do that as well in this 5-part series! :)

[@sparky6743]

Devs & Dice sweet! Fun fact, my DM last session actually gave me a blue dragon egg, so now I’m going to have to raise a blue dragon 😅. Wish me luck!

[@DevsDice]

Hahahaha! Dicipline and love - and lots of it! :D

[@sparky6743]

Devs & Dice words of wisdom right there! Luckily, my character doesn’t have very many contacts, so he’ll be able to watch the dragon for a long time.

[@DevsDice]

Haha! That's great! Less characters in danger! :D

[@williamporter7596]

Sweet. The underpainting works very well. One of those things where you have to be careful how subtle you go.

[@DevsDice]

Yeah exactly! The balance in this piece was really the hard part more than the actual painting etc! :)

[@AngryMothNoises]

could you do the affect with the iridescent medium with a brush? Would you need to dilute it with a matte medium as well so its not as intense?

[@DevsDice]

One can use a brush and yeah diluting it could be good! 👍😊

[@andrewl9191]

I was a bit worried when there was so much blue on it, but the finishing white really turned it around. Do you ever put any kind of spray clear coat on a mini? It appears it's not as normal of a thing. When I was in college taking drawing classes, we had a matte fixative spray. I used that on Magic: the Gathering cards when I finished a painted alter, and I've also put it on a couple of minis at the end. I also picked up a glossy one which definitely looks different, but seems like it could have its applications. Thoughts? Does spray adhesive or clear coat from a spray can have any kind of negative effect on acrylic paints or any commonly produced minis? I know that spray cans don't like foam.

[@DevsDice]

Thank you Andrew! I do use some matt, satin and gloss varnish when I am doing characters that will be handled a lot! The Army Painter, Vallejo and Citadel make these sprays among others! 👍🙂

[@thiscordd8067]

Isn't a bit larger than it should be? The young dragon should be "large" which takes up 2x2 squares, right?

[@DevsDice]

Oh heck yes! The "Young Chromatic Dragons" from Wizkids are more adult sized.👍🤣

[@noahlong1325]

Dude no way that is my comment yay but anyway I have been looking into getting the white dragon specifically so this is really helpful

[@DevsDice]

Yes way man! I am happy that it will help! Keep up painting! :D

[@hostagegrenade743]

I painted my some months ago. Mine was grey😆

[@DevsDice]

Yeah I have sort of "saved" painting all of mine until I had them all + some unnatural fear of them! :D Were you happy with yours?

[@hostagegrenade743]

Devs & Dice yeah it is more light grey so it works as a dark/dirty white

[@DevsDice]

Ahh nice! Yeah I was thinking of doing this one more creamy white, like in the MM but went with cold blue in the end :D

[@GMAtank]

Great video Leif. In my Paint to Life episode where I painted this White Dragon, I hated the teeth so much, I cut them out of his mouth and stuffed a Hobgoblin inside instead :D Will you be painting the five Chromatics in order of power?

[@DevsDice]

Thanks man! Yeah them teeth! I am painting them in order of interest! So, Green, Blue, Black and Red. Not sure if that is the exact order or power :D

[@farinal]

link for the tshirt?

[@DevsDice]

Don't think there is a link anymore sorry! 👍🙂

[@nomkagui]

Superb painting, just a small remark, it would have been perfect if you had filled in the junction spaces at the level of the legs and wings for example. But it's still a very good job ;)

[@DevsDice]

Great suggestion and you are so right! By the time I thought of that it was way too late! Thanks for the nice comment! :)

[@100674700]

Nice

[@DevsDice]

Thanks! 👍

[@linuskentr]

You should've been the voiceactor for Torbjörn in Overwatch tbh

[@DevsDice]

Haha! Thank you so much! :D

[@stevenzaharakis]

Really wish this was not done with an airbush, so that many other people could follow who don't. But nice work

[@DevsDice]

Yeah I hear you Steven! I do however think you can achieve a similar result - just replace the airbrush with lots of glazing! But yeah sorry, I have it and I want to try to use all of the tools in my arsenal! 👍

[@chicago928]

Neat

[@DevsDice]

Thank you kindly!

[@kingofthe1s214]

Now I don’t want to paint any of my dragons! 😀

[@DevsDice]

You can do it! Just start and the rest will follow! Remember it's only paint and time! 🤘

[@The_AndroidSentByCyberlife]

@@DevsDice I decided to follow your advice Now all my dnd characters look like pieces of mush Jk thanks now it's more realistic :)

[@DevsDice]

@@The_AndroidSentByCyberlife Haha good to hear! :)