Dragon Coversion

Ahhhh, our good friend Norbert is back.  If any of you don't know who Norbert is, I suggest you read this blog entry.  Anyways, I have a purpose for bringing him back today.

   Now, Norbert is my second High Elf Dragon that I owned.  The first was the second High Elf model I ever purchased. It was the OLD, all metal Imrik model.  I think it was made for 4th edition, but I bought it in 5th ed.  That old Imrik model was also the first model I ever painted.  Needless to say, it was pretty bad.

   Norbert was different though.  I had been gaming for several years now, I was 24(ish) instead of 14, and I had a basic understanding of shading and highlighting.  Yes, I think I did a fair job on Norbert, but one thing that has always bugged me about this dragon is the head.

   Look at it.  I mean really look at it.  Here, let me help you a bit.

Especially look at the horns on this thing.  now, when you see those horns, does this truly look terrifying?   NO!  I've seen scarier antlers on a reindeer!  I wanted a dragon that really personified what I envision when I think of these beasties.

  Now,  when the new Stegadons were released I got two of them.  Now those thing come with not one, but two sets of awesome horns.  Then I won "best painted" at a tournament for my Lizardman Army and I got a brand new High Elf Dragon.

  So with this new Dragon, I decided I would make it look like I wanted.  As Imrik was my first model painted, this would be my first conversion project.  First thing would be the Head.

   So I took the horns off of the stegadon and pinned them to the head of the dragon.  I liked the look a lot, but it had gaps that needed filling.  I had never really used green stuff before, but it was a necessity in this case.

  So I set to work with the green stuff.  I think I did a fairly good job, especially for my first real try.

   Now, I need to order some Balrog wings to throw on the back of this baby!