Although I have been involved in art for most of my life, this is my first attempt at painting miniatures. I started painting minis 4 or 5 months ago when I noticed a friend's unpainted collection. I have finished about 7 minis, all of them by Reaper. This is the second Reaper dragon that I have painted. The first one was given to the friend's wife as a gift. This dragon wasn't placed on a stand because he was intended to be used for tabletop gaming. I have given him several coats of matte finish but the scales were glazed with a pearl finish and then highlighted with a metallic gold wash so the actual mini appears shimmery.
Rating: 8 Would be a 9 but for the basing. (Even if it's used for gaming you could mount it on a standard base.) Fantastic paint job though. I really like the color scheme. Nice work.
Rating: 8 you do good work especially for your first time. i had a pretty good background in art too but my first models looked ugly as sin, painting models is a completely different world. try some rackham models they are really cool
