Drake Progress - Oxidation

Some more progress on the Plague Drake.  I've started adding oxidation.  I've gone pretty heavy at first, I think I will tone it down a bit ... it's a WIP.

Oxidation done with Game Workshop's "Nihilakah Oxide".  I used to mix my own oxide.. it's nice that I have a consistent product now.  Thanks GW.

 

Drake Progress - Start of Rust Work

Some progress on the drake.
He his is with the beginnings of his rust / oxidation.







There's still a lot more to do and I'll probably have to do a 'clean up' of the undamaged armor when I'm done.. but... so far.. progress!!

Back to the Plague Drake

School's OUT!

All teachers rejoice!

Ok, I'm back to working on my Plague Drake.
I've been working on the brass trim.
So far I'm just laying down basic pigment, next will be to add some corrosion.







It's still early days, but it's coming along nicely.

Plague Drake Build Done (probably)

Ok.  So I think I'm done with the building part of the plague drake.  Maybe a few tweaks here and there still but mostly done.  Probably.

Anyway.  Here are some shots.
Attached the head to the neck and added some nexk damage / exposed rot to the inside.

Added boils and rot to the main body.  Added corrosion and damage to the main hull.

 Work in progress shot of the underbelly with exposed rib cage.

 Added corrosion and damage to the wing sections.

Currently priming black.  Updates soon (-ish)

Plague Drake Progess

Continuing the work on my Plague Drake.
Yesterday I made some progress on the head and chest.

HEAD
I found some of the armor bits I snipped off the head during the initial deconstruction and was able to marry them back onto the new exposed skull.  I trimmed back the white plastic card to accommodate the rescued pieces.

Green stuff work to fill gaps and add some connective tissue / diseased flesh.

CHEST

Using a pair of snips I cut a huge hole in the chest of the Hell Drake.  

I had wanted to use the main chest piece form the zombie dragon model, but the radius of the rib cage was too large and I just couldn't make it work.  In the end, I used the side ribs from the zombi dragon.  the side ribs were still a little bit too big so I glued a piece of the broken armor back on to act as a central chest plate and after that had set went back and clipped the ribs to fit the area.  All in all, I think it works ok. 

Still a lot to do. 

Foreseeable Problem
How am I going to mount this bad boy on his base?

Order - Paint and Build (some more...)

As soon as the Hell Drake was released I (as a Nurgle Player) immediately wanted to make a "Plague Drake".  Finally... my back log of models has started to thin enough that I have gotten around to starting that project.

Concept Idea
Essentially I am looking to kit-bash these two kits.. and what ever I can find in my glorious bitz box.

I don't want to simply slap some zombie dragon parts on a Hell Drake and call it a day; I want to make the Hell Drake's armor look like it has corroded down to the skeleton below ...  

First thing I wanted to do was to upgrade the tail on the drake to something more substantial.  I replaced it with the tail from the Zombie Dragon and mounted the tail in the main exhaust port... a little green stuff and it fits in pretty well.

Next I started on the head.  As I mentioned I wanted to generate a corroded armor sort of feel.  I decided to build the normal Hell Drake Head and then cut away the armor and place in one of the skulls from the Zombie Dragon.  The Zombie Dragon skull is a little .... big ... but... I'm sure I can make it work. 

After I was able to align the skull I started re-building the armor plating I had to cut away.  It's very much a W.I.P. at the moment but... I think it will work in the end. 

Aaaaand, while waiting for green stuff to cure I started painting up 

Big Mek Rusty Whotnotz

Let's see what I can accomplish today!