Rising Sun Painting: Fire Dragon

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There be dragons! The Fire Dragon is a very dynamic miniature where the whole design from base to posture tell a story, from the crushed floor to the vines and the claw marks on the ball, a once peaceful and tranquil place now has to reckon with this guy!
This is a more difficult miniature to paint so don't let the simple color scheme fool you. With that being said it's totally worth it as he looks AMAZING afterword!
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Paints used:
🎨Body, teeth, eyes: Evil Sunz Scarlet, Reikland Fleshshade, Evil Sunz Scarlet drybrush
🎨Long face tendrils: Administratum Grey
🎨Top of Head: Brass, Seraphim Sepia (watered) + highlights
🎨Armor fins, bottom jaw, face fins and around eyes: Mechanicus Standard Grey, Administratum Grey drybrush
🎨Back plates: Cavalry Brown + Nuln Oil
🎨Rocks: Administratum Grey, Nuln Oil, Drybrush
🎨Armor: Buff / Brass 3/1
🎨Claws: Dark Red, highlights
🎨Face tendrils: Dark Red, Clear Orange tips
🎨Tendrils: Dark Red, Averland Sunset
🎨Tail end: Averland Sunset, Clear Orange, Casandora Yellow base
🎨Ball: Averland Sunset/Brass 3/1, Casandora Yellow, Flash Glitz Yellow highlights
🎨Ball vines: Flat Earth
🎨Base: Armageddon Dust, Reikland Fleshshade, Buff drybrush
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@tamcindianapolis8135 6 лет назад

I started painting miniatures 5 months ago. Since then I've seen hundreds of videos and DIY tips. After finding out why you call yourself king of average, I have to say you are hardly an average painter and mentor for those of us learning. Thank you for your hard work and honesty. Please continue the rising sun series, lol it may be the only way I get the darn thing painted.

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Thank you so much for the kind words! I hope I can act as encouragement for everyone. If I can do it, so can anyone :) Rising Sun will continue to be the main focus of the channel for some time to come :)

@toothywisdom 6 лет назад

Thanks for these videos, I feel you strike the perfect balance of something that looks great but is also achievable by mere mortals. I’d been thinking about taking up painting since backing Rising Sun but it’s your videos that finally got me to attempt it.

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

This is so awesome to hear - really glad I was able to show you what can be done by us Average Joes! Seriously though, that's exactly why "Average" is in the name. There's a lot of really professional people on YT painting miniatures that are fun to see and watch but completely out of reach. Trust me when I say if I can do it you can too :)

@drgnmstr44 4 года назад

I'm almost finished with this one. just need to dry brush the texture paint and do the rim. I agree with your assessment, painting the ball first was a much better idea. I love the way the tail came out for me and the tendrils. love going from the dark red to the orange to yellow and blending those. it really does make it pop a lot. Was a difficult model from the set and time consuming but definitely worth taking the time to paint it. Loved the video and the thoughtful comments about it. I really love dragons but was not looking forward to painting this since I was afraid I'd really mess up. I'm glad I didn't and your vid helped me out some.

@TheKingofAverage 4 года назад

That's great to hear! So glad you enjoyed the video - this is a great mini for sure :)

@adamross3487 6 лет назад

Honestly, who would give this video a thumbs down. Nice job with the dragon. It looks great.

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

2 people missed the thumbs up button apparently ;D Thank you for the kind words and I am very glad you enjoyed the video!

@JIPunisherIL 6 лет назад

Looks great! Lovin' the longer video!

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Thank you! Really glad you like it! I debated a bit about the length but honestly, I couldn't have shortened it anyway without speeding it up so fast it becomes unusable or skipping parts which I didn't want to do either.

@charlesrudge8833 6 лет назад

Excellent job as always mate.😬

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Thank you very much! Glad you hear you enjoyed the video :)

@gormdragan 6 лет назад

Length is good. Keep up the good work. I’m waiting for my green stuff to arrive. This will be my first time doing so.

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Thanks for the feedback, glad you liked it! The greenstuff is kind of hard to mess up honestly, can just be finicky is all. Can always scrape it off and start again!

@abaddon40k 6 лет назад

Great vid! If your green stuff is sticking, keep your tool wet. You can also paint liquid green stuff on just use it with water. Again great vid keep it up

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Ah good idea I'll try that next time! Painting it seems really nice actually so I'll attempt both and see which method I like more. I appreciate the ideas and am very glad you enjoyed the video :)

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Thanks to several wonderful viewers we have now passed my first Patreon milestone which means I will be doing a giveaway! In fact, we are almost half way to my second giveaway milestone! Expect a video hopefully sometime next month of the painting of the miniature I'll be giving away! Also I want to take a quick moment to thank ALL OF YOU. Seriously, this video alone took 100% of my time for days to complete but you all make it worth it! I appreciate your continued support and comments

@stevenwright426 6 лет назад

The King of Average hi why do you prime everything in grey? I see a lot either black or white for what reason do u use grey?

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

That's a good question! So here's why: Properly thinned, the paints we use are slightly transparent, meaning the color underneath it shows through. What this means without going into techniques or details is that it is slightly harder to paint dark colors over white and much harder to paint lighter colors over black. Now unless you are using several layers, a miniature primed in white will come out actually brighter than a miniature painted in black. Gray is a good in-between. I don't care to "save a step" by using a colored version, and I like my miniatures on the darker side so I chose gray instead of white. When starting out however, it can be very helpful to prime in black as that helps "cover up" parts that are missed with paint which can happen as it just looks shadowed. White will make it stick out like a sore thumb. Hope that helps! :)

@DethCricket 6 лет назад

I have never used green stuff but if its anything like Milliput then you can dip your tool in water and it wont stick to your tool as much.

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

That makes sense, I'll definitely try that next time!

@bennietzel 6 лет назад

water is the key. 100%

@petermobius 6 лет назад

Would you guys say this 'putty' step is essential even its my first time painting?

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Essential? No, but neither is trimming the mold lines. IMO, if you are going to spend time on it you might as well go "all in", but everyone is different on what they are willing to do it have time for :)

@DethCricket 6 лет назад

No it is not essential at all... it is a matter of how much time and effort you want to put into a mini and if seams and gaps bother you.

@v0nklamke 6 лет назад

Looking at the picture I can't tell if those flame-shaped protrusions are light gold metal or just ordinary sandy yellow. It looks like they have some metallic shine but I'm not sure. Wish I had the art-book...

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

I do have the art book but sadly the pictures there are darker :( what you say is exactly why I chose to only mix in some metallic. Also if you look at other game art you can tell that color is used on armor as well.

@jonhammersley1529 6 лет назад

I've had decent luck using an old brush to apply the liquid green stuff where I need it (damp, not wet though). Use the pointy tool once you have enough located on your gap area. As an alternate you can fill with super glue and then work low some bicarbonate (baking soda for those of us in the US) for an instant dry/set.

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

The superglue idea scares me becuause I feel I'd mess it up, but I love the idea of just "painting" it on!

@jonhammersley1529 6 лет назад

The King of Average painting it on makes application much easier/smoother and removes some of the clean up work needed later.

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Awesome! I feel it would be more targeted that way as well. Currently it's applied pretty much everywhere around the gap :D

@AndyJablonski 6 лет назад

Thank you! Just completed this guy and he looks great! How do you go about picking your colors to use? I'm fairly new to all this and it seem kind of daunting

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Awesome congrats! Over time you get a sense of what colors will look like when finished after various techniques and shades. However, it does take some time. I reference the concept art and actually plan out the paint to be used, putting it on my wet pallet to see the true color as needed. That's the list I include in each video description actually :) To me, it's kind of a puzzle in a way which I actually enjoy.

@bartekkucharski3880 6 лет назад

Hey. To fill all the gaps you can use CA glue+ baking soda trick. Just pour the glue into the gap and sprinkle with soda. it turns solid instantly. repeat if needed.

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Oh very cool, I like the idea of using CA glue over super glue for sure!

@bartekkucharski3880 6 лет назад

CA is super glue >_

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Whelp, that's what I get for reading comments quickly at work! Was thinking PVA glue :)

@桜場娃夜 6 лет назад

Yep, it does really sound like it was frustrating. Which leads me to a question : how do you decide which part, which color to paint first, and the order after that ?

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Here's what I generally try to do: deepest point of the model to the outside of the model (layers of clothes on skin for example), and from the bottom to the top. The reason this doesn't always happen is I also try to balance switching paints too often as it dirties the brush more with lots of swapping, so sometimes there will be a base color deep that is also a highlight for a outside or top detail. As I paint I try to balance this with what makes sense for the individual model.

@桜場娃夜 6 лет назад

Thanks for the reply, you motivated me to give a try painting those Rising Sun pretty figures. You really are doing an amazing job !

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

So glad to hear that! Trust me when I say anything you see me do you can do as well :)

@deadinside3765 6 лет назад

Gr8 job man

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Thanks a ton man! Editing the video for the Earth Dragon right now - hope you like him! :)

@deadinside3765 6 лет назад

@@TheKingofAverage can't wait, I'm a commission painter that has been commissioned to paint the starter box wish me luck lol

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Hahahaha that is LARGE job! I hope you paint faster than I do! :)

@deadinside3765 6 лет назад

@@TheKingofAverage 2 Heldrakes in a week

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Dang! Yeah no way I could do that. I think the eye strain alone would get to me :D

@petermobius 6 лет назад

Your videos are getting me so happy to jump into this hobby. So Zen to watch! ; )

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

So glad to hear this! The hobby itself is very zen and rewarding :D

@resin_Hd 6 лет назад

Another terrific episode. I'm just about to start my rising Sun and this is good inspiration. FWIW, I've given up on Liquid Greenstuff when I found Vallejo Plastic Putty. The great thing is that VPP comes with a needle nose applicator and washes up with water. it's all I use for gaps now. ;)

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Really glad you liked the episode and having fun painting these! I love Vallejo paints so will look into that plastic putty, that applicator sounds really useful!

@lokihve6591 6 лет назад

Michael you may want to look at this video first if it helps any regarding the Putty. Cheers ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k3z1zZFl02c.html

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Oh yeah that looks nice, thanks for the link!

@resin_Hd 6 лет назад

Cool. Apparently Herbert Erpaderp doesn't seem to follow instructions. But whatever. The needle tip works great for me and really works well on organic subjects. Use whatever you want.

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

To me it seemed a LOT like the liquid green stuff, just in a dropper which is always nice. That's not meant for big gaps at all. Even citadel's just sinks into large gaps and I can scrub it off easy enough with my tool when "hardened"

@samuelvimes7686 5 лет назад

Finished this one yesterday. Quite a frustrating one to paint

@TheKingofAverage 5 лет назад

Yeah getting underneath the dragon, between the okay on the back and then all the tendrils is a core for sure. Painted this one first thing it'd be the easiest funny enough 😁

@fornalli 6 лет назад

It seems like those dragons aren’t very scaley regarding texture, are they? Not sure if I sounded clear here.

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Good question. In fact all 3 are different. This one has skin, Earth Dragon has a rough texture like a lizard and the River Dragon has scales. They are also all designed differently in how far apart their legs are along with tail and neck length.

@fornalli 6 лет назад

I haven't opened my copy yet and I was wondering how efective drybrush or shading would be.

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

How can you resist?! :) This one is the least textured and I still use shade and drybrush so the techniques should work great on all 3 :)

@bennietzel 6 лет назад

Can you talk a little bit about what primer you use, and why you go with grey?

@gregwhite6005 6 лет назад

Are you sure the note wasn't a reminder to thin your paints?

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Hahaha that must have been it!

@philipgranberg8789 6 лет назад

Liquid green stuff from citadel is waterbased, so you can just use a wet brush for the clean up, and even when applying. Good work though.

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Thank you, glad you liked it! I will definitely try this next time as that sounds way easier.

@lokihve6591 6 лет назад

Watched, this should be a nice challenge. Firstly in my collection I have only one Valleo colour so I ll be turning to citadel alternatives for most of this figure and I think I might try a few things differently. Will do this figure sometimes this week. Thanks a bunch for the video, was really joy to watch! P.S. I ll do the ball first :P

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Smart move on that ball ;) look forward to seeing how it turns out! What are you thinking of changing?

@lokihve6591 6 лет назад

The Ball because I already did the River Dragon and want to continue the "metal theme" of the balls and the tendrills in some different colour probably. Will see . So nothing wrong with this dragon, I think it looks absolutely fantastic and I will try to follow most of it, just will have to substitute the Vallejo colours with citadel ones (so thats a bit of a challenge) and like mentioned those two bits I am thinking doing a bit differently :)

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Oh okay very cool. I definitely did mine with only a hint of metal and then gloss coated it. Honestly, I was *this* close to painting it silver as I thought that'd look cool and really pop but I didn't want it to "pop" because then that would be the focus being so bright.

@lokihve6591 6 лет назад

Yeah saw in the video, I think it's really nice, I just want to have the "golden Ball theme across all three dragons. :)

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

That's actually a cool idea. I went the opposite where I want all three balls to be different. It's nice that it's not in the concept art so we can do whatever we want with them :D

@jeremysmith4660 6 лет назад

What brand of paints do you use? Not all are citadel. Like the dark red and cavalry brown?

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Those are both by Vallejo - fantastic paint brand.

@HenrikH321 6 лет назад

Again, awesome video! I really like the music you put in these videos :) What would you base your river dragon with? :)

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

I'm really glad you like it thank you! You are the first person to comment on the music so really glad to hear that :) For the River dragon, while he doesn't have much of a base to do, my current plan is use Valhallan Blizzard to create "waves" and then paint it all blue then highlight them up and put regular Valhallan Blizzard for froth on top.

@niederman 6 лет назад

I hope you do the spider lady soon!! I'm at odds over what to do about her clear pole she's resting on

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Ah good idea! I might just do that as a personal challenge. I'm actually quite upset with her as I find her sculpt design bad compared to this one. I like her herself, but she wouldn't need a stupid pole if they had her clothes simply drape down to the base like they did with the Oni of Spite. Would have impacted the visual design approximately 0% and made painting it a better experience 10 fold. - I'll give it some thought!

@drgnmstr44 4 года назад

I painted that one. Agree the stupid pole is dumb. I just painted it black to match the base. I'm going to go back and texture the base later to try and hide the pole some or do something with it.

@petermobius 6 лет назад

Oh and by the way, asked on one video what we prefer, and I vote for showing the full process no matter the length. I find watching these really zen so that is no problem and also it will require less editing by you which is probably the worse part of Youtubing.

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Noted! Ironically it actually takes more time. To make it shorter I simply wouldn't slow down the speed and instead keep it going fast :) It's a lot more footage to go through, this video alone took a while day to edit. It's worth it for the higher quality and literally everyone has said they enjoy them longer so expect more long videos with my painting, sketchy voice over, and music in the future! :D

@flobbablopp630 6 лет назад

It's also Administratum Grey, not Administratrum Grey

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Ah no, my second typo! At least I have it correct already in the description. Thanks for pointing this out! I use it in almost every video and my paint tag has been wrong this whole time >.< Thanks for catching that :)

@jean-nicolasgagnon9960 6 лет назад

Hey there, amazing work !! Is there a reason why you do not prime your minis ?

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Thank you really glad you liked the video! I snuck it in there at 4:45 :) I prime them in gray so it's not always that noticeable when it's on an already gray miniature.

@jean-nicolasgagnon9960 6 лет назад

oh sorry ... missed that part since my kid wanted to see the color process :) my bad

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

No problem at all. It's 2 seconds in a 45 minute video, could have sneezed and missed it :) You watch with your kid? That's awesome!

@jean-nicolasgagnon9960 6 лет назад

Yeah, my 5 year old son could watch your painting videos all day long :D I received my rising sun pledge 2 weeks ago and it gave me to go back to good old painting before I had kids . The minis are amazing and my sons would love to do this with me ! It's just bad that all my GW paint dried out, I think I'll go with vallejo because of that.

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

You have no idea how awesome that is to hear! Makes the work I put into this one worth it and more! As for Vallejo vs. GW, GW have fantastic texture paints and washes as well as some unique colors, but if I can help it I always go Vallejo. Cheaper, fantastic paint, and easy to store and put on the palette.

@niederman 6 лет назад

Love what you're doing here, and this might just be my personal preference, but I'd almost be fine with some editing to get rid of those periods of silence, I really like it when you are talking over the video. So maybe just talk more? Lol not a big deal

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Thank you and I appreciate the feedback! This is only the second video of done with any silence, before I talked through the whole thing. I'll put some thought into it!

@justcallmekame 6 лет назад

What brand of paints do you use?

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Good question! Since this video I've started labeling them in my paint lists in the description. For this video it's only Citadel and Vallejo paints. Both paint very well, however I prefer the dropper style containers over Citadel's pots. Since this video I've used a lot of Army Painter paints and they are very comparable to Vallejo.

@petermobius 6 лет назад

Do you use any kind of special brush when you do the buffing on the base? I imagine it might put wear on a nicer brush by doing that motion. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Jva6cBp6aOw.html.

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

By buffing do you mean applying the wash? If so no, I use the regiment brush since it had a large belly that holds a lot. The brushes I use (linked in description) are not expensive but ate still very nice. I've used them for every video and only just replaced them and that's just because I'm not super great at cleaning then right after a paint session.

@brianleclaire5886 6 лет назад

Use water on your tool for that greenstuff

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

I'll definitely try that next time!

@Higzilla 6 лет назад

Wet your tl when using green stuff..

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Good advice I'll definitely do that next time.

@eo151 6 лет назад

@The King of Average - roll your green stuff into a very thin strip and then lay that in the seam. For small patches, put a small ball on your thumbnail and cut off little pieces as you need to apply them. Water, or even better, some lip balm on your tools can help with the sticking on your tools. Rub some balm on the back of your off-hand, then rub your tool tip in that area before touching the GS. This will get your GS buttery smooth as you spread it. Dallas Kemp from Privateer Press has a great tutorial on this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cXxIuLHshwI.html

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Amazing tips, thank you! I really like all of those ideas! This green stuff will *not* get the better of me! :D

@petermobius 6 лет назад

Kotahi next please! : ) www.shutupandsitdown.com/games-news-290118/

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Peter Mobius he'd be a fun one for sure! Kotahi has a very long BGG article where this was first discovered, funny stuff :D Really tough, he seems to be a Son Goku like monster IMO

@petermobius 6 лет назад

Kind of a totem god / ally for me. ; )

@TheKingofAverage 6 лет назад

Hah! I can understand that :D