Okay, this is going to be the second of my Todd McFarlane conversions. This dragon will be a lot more difficult, but I think I can make it work. Due to the really wide stance he has, I actually have to break off the legs (luckily they break in segments) and cut them, then reshape them and add greenstuff. I popped out one of the wings (couldn't get the second one off) to reposition it to make a little more room for the lord, which also means greenstuffing the crap out of that joint. The arms and head are the only appendages I can leave alone besides gluing them in place! The lord will be a Cold One Knight, using Corsair arms and a nice giant axe from the Reaper Mini range. I ripped off the little guy sitting on his back and that's where the lord will go. I'll update as I go along!
Here is how the dragon starts:
Here is the first bit of reconstruction:
As you can see, I popped the legs off of the dragon. I was able to get the right leg completely off, but only the lower half of the left off so far. I repositioned the top half of the right leg so it was a little bit straighter down. It still needs a little bit of trimming to smooth out the bump you can see where the greenstuff meets the plastic. I then opened up the bottom half at the joint using my handy-dandy Dremel saw blade (way too thick for an Exacto). I then greenstuffed the open area to fill the leg back in.
I plan on doing the same with the left leg. I repositioned the right wing a little bit and was going to do the same to the left, but the damn thing wouldn't come off so I just opened up the joint a little an greenstuffed it. This is to give the rider a little more headroom. The arms and head are glued into place. As you can also see, I ripped the rider off that originally came on. That's where my lord will sit.
I did put a piece of the original seat back in because I like the skull-face on it, and I'm going to attach a spike to that which the chains will be hooked over. The rider is wielding an axe double-handed, so he needs somewhere to safely stow the chain!
I have re-attached the legs and have finished green-stuffing them. I've also re-attached the dragon to the base, now I just have to trim the base and add a little more basing under his feet. You can't really see how much the distance has changed between the feet, but it is actually quite a bit. You can see that, with the exception of the toes/claws, they hover a little off the actual ground. That part should be easy though. Next up - repainting all the green stuff areas and fixing where the rider sits!
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