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In this industry sometimes appears a miniature that really is the ultimate example of craftmenship, dedication, talent etc... Nothing of the mehhh 3d cad rubbish but instead a true example of what this hobby is all about...

This year, for me, its The new Heresy Dragon ( it took 2 years of work acording to Heresy)... and its unbelievable.

http://www.heresyminiatures.com/dragon.htm

Wow, just wow. And somehow it manages to fit on such a small base. That is how I have wanted a mini of a dragon to look.

Look again at base size



Even the base has titanic size, I tell you this... best Dragon ever released!

Totally awesome!

That is truly epic! Apparently, he just finished yesterday on the sculpting, and will send it to be cast next week (with some changes probably being needed after the first casting result).

I was one of the early ones to pre-order this beast... in January '09! I ended up swapping what I'd paid into one of his other items (the excellent trenchcoat gangers) a little over a year later.

It certainly is a wonder to behold in this form... hopefully casting goes smoothly, and he's able to start shipping these monsters out. It's great that he's finally done sculpting it!!

Me want.

Oh-kay, we're going to need a braver knight. Blimey that's what I call a dragon.

Or a mage that can cast polymorph so as to turn him into a squirell. Or a bunny (or a very lucky chromatic orb...)

Awesome sculpt, all the way. The size, the pose... Terrific sculpt, with nice, uh, "anatomic" details, like where the wings meet the back.

An epic piece of work by Andy with an epic tale to match.

There's been heartache and heartbreak, broken piggy banks and all sorts.......................................

I am really tempted to shell out the 50 or so dollars for the preorder, i have a feeling this will be well over the 100 pound mark...

NAVARRO wrote:Look again at base size



Even the base has titanic size, I tell you this... best Dragon ever released!

Holy gak!!!!!!!!!! Titanic is exactly that. At first glance I thought it was a GW 40mm or 50mm base. With that mini in the picture I swear that dragon just doubled in size right in front of my eyes!!! I always thought it was big but wow, a sudden sense of perspective.

Awesome model...don't know where I would put it (in my armies) and don't know where you could mount a rider....but damn that's an awesome dragon.

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG. I think I found my god.
And I could use that in my army! SO MUCH!
I love Love it!

I had one on pre-order for a while that I paid the balance off last week. After seeing the pics today I decided to order a second. Will be interesting to see peoples reactions to seeing that on a table.

WANT!

Damned awesome.

However the first thought for me was 'Where does the rider go?'

I've been following said dragon for a while on heresy. Gotta say it looks delicious, but I find myself thinking about the price more than anything.

I don't see this as a tabletop figure. This is more of a collectors piece.

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:Damned awesome.

However the first thought for me was 'Where does the rider go?'

Real dragons don't function as beasts of burden for puny humans. They see them as appetizers, at best.

That is worth well over £100, it will probably cost well over £100. The pre-order deal is a good one, especially as if it ends up costing less you pay less.

I wish I had the spare cash.

Fantastic model....

Mr. Burning wrote:I don't see this as a tabletop figure. This is more of a collectors piece.

I dont know... Imagine plunking that down on a tabletop.

"How the F*** do I kill that?"

wolfshadow wrote:

Mr. Burning wrote:I don't see this as a tabletop figure. This is more of a collectors piece.

I dont know... Imagine plunking that down on a tabletop.

"How the F*** do I kill that?"

Purple sun and/or copious amounts of great cannon to the face

or bog him down with 100 slaves and get HPA to tear him apart

Assuming you're playing WF of course.

I'm nowhere near skilled enough to do a good job of building it and greenstuffing the gaps so that it looked good and managed to stand up on it's base.

My painting skills are such that it would look pretty terrible when I was done.

Yet I still want to buy it, because that is a beautiful sculpt of a creature so often let down by the models available.

Thats a very nice miniature. But at 100 euros, which is what, 150-200 dollars? I'm not sure I'd get it yet. Not sure what to use it for even RPG wise.

You put it in a case in your basement with the rest of your hobby stuff of course.. So when you have visitors you can say "Hey look at my sweet models" and 99% of the time they'll placate you by saying "Oh thats nice" then forget they ever existed

Awesome model tho just wish I could figure out a purpose for it

Kirasu wrote:You put it in a case in your basement with the rest of your hobby stuff of course.. So when you have visitors you can say "Hey look at my sweet models" and 99% of the time they'll placate you by saying "Oh thats nice" then forget they ever existed

Awesome model tho just wish I could figure out a purpose for it

I have several reaper dragons for that. Plus the new pazio red and just waiting for the jabborwocky to get releaseed. Dont get me wrong, its awesome, but at $100 euros plus I need some reason for it other then its awesome.

One of my favourite models ever and 90% of me is shouting to preorder it and 10% is asking what the hell I would do with it.

carmachu wrote:Thats a very nice miniature. But at 100 euros, which is what, 150-200 dollars? I'm not sure I'd get it yet. Not sure what to use it for even RPG wise.

its 100 pounds, not euros

I've nowhere to put it.

Maybe if I ever get storage...