Dragon Disciple mini?


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Liberty's Edge

Can anyone point me to a good Dragon Disciple mini?

Silver Crusade Contributor

Hm. Any specific constraints? Gender? Weapon of choice?

The one I used for years was this. A bit underwhelming, but it brings the claws.

I'll keep looking. ^_^

Liberty's Edge

Male.

Thanks, but that's definitely a lizard man. I definitely want something much closer to a fragon disciple - including wings at a minimum


Kapak Draconian

Sovereign Court

I wish that I had an easier way to find this for you, but I know that I once acquired a mage knight rider mini (it was some strange bat winged mount), and I could never quite affix the wings. So I used them on a miniature, and voila.

Claws may be a bit more difficult, unless you are in the habit of trading out hands on miniatures. Perhaps a weapon pack that includes some sort of that can just be placed over the backs of the hands?

As for the base, I would try for dragonborn, potentially from the later runs of the DDM line.

Try this for starters, I suppose, and if you can get wings on him perhaps that would work out for you.

Here are a few links that might help

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RPG Superstar 2015 Top 8

I would suggest finding the humanoid mini that most resembles the desired character, and then attaching an appropriate set of wings to the miniature in question. Clever paint work (to mimic scales, etc.) can do the rest. You might need to be clever with some bending and filing but they should attach with some glue and, if needed, a little green stuff. Glue alone can work with the right model.

If you don't mind doing more complex conversion work, there's also this conversion kit which includes tails and dragon heads as well as more wings. This set has clawed hands and tails amongst other things for other monsters.

But I'm guessing what you want is something more sorcerish looking but with the dragon wings. Gluing the wings to the sorcerer I think would get you the best bet. I'd try to suggest base models but you've given no details other than "male." It's a lot easier to help people find models when they are specific about their character --- gender, race, and what type of armor/clothing they wear are especially crucial. Weapon/in-hand items can also be helpful, but those can also be altered/converted. For this particular case, dragon type could also be helpful as it could help indicate other useful details (red dragon disciple could be made from model with fire effects on it, etc.).

ETA: It also occurs to me some demon or half-demon figures might be suitable, as they will look slightly bestial with bat-like wings. Ones with horns, you could always clip/file them off if they didn't look appropriate.

Liberty's Edge

All good points! I'm fairly open to most of those types of details.

One thing I should have been clear on is we only use prepainted plastic minis, so I'm not looking for metal minis here.

It's starting to look like there just aren't many appoprite minis out there :/

RPG Superstar 2015 Top 8

Yeah, if you're limiting yourself to pre-paints you're probably outta luck (though I could well be wrong). Dragon disciple type minis are pretty specialized and pre-paints tend to be marketed toward what can sell well, not be a niche figure, unfortunately. :/ I'd say your best best in that case would be indeed some kind of half-demon or some such (like, say, this gargoyle), but even then the paint scheme would undoubtedly be wrong. Maybe you'd get lucky with one of the Pathfinder sets? But I'd guess you've already looked.

If you're set on it, you might consider hiring out a painter for this one occasion.

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