Making Stained Glass Dragons

This is an interesting concept in projects and this idea was submitted by a web visitor (C. Garrett) She take dragons and customizes them in a variety of ways. It's a great idea to take something and lend some artistic and craft skills to it to make it really something special. One of the most amazing things about these dragons is that she will often remove the wings and rebuild them out of stained glass :) Kind of neat. And she is currently working on a website so you will be able to see more of her work.

Here she tells us a little bit about how she does it.

I used the wing base attachment up to the first joint then rebuilt the rest from lead (non fluxed)with my iron. The glass was leaded in then all the joints decorative soldered to match the dragon. The bases are of fused glass. I hand painted all the dragons using modeling paints from Citadel and Reaper. One Dragon (see attached photo) I had to rebuild the entire wings from glass due to their configuration. I am currently building 4 more. All are different and I only make one of kind. Finding lead and pewter dragons is a bit difficult as they must be suitable for conversion.

The Stained Glass Dragons

See More of Chery's Dragons Here

Doll Makers Dream -   Would you like to learn how to sculpt your own dragon? Doll Makers Dream has lots of wonderful FREE tutorials for beginner doll makers including how to sculpt faces, what types of polymer clays to use and more. How to make one of a kind dolls (OOAK) and how to successfully sell them. This is a nice site with lots of good information including video tutorials.

Want to see another Stained Glass Project? This one is a diorama called "The Dragon Queen"

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1. Miniature Home
2. Miniature Painting intro & overview
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4. The Paints
5. Preparing the Miniature for painting
6. Priming the Miniature
7. What to paint first
8. More Painting and the details
9. Close-up of the completed Warhorse
10. Adding texture to the base for realism
11. Tips and hints for painting miniatures
12. Diorama and Miniature supply Store
13. New Painting Miniature Tutorial: A Spartan Warrior
14. VIDEO TUTORIAL: How to paint miniatures
15. Miniature Paints and kits at Amazon
16. Ral Partha Miniatures
17. Links and info about manufacturers of miniatures
18. Understanding Miniature Scale
19. How to Make Foam Terrain for wargaming or dioramas
20. How to Cast Miniatures

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1. Part 1 - intro
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3. Part 3 - Making Wire Armatures
4. Part 4 - Your first miniature 6"
5. Part 5 - Make a 3" miniature
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7. Part 7 - Our first Armor - we sculpt the viking helmet
8. Part 8 - Sculpting leather and chainmail
9. Part 9: Adding Belt, bracers and boots
10. Part 10:Painting the miniature
11. Part 11: 25mm Female Warrior
12. Part 12 : The basic shape of the mini
13. Part 13: Completing the body
14. Part 14: Adding the swords and doing detail
15. Part 15: Painting and finishing the miniature
16. Sculpting Fantasy Miniatures Video Tutorials
17. Sculpting miniatures store- all the supplies you need.
18. Sculpting tips
19. Sculpt a Dwarf
20. Sculpt a Treasure Chest

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