What is the best dragon out there?

[FramFramson]

They're hard to find these days, but the Todd McFarlane dragon series was reasonably priced and nicely painted and had a huge lineup. Might find some cheap ones on ebay or other shops online here or there.

[Eric the Shed]

No, not being too helpful, being pointedly unhelpful, but convincing one's self of the opposite. For most people talking on the internet I think deep down, it comes more  from a desire to put one's own self forward rather than to help. I can't tell you how many answers I have searched for on the internet to find four page threads of non-experts opining on the best answer they can come up with off the top of their head, and no answer of merit.

I didn't claim this was among the worst problems, just that each such post makes the internet a little worse rather than better, so your reference to threatening ect is fallacious. Though in my personal experience I never encounter those things or the danger of encountering those things, simply by choosing where I go. Whereas I encounter the problem I'm talking about all the time. And I only bother mentioning it because we have a cultivated community here where people consider other people. I'm highlighting the need to respect the time we are implicitly taking up in many other people's days by posting. Attention and time are precious commodities, more so now than ever.

?? I am really confused

[Grimmnar]

I can't wait to receive this next year- ref the Joan of Arc Kickstarter

Eric,

Isnt JoA 15mm scale?

Grimm

[Eric the Shed]

Eric,

Isnt JoA 15mm scale?

Grimm

yes - but the dragon is massive - could work for 28mm

[Elk101]

Easy answer is easy.  Even after all these years, Grenadier's old Teronus the Ultimate Dragon is still, well, the ultimate dragon.  Accept no substitutes.  Currently available through Mirliton for quite a reasonable price.

http://www.mirliton.it/product_info.php?pName=teronus-the-ultimate-dragon&cName=fantasy-2528mm-dragons

That's actually rather nice, I wasn't even aware of that one.

[Elk101]

Can we please focus on just posting excellent examples of dragons. I do understand both sides of the discussion but I'd rather just be made aware of great dragon figures I didn't know about. So, please don't fill the thread up with every dragon figure you've ever seen, and likewise, please let's not argue about what should be a pleasant thread. My main disappointment so far is that I can't afford that lovely old Citadel dragon.

[Nord]

How do you measure "best". Some of the examples given here are laughable if the OP wants grandeur and detail. It's kinda a pointless thread.

[Elk101]

How do you measure "best". Some of the examples given here are laughable if the OP wants grandeur and detail. It's kinda a pointless thread.

It's in the eye of the beholder I guess. It would be boring if we all liked the same thing. It would be preferable if people posted what they genuinely considered to be good examples.

If you think the thread is pointless, don't read it, I've enjoyed most of it. Not these bits though. 

[Munindk]

Guys, please, this is a textbook example of how to make the internet worse. OP asks a simple question, what is a "superb" dragon to be the "crown" of his collection, citing examples that the contenders would sit next to,  and half the respondents are listing the first dragon that springs to mine. Bones? Wizkids? Schleich?  Are you really putting these forward as superb specimens of miniatures?

I stand by my Bones recommendation. There are better sculpts out there, but value for money I think they're hard to beat.

One of the large Bones dragons, well painted and based, could easily be the "crown" of a collection. Bones gets a bad reputation, but from my experience the plastic works better the larger the model is. Many of the human sized miniatures have weird bends (usually backwards) but the ogres are lovely.

While I didnt post the Sleich ones I think they're worth posting too. If you want a dragon that looks like the dragons on GoT they're pretty much spot on and different people have different ideas on what a dragon should look like.

[Andrew May]

Meirce?

[hubbabubba]

Another vote for the Confrontayion Titan Dragon of Arkalash or whatever.

It was available from Legendarian in Russia. I have no experience of dealing with them so held off, but I was sorely tempted.

[beefcake]

I picked up the Confrontation Dragon a year ago in the Cmon sale. Awesome value for $60 US! Better paint it some day (better buy a bigger house some day)

[Munindk]

Meirce?

Indeed and they have a couple more:
https://mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=pro&pre=mrm_dkl_bry_pow_mbs_815_000
https://mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=pro&pre=mrm_dkl_bry_gwy_mbs_531_000

[DS615]

Are you really putting these forward as superb specimens of miniatures?

Yes.  I presume you think "superb miniature" can only mean super-expensive cartoony like GW, right?
Hard to tell since you didn't make any suggestion yourself.

Asking what is the "best dragon" is 100% subjective, so you're obviously going to get dozens of answers.
What you like isn't what others like.

[Elk101]

Let's concentrate on the dragons people!
Cheers
Elk101 (board moderator)