Question related to DnD miniature size

true it's 4e ruleset, but I am kind of partial in favour of 3.5, which I consider to be the best.
I think they do get wings at some point. About that, I could make a pair of wingsbut that would mean drilling holes to insert them, at the (advanced) level he would get them. I wouldn't want to do that, at least not at this point, though.

I'll keep armor at a minimum, since he already has scales, I believe shoulder guards linked with chains and his shield should do the trick.

 

As far as 4e goes here is a description of Dragonborn.

The dragonborn race is a new, transformative race presented in Races of the Dragon. Unlike a typical race, dragonborn do not breed; instead members of other races choose to undergo a transformation to become dragonborn and serve Bahamut, the god of good dragons. These individuals give up some of their racial characteristics to gain draconic qualities much deeper than mere cosmetics, and they can develop draconic senses, wings to fly, or even the use of a breath weapon.

This info comes from the book "Races of the Dragon".

I think wings would be cool, but very difficult to accomplish.

 

Yhanks for the quote. I think that it would not be that hard to make wings for the dragonborn. It would take some wire, some "dressing"of the wire with clay to make it look bone-like, and then adding some transparent plastic (painted black to make it look less transparent, and also add some varnish to make them look "glossy". Or alternatively, put some painted and glossed aluminum foil instead of the plastic. Veins could even be placed on it, (clay or thin glue could be used there). I've a good mind to make a winged vampire or something like that.
Anyway, this particular guy should stick to the ground, I think, because he is just too big and I would not want to add even more "size" by adding wings. In fact, I was really bothered by the fact that he comes out at some 12 ft tall by DnD size standards, which is quite unacceptable even for a Dragonborn. Unless I organise a DnD NBA championship, I can't see how he can be used in a game.
But if people here would like to see batty wings, I could try to do that and see what we can come up with :yes:.

By means of edit:
taking into account this: " instead members of other races choose to undergo a transformation to become dragonborn and serve Bahamut, the god of good dragons." Perhaps this one was a former giant turned dragonborn... hmmmmm...

 

In one of my PnP campaigns we had a party member that was Dragonborn that stood a little over 9 feet tall and had wings, but he couldn't fly.

Man could he kick butt though!

 

I'm pretty sure this one is similarly going to be able to do the same. If he has a strength of, say 21-22, he should be able to hold his own against any opponent.
Not sure about his AC, though. Size will be a factor (so his opponents should have a +1 on him) though the scales as well as his own armor and shield should give him a boost. He'll probably have some Dexterity penalty, though, so he should all in all be of average capabilities in defence.
Am I right in assuming that this was more or less the case in your campaigns' dragonborn?

 

Back with another update on the Dragonborn.
This is an early stage of the sword's development:



The blade is some 1.5 inches long, and a small part of it is a saw. I am planning on making the hilt as two dragons "embracing", thus the hand guards should be wings (I'll try to put the heads in the wing end of the hilt and claws in the other end. That could even have some uses if the wielder decided to use the hilt to strike at an enemy (provided combat would get that close). We'll see how it goes.

 

Here's a picture of my Bastard Sword that has the two intertwined dragons as the hilt and grip. There's actually a dragon on each side and their necks are twisted together to make the grip.

 

Wow, this hilt looks amazing!!! And a single hand grip sword at that.
Thanks for sharing this pic, it's really awesome.
Did you make it or did you buy it? I would like to do some blacksmithing at some point, so far I've been browsing through Youtube for videos on sword making, but it takes a great amount of tools to actually make such a thing, not to mention skill.
From what I've seen working with clay is not that different than working with iron in some basic concepts, with iron you use fire to heat and forge, with clay you use water.

 

Thanks, it's one of my favorites.
This Bastard Sword or hand and a half sword as it's commonly refered to, (due to it's size compared to it's single hand grip and the brass wrapped lower part of the blade) is actually an Italian craftsmans work that my wife spent imo far too much money on as a birthday gift.

And I'll tell you, it's as heavy as it looks. Holding it really helps me understand just how strong those guys were. I'm not a small person either.

The picture my wife took of me holding it puts it in comparison.

Man, don't get me started on my swords and armor.

 

You mean you have more like that? I am beginning to suspect that you live in a castle, somewhere. From what I know of history, the US was never divided into feudal realms.

 

And here is the sword:





Still unpainted, I hope it improves through painting. I originally had 4 wings, and they are more detailed, however they came out excessively large, so I decided to make these smaller (and less detailed) wings as hand guards, and keep the others for shoulder guards (yeah, they were THAT big). .

 

That looks great!

Maybe a couple of spiked tails for that secondary pommel weapon.

Just a suggestion mind you, it does look perfect the way you have it.

 

Thank you, I'll do that before I get down to painting it, I just hope it holds, because the basic argument against that was that it might prove too fragile, although the sword turned out to be quite resilient (I dropped it while I was working on it, it fell on a tiled floor, and nothing happened, glue still quite fresh on it (I thought that it would at least remove one of the hand guards, but both held). Hopefully painting it will add to the strength and will improve it.

 

Here are some pics of the painted sword, claws and all:





The organge varnish seems to have set in nice for the hilt, however, I must say that I'm not too crazy about the color it gave the blade. I might repaint the "cutting" part of the blade.

 

I don't know about that. I like it that color.

I think if I could see it not zoomed in it might appear different, but I like it.

Good job!