Here is my last oldblood i have painted. What do you think of it? http://img43.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=21092009092y.jpg
Yeah hellbreaker sums it up. Very very cool, great work. I love the scales. If I were to make one tiny critisicm, it would be to make the sides of the base a different colour. Maybe scorched brown.
I have not seen scales painted that color before, but I like it a lot. Maybe enough to steal your idea...