I could never get into Game of Thrones, I couldnât even get through the first episode and that was mostly Sean Bean (being Northern) and a load of puppies! I do, however, like the Dragon Eggs that are everywhere now. But they all come at a price, and if you can find one that is reasonably priced, the postage doubles it so I looked to try and make my own.
I looked online and there are so many videos out there with the supplies needed so cheap. After making two I can now see why they are so expensive â time! Iâm just making them for me rather than to sell, mine have taken about 6 hours each. What really takes the time is colouring the pins. If I were to make any more I would get a large board of something to stick the pins in before I paint them. I know that it takes around 300 pins to cover a small egg, about 10 cms, so if I paint them all in one go I only need to wait for them to dry once.
This is a small polystyrene egg shape from HobbyCraft, the pack of 300 drawing pins are from there too. The nail polish (to colour the pins) is from Boots â these are both Barry M, the dark green for the base coat is Evergreen and the lighter one for the second coat is Sea Turtle, which is a colour changer, this will become obvious later. I am using a small votive candle holder to hold the egg.
You do need something to stick the pins into whilst you paint them, I used an old padded envelope with some extra paper inside to thicken it a little. To begin with, I just stuck the pins straight in it but after the second or third go around I covered it in greaseproof paper so that it could be reused.
I did one coat of the dark green and when that dried I added a coat of the light green.
It doesnât need to be neat like it does when you do your nails, you need the texture to give more of a scaly look.
You can see already that the colour is changing, I was not expecting green on green to give a lilacy colour.
When the pins are dry you can start sticking them into the egg. You will see that there is a small indentation at the top of the shape and a slightly larger one at the bottom, put a pin in the centre of each of these, the one at the top is the start, the one at the bottom is so the bottom is covered if you try and put that one in at the end, unless it has a really long pin, it will not stay in.
Start adding pins from the top in a spiral pattern, it will look scruffy to being with but it will tidy up. Make sure each pin slightly overlaps the one at the side and the one above.
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Keep going until all the egg is covered. Give the egg a couple of squeezes to make sure all the pins are secure and there is your very own Dragon Egg.
The bronze coloured egg is two coats of Pink Luxe nail varnish on brass coloured pins, and the other is the dark green/light green varnish on white metal pins. Itâs not looking lilac in this picture but it still not looking green.
Iâve still got pins and eggs left so I will be trying some more combinations of colour.
How to make Dragon Eggs I could never get into Game of Thrones, I couldn't even get through the first episode and that was mostly Sean Bean (being Northern) and a load of puppies!Â