Ao The Dawn Sky is a legendary dragon spirit from Magic the Gathering’s Kamigawa setting. It’s essentially a big flying snake, sort of resembling a loong or Chinese dragon. In the card game, Ao is the reincarnation of the divine dragon Yosei, who died in a legendary battle for the soul of the world.
The model itself is posed as a flying creature, though it has no wings. In the fiction of the game, it’s writhing form coils and extends through the air, using mystical energy to keep it aloft. The actual miniature just uses a U-shaped piece of translucent plastic and a clever base design make it look like it’s flying. Translucent plastic ‘flowers’ can be attached to the model, so you can posed the model as if it’s summoning some sort of magic power.
The piece is not pre-painted, simply primed so paint goes on easily. It’s face has impressive ‘mustache’ and the back if it has have a fan-like structure making it look more lizard like’. This weird snake-like beastie is very specific in terms of use, but it is lovely to paint and all the prep-work has been done. A fun, if slightly odd, piece.
