Clearly, I couldn't just leave the dragon head in its current "naked" form, so I decided to mold him into the Dragon I knew he could be. 
I was put on the trail of Modeling Foam as a fun resource to try, so ... why not?
The 50% off coupon I had laying around for my trusty neighborhood Michaels made the decision even easier.
Before I was able to mold anything on top of this beast I had to stuff him first, to get at least a somewhat resistant surface to work with.
For the stuffing, I used some Poly-Fil I had laying around and closed him up with good old duct tape.
Now that he was ready I started adding texture and definitions to his horns, scales, more scales, even more scales, teeth, and generally covered every inch of him with foam clay and even gave him some glass eyes.
To get him even sturdier for painting I decided to mount him at this stage. Initially, I had planned to get a nice wooden plaque but decided to utilize some more of my cardboard boxes.
All I did for this one, is cut the shape out of 3 different boxes and hot glued them all together. I then cut thin strips out of a Tacco bell box - Yes the $5 box comes in a nice thin paper box that is perfect for this, matching the thickness of the three stacked cardboard sheets, and glued them around the edge to have a smooth finish.
And you guessed it! I used hot glue to adhere the head to the plaque.
After looking at the horns, I felt that a lot o the definition got lost, so added grooves and cracks with a Dremel tool.
Now I finally got to paint the head.
Here are some pictures, before you get to see the final creation in the finished basement
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