Just wanted to add: re-installed the whole game (English voice pack), Earth custom map present.
But no golden skin.
I'm running Win Xp SP3 (and, please, do not start this "but XP is rubbish, Seven ruleZ" stuff - game supports XP).

Same here. I backed the kickstarter, went to the Larian Vault and got the DLC. Earth map is there, no skin for my dragon.

got mine working for whatever reason i moved the installer to a different folder and installed it map is now showing up and the golden skins show when i restarted the campiagn. all sorted my end

Same scenario for me, installed the GOG Imperial Edition DLC, installed the two files into the DLC folder under My Docs, I get the map but no golden dragon (I need Witcher for that). Just to clarify, the golden dragon should provide a fourth dragon option that is selectable in any mode?

I don't know if this is the same for anyone else, but I get a golden dragon only on a new game. Whenever I continue/load a game, I lose the golden dragon.

I've gotten the map, but no golden dragon. I've even re-installed the game to see if that would fix the issue, but no dice. :(

I just want to add that I'm having the same problem, I can use see the Earth map, but there is no golden dragon to choose. I have verified that I have 2 files in my DLC directory, and that I have the proper user permissions to access the files from my user account.

Pretty frustrating since I really want to start playing the story, but I want to play it with the golden dragon.

Ok, that would make sense I guess - thanks! I have the map, but had been staring at the select, wondering where the dragon is.

I think this has happened to me as well. Noticed the golden skin is no more. Have to check it when I'll play again though.