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Re: Blue Dragon
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Sun, 8 Jun 2003 13:10:42 GMT
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"Andrew P. Saada" <apsaada@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.announce.moc, Joe Comeau wrote:
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> Hey, no reason to not do so. Hmmm...now where would see a blue dragon? • *ponders
> Black Knight shields* Ahha, of course!¬ Joe, my intial reaction was that • this
> guy was too brickified and not nearly organic enough in shape. {However}, • after
> looking through all of the pics I honestly think that this dragon is • better than
> the green one. The amount of articulation is excellent. The sharp right • angles
> that give it the "constructed" feel aren't as strong after looking at • through a
> series of pics, and, compared to the green dragon, I think this guy is • actually
> more organic in _form_. I think that the spinal scales are • [fantastic!]...that
> construction fits the design so well. Furthermore, the claws are quite • clever
> and fitting. Where are the sand blue "claws" from?¬ I really think the • poses
> available are great and that the crane pic is cool (good lighting all • around
> too).¬Also, the more stout mouth made me think whether a griffin, or other
> hybrid creature, would be relatively feasible??
Thanks Andrew. The claws are the light blue parrots that come in Bellville
set 5857 Safran's Amazing Bazaar. Actually you only get one! Luckily
there's a number of other worthwhile pieces in there (although it's still a
bit pricey, but not so pricey that Brinklink could have come to my rescue).
As for the Green dragon versus the Blue one, it's hard to say. I learned a
few things after finishing the Green dragon, plus I had a number of "I wish
I could do xxx in green" that I was able to do in blue. The availablity of
parts in a particular color are so key when it comes to the end results.
It's funny, I built them "backwards" from each other, meaning I started with
the head for the Green dragon and then figured out the body, tail, legs,
arms and then the wings. With the blue dragon, I started with the spine and
tail, filled in his body a bit, then the arms, legs, his head and finally
the wings. The Green dragon has more graceful curves, but the Blue Dragon
always seems to turn out more "life-like" due to his articulation. Also, I
think the single strongest feature of both dragons that lends to their
presence, which isn't obvious (I don't think), is the curve of their spines.
While they both have a similar result in this respect, it was done a
different way for each dragon.
Lastly, regarding your comment about the Blue dragon being more
griffin-like, when I showed him to Shaun Sullivan, he had the same comment.
> Keep up the great work! Oh, and {"RUN Falcon boy, RUN!"}
Thanks for the critique!
- Joe
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