So. Merlin.

[ldhenson]

What happens when S1 of Merlin ends and we have to wait ages for S2?

This.

Yeah, yeah, everyone talks about the big slash dragon under the castle, but the dragon I really like is the one on Camelot's shield.











I've decided his name is Cuddles.

Uther will not be pleased.





Tough luck, Uther.

Cuddles only has the two hind limbs, so technically he's a wyvern not a dragon, but all the knights laughed at "Arthur Penwyvern."





His tongue is a four-strand braid of thread. (Yeah, that was a good idea.) Depending on his mood, it can either mean he's thirsty, saying "bleah," blowing a raspberry at you, or he wants a bite of your curry. And you'd better give it to him, too, because he can fry you like a Hot Pocket.

His eyes are a fetching copper color. They glitter, but you can't see that through the camera.





Like my other dragons, Cuddles' wings, tail and neck are wired. Unlike them, he isn't really poseable. His wiring is only for support.





Also unlike my other dragons, his wings aren't quite anatomically plausible. But hey, I makes 'em like I sees 'em.

(Ignore the loose white thread on the table. I had a spool sitting nearby.)



"I vigilantly stand guard over Camelot from any and all--hey, is that curry I smell?"


X-posted to cute_plush (here), merlin_tv, merlinbbc, craftgrrl (here), Craftster (with a different set of photos in better lighting)


ETA: Second iteration of plush dragons

Comments

[tricksterquinn.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, he's PRECIOUS! Now I am totally wanting to try my hand at this - I'll have to dig up that book, because your bat is too cute for words, too!

Now I want to write the cracky little story where they find a nest of tiny wyverns (ala Anne McCaffery's firelizards) and the next thing you know Cuddles is dive-bombing everything in sight and Merlin can't stop laughing and Arthur's got one living practically in his hair and Uther's eye keeps twitching (but for some reason he can't manage to kill them).

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you! That book really is good, because the patterns are mostly simple yet she pays a lot of attention to how the animals/objects really look, so the finished toys look very nice. And she explains some useful design concepts.

next thing you know Cuddles is dive-bombing everything in sight and Merlin can't stop laughing

Hahaha...if you wrote that I would SO read it.

[tricksterquinn.livejournal.com]

Okay, that sounds awesome. I'll look around for it.

*covers eyes* Don't tempt me!

You should definitely post a pattern for Cuddles. So we can make him friends at home. *shifty* If, of course, you don't mind.