Here be dragon.

[ldhenson]

After I successfully made my first plush animal (the bat), all the excitement went to my head and I plunged straight into my next project.

I wanted one of the amazing dragons from Reign of Fire. The shape and dimensions come from my doing a lot of sketching while staring at the movie's production photos. It's not exact, but close enough that I'm happy with it.






Here he is perched atop one of my decoupaged boxes. "What's going on back there?"








Neck and tail are wired and poseable, as are the wings from shoulder to wrist. Legs are movable at the hip joint.

Even though I'm not using any patterns from Carolyn Vosburg Hall's Sewing Tiny Toys this time, my dragon owes much to that book for construction principles.

ETA: Updated version of this dragon!


X-posted to craftgrrl (here), cute_plush (here), the_dragons (here), Craftster

Comments

[krecik.livejournal.com]

That is awesome for a second plushie! Well, and awesome just by itself!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you! At times I thought I'd bit off more than I could chew, but I'm happy how it worked out.

[zomgtaffy.livejournal.com]

It looks so cuddly! o=

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

He is :-) Well, he's not "squishable" since he's wired, but he has a nice warm texture.

[hasu.livejournal.com]

Awww~ it's so cute. I wish I had one :3

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I wanted to make this for a long while, it just took me a while to figure out how.

[waterfire741.livejournal.com]

that's an AWESOME replica!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks much!

[dragonmage86.livejournal.com]

That really is cool. Awesome talent, he looks so lifelike.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

I was really going for that realistic look, so thanks!

[prismhottie.livejournal.com]

That's amazing!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[heathwitch.livejournal.com]

*makes grabby hands* Oh, that is superb -- well done! Are you doing commissions?! :)

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm undecided on commissions, but if you have something in mind, e-mail me at ldhenson @ LJ and we can chat.

[pandonkey.livejournal.com]

I just followed your toys tag link from your Cornetto post, and wow. This is lovely. I have to echo the earlier comment that I'd love to see your take on Temeraire if/when you read those books. I love the legs and head and the fact that it's posable. Cute but vicious looking!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much! I've wanted something like this for a long time but couldn't figure out how to make one until now.

I take it there are different types of dragons in Temeraire? It sounds like an interesting read, particularly for me because I have a huge in-progress fanfic that combines dragons and a specific historical period.

[irreparable.livejournal.com]

Reign of Fire is one of my favourite movies, and this dragon plushy is just incredible. If you ever decide to sell any or take commissions, I'd definitely be interested!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

I'm way behind on these comments! But thank you! Were the dragons in that movie awesome or what?

Not sure yet if I'll be making more (I'd love to, but I'm a bit backlogged on commissions at the moment and so can't promise anything). I've had requests from some folks over at Craftster for the pattern, so I'll probably be putting one together (to sell) in the next few months. If you're interested in either a pattern or a finished dragon, I'll keep you updated as I get a better idea of my schedule.

[reese-ed.livejournal.com]

Couldn't resist looking at this one as well.

I love it too! I absolutely love the fact that it's posable.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you. He was a lot of work, but a lot of fun.

[babelmira.livejournal.com]

That's truly amazing.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks!

[trystan830.livejournal.com]

(came here from your metallicar post on supernaturalfic)

i love dragons, and this is awesome too!! :D

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[sugercat.livejournal.com]

He's sooo awsome!!!!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm very happy how he turned out.

[angelnetgirl.livejournal.com]

He is amazing, I love his head and wings obviously!