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

[esteven]

He looks wonderful, just like a fire lizzard curling their tails around their mistresses and masters. I have yet to find out more about Reign of Fire. My dragon knowledge comes from Pern. ...and there are dozens of dragons -china as well as drawn- in my apartment. I just love them.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

He does kind of look like a fire lizard, doesn't he? I sort of had that size in mind when I made him. ROF's dragons are monster-sized (and not blue)...they'd just as soon crush you as look at you. Not at all portable!

It's a fun movie, but what I really liked was the way they designed their dragons.

[esteven]

I'll have to make a point to see the movie at some time. My favourite dragon -moviewise- is from Dragonheart. He has all the best lines. *g*

[elfie-elfie.livejournal.com]

Sean Connery's voice as a dragon... *swoon*

Funny, I was thinking "fire lizard" too, when I saw the shot of the tail curled around the forearm.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

I've always loved the idea of fire lizards. Next time I go to a SF con, I'm bringing this guy with me.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

It's got Christian Bale + dragons. I was pretty sold.