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- From: dragon@angus.mi.org (John Lussmyer)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.pern
- Subject: Re: Dragon sculpture
- Message-ID: <8cacuB4w165w@angus.mi.org>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 16:01:30 GMT
- References: <1992Nov14.132256.2246@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Reply-To: dragon@angus.mi.org
- Organization: North Star BBS
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- bchoinsk@nyx.cs.du.edu (Burton Choinski) writes:
-
- > In article <1992Nov13.115316.1813@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> z_coolidgeas@ccsvax.sfasu
- > >How many have attempted to make their own dragons/fire-lizards? How many ha
- > >seen really bad ones at cons?
- >
- > You mean those ones that look like snakes with stubby wings? Pathetic.
- >
- > My wife and I thought we could do better, and using the DLG as a guide to
- > get the proportions right came up with a pattern. The final result has
- > a wingspan of about 2 feet (I scaled the pattern based on the illistrations
- > in the DLG).
- >
- > Using jewel eyes, I think it came out well. We sent off a letter to AM
- > to get permission to sell a few at Cons but have still gotten no response.
-
- Sounds a lot like the ones I made back in 1980-81. I used flexwire for
- the backbone, and bits of umbrella struts for the wing bones. This
- gave me a pair (green & brown) of firelizards about 2 feet long, with a
- slightly larger wingspan. The wings can be folded or spread as I
- did quite a bit of work on all the pivots and joints. I used small
- plastic gems for the eyes, and steel for the teeth and claws. Note:
- the teeth and claws are SHARP! This allows them to hang on curtains,
- and keep a grip on that finger that someone pokes into their mouths...
- :-)
- They are getting a little worn, so I now keep them in a display case
- at home.
-
- --
- John Lussmyer (dragon@angus.mi.org)
- North Star BBS, Royal Oak, MI --------------------------------------------+-
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