A Dragon And It's Hoard...

Lord_Of_The_LEGO · Post by **Lord_Of_The_LEGO** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:14 am

Deeplink (pictures 01 - 20)

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/lordo ... agon01.jpg

And folder when public:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=150128

Stone Goblin · Post by **Stone Goblin** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:27 am

Cool Dragon!

I love how you made the feet, the spiked mace tail, the larger horns on the back and the longer neck compared to the vikings' version. Great work my Lord.

Knight:"Give me that gold, dragon"
Dragon:"Try me"

lil Jon · Post by **lil Jon** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:03 am

Oh wow! I was wondering and wondering what his bottom jaw was. It's the wolf's head! I didn't know it came in red. Did you paint it?

My favorite part is the feet, I like the round 1by1's as toes. The only part that bothers me is the technic pieces left holding the wings on, but I understand how that is unavoidable.

Great work.

kingkastle · Post by **kingkastle** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:49 pm

lil Jon wrote:Oh wow! I was wondering and wondering what his bottom jaw was. It's the wolf's head! I didn't know it came in red. Did you paint it?

No he didn't paint it, it comes with the Viking Longboat.

Good job by the way. Looks much improved over the official 'viking' 'dragon'.

Lord Mikal · Post by **Lord Mikal** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:15 pm

Well, I'm not a big fan of the non-poseable legs, but they look very realistic in their current pose. The good thing is that the fingers would still work on a poseable version.
The jaw is infinenely better than TLG's idea, I wonder why they didn't just do this?

How many of those special edition gold bricks is he sitting on?

Loneranger · Post by **Loneranger** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:57 pm

It looks pretty cool, but the feet look flimsy and the joints don't look like they can move too much. Maybe make better joints?

otherwise it just seems like the dragon is going to sit in that one position. (Which I believe is the case.)

But it does look nice.

LR

kingkastle · Post by **kingkastle** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:34 pm

Lord Mikal wrote: The jaw is infinenely better than TLG's idea, I wonder why they didn't just do this?

Actually the jaw made with the red wolf head IS TLGs idea. I know it's made differently in the catapault vs. Nidhogg dragon set but as the mast on the Longboat set this IS how TLG builds it, strange why they wouldnt build both the same but hey it is nice seeing TLG using variety.

Norro · Post by **Norro** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:02 pm

Great use of the gold bricks...

God Bless,

Nathan

lil Jon · Post by **lil Jon** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:11 pm

I did a little research after learning that he didn't paint the wolf's head. Ok, actually I just looked at a picture of the Viking Longboat, and I saw that it came like that. It does look way better.

Nathan, why didn't you add some nice teeth in there on the bottom jaw. That might be kinda cool?

lego2000 · Post by **lego2000** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:45 pm

kingkastle wrote:
Lord Mikal wrote: The jaw is infinenely better than TLG's idea, I wonder why they didn't just do this?

Actually the jaw made with the red wolf head IS TLGs idea. I know it's made differently in the catapault vs. Nidhogg dragon set but as the mast on the Longboat set this IS how TLG builds it, strange why they wouldnt build both the same but hey it is nice seeing TLG using variety.

Don't you mean bow?

Snap Dracone · Post by **Snap Dracone** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:38 pm

*glances at the topic title* Unhand that apostrophe, good sir!

Anyway, as a sculpture, this is neat! I love the front paws, even if they aren't exactly flexible... The neck is great, as are the spines along the back. And I much prefer the wolf-head jaw to the official one for the Nidhogg. Just the back legs need to have the actual legs to make it better, but aside from that, it's great!

~ Tiome

Glencaer · Post by **Glencaer** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:03 am

Heya Nathan, I just found this on Bshelf. Haha, guess I should read CC more carefully next time.

I like the aesthetic of the dragon, but one of the key parts of TLG's version is the posability, which yours seems to lack. I've been busy with other projects (see the thread in "General LEGO"

), but I've been meaning to give my hand at a Nidhogg reconstruction.

One part I do like is seeing how nicely the fenris head looks as a bottom jaw. Definately better than TLG's 2x2 plate with round bit.

-Lenny

Shadow · Post by **Shadow** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:02 pm

Good work LOTLego!

Lord_Of_The_LEGO · Post by **Lord_Of_The_LEGO** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:57 pm

Thanks for the replies, everyone!

Yes, the immobile legs bother me too, but I wanted my dragon to be as dark red as possible, and my dark red collect isn't very big. I really must get that Designer Dino set...

Anyway, when I do get enough parts in dark red, I plan on rebuilding him to be more posable.