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Copper Dragon by ~FrostDrake:iconFrostDrake:

Categories Traditional Art > Sculpture > Fantasy

©2007-2009 ~FrostDrake
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Artist's Comments

I wish the photos would could give justice to all the variations in color on the sculpture. It has a basal shifting of reds and ochres, with highlights of tans and yellow, drybrushed with copper on the top. Ah well - trust me...it looks cool ;) Not completely happy with the "oxidation" in some parts - but I can always go back and tweak it.

This was done originally for the Concordia Game-A-Thon art contest...but there weren't any other sculpture entries...so it never happened. Either way it was good practice, and considering it had to be created within the timeframe of Game-A-Thon, it was a nice way for me to see how long these things actually take. Granted...I picked a large-scaled...closed mouth dragon...rather than a snarling Black or tentacally Gold...

Approx. Time: 22 hours Sculpting, 3 hours painting
This version of a Copper Dragon is Copyright WotC
The reference drawing is Copyright Todd Lockwood

The Sculpture-In-Progress can be seen here:
[link]

Other Draconomicon dragons:
Blue
Black Wyrmling
Black

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:iconthalron:
~Thalron Apr 15, 2007, 7:23:37 PM
Wow, very cool! you got the plated look down pretty well, it blends into the face nicely. ^^ I love to see these things.
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~Aidenn-Faolan Apr 15, 2007, 7:39:40 PM
Badass, plain and simple. And being a lover of good ol' D&D, I have nothing but respect for this piece.

<_< Hell, I have the D&D Dragons poster sitting on my wall.

Regardless!! The piece itself: I like it. I definitely agree with you on the oxidation aspect of things... It could just be the way the camera tones things down a bit, but I can see how you can look at those parts as being not quite complete. All in all, though, it rocks.

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Mood: Stunned ~Marjask Apr 15, 2007, 7:45:36 PM
I would pay for a tour of your house...:paranoid:
:iconfrostdrake:
~FrostDrake Apr 15, 2007, 7:50:25 PM
It's really not that impressive. Rocks here...skulls there...books...empty coke cans...more books...my cat...art crap...did I mention books?
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~Jateui Apr 15, 2007, 11:28:06 PM
That is simply amazing
I love that detail o_o
It looks like it would have taken so much longer :o Awesome job!
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~Blackmane Apr 16, 2007, 6:16:56 AM
That looks pretty sweet :)
If I could give one bit of critiscism though, I think it needs a wash of dark green or brown in to punch up the contrast and bring out the edges.

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~Dragonmanmike Apr 16, 2007, 9:17:51 AM
nice sculpture. its really well done. the amount of detail is awsome.

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:iconmattador:
~Mattador Apr 16, 2007, 11:48:32 AM
Ooooh, excellent. I'll have to come next door and look at it in person!
:iconmarjask:
~Marjask Apr 16, 2007, 2:58:31 PM
= heaven. 'Nuff said.
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