{"id":3014,"date":"2014-03-26T22:07:49","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T22:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3014"},"modified":"2014-03-26T22:08:38","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T22:08:38","slug":"dragonsbane-poniard-part-6-the-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3014","title":{"rendered":"Dragonsbane Poniard – Part 6 – The Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe lower jaw looked a little thick to me, so I adjusted it. \u00a0The right side of the above image is after I engraved the jaw line and removed the excess metal. \u00a0The left, with the blue arrows, still shows some of the excess metal to go. \u00a0I want this to look like an alligator’s under jaw\/throat area, with a dewlap of skin like she is just getting ready to exhale (fire, of course…)<\/p>\n

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\nAnd , above, three views of the top of the head, where I’ve added in the jagged scales on her top centerline, and scaled up the cranium.<\/p>\n

\"Dragonsbane_Poniard_36\"<\/a>Above, four views of how far I got today. \u00a0A good deal more detailing to go, as well as fighting with the awkward work holding. \u00a0Remind me not to do detailed long pieces next time.<\/p>\n

Thanks for looking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The lower jaw looked a little thick to me, so I adjusted it. \u00a0The right side of the above image is after I engraved the jaw line and removed the excess metal. \u00a0The left, with the blue arrows, still shows … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[23,5,27],"tags":[9,8,3,7,17,16,4],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-MC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2989,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2989","url_meta":{"origin":3014,"position":0},"title":"Dragonsbane Poniard – Part 5 – The Dragon","date":"March 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Time to start carving the dragon on the pommel. 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