{"id":3062,"date":"2014-04-02T14:31:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T14:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3062"},"modified":"2014-04-02T14:31:06","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T14:31:06","slug":"dragonsbane-poniard-part-8-the-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3062","title":{"rendered":"Dragonsbane Poniard – Part 8 – The Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nToday was working on the dragon’s throat. \u00a0I began (above) by engraving large armored plates on the dragons’s throat – on the left is a side view, and on the right is the view from below.<\/p>\n

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\nOf course, since the dragon’s throat needs to be flexible, there needs to be skin in between the plates so it can all expand when he (or she) eats a cow or a knight (whole, of course). \u00a0So, above, I’ve obliged by using a small carbide bur to cut a “scribble texture” in between the plates.<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s also time to address her lower jaws , and I think the appropriate thing here would be more scribble texture for her rough skin. \u00a0She doesn’t need armor here, since there is very thick bone beneath. \u00a0No vulnerable spots here…<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>And, of course, scribble texture for her upper snout as well. \u00a0The images above show the texture before and after adding patina. \u00a0Next, I’ll inlay 24 karat gold for the eyes.<\/p>\n

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

Today was working on the dragon’s throat. \u00a0I began (above) by engraving large armored plates on the dragons’s throat – on the left is a side view, and on the right is the view from below. Of course, since the … 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-No","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3014,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3014","url_meta":{"origin":3062,"position":0},"title":"Dragonsbane Poniard – Part 6 – The Dragon","date":"March 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"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 some of the excess metal to go. \u00a0I want this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Dragonsbane_Poniard_32.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2931,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2931","url_meta":{"origin":3062,"position":1},"title":"Dragonsbane Poniard – Part 1","date":"March 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, the Nazgul Holdout Stiletto met with such success that I succumbed to the Bladegallery.com folks suggesting I make a really big and scary one. \u00a0This one is a dragonslayer's poniard, basically an armor piercing dagger designed to penetrate through a dragon's tough and thick scales. 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