|
|

Model
Dinosaurs

Dragon
Coloring

Dragon
Art

Carving
Fantasy & Legend Figures in Wood: Patterns & Instructions
for Dragons, Wizards & Other Creatures of Myth |
Draco from
Dragonheart Model Figure Kit

| |
A
Monogram Draco DragonHeart
kit. This is a vinyl kit and is kind of difficult to do. The
pain part is the wings. They are two piece, and just gluing
them together would never work.
At the suggestion of another modeler's wife, I used coat hanger
pieces inside the wings to add strength, and this worked very
well. Though the seam was never filled to my satisfaction.
I did not finish the kit, and sold it as is to someone. The
kit also included a metal figure of the Bowen knight from
the movie. It is quite a large kit. The base I filled with
real concrete, and with that added weight, even with the dragon
perched on it, it stood up without wobbling.
If
this kit was re released I would buy another, because with
my experience on the first one, I think I could do this kit
quite well. It's worth another chance.
|
|
| |
Dragonheart
- It's about the last of the great dragon slayers, Bowen (Dennis
Quaid), who teams up with the last of the great dragons, Draco
(and voiced by Sean Connery), after they realize that killing
each other would put them both out of business! So they devise
a bogus dragon-slaying act that's a huge hit as they tour
from village to village. Later, they must rouse the peasantry
against the loutish Prince Einon (David Thewlis), whose life
was once saved by Draco, but who now violates the "Old
Code" of honor with a ruthless reign of terror.
Dragonslayer
- Dragonslayer was gradually recognized as one of the finest
fantasies to emerge in special effects. It's still one of
the best adventures of its kind, featuring one of the most
fearsome fire-breathing serpents in movie history. Ominously
named Vermithrax Pejorative, this ill-tempered monster terrorizes
the peasantry of sixth-century England, feeding on maidens
sacrificed by a duplicitous king until a sorcerer's apprentice
named Galen is recruited as a reluctant hero. Aided by a tenacious
beauty (Caitlin Clarke) and his resurrected mentor (Ralph
Richardson), Galen confronts the soaring beast in a breathtaking
climax. Employing a then-innovative technique called Go-Motion
to animate the dragon, the special effects are still dazzling,
and stunning locations in Scotland and Wales allow director
Matthew Robbins to maintain a vivid atmosphere for the wealth
of movie magic.
Rein
of Fire
- When workers in a London tunneling project
awaken an unearthly fire-breathing beast from centuries of
slumber, all hell breaks loose. Twelve-year-old Quinn (Bale)
sees his mother, one of the workers, die trying to escape
this new terror. Twenty years later as a "fire chief,"
he tries to keep a group of refugees alive with fierce dragons
dominating the air, burning the land and feeding on the ash.
Unexpectedly, Van Zan, a hotshot American militia leader,
shows up with a ragtag group of slayers on a perilous crusade
to hunt down and destroy the beasts. Tempers flare when there
is a struggle for leadership -- until both men realize only
one species is getting out of this alive. The reptilian fire-breathers
are stupendously convincing.
|
|


Amazing
Figure Modeler

Monster
Makers Mask Makers Handbook

Figures
in Fabric |
- Dragonology:
The Complete Book of Dragons
- The discussion of the different species includes
all types of dragons with which children might be familiar, from
Chinese dragons to the European ones of the Grimm fairy tales.
One particularly fun bit is the dragon alphabet, combined with
some ancient runes written in dragon that can be translated. An
aspect of the book that will be totally fascinating to children
is the natural history of this creature, including diagrams of
its skeletal and muscular structures, and even the development
of a dragon embryo in the egg. The illustrations, mainly in color,
and overall design of the book are appealing, from a foldout map
of "Dragons of the World" to the flaps and cutouts throughout.
- Digital
Fantasy Painting
- Written for anyone who works- or plays-in 3D
graphics, Digital Fantasy Painting supplies a treasury of tested
techniques that can be applied to any illustration software package.
This extraordinary resource is packed with dozens of step-by-step
exercises for designing photo-realistic 3D dragon creatures and
their strange worlds. Readers will see how to produce simple human
skin and bone textures, as well as an entire host of ethereal
creatures such as ghosts, spirits, dragons, robots, and cyborgs.
- Eragon
- The Kingdom of Alagaesia is ruled by the evil
King Galbatorix, a former dragon rider that betrayed his mates
and his people in his quest for power. When the orphan farm boy
Eragon finds a blue stone sent by Princess Arya, he sooner realizes
that it is a dragon egg. When the dragon Saphira is born, Eragon
meets his mentor Brom, and becomes the dragon rider foreseen in
an ancient prophecy that would set his people free from the tyrant
Galbatorix. Eragon meets the rebels Varden and together they fight
against the evil sorcerer Durza and the army of Galbatorix in
a journey for freedom.
|
3D Worlds | Fantasy Artists
|


Home
| Site Map | Privacy
Statement
© Rocketfin
Hobbies All Rights Reserved 1997-2009.
No duplication is allowed in whole or part.
All graphics and designs are copyrighted Rocketfin or the respective end
Clients & Associates.
Rocketfin Hobbies
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33063 U.S.A.
Scale Plastic
and Resin Models Kits - Cars - Trucks - Ships - Aircraft - Scifi - Armor
- Gundam
Resin -
AMT - Academy - Accurate Miniatures - Airfix - Arii - Aurora - Bandai
- Dragon
Estes - Fujimi - Glencoe - Gundam - Hasegawa - Hawk - Hobbycraft - Imai
- Imex - Italeri
Lindberg - Liberty Classics - Minicraft - Model Car Garage - Model King
- Model Rectifier Corporation
MRC - Mobius Models - Nitto - Pegasus - Polar Lights - Revell Germany
- Tamiya - Testors
Trumpeter - Wave - Xacto - Hobby Shops
|
|