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.
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.
