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BrittaM — Borfus the Dragon painted

Published: 2011-02-08 22:03:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 1639; Favourites: 52; Downloads: 0
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Description I actually finished painting this guy up some time ago, and forgot to post him until now. Also submitted him as an entry to Spectrum 18.

Borfus the Dragon is my take on the classic dragonrider image. Instead of the kind of amazing, telepathic, loyal connection you get in most stories that involve dragons with riders, Borfus's breed is unruly, not very intelligent, and extraordinarily difficult to control. Dragonriders would in fact much prefer to be riding something else, but being as large flying animals capable of being domesticated and trained to carry riders and cargo are few and far between, they are stuck with these guys....

This sculpture is huge; a photo doesn't really do him justice. He's two feet long with a two foot wingspan.

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I am currently open for sculpting commissions; more info can be found here [link]
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Comments: 10

Nailita [2012-03-31 21:50:11 +0000 UTC]

inspired by AVATAR?

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BrittaM In reply to Nailita [2012-04-01 21:27:24 +0000 UTC]

Noooo, not Avatar! It actually started as a sculpture for a Shiflett Brothers contest called "Monster Rider," and inspired by things like Anne McCaffery's Dragons of Pern. Everyone was sculpting these brutish, badass looking creatures and riders, so I figured I'd take it in a goofy direction.

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Nailita In reply to BrittaM [2012-04-02 20:08:03 +0000 UTC]

oohw... don't know any of the names you named... but it looks pretty

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Legrandzilla [2011-08-20 03:01:12 +0000 UTC]

This is lovely!!

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BrittaM In reply to Legrandzilla [2011-08-21 02:20:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks much! He was quite the endeavor to sculpt.

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Legrandzilla In reply to BrittaM [2011-08-21 02:45:34 +0000 UTC]

it looks like he was!

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AntWatkins [2011-02-09 05:39:55 +0000 UTC]

Nice finish on your Dragon. Looks nice, good luck on the Spec submission!

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BrittaM In reply to AntWatkins [2011-02-10 00:58:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Got my fingers crossed for Spectrum.

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ZhaKrisstol [2011-02-08 23:02:52 +0000 UTC]

That's some mental detail, it's got the same level of attention to detail and texture as the McFarlane's dragons. Seriously awesome work hun. Love the lolling tongue of the dragon (seen in the close-up pic) a dragon certainly chomping at the bit, lol.

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BrittaM In reply to ZhaKrisstol [2011-02-10 00:57:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much! I was going for fun and goofy in this.
McFarlane's dragons were awesome (are they still making those? haven't seen any in ages), definitely something to aspire to as a sculptor.

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