Draco statue :o

Wow! I’ll be interested to see if they sell it. I tried to sell mine about a year ago for $300. It’s mint with the original box, number 142 (I think). Didn’t sell. I’m glad now that it didn’t. At the time I had no where to safely display him. He’s still in his box for now, but when we get the add on done, he’ll be proudly displayed.

Speaking of Draco, I’ve got to share this. Several years ago I saw a commercial about a group of stores down in Tacoma that where advertising for Christmas. There were shots of the inside of several of the shops. And there on the counter, among several other pewter pieces, was Draco! I had never seen him done in pewter, but I was sure it was him. I looked and looked for him (this was before I owned a computer), but never found him. Never got to that store either. Searched ebay many times with no luck. I was beginning to think I had imagined it. Then, a few months ago, I found him on ebay, listed with another dragon! Good thing for me, the auction ended during my lunch break. I had to fight for it, but I won him, and my coworker bought the other one from me for her son. I can’t believe how many years it took, but I finally have my pewter Draco! 😀

hey… I just beat your sssspensiveness:
http://cgi.ebay.com/DRACO-LAST-OLD-DRAGON-BOWEN-SWORD-EMBLEM-SHIELD-1-1_W0QQitemZ160054355016QQihZ006QQcategoryZ553QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Oooooooooooooooooo… I always loved Draco! Somewhere in my art gallery there should be a drawing of him I did years and years ago. (Though maybe not, it’s hard for me to remember what I have and what I don’t. He may be one of the ones I lost when my portfolio was stolen a few years back.)

The first one is a bit rough, yeah. But though the second is more refined, it’s refinement put on top of a base sculpture that’s wrong! The proportions aren’t right, the shape of the head is off, the lower torso and legs are misproportioned, the whole thing is just shaped slightly wrong all over. Plus the shape and style and placement of the various types of scales isn’t quite right either.

I’ve seen the SHiflets original unpainted(online) and i believe what we see here is merely a bad paint job. The sculpture itself, yes, is a bit edgy but I like it, it gives the whole dragon more life.
Its still a helluva money.

second one is plastered, I believe he scratched it directly into the wax form, which explains why most scales are not 3D. If they’d have presculpted it in a more durable material I believe he would also not be so obviously “butted” and more detail and more dynamic toes could have been made. And I’m not gonna rant about the base. Still, its an amazing piece, very amazing. I wish I could cast metall too. We once visited a factory doing it and prices were like… oh you dont even want to know.

Anyone ever seen this one?
http://www.yourprops.com/view_item.php?movie_prop=8637

I wish I had $800 as well. That is my all time favorite movie. It would go well with the Dragonheard Sword that I have hanging in my living room. 😀