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Hi Melody!
I was curious to know more about the process of casting dragons over long periods of time – specifically because I am sitting here with an Amethyst Male (newer) and an old Brown Male (older), and I’ve noticed subtle little differences in the sculpt – specifically a lot of the detail scales around the eyes, and even the dorsal scales are slightly different on each sculpt. (I can add pictures if anyone is interested in seeing the differences, but I figured Melody would know exactly what I’m talking about!)
Do you have to go back and re-detail old sculptures very much? Is it because for whatever reason you realized that it would be easier to cast them with different details, or is it simply because the masters degrade over time and must be given little repairs here and there?
I wouldn’t have ever noticed the differences if I wasn’t working on a repair right now, which kind of forces me to see the minute details on pieces. I think it’s really interesting that the brown squints just a little more than the Amethyst, and that the dorsal scales are more rounded on the newer dragon, but I doubt many people notice it at all!
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Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!I think a while back this might have been mentioned on the blog–it sounds like what was described as “mold fatigue” where over time and lots of castings, the molds can change slightly. There were profile photos of one of the first Flion castings and one years later, and the later one has a distinctly rounder face, from the mold getting a little stretched/pushed over so much time and castings.
Since the Male Dragon mold has been around for so long I imagine there could be some suuuuuper small differences developing….. 🙂
Yes there are several variations in the Male dragons, this is most noticeable if you compare a really old one with a newer one. If you compare the older ones to each other you may notice that they have different eyelid scale patterns. When we first were casting these dragons, we used a plaster “master” to cast the molds on. This master’s eyelids would break almost every time a mold was made on it, so I re-sculpted them a million times -until we had cast an epoxy master to replace the plaster one. The eyes will vary in how open they are too, because I would sometimes need to rebuild the entire upper part of the eye socket.
The later dragons have a more polished finish and more rounded dorsal scales. The pointy ones caused the molds to rip. The mother dragon has these differences also.
We often make changes to pieces if something doesn’t cast well. Sometimes slightly rounding some detail will make a huge difference in mold life.Awesome, thanks Melody! I always find this stuff really interesting 🙂 I love that they have subtle differences, it feels like an easter egg when I find one XD
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