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Nambroth wrote:
Neat!! Is this one of the first dragons, with the seam in it (before you perfected your casting process)??
It is possible that this one has a seam in it. Notice that it is a casting of the rough sculpture before it has been sanded and refined. This dragon was cast in a mold that was made off of the original clay sculpture.
We need more pics!Quote:Okay, here goes. I’ve taken some photos of those crazy eyes and put them on Photobucket. Now I’m going to try my hand at including the links. This could be entertaining for the more experienced forum users to watch. 😛 Popcorn?
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s317/Barrdwing/MLgreen/Ml1.jpg Oh-my-gaud… well, believe it or not, what you got there is one of the VERY VERY FIRST dragons we ever produced! I have never seen another one of these super oldies show up before, I have been waiting for one to surface, because I know there are a few out there! They are VERY VERY rare! Maybe as few as thirty six of them, we didn’t keep records.
The reason the eye has a bubble look is because the eyes were painted with enamel paint instead of fired glass paint. This looks really nice (notice the reflective metallic look to the orange) however, we found that the paint eventually comes off of the glass! So what you are seeing is the clear depression that the black enamal paint was in. It has since come away from the glass,leaving the clear depression it was in. This dragon is about twenty two years old.
She may look weird, but she is an incredible find! We have just one of these ourselves. Congratulations!emerald212 wrote:Any new photos for the Cafe Press stuff yet?
I’m still waiting for an Autumn Leaf OW on a dark v-neck women’s tee, and some production photos on the same item.
Sorry to nag, but I want to buy more!!!! 😀I will! I intend to. I just haven’t had a spare moment to sit down and work on it!
purpledoggy wrote:My ruby ow just came in the mail this week and I love him so much he needs a friend. Any word on when ow’s will be back in regular production?
Edit: SqUeAk!! Emerald Peacock sQuEaK!!
We’ve got the first cart full of gold OWs painted. I don’t know for sure when they will be out , but real soon. We will be shipping them to stores,and we will put the first ten, signed, on ebay.Pam Thompson wrote:Mel..
I know we do a lot of polls here to help you decide which of what to release next, what colors to use,and stuff like that… But how about putting polls like that on the main page, so everyone visiting the Windstone homepage can vote? For example, if you decided to release a new dragon color, you could post a poll on the main page asking what new color should be released, and have a link to view pics of the different paint jobs you were considering. Like here, but you would reach a larger audience.Yes.Good idea. Our website needs alot of stuff changed. I don’t even know how to put a poll on the forum, though!
Barrdwing wrote:I ran across a Mother Dragon in the Old Green coloration recently. She has the most peculiar eyes. In each eye there is a pretty big bubble trapped deep in the eye, directly over the pupil. I’ve never seen anything like this before, and it makes me wonder if she is legit. The rest of her looks OK to my admittedly undertrained eye: no felt pad but she has the stamp, she’s just as heavy as my other Green Mother, and where she’s chipped the exposed material is finely grained and doesn’t powder when pressed. It’s just . . . those eyes . . . 😯 Do you recall any “bubble-eyed” dragons from that era? Thanks!
I would need a pic to understand what you mean by a bubble over the pupil. The eyes we use are flat on the back, with a depression that is filled with a drop of black glass paint to form the pupil. This gives the pupil a three dimensional appearance from the side. Occasionally our eyes will have clear bubbles trapped in the glass, but those are supposed to be rejected, and not used in the dragons.
SilverArrow wrote:Melody,
I know you get constant requests for so many things in PYOs. I was just curious if you have thought about doing some PYO Koi or other fish? (I believe this might have been discussed in another thread a long time ago, but didn’t remember the outcome.) It seems like so many artists are doing so much with Ki-rins with their scales, I can only imagine what we would see with ‘real’ fish.I would love to do koi, but there is the thin fin problem. I have one that I planned to do in pewter, but it is small. I had also thought of doing some in cement for yard decorations… koi swimming over your lawn… that would be nice.
drag0nfeathers wrote:Any month set yet? I know they’re are never any exact dates, but what do you think will be available first? The Wolf colored Griffin family OR the next (whether it be brown or black) Griffin momma and babies?
We’ve been painting females in “wolf”, and soon as I get back to home base we will start on the rest of them.
Nirvanacat13 wrote:Thank you for taking the time to answer John! Hope the rest of your trip goes well! *big hugs!* We’ll have to make you guys a homecoming dinner or something! =P
YEAH!!
foxfeather wrote:Do Poads(tm) have Numbers?
poads tm are number 1135,
I forgot about the foot things.That will be harder to find out because it isn’t on a price list.Kyrin wrote:Happy Belated Birthday Melody.
I have to admit that I like the Poads you’ve done in colors, the Butternut ones are cute, but give me the flashy ones…purple..I’ liked the purple. When do you plan to put the flashy colored ones up on eBay?
KyrinI don’t know… I don’t know if I will put them on Ebay, would anyone else, besides forum folks, understand them?
purplecat wrote:Are the new OW’s going to be brown-gold or the purple-gold? (Please say purple gold!) Oh, and what color eyes are being considered? Did you have a good trip to Corvalis? (Not sure on the spelling there 😳 )
The Ow’s in gold will match the regular production golds. Brown with purple, and with red eyes.
We are still having a good trip to Corvallis( two l’S)
It is so incredibly beautiful, you should all move here.
