Burning Moon (saddle wip) by Swidhelm
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Hey all. I know some of you suggested the impracticality of the shield on the saddle, and I certainly do agree. Though it is angled a bit. I had though about making it more extreme, but figured in the end, the practicality of riding a dragon was about the same. Bad enough riding a horse a top speed, but a dragon, unless you have goggles you aren't seeing anything. And there are height limitations too, because the rider, at some heights would asphyxiate due to low levels of oxygen. But, the shield is not manditory, it is an add on prop to the saddle. There are two of them, one with a place to rest the lance and another without that place. Either way, I do like the way it looks, and probably wouldn't have bothered had I not seen the dragon saddles in Lair from Sony. Anyways, I added the helm thingy as a way to use Reins, which are also optional. I figured that's better than a bit on a typical bridal because of the membrane in the dragon's mouth. That would probably tear paintfully, or cause other problems for the dragon. So, inspired by the design for the Felbeasts from LOTR I went with a helmet. I think it works, but still toying with it. It's rigged, and works nice with the jaw and has no steel bending erroniously. The horns can still be posed, though the steel from the helm limits that at the moment. I may be able to fix that though.
Anyways, here too is an attempt to make the lication less than earthly, or at least less conventional. A little more fantasy, wierd place. Hope you like.
Thanks for looking, and for the input! I don't shrug off critisism. I always welcome it.
Oh, also, there will be bluish textures to go with the armor, and the armor will hae some more brownish textures too, to work with each other.
Cheers
Darrin
Comments (15)
MNArtist
Looks great, Darrin!
JimP1102
Thos are some HUGE mushrooms!
Rainfeather
Reminds me of Zangarmarsh with all the giant mushrooms, very cool!
kftate
Very cool and creative image! Excellent work!!
alltheoriginalnames
Funny things, I was going to send you a note regarding making a saddle, and then look at your last couple of pieces lol. Way ahead of me. While I don't really dig the shield to be honest, a dragon saddle is a very cool concept and something that needs to be explored. Definitely interested in this project.
blbarrett
WOW! I really like this image! Great colors and composition, a winner for sure.
scifibabe
Intriguing artwork. Fabulous dragon and great setting.
castaneda
Perfect for a book cover. Excellent
kirisute
looks uber cool bro! when you gonna start modelling some Monster Hunter wyverns? :P
Tracesl
cool!
demonicusrex
excellent image would love to have a closer look at the lance
Forevernyt
Looks awesome to me.
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent image!
ViciousCircle
will keep an eye on it? Will it be available one for the Campestergum? Anyway, thinking of practicality of riding a dragon wont led you anywhere. After all, dragons doesnt exist...
ubald
Very nice work:) always a treat..CHEERs.