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It isn't easy building a Dragon. In fact, if I had known how hard it would be at the level I am currently at I would have waited for another few months until I had a better grasp of rigging, UV texturing and the animation process.

The modeling becomes easy when you have a graps of the basics of Sub D modeling. Get a grip of the tools available. Knife, Bandsaw, Stretch, move, Miroor copy, Smooth shif, bevel, etc..you need to master all of these before even attempting a full figure like a Dragon.

Big tip: always name the parts/surfaces as you go along. It makes life so much easier if half way through the project you want to select a tiny part ie. the tongue, if it has its own surface.



LIGHTWAVE 3D GALLERIES - The Beast


A FIMO Dragon I built some time ago.
I used this as reference for the LW model

One of the early Wire frame
shade images. Sub D is active.


Wire frame from above

Quad view of Sub D model


Initial bone rig

First test renders with wings
in default position


Posed test render

Poser test render.
Aggressive stance


Head up test. Facial morph
in action

Test render