When people meet me, they often think I'm a little strange.
Once they get to know me, they don't _think_ I'm strange,
they
KNOW so!
One of my current projects, inspired by Harry Potter 2nd
and 3rd movies is to build a dragon skeleton; except mine
will be
far more realistic than their try-hard effort. I know
people who can help me acquire the necessary carcasses and
who have
the skills to clean up and wire the bones as required. Plus
I'm quite deft with a drill, grinder or dremel!.
I've a few ideas for common animals I can source in
Australia that I can use for body structures. Kangaroo
looks quite
promising for tail, hips, spine. Head I'll need something
a bit bigger, preferably with horns like an angora goat.
Teeth
I'll need a few dogs probably, as I'll want lots of sharp
incisors. The few foxes I have may do okay for smaller
teeth.
Don't think I'll be able to get a croc head from which to
source teeth (too flat for a dragon head), though a shark
may be
helpful... I also need to source some decent claws. Emu
(or ostrich) claws would be awesome, but hard to come by.
Forelegs
I haven't put a lot of thought into, but may be able to
adapt kangaroo front limbs with a few dog or goat parts.
What I REALLY need help with; How do the wings go?
Particularly the shoulders. This is where I'm hoping the
wonderous Mr
Hardiman and his excellent extrapolation knowledge of
bones, muscles and physiology can figure out,
realistically, how a
dragon that has front legs, could have wings mounted to its
back/shoulders etc. The wing structure itself I can look
at
birds or bats for a breakdown. How can a creature have
front legs, be able to stand on its rear legs and have
wings that
were sufficiently strong enough to allow flight?
Once I know what the shoulder/wing joints and associated
bone sections should look like, I can then start collecting
the
required pieces to build this fearsome creature. I'm
putting word out to friends at the moment to start
acquiring relevant
'bone donors' as they encounter them (ferals, road kill,
slaughtered stock).
No immediate hurry, Jim; ponder it while you shuffle boxes
or whatever mind numbing tasks you may have to do at work.
A
simple sketch would be more than enough and I will be
forever grateful. Anyone else, who reckons they have the
answer, I am
_VERY_ willing for them to contribute ideas or discuss the
project, which we can take off-group unless it proves
exceedingly
popular (in which case it will be designated OT the
subject). When complete, I will take pictures and post
them to the group
for all to see.
Scrapper, Black Dragon, fear me!
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Received on Tue Jul 27 2004 - 01:36:48 CDT