I would think that the wings would be attached on the
shoulder blades, by a sort of ball-joint, like the hip
or the shoulder itself. But then, the type of dragon
I'm thinking of is the kind that has hind legs,
forelegs/forepaws, and the wings being a seperate
thing.
If I can find it, there was an interesting Dragon in
Monster Rancher 4 called the Diaboros, which was
completely skeletal, and shows just where the joints
attach, and how... if I can get a pic of it, or
whatever, maybe that'll help?
Kaleb
--- Scrapper Black Dragon <scrapperbd_at_yahoo.com>
wrote:
> 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 - 21:41:26 CDT