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Needlefelted Iskierka

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This beauty is going in the fair this year :) This is Iskierka, one of the dragons from Naomi Novik's His Majesty's Dragon series. The books are about, quite basically, the Napoleonic war fought with dragons as air support, told from the view of one naval captain-turned-aviator and his dragon Temeraire.

Iskierka is a Kazilik, a Turkish dragon and one of the few known firebreathers. This spikey lady is about three feet long or so, wool around a pipe cleaner skeleton. Each spike was done individually by hand before being needled onto the body, as were each tooth and spot. The harness is made from leather cording and chain, assembled around her body, and she hangs from fishing line so it looks like she's flying. She was my second HMD dragon- I did Temeraire himself as well, and he'll be posted in a sec.

Somewhere around here I have little aviators to go with her and Temeraire, but I have no idea where they are...

The spikes were a pain, but I'm pretty darn happy with her. :D
Image size
2576x1920px 1.41 MB
Make
Hewlett-Packard
Model
HP Photosmart E330
Shutter Speed
1/60 second
Aperture
F/4.5
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Feb 26, 2010, 4:38:08 PM
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