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Comme son nom l'indique, c'est avant tout un site web qui permet d'acheter des statues limitées et certifiées où que l'on vive dans le monde. En effet, la collection imposante qu'est Enchantica se cantonne beaucoup au Royaume-Uni et n'exporte pas vraiment à l'étranger. Dragonsite est devenue une collection à part entière avec ses propres statues de Dragons (réalisées par Andrew Bill) ainsi qu'une collection importante de Fées.

Les pièces sont en résine, sculptées et peintes à la main. Ce sont majoritairement des éditions limitées vendues avec un certificat. Les tailles comme les prix sont très variables.

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vendredi, 20 juillet 2007

Renascence

Par Arktoss le vendredi, 20 juillet 2007, 11:29

Bonjour à tous,

Le dragon d'aujourd'hui est un Dragonsite qui me tient très à cœur : Renascence.

Je ne sais pas exactement pourquoi mais cette pièce est une de mes préférées de tout Dragonsite. Il y a quelque chose dans la posture et l'aspect de ce dragon qui me plaît énormément.

La base n'est pas en reste, le nid dans les ossements de dragons... à la fois morbide et superbe, cette pièce porte son nom à merveille.


• Renascence - Renascor - AB20010

For many years the old mages pondered the fate of the great wyrm of the eastwind, Vermeurus, scourge of generations of nomads who eked out their meagre living on the wind-lashed dunes of the Eastern Desert.
The Book of Dragons, volume one, tells of the creature's taste for human flesh bringing it intoopen warfare with the scattered tribes who continuously traverse that lonely place.
Bardus, their greatest warrior, if only in height and girth, vowed to face the dragon alone in mortal combat, and much celebration was made at his departure.
Many goats and young brides were promised on his successful return, yet to the mixed consternation and delight of the nomads, neither Bardus nor the terrible dragon were ever seen by them again.
Many years later, a young student sorcerer exploring the desert wilds as part of his worldly studies, came across a rare and dangerous find, a dragon nest.
There he discovered the remains of a huge wyrm amongst the massive array of bones of which the nest was constructed, and what seemed to be the skeleton of a large man apparently stuck in its throat.
The youth hastily measured the dimensions of the great skull, lest the owner of the nest should return, and reached the conclusion that this was surely the skeleton of the mighty Vermeurus. He further deduced that the dragon had finally met its end by choking on its very last victim.
The nomads of the desert claimed the deceased man as their own Bardus, the saviour of their people. He had promised to vanquish the dragon and this he had done, if by no other means than proving too big to swallow.
Yet perhaps the ferocious spirit of Vermeurus and who knows the desperate valour of Bardus will be reborn into the hatchlings of the desert dragon.
For as the verbuMMagus himself might say, "In the midst of death comes forth life, like the phoenix, reborn."

H : 34 cm ; l : 20 cm
Collection : Dragonsite, VerbumMagus (Andrew Bill)
Numéro : 265 / 2000
Matériau : résine




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lundi, 21 mai 2007

Thief

Par Arktoss le lundi, 21 mai 2007, 21:25

Bonjour à tous,

Thief (Voleur en français) de Dragonsite est une pièce imposante et complexe.

Le dragon Furunculus tente de dérober un précieux joyau pour sa collection mais celui-ci a été enchanté par un sorcier. À l'approche du dragon, les flammes se muent en un nid de vipères géantes dont une seule morsure scellerait le sort du voleur.

Une belle pièce, étonnamment légère et résistante.



• Thief - Fur - AB20018

Furunculus was a fierce dragon with an incurable taste for jewels, especially jewels deemed by great adventurers to be so fabulous, so magical, so desirable, they inspired countless wildly heroic exploits to attain them.
As told in the Third Book of Treasure, Furunculus became a prodigious collector owing to his felonious propensities. In time, his reputation began to rival those of the greatest treasure thieves of them all.
This inspired the more industrious enchanters to devise even greater trial of inguenuity and courage in an attempt to thwart the devilish dragon. Callidus, arguably the most devious of the great labyrinth masters, set to work on a new creation and commissioned the Heaven's Tear - an iridescent diamond cut from the priceless slab unearthed at the legendary mine of Crystallum - the rarest of prizes to lure the dragon.
That Furunculus would be tempted by this glittering bauble was without question and Callidus prepared his most tortuous endeavour to vanquish the dragon marauder.
At the end of an intricate maze, packed with deadly trials and conundrums, Furunculus encounters the ultimate test. a golden dragon statue is bearing the diamond surrounded by a writhing ring of fire. Sorcery crafts living flame into a giant nest of seething vipers, just one bite from which would seal the dragon's fate.
As in his wont, the verbMMagus closes the book before we see whether Callidus becomes poorer by one priceless diamond and Furunculus the richer. Of one thing we can be certain however, the dragon will not feign from this task and whilst there is life within him, will not rest until the famous jewel is within his grasp.

H : 32 cm ; L : 22 cm
Collection : Dragonsite, VerbumMagus (Andrew Bill)
Numéro : 296 / 2000
Matériau : résine



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Secrets

Par Arktoss le lundi, 21 mai 2007, 20:35

Bonjour à tous,

L'une des mes pièces les plus originales de ma collection et une de mes préférées : un dragon génie.

Petit extrait traduit de son histoire :

Gobi, un aventurier malicieux de la ville d'Azbal, a osé le test du sorcier et choisi ce qu'il pensait être un beau flacon. Avec l'espoir de richesses dépassant ses rêves, il relâcha le bouchon d'or, et vit se libérer de son confinement Idolon; un génie souriant, portant un grand cimeterre menaçant sur le dos d'un dragon violet chatoyant de bronze.

• Secrets - Occultus - AB20003

Not all surprises are pleasant ones. Do not expect all freed spirits to be grateful. Not every sealed vessel contains the answer to your dreams. Some conceal your worst nightmare.
The legend of the genie in the bottle is as old as time, and usually tells of a beneficent spirit, released from its ancient bonds, bestowing magical wishes upon its beloved liberator. However, this is not always the case. Inside the great dust encrusted tome entitled Eastern Adventures we discover that it was the wizard Inspertatus who created the dazzling collection of bottles, flasks, jars and amphorae housed within the infamous Chamber of the Unexpected. Each vessel contains an imprisoned magical spirit, some benign, some decidedly malignant.
Whereas dragons are usually predisposed towards guarding or stealing treasure, so, many wizards tend to share a proclivity for setting tests. Magical talismans secreted within vast danger-ridden labyrinths. Fabulous jewels guarded by monstrous beasts. Fountains of eternal youth situated at the end of a gauntlet of homicidal obstacles. Whichever way you look at it wizards have a somewhat twisted frame of mind. Insperatus was no exception. He had created a place that depending on your luck or skill in deciphering deeply cryptic cabalistic inscriptions could be a chamber of delight or chamber of horrors.
Gobi, a roguish adventurer from the city of Azbal was said to have dared the wizard's test and chosen what he thought was a handsome looking flask. With hopes of riches beyond his dreams, he eased out the golden stopper, and behold, liberated from its cramped confinement issued forth Idolon; a genie carrying a large, menacing scimitar, grinning down from the back of a shimmering dragon of violet and bronze.
Was this a good choice? Did Gobi get his heart's desire? Or was the glint in the genie's eye the cool glare of evil? The verbuMMagus knows of course. He knows what happens in all of the stories in the great library, but as usual his teasing smile is our only clue.

H : 30 cm ; l : 19 cm
Collection : Dragonsite, VerbumMagus (Andrew Bill)
Numéro : 530 / 2000
Matériau : résine




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Onslaught

Par Arktoss le lundi, 21 mai 2007, 20:31

Bonjour à tous,

Voici Onslaught (Assaut en français), une pièce intéressante de Dragonsite.

La scène représente dans une posture très dynamique, un dragon coloré attaquant un chevalier pour un trésor au pied d'une souche. Ce trésor que cherche à s'accaparer le chevalier est probablement celui d'un Leprechaun : un chaudron rempli d'or que l'on trouvé au pied d'un arc-en-ciel. Mais le trésor s'avère très bien gardé.





Ci-contre, le concept art réalisé par Andrew Bill, le sculpteur de cette pièce.

• Onslaught - Incursus - AB20004

They say that there is a crock of gold at every rainbow’s end, but fairy gold universally prized far about mere mortal wealth is a treasure dearly bought.
The verbuMMagus plucks a story from the shelves of Fairy Tales which tells of a particularly mischievous band of sylvan nymphs - spell-weavers, beguilers - who in common with many other magic-wielders loved to play tricks on dissatisfied mortals; using their greed or boredom to lure them to disaster. For despite being constantly told by the wise that there is no such thing as something for nothing, there are always those who refuse to believe it.
The fairy forest dwellers were generous in the amount of gold they placed at the end of their rainbows but they exacted a heavy toll: a dragon! Craftily concealed by enchantment, the ferocious beast would lie in wait for unsuspecting pilferers and then spring a terrifying ambush. Needless to say very few fairy coins ever found their way into general circulation!

H : 14 cm ; L : 30 cm
Collection : Dragonsite, VerbumMagus (Andrew Bill)
Numéro : 576 / 2000
Matériau : résine



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dimanche, 20 mai 2007

Bookwyrms

Par Arktoss le dimanche, 20 mai 2007, 21:42

Très proche d'Enchantica, avec quelques sculpteurs communs aux 2 groupes, Dragonsite propose des figurines en résines de dragons (beaucoup de fées également). Voilà 4 petits Bookwyrms, petits dragons en résine perchés sur des livres.

De gauche à droite :

  • Tender is a Knight
  • Drakes of Wrath
  • White Fang
  • Lord of the Wings

taille : environ une dizaine de cm chacun

Have you ever left a book for one minute, and returned to find it back on the shelf? Page markers on the wrong pages, or missing altogether? How about a book you borrowed only yesterday being mysteriously overdue?
Conjured inadvertently by the careless thoughts of daydreaming librarians, this growing brood of mischievous dragons spend their time wreaking havoc in magical libraries.
Never causing any real damage, these creatures are rarely glimpsed by human eye, and never by the library's keeper, for when he wakes, the Bookwyrms sleep.


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