vendredi, 11 janvier 2008

Vansal

Bonjour à tous,

Je vous présente une pièce plutôt massive de Dragonsite : Vansal.

Un imposant dragon aux ailes arc-en-ciel et chargé par un mage de protéger la forêt et la nature environnante.
Il fait ici une petite pause pour boire.

Ce dragon respire la sérénité et l'effet de l'eau est de toute beauté.












Ci-contre, "Morning Drink" de Julie Bell, l'artiste à l'origine de cette sculpture.


Vansal - JB20100

The land is hushed. The sun spreads warmth and light to the floor of the ancient forest.
Deep within the cover of the majestic trees, there is a place where neither human nor beast dares to venture.
Here lies the lair of the mighty dragon, Vansal, the largest and most feared creature in the kingdom before time.
Things that reflect light into the colors of a rainbow carry this magnificent beast. Its massive size and awesome strength strike fear into the hearts of even its bravest foes.
The high wizards have commanded Vansal to protect the forest's balance of nature against all intruders - a monumental task, as the forest stretches to the end of the land and is constantly invaded by those seeking to remove its treasures.
Late one afternoon, after travelling a great distance, Vansal returns to its quiet lair for a short respite from the never ending role as protector.
Perched on a gigantic rock, Vansal lowers its massive head to a crystal clear pool, fed by a rushing waterfall that spills down a boulder strewn rock face.
With surprising gentleness, its forked tongue caresses the surface of the water, drawing energy into its huge body.
Soon, it will be time to return to the journey...


H : 37,5 cm ; l : 25 cm
Collection : Dragonsite, ImaginistiX (Julie Bell)
Numéro : 234 / 2000
Matériau : résine



samedi, 22 décembre 2007

Sunburst, Moonstruck et Starlight

Bonjour à tous,

Aujourd'hui une série de 3 petits dragons de chez Dragonsite.

Ils ressemblent aux Bookwyrms et sont de la même dimension mais ce sont des éditions limitées.

Voici les dragons du Soleil, de la Lune et des étoiles ;).










Ci-contre, le concept art de Moonstruck, réalisé par Andrew Bill, le sculpteur de ces 3 pièces.


The complimentary forces of the Sun and Moon have dominated our lore and mythology for centuries.
Our ancestors looked to the skies and saw the Sun, an eternal dazzling globe of light, the life-giver, bringing warmth and light to their world.
It was seen as a generous benefactor lending its light to the Moon, which had no light of its own.
The Sun was always the constant, the dependable force of the heavens, whereas the Moon, with its ever-changing face, is seen as the more mysterious of the two.



Sunburst - Sol rumpere

In the First book of Mages we read that some civilizations believed the Sun to be the eye of the gods, or even the eye of the world; a scared being that dwelled inside the earth when not in the sky, for was it not from the earth that is rose at dawn and returned at dusk?
Great temples and tombs, even cities have been constructed in accordance with the Sun's movements across the sky.
The lives of many peoples follow the passage of the Sun as close as any flower whose face is ever turned to the great golden eye.


H : 14 cm ; L : 10 cm (envergure)
Collection : Dragonsite (Andrew Bill)
Numéro : 494 / 2000
Matériau : résine






Moonstruck - Lumaticus

The First book of Mages tells of the importance placed by many sorcerers on astronomical signs.
Indeed, so closely do some wizards relate these symbols to their craft that they have representations of them woven into the fabric of their long robes.
Crescent moon, full moon, the sun and stars, their unmistakable profiles have always held great potency for those who gaze skywards.


H : 18 cm ; L : 12 cm (envergure)
Collection : Dragonsite (Andrew Bill)
Numéro : 103 / 2000
Matériau : résine






Starlight - Stella lumen

Stars, perhaps more than other astronomical signs, have always been closely associated with magic and sorcery: they appear at the tips of fairy wands, as magical talismans, as the background for enchanter's charts, as decoration for wizards' robes.
The given form of the star (which is of course only an artist's impression of a bright point of twinkling light) is a potent symbol in the culture and theology of many diverse civilisations.

All the Books of Mages tell us that for many generations wizards and seers have used the constellations, the families of stars in the night sky, as navigators, oracles, spirit guides and a rich source of mythology.
The jewels of the midnight skies form a vast, encyclopaedic atlas, containing secrets and mysteries of which only the Great Watchers, the mighty stargazing mages might guess.


H : 18 cm ; L : 9 cm (envergure)
Collection : Dragonsite (Andrew Bill)
Numéro : 492 / 2000
Matériau : résine






Et tous les trois ensemble :

samedi, 15 décembre 2007

Bookwyrms série 2 (au complet)

Près d'un mois sans avoir poster de billet, mais voilà enfin les 2 manquants ! ils ont mis du temps à arriver, achetés début septembre la commande n'est jamais arrivée. Après avoir discuté un bon moment avec le vendeur l'affaire s'est résolue. En fin de compte ils ont été commandés au même vendeur que les 2 autres Bookwyrms ("Black beauty" et "Gone with the wind"). Une semaine aura suffit pour qu'ils arrivent, j'aurai dû acheter les 4 en même temps...

De gauche à droite :

  • Crouching dragon, hidden tiger
  • My friend Flicker

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.


Bookwyrms_serie2_nouvo.jpg
Bookwyrms_serie2_crouching.jpgBookwyrms_serie2_flicky.jpg

Une petite photo de famille ^^
Bon hélas j'ai eu un soucis avec "Tender" son épée s'est décrochée mais en voulant la replacer je l'ai tordue... je préfère ne plus y toucher ça ne ferait qu'empirer.

Bookwyrms_family.jpg

samedi, 17 novembre 2007

Aphellion

Bonjour à tous,

Un dragon Enchantica que je recherchais depuis un moment, voici Aphellion, la pièce annuelle de 2004.

Elle représente la résurrection d'un dragon depuis un portail magique, sous les rayons de la Lune.

J'aime beaucoup l'élégance de cette pièce.




Aphellion - EN2375

The night was filled with a scented breeze.
The ancient portal of Aphellion, ringed with mighty stone dragons of Eyesand, started to glow and pulse with the colours of the night.
Crude silhouettes stabbed the inky gloomness, as the moons rays slowly passed through the many alignments, seemingly to pause upon the smoking aperture.
The time of Aphellion was near and the resurrection of the sacred flame would once more alight this sacred, magical place.
Spires of twisted smoke, rose slowly from beneath, highlighted plumes of purple and greens somehow gave life to this ghostly snake.
Without pause its shape grew, ethereal wings opened to a ghostly dragon of light.
From its throne it surveyed the onlooking congregation, pausing for one moment to seek solace.
A dragon made from the stars, a bringer of light, whose very soul had been carved from the stars.
Laments and chants soothed the beast and from its mouth came the whitest of flame bathing the surroundings in a warm glow.
The dragon stretched its wings, seemingly bade farewell to the onlookers and rose majestically into the sky to return to its brethren.
A pure white flame, ringed by the Stone Dragons remained, the time of Aphellion had arrived once more.


H : 26 cm ; L : 24 cm (envergure)
Collection : Enchantica (Rob Simpson)
Numéro : n/a
Matériau : résine




jeudi, 1 novembre 2007

Halos

Bonjour à tous,

J'aime quand les mises en scène sont soignées et c'est le cas de Halos. La pièce annuelle de 2006 chez Enchantica.

Un dragon bleu et jaune profitant d'une fontaine. L'eau est merveilleusement rendue et comme Vansal, l'effet aqueux peut en tromper plus d'un.

La pièce est extrêmement lourde et ça m'a beaucoup surprise en le déballant, il n'est pas juste fait de résine comme les autres. Son poids se rapproche d'un Windstone, peut-être est-ce le même matériau.



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


Halos - EN3004
H : 18 cm ; L : 26 cm
Collection : Enchantica (Rob Simpson)
Numéro : n/a
Matériau : n/a



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