Dragonheart Maquette

Shot from the film

Rough sketch that was approved for initial design

Small maquette in progress (sorry...crappy polaroid)

Small design maquette, director approved

Portrait I did, trying to make it more realistic, at least to me. They weren't as into it as the other version.

Working on the scanning maquette

Finishing details, scanning and onset lighting maquette

Finishing details, scanning and onset lighting maquette

Finito!

Crumbling relic on display at ILM. Credit also goes to Danny Wagner and Ron Holtzhausen. Danny did the mold work and casting of this guy, Ron sculpted the wing. In addition I got a lot of help and input from Phil Tippett and Craig Hayes. Team effort