Celeste - The Stainless Steel Dragon - October 2016 Dragon zero. The first of them all. The one that gave birth to a throng. At one point, I stumbled across a picture of a similar chainmaille dragon online. A friend of mine was also wanting to get into chainmaille, and the idea of making a dragon intrigued her. I decided to make one from larger rings (mostly 16 gauge, 5/16"ID rings). The body is Interwoven 4-1 (changed to Persian Dragonscale for just over 40 future dragons, before returning to Interwoven 4-1. Both have their upsides and downsides), and the arms are boxchain with byzantine connections for the elbows. To blend the body into the tail, I used Elfweave, and then a simple chain to reach the scale at the end of the tail. The head is mainly Alienmaille weave, with some modifications to allow the large ring to be gripped between the teeth. I also gave her blackened steel rings as eyes, and a clasp under her rear scale so that she can be worn like a bracelet :) . Like all of my dragons, she has been imbued with part of my Spirit, bringing Her to life. She's been gifted to my sister's family, the Blagdens ❤
Venus - February 2017 This was a really fun project, done while livestreaming. Made from a mixture of ring sizes, though all 18 gauge. The head is 7/32"ID stainless steel in alienmaille weave, the body is 1/4"ID titanium in persian dragonscale, the legs are 3/16"ID titanium in roundmaille and byzantine, and the tail is 1/4"ID titanium in elfweave, which tapers down to a pair of aluminum scales. The back scales are tempered high-carbon steel, which have a beautifully weatherworn look to them. There's a handful of other assorted sizes as needed too (including a handmade mouth ring of 12 gauge 11/16"ID enamelled steel coathanger wire, for lack of an available alternative), so she's got a mix of a little of everything in her :) The tail can be threaded through the mouth ring and connected a clasp beneath the last back scale and worn as a bracelet :D A gift to my bestie's daughter Zöe ❤
Mercury - February 2017 Also made while livestreaming, the second dragon came together a lot faster than the first, probably about 7.5 hours (as compared to the first's 8.5). I used the same weaves, alienmaille, persian dragonscale, roundmaille/byzantine, and elfweave, in the same materials. Stainless steel head, titanium body, shiny stainless scales, and 3/16", 7/32", 1/4"ID sizes as above. Again, there's a handful of other ring sizes in order to make a connection fit or whatnot. The connections between the head and body, and body and tail in this dragon flow more smoothly than the first, so there's subtle differences between them. The first's head came out better though, so there's that. They're like triplets... not quite identical, but not really different either. A gift to my bestie's other daughter Willow ❤
Drag-On Queen - February 2017 The final of the triplets to come into creation, this one wanted to be shinier. Born of the same titanium and stainless steel rings, she sports anodized aluminum hot pink scales with a mirror finish. She was given to the Sunshine House, where she was named Queen and will continue to protect the inhabitants and those who visit. Time constraints limited additional pics for Zebeth, but rest assured that she will be seen by many over the years. And with that, the triplets fly to their new homes as quickly as they were created. The first two are being given to a friend as presents for her kids, and Celeste (above) was staying with my niece in another town. She didn't get to see any of them in progress, though she did get to meet them in person when I had the opportunity to bring them in for a dragongathering :D Gifted to the amazing Sunshine House of Winnipeg ❤
Viserion - March 2017 Also made for the Sunshine House, this dragon was made to be given away to a lucky winner at one of their events! Made in a total of about 5.5 hours, she's 18-gauge, almost entirely stainless steel. The body is 1/4"ID persian dragonscale weave, the tail is 1/4"ID elfweave (with some 3/16"ID tapering it to a pair of anodized aluminum scales), and the head is 5/32"ID. The mouth ring is again a custom-sized 12-gauge enamelled mild steel, and she has blackened 5/32"ID stainless steel eyes. The legs are 3/16"ID roundmaille with byzantine joints, and just for funsies I gave her titanium claws :) From Celeste came the trio, and from the four came the initial seven. This one's name came from asking the livestream chat for suggested names for the dragon I was working on, and let the dragon pick which one she wants. The name chosen was Viserion <3 Gifted to Sunshine House to become a gift for another ❤
Octavia - March 16, 2017 (Ice Dragon) A dragon made for myself. After having made so many dragons to be given away (and Celeste staying with my sister and niece), I decided that I wanted to have my own dragon to play with. And as much as I would have loved to have had a full-titanium dragon, I unfortunately lacked the rings at the time, thus making her stainless steel. Though she was given titanium claws, so there's that :) Octavia, an ice dragon, travels with me as often as possible because funsies, and she's really fun to play with :D She flew off to a new home though in early 2018, having disappeared from my bag perhaps when I went to pull out my bus pass or something. A week later though, she returned! Waiting for me in the snow by the sidewalk near home, I scooped her up and returned her to my side ❤ After so many, finally a dragon for myself ❤
Lorelei - March 2017 The final of the initial 7 dragons. Lorelei is very unique, in that I lacked blackened steel rings in 7/32"ID (my usual size for the Alienmaille head). I used a combination of 1/4" and 3/16"ID rings, as well as some 5/32"ID rings for added teeth. Yeah, I know, right? I needed to do a lot of fanangling around with the face to make her look good, and added some awesome jaggedy teeth to secure other rings in place. By far the most time consuming, but also the most amazing Dragon head so far :D Like her twin Octavia, the scales at the tip of her tail are forked apart, as opposed to cupped together like the others before. Like her other siblings, she has titanium claws as well. Though as lighter coloured rings were needed for eyes, she was given titanium eyes as well, just because <3. Lorelei, the last of the original seven, was gifted to my friend QuelynBlay. From these came forth the throng.