anybody got any idea how much these generally go for and any that are up for sale at the moment? how big are they?
boxed and mint I'd say 70-80 quid. loose around 55-65. No idea of size though as I dont own one :icon_scratch:
I'd say they're around 7-8" length and about the same across the wings. I have one that's supposed to be getting sold on eBay but I may have to sideline it into my own collection. Still the best dragon Citadel ever made, by a looooong way, IMHO. I'll try and photograph mine this week with another mini for scale...
I will see if I can dig mine out (still in pieces)
Some arsehole managed to drop mine and one of the wings bent near the root/base. Consequently I can't stick that wing on without it going through the floor and I can't straighten it :(!
They're right about it being 7-8" long and the wings being almost the same. I can take a photo of mine put next to something for reference (like a ruler or something) but I need to negotiate camera access and good weather too 'though.
Here's the pictures:
It's this big!!!!!!!!!!!!
Box & giant included for the purpose of comparisson.
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/Balgin/Miniatures/Citadel/Picture269.jpg)
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/Balgin/Miniatures/Citadel/Picture270.jpg)
And here's the bent wing (note the bend down near the shoulder joint).
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/Balgin/Miniatures/Citadel/Picture271.jpg)
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/Balgin/Miniatures/Citadel/Picture272.jpg)
Balgin what did you use to make the membrane for your wing?
Quote from: Custom_Hobby on August 13, 2007, 09:49:25 PM
Balgin what did you use to make the membrane for your wing?
Old metal toothpaste tubes smoothed flat with a spoon. Then I glued the paper templates to them with a pasty yellow glue (can't remember as it was nearly 20 years ago :p). Then we drew outlines around the templates, enlarging them to bend the membranes more.
Then I cut them out with scissors and we tried to glue them in place (relatively successfuly).
So I'm annoyed that the actual metal part of the wing has been bent at a really thick and really hard to straighten point :(.
Nice idea, for now I thin k I will just GS mine
Quote from: Custom_Hobby on August 13, 2007, 10:03:44 PM
Nice idea, for now I thin k I will just GS mine
You know, GS didn't exist back then and the thought of doing it with epoxy modelling putty didn't bear thinking about :p.
Yeah I know what you mean. Yours was a good improvisation though.
Quote from: Custom_Hobby on August 13, 2007, 10:22:55 PM
Yeah I know what you mean. Yours was a good improvisation though.
I was just ehading into my teens and my father's a very cunning clever man. He even taught himself how to edit webpages by trial and error and made his own website about his musical carreer!