Dragondance Gyarados Project?

By Rehtse. 25/02/11, 02:39 pm

Oooooh if I lived anywhere near you... >///<
I sooo want to be a part of this >_<

By Grassangel. 25/02/11, 02:56 pm

*raises hand* I'd be willing to help with construction/whatever part is being done in Wellington. I really like the idea of trainer-carriers for a Gyarados as well.
*is trying to think of other dragon/snake like characters* Haku, with No-face carriers?

By Lowkey. 27/02/11, 12:40 pm

I guess this means time to start on a plan re: how we're building, where, and when, and who's attending.

SGB and I can probably host a sewing meet in Wellington; only one sewing machine but enough space and also some spare mattresses if people are coming down/up and need to crash (but will have to confirm with parents, obviously). But before that even happens, some executive decisions regarding a pattern, the method for constructing the head; these need to have some finality or we're going to sit around twiddling our toes instead of constructing (Or perhaps more likely hosting Super Smash Brothers Brawl tournaments; while entertaining...).

I suppose I open the floor to all and any brainstorming, links to tutorials, suggestions, &c. Fabric swatches, illustrations for pattern, ideas on how to build the body. Possibly a final list of people keen would be useful so we can work out how long to make it and begin to think about talking about splitting costs incurred if necessary. My suspicion is that a paper-mache head with fabric glued/stretched over attached to a long tube of whatever cheap blue fabric we can find won't be too costly or too challenging; dowels and hoops to support the structure might be more costly?

Do we have a consensus on what Gyarados should be chasing around? I like the idea of a circular sort of pokemon or a pokeball on a stick that's long enough that it'll be head height on the dragon despite its bearers relative lack of stature. <3

Chyeah bro, look at me putting my A+ Project Management skills to use, oi.

By **Li-Bai**. 27/02/11, 09:33 pm

behold my amazing paint skills
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By Tracer Kinship. 28/02/11, 11:14 pm

Ohmygod I totally support this idea and would love to help out.

By Lowkey. 01/03/11, 10:46 am

So far our project team is tentatively: Li Bai, Tracer Kinship, Thornback?, SGB, JVKA, Icarus, Grassangel, Hyolee and myself? Please confirm (with your location and if you are willing or able to travel at some future date).

Just going to throw out a seed-idea to get us started: suggest improvements as we go. I would recommend a papermache head being constructed in Wellington, since it's where several people can work together semi-regularly between layers and drying phases. Fins and tails could be constructed across the rest of the country by willing volunteers; same for pokeball-on-a-stick, with a final date set for everybody to meet either in Wellington or at some half-way point space that doesn't look sideways at kids with sewing machines and a ... giant floppy dragon.

Materials list?:
X number of hoops and dowels for bearing, where X is number of willing acrobats/carriers
x meters of blue fabric where X is dependant on willing bearers/length of Gyarados - could be a slightly fancy fabric or something cheap we can paint on?
x meters of cream/yellow fabric for stomach and details
x meters of pale blue / silvery blue fabric for fins
Papermache & cardboard & swiss ball, for moulding/building head base
...

with:
? other fabric colours?
? fur / ruffle as in dragondance photograph above?
? somebody clever to rig a watergun inside the Gyarados' mouth?
? stitck-pokeman/pokeball.
? costumes for carriers