24" long Ancient Chinese Dragon Marquette Study Model
Ancien t Chinese Dragon detail
Wall of 9 Dragons in China
Two of the animated, finished displays
Cutting foam legs to fit
Art and mechanical crew on this project
framework under the foam, which was under the clay sculpture
Under the sculpture
Original sculpture
Color palettes
dragon body with sculpted and cast tail
Epoxy fiberglass head shell
Sculpted and cast feet get fitted to the legs
Finished display
Dragon Body encircling a post
mold running (feet / claws)
mold runners
LED eyes being installed
giant claws and feet molds created
mold making
Painting team
tails were sculpted in clay, then molded, then parts created from those molds
dragon body
mechanical leg
head getting paint, waiting for jaw set to be installed
head shells made from our molds
jig built to allow construction and ease of movement in/out of trucks and the venue
computer cut scales made from two fabrics, then sprayed with gold edging
custom cut, laminated, silks and backing
fabric painting
art department
machine shop
mechanical sliding base
welded parts waiting for installation
electrical engineering on moving LED orb
time to get these over to the Bellagio in Las Vegas
pneumatic valves and controls
animatronic controller with DMX
Finished Fire Dragon display
Finished Gold Dragon display
Fire Dragon
Dragons climbing 30' into the sky
dragon head shell
