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Preamble…
Trish Dragons – Nick Bibby
Sculptors of riders?
S-shaped or Serpentine Dragons
Basic shape the same…
Segmented bodies of Wyverns to Minaithnir then Bracchus body through to Plastic via Baudros.
Talisman riderless, remove spines for Asarnil.
Seraphon and 2002 Minaithnir bits…
Any more heads and tails around that might fit the dragon?
Thanks to Richard and more over at SoL and CCM.
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| Serpentine Dragon – 1987 | Rock Dragon – 1987 | ||
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| Orc Shaman on War Wyvern – 1992 | |||
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| Prince Imrik, High Elf Lord of Dragons, on Minaithnir – 1994 | Azhag the Slaughterer on War Wyvern – 1995 | ||
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| Rakarth the Beastlord on Bracchus – 1995 | Egrimm van Horstmann, Dark Sorceror of Chaos, on Baudros – 1996 | ||
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| Plastic Dragon / The Dragon King from Talisman 3rd Edition – 1995 | Asarnil the Dragonlord on Deathfang – 1998 | ||||
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| Malekith, Witch King of Naggaroth, on Seraphon – 2001 | Imrik, Dragonlord, on Minaithnir – 2002 | ||||
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| Plastic Dragon Rider Sprue (Imrik?) | Tzarina Katarin, Ice Queen of Kislev, on Frostwing | ||
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| “Two Up” of the Dragon King – 1992 | |||
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| Dark Elf Sorceress on Dark Pegasus – 1995 | Wood Elf on Forest Dragon – 1996 | ||
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| Unreleased Chimera – Late 1990s | |||
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| Orc Warboss on Wyvern – 2000 | Dark Elf Manticore – 2001 | ||
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| Zacharias the Everliving on Zombie Dragon – 2001 | Sisters of Twilight on Ceithin-Har – 2005 | ||
Bracchus almost the same as Plastic Dragon, with arms from Baudros.
Plastic Dragon being used as base for others.
Plastic wings modelled on metal ones, probably before the rest of the dragon.
Forest Dragon similar, but thinner. Twilight Sisters on remodelled Forest Dragon.
Zombie Dragon last of serpentine (but only just serpentine itself).
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| War Wyvern Body | Minaithnir (1994) Body | ||
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| Bracchus Body | Plastic Dragon Body | ||
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| Mystery Dragon | Mystery Dragon Mockup | ||
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| Arms from Baudros – Legs from Bracchus | Plastic Arms & Legs | ||
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| Metal and Plastic Wings | Unreleased Clear Wings | ||
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| Neck(s) and Tail(s) from Baudros | Tails from Minaithnir (2002) and Seraphon |
Conclusions…
Missing link Dragon?
One piece tail like Imrik’s metal dragon.
Metal wings? Confirm with better image of shoulders.
Dark Elf Sorceress on Dark Pegasus – Metal Wings…
Orc Warboss of Wyvern – Plastic WIngs
Which rider is it for? Asarnil? Which would make it Deathfang…
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| …and then another dragon appeared! |
…which turned out to be a regular dragon painted green with some fire stuck on!
In closing…
Late news – Plastic rider found…
Mark Owen “I did at one point have a plastic sprue of a character designed to fit on the dragon, including a seat piece that fit where the small spine component goes on the normal dragon assembly. It was a lot like Asarnil in plastic, but very small – in fact, I’d guess that his size could well be the reason he was never released.”
Rémi Oliveras – Now owns rider… (4th June!)