Here be Dragons: Large Green Dragon

Dragons in Earthsea are neither good nor evil by human standards, but always extremely dangerous.

--Wikipedia entry for Earthsea

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This dragon is from Safari Ltd. Its size is 5.5" L x 4" H (14 x 10 cm) and is still available in toy stores that carry the Safari brand as well as at their web store here.

The large green dragon is 6.5" L x 5.5" H (16.5 x 14 cm) in size. shown below is the dragon together with a 28mm LOTR Man of Gondor from Games Workshop. The sculpting here is very nice and sinuous with very prominent textures. The dragon has a frill on the top of its head instead of horns and the webbed look gives it a sinister, reptilian aspect.

As compared to the smaller red dragon previously featured, the green one is better painted save for the eyes which "as-is" looks like a pair of beady lights. These could do with some repainting.

The dragon's jaws are agape and parts of its reddish tongue extend from the maw and irregularly arranged teeth. The neck is curved back in the middle but extends forward nearer to the head. Again, the neck textures are well-made. The torso has the dragons two forelimbs seemingly clawing at empty space and the pose is quiet pleasant, reminiscent of an animal accustomed to traavelling on four limbs suddenyl rearing up. It kinda reminded me of the iguanadons in the movie Dinosaurs.

The feet and legs are well-muscled and posed, with the talons depicted as "digging in" the ground. The wings are painted in different tones from the skin, making them look thinner and more luminous, much like hairless bat wings. Over-all, a very nice dragon that can go a long way in both my wargaming and RPG endeavors.

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