There are so many cool characters in the Splinterlands universe, that it is getting harder and harder to choose which one I want to use in the contest. But this week I decided to do the Lightning Dragon. Number one because he is one of my favorites, and number two, I already had a dragon in my Poser3d Library.
I used this image of the lightning Dragon as my reference. The 3d modling and animation software that I use is called Poser12. It's 3d software that is pretty easy to use but can also get pretty complicated too. I have been using this software since 1998 when Poser3 was first released. And to this day I still have not even come close to figuring everything out lol.
So I started out with my basic dragon model, the challenge was to get him as close to the lightning Dragon as possible.
First I changed his skin color from green to blue, then I added spikes to his nose and back.
I gave him a few extra spikes because I wanted him to look a bit more menacing.
Poser12 also has some pretty cool 3rd party particle effects which is what I used for the lightning. Hopefully one day I will learn everything this program has to offer, so I can make better animations, I just hope Splinterlands is still around by then lol
