Papermache Red Dragon Full Body

This is a time lapse making of a Red Dragon. I liked the red dragon trophy I made so I decided to make the rest of the body. It was made with paper and cloth mache with some air dry clay.
Check out my etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/RaysDragonLair
Instagram: / rays_dragon_lair
Facebook: / raysdragonlair
I would also like to thank Dan Reeder, again, for the inspiration and instructions on how to make these great dragon heads. His site is here: gourmetpapermache.com/
and here: / danmonsterman
Materials used:
Paper
Tape
Flour
Water
Elmers Glue
Bed Sheet
Air Dry Clay
Sculpley
Paint
Music:
Music by David Fau
/ freemetalsongs
/ bestplugins

[@gloriabrothers5508]

You are a dragon construction master!!! Great creation!!! Thank-you

[@chrisgriffin9164]

That's the best dragon I have ever seen, so many small details, so perfect.

[@RaysDragonLair]

Thank you

[@noobgeneral974]

At the start it looked like a frog... AMAZING good job i love this dragon. :3

[@axecalibore]

That's beautiful man.

[@dragorsi]

It is awesome!!

[@luunaz]

Awesome build!

[@RaysDragonLair]

Thank you

[@gioteya]

Nice work.. :)

[@julzabro]

Dude! Duuuuude! That's friggin amazing! So the scales are the air dry clay??? AMAZING amount of detail....must've took you like 3 months er something! Truly blown away!

[@alinougameur]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍very beautiful Red Dragon

great video

[@RaysDragonLair]

Thanks

[@user-cx6vg8lk6l]

НЕТ СЛОВ!!!!!ЭТО ПРОСТО ВЕЛИКОЛЕПНО!!!!ТОЖЕ ХОЧУ ПОПРОБОВАТЬ!!!

[@Achbar]

this is nice

[@psychoandreas7096]

fantastic Dragon . I cant believe that there are so few Likes 👍

[@RaysDragonLair]

Klaus So. Thank you.

[@GoNoRdEaTh]

Very cool!! Its like the style of paper mache gourmet channel.

[@RaysDragonLair]

Thank you. I bought Dan Reeder's book, the gourmet paper mache guy, and I try to make mine look as good a his.

[@GoNoRdEaTh]

Really amazing art!! Awesome.

[@milagrospicado2132]

BENDICIONES 🙏 ES UNA ARTISTA

[@miqueiasdossantos6764]

Você é um grande artista parabens .muita saúde pra você e toda familia.

[@RaysDragonLair]

Obrigado

[@arlenebowland6146]

legendary

[@RaysDragonLair]

Arlene Bowland Thank you.

[@tonegallardo]

buen trabajo, me gusta

[@RaysDragonLair]

Thank you

[@faturfatur2293]

Wooowwwwwwww

[@julzabro]

I didn't even see where you put the eyes in or how. Where do you get your eyes from or do you make them? Also, I notice you paint base colors as you go...well before the final....is that just so you can see what you're doing better??

[@RaysDragonLair]

I just hot glue the eyes on. I paint it black first, I explain why in my paint video. Also paint the inside of the mouth before putting the head together, it makes painting that easier.

[@missuma13]

Amazing work ! I'm curious, how much does it weight ?

[@RaysDragonLair]

missuma13 I think it's around 10 pounds. I didn't weigh it, but it is not too heavy.

[@ljh-zf9qi]

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo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[@mainesmith6011]

How long did this take you to make?

[@RaysDragonLair]

I started this in late December and finished it the first week of April. I worked on it mostly on the weekends.

[@cookiecake1972]

Where did you get the eyes ?

[@ColdwindNZ]

Kekse Kuchen! A

[@susansutton2012]

Fabulous dragon!! Is air dried clay a good alternative to the paper mache clay or would it be too heavy?

[@RaysDragonLair]

Thank you. It depends if weight is an issue for you. I am not positive about the weight difference but I used air dry clay on the horns and incident seem too heavy.

[@susansutton2012]

@@RaysDragonLair Thanks for the quick replies. I intend to have a try myself but you will be a hard act to follow. If you had to buy 1 Dan Reeder book for dragons and paper mache which would you recommend. Thanks Sue

[@RaysDragonLair]

@@susansutton2012 I bought his how to make dragons book. That book is what got me started on this.

[@susansutton2012]

@@RaysDragonLair Much appreciated. Thanks, Sue.

[@mynameluvsdragonscancelled6759]

I’m the 991st person to like

[@EmilyJuneG]

Is the gray stuff just air dry clay??

[@RaysDragonLair]

The gray stuff is paper mache clay. I buy the papermache clay, which is just finely ground up paper, and mix it with elmers glue. It will hold a little detail and when it drys it is hard as a rock. I got the idea from Dan, he call it spit wads. Get started making dragons!

[@buck7850]

everything starts off with little things

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

Very cool had to mute the music though seemed much better with classical. I could see making one where his wings could attach to the ceiling in a corner and he would be coming down in attack mode. Probably would have to use a metal wire frame so he wouldn't end up sagging after time.

[@RaysDragonLair]

Chris P. Bacon, this was my first time doing wings on a dragon. I would definitely do things differently if I got to do them again. I do have coat hanger wire in the wings, three of them on the open one, I guess it wasn't enough. I would have put more because I really do not like the sagging wing, and my wife likes it and doesn't want me to attach it to the ceiling. I am working one one now that doesn't sag.

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

Awesome think it will look great in attack form. I sent for Dan's books but havn't been home to get them, really am looking forward to reading them. You seem to have really picked up on these have quite the knack it seems. Do you sell any of your creations?

[@RaysDragonLair]

Chris P. Bacon, I post work in progress pics on my Instagram if you are interested.

[@RaysDragonLair]

Chris P. Bacon yes, I have an etsy store. I sold the black Drogon dragon, but still have the other ones.

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

Oh yeah I would like to follow along as you build and post. I like seeing the creative process. It always is amazing seeing it start off as not much to look at and morph into something incredible.

[@cookiecake1972]

What did you take for the tooths ?

[@RaysDragonLair]

I use Premo Sculpey Translucnet color www.amazon.com/Sculpey-PE08-5310-Premo-Clay-Ounces-Translucent/dp/B007QNEE8I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508330600&sr=8-1&keywords=premo+sculpey+translucent Also in this video I show you how I make the teeth: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIrIdqWrecatqMk

[@cookiecake1972]

Raymond Bennett Thanks

[@cookiecake1972]

Raymond Bennett One more question where did you get the eyes ?

[@RaysDragonLair]

This guy: www.etsy.com/shop/artistJP?ref=l2-shopheader-name

[@_veit7982]

Nice Dragon can You make Smaug from The Hobbit?

[@RaysDragonLair]

Mr TrollGamer I probably could, this was my first full body dragon. I might eventually try and make Smaug.

[@terrenceserrantes6751]

Now thats resycling paper!?.... or not...

[@RaysDragonLair]

All the newspaper was old and out of date so, I guess you can call it recycling....

[@ya-el3.1416]

Can you make a Chinese dragon

[@RaysDragonLair]

Yael Antonio MOGUEL yes I probably could, I have 3 more trophies I am currently working on. I should have some more videos up at the beginning of the month. I should make a Chinese dragon and see how it comes out.

[@user-mp8xw9gn7z]

Слишком быстро. Ничего не понятно.

[@Kevinegan1]

That building technique reminds of the days when my doctor prescribed me Ritalin.

[@user-jy7ow7ul4f]

monsterhunter？

[@RaysDragonLair]

なまおキッチン no, this is a dragon of my own design.

[@noobgeneral974]

Anyone notice the weird SpongeBob??

[@RaysDragonLair]

I used one of my kids old SpongeBob sheets for the cloth mache. All the dragons I have made so far has SpongeBob in them somewhere. ;)

[@TwizyChrisy]

The video is cool, the dragon is supercool, the "musik" is mega-trash!

[@RaysDragonLair]

Thanks. Copyright free music is alright. I picked it because I felt the speed of the metal seemed to match the hyperspeed of my moments.