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[center]A collection thread to show off my pride and joy, you know the drill![/center] ----- [center][size=5]LATEST[/size][/center] [columns] Am I active on this site? Barely. Am I still going to keep making fandragons? You Bet. Meryl finally joins the Trigun gang after more than half a year of waiting for a February hatchdate! Besides Faes being small, the wings in the female pose are pretty similar to how her cape flares, a detail that I'm super happy with. The perfect earrings also got added to the game shortly after I made my plans for her, so she even got that blessing from the FR gods. [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/92715601][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/927157/92715601_350.png[/img][/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/91129517][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/911296/91129517_350.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/87765214]Vash[/url] finally has a friend! I've been waiting for several long, long months for St. Nicholas Day Wolfwood Wednesday but now he's got the ultimate perfect hatchdate! Tried to keep things as simple and black and white as possible to match his manga design. I'm especially proud of using Okapi instead of a shirt/waistcoat, it properly highlights the head, as the shirt collar should! And of course can't forget about the classic 'wrappings to allude to the Punisher' trick. [/columns] ----- [center][size=5]PREVIOUS[/size][/center] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/61692348] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/616924/61692348_350.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol] This lady was my first ever project of any sort. She took an agonizingly long four? five? months to complete, and even that happened only because of insane luck... but she came out of the egg perfect! I'm obsessed with her colors. She's also the first example of my thinly veiled affinity to breed dragons for specific skins. [/columns] [columns] This girl's my technically third breeding project. She was, and will forever be, my quickest project, hatched from the first nest! I don't usually deal in light colors, but as soon as I saw that skin, I simply *had to*. She's radiant and I love her. [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/62194167] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/621942/62194167_350.png[/img] [/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/61787466] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/617875/61787466_350.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol] Aaand, finally an outfit project! Crake here is an adventurer, I even had a teensy intro written up for him in an event somewhere... If memory serves, he started out as an exalt rescue, and now look at him! [/columns] [columns] Her! HER!!! My precious birthday baby Vi! FR won't let me name her that though... >:( Oh how I tried to get this project right! I ended up taking a hiatus during it, but I kept coming back to make sure to keep just this one thing going. It was worth it, sooo worth it! Look at her beautiful fall colors!! [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/64439269] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/644393/64439269_350.png[/img] [/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/65345886] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/653459/65345886_350.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol] My mean, stubborn 'second' project: Another skin project, another Gaoler... To think I thought I won't ever like Gaolers when I first saw them... clueless. Even though this project was behaving downright nasty while I was trying to finish it, I'm still incredibly fond of this girl! I especially like her colors, and I may or may not have a whole bunch of ideas for more similarly colored dragons... [/columns] [columns] My custom progen, Echever, inspired by succulents (as the name also suggests). His Soil tert took me ages to figure out (I'll give it to you this ONE time, Capsule, but you're still on thin ice), and he's gotten not one, but two outfit revisions since I started working on him. He's finally appropriately succulent-themed, although now I sort of wish he had slightly different colors... [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/55204311] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/552044/55204311_350.png[/img] [/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/55204312] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/552044/55204312_350.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol] Penumbra, my random progen. Making her colors work seemed easier said than done: her Charcoal primary (with that damn blue accent. With Banana. And Black's purple accent. C'mon.) was a challenge too, but now it's finally all done! [/columns] [columns] Here's some more dressing: I got Razul from a give/get thread, and I immediately fell in love with his colors AND had a not-so-vague idea how I'd like to dress him. With NotN done and gone, this guy is finally finished! [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/61652820] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/616529/61652820_350.png[/img] [/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/66365803] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/663659/66365803_350.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol] Her majesty, Reginae! She has quite an interesting origin, as far as my dragons go. I first saw her in one of the many 'can these G1s be saved' threads after NotN, and when I tried my hand at saving her, I sort of fell in love with the scry. I tought I'd let it go, but after a few days I ended up trading her for one of my NotN hatches, and eventually turned her into her current royal self. [/columns] [columns] A sunny boy! I don't usually deal in warm colors, but a nice skin is a nice skin, and this one inspired me. I'm truly satisfied with how he came out in the end, even though he's a little out of my comfort zone. He did make me like warm colors more, though! [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/67620436] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/676205/67620436_350.png[/img] [/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/69185179] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/691852/69185179_350.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol] A scary-looking guy, I imagine he lives deep in a cave. Gnarly has a pretty fun story: it all started when I was looking at old event skins and found this one, surprisingly cheap in the AH too. Then, when I was planning the dragon for it, I had the realization of 'hey, this goes super well with Crackle!', so I made it a point to use the gene and spite everyone (including myself) who hates it. Lastly, when his parents were nesting, the new eye types came out, and he hatched with Bright! It ended up matching him better than all my previous plans. Truly, he's a creature born of magically aligned circumstances. [/columns] [columns] My Skydancer obsession strikes yet again! Florence started out with an outfit plan, and for a little while I had no idea how I'd want the dragon wearing it to look. I had several versions around trying to see which one feels [i]right[/i], and ended up with this modest, simple look. I feel like it emphasizes the outfit more than a shinier-spraklier morphology would, and also gives her an air of knightly virtue. [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/68987288] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/689873/68987288_350.png[/img] [/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/70535092] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/705351/70535092_350.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol] Sky...dancer... Galamyce is another love letter to purple-teal color combos, glowy stuff, Skydancers, everything I love. Cost me a whole bunch of gems though, with that accent. Good thing I don't remember how much anymore! [/columns] [columns] Long time no project! I... wasn't kidding when I said I'm obsessed with purple/teal. I don't usually deal in XXY patterns or matching primary/secondary genes (seems like an easy way out to get a coherent look), but after months and months and months of looking at six different plans for this skin, this is what it came down to, and I'm truly happy with it! Plus she's my first ever Ridgie, so here's to being out of my usual comfort zone! [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/71119786] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/711198/71119786_350.png[/img] [/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/71953342] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/719534/71953342_350.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol] Short time yes project! Look at this magic trickster guy. He ate so much treasure. And gems. And time spent constantly checking the marketplace so he wouldn't eat more. He does look mighty fine in all his brand new genes and brand new clothes though! *crosses 'trickster thing(?)' off the project list* [/columns] [columns] It's almost October, that means Halloween is basically right here, so... I 'intended' to finish Hallow for calendar-accurate Halloween, but I planned her outfit today, and just couldn't stop myself. She's from one of my first self-hatched nests ever, born almost 2 years ago. She immediately got her name when I saw her colors, and soon after got hibernated because 'oh I'll make a Halloween dragon out of her one day!'. Took me a while, but now she's back in all her spooky glory! [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/56078734] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/560788/56078734_350.png[/img] [/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/72929764] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/729298/72929764_350.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol] Finally broken free from indecision hell... yet still very much hell-ish looking (if you subscribe to the idea of fiery hells, that is) is Firebird! A common example of my usual 'sees cool skin - plans dragon for it - can't decide which plan - fridges project for several months' process, which got broken by the release of eye vials. Finally he's real and I can go 'wow dragon pretty'. [/columns] [columns] Another rework: The Mire update finally gave me the motivation to come up with a Look for my trainer, Jungler. Although I don't have any kind of lore for my dragons, sometimes I have a strong concept of what they would be like if I did. In his case, I always imagined him as almost one with nature, knowing the Mire like the back of his hand? paw?, and extremely mindful to cause only the least amount of disturbances when traveling through the forest. He really truly managed to blend in well in his old look (saved in his bio), but I was missing seeing his orange primary constantly. This improved look might not show that much more of it, but with the brown additions, it might emphasize it more. [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/56202287] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/562023/56202287_350.png[/img] [/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/73413934] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/734140/73413934_350.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol] This one's special! Alastor is my first and probably one of, if not the last fandragon. See, I've always found it fun to look at others' solutions to recreating a character within FR's confines, but I'm still sure that's not my thing. However, after months of looking at DMC5's desktop icon in passing, it hit me that 1, those colors are Excellent 2, even though I don't feel like I could do justice to a character, I can most defnitely make something cool with just a color scheme! And boy did I. (I still can't believe my luck that this accent exists. Literally perfect.) [/columns] [columns] Behold! My first Veilspun! I'm slowly defeating indecision one revived project at a time. I have fallen madly in love with platinum StarCon (and platinum in general to a lesser degree) while planning this one. And also with violet StarCon, which was my other option, and now I'll have to plan something for that too... In the end I chose this version because of platinum's resemblance to gray hair, which make her look older and wiser. [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/73668816] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/736689/73668816_350.png[/img] [/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/67844340] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/678444/67844340_350.png[/img] [/url] [nextcol] She's sort of out of season. I had to wait for NotN items to come back to finish what should have been a Halloween plan, but! Now I have my first Bog! To be honest, I didn't intend keeping her (she was a project reject), but when it came to the post-project cleanout, I just couldn't bring myself to exalt her. It was that not-so-vague witch potential she had, and I for sure wanted to have a witch. Finally that potential is realized, and I can check off another must-have project idea. [/columns] [columns] Would you look at the clock, it's knight time (again)! I've been meaning to dress this guy since I hatched him, and then it took a while to perfect his outfit (I'm still not sure about the absence of wingplates, but the alternative is color chaos...), but the decision to make him match with [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/68987288]Florence[/url] helped a great deal with figuring things out. Now I'm considering making a whole order of rose knights... [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/67322004][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/673221/67322004_350.png[/img][/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/81632177][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/816322/81632177_350.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] Remember when I said I won't do character fandragons when I made [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/73413934]Alastor[/url]? Well, apparently my love for DMC cannot be stopped by such self-imposed limitations, so now I have not one, but two Vergil fandragons: The DMC3 version. Simple, but colorful. I so so wanted to represent the red/orange inside of his coat, it's one of my favorite things about that design, how awesome that there exists an accent perfectly suitable for that! And on top of that, it makes the red accent on the katana not stand out that much. Also blue, blue, my beloved blue! [/columns] [columns] YOU. The DMC5 version. I would have, and still would give anything for this dragon. And I have, kind of, considering he cost me 80% of the almost 4000g worth of currency it took to finish these two. I'm so proud of how he turned out. The Filigree for the coat embroidery, the 'vest', the Stormclaws (both to replace the katana, curse the red accent on that, and for the lightning. It does hide the gloves though, but I promise it's there underneath and it's blue and it matches!). He's got the details, the elegance, and my heart. [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/86864699][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/868647/86864699_350.png[/img][/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/73456731][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/734568/73456731_350.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] Trickmurk came, and reminded me of my complete obsession with [i]brambles[/i]! I remember gazing wistfully at this skin, among many others, when I started out on FR. Back then I couldn't afford them, and then I promptly forgot. Now, however, I have a vast hoard, and my bramble obsession will no longer remain caged! Honestly, the only reason I'm not in Shadow at this point is because of the eye color, but maybe... [/columns] [columns] Round two! I couldn't just let Vergil(s) be all alone, after all, so here are the matching Dantes! Quite surprisingly, making the outfit for this design was the more challenging out of the two, because of the decision to leave the wings without apparel, although I still find it more justified than adding any of the wing apparel pieces. Here are some fun facts too: he's almost completely identical to my 3Vergil (the only exception is the secondary gene), and they are also actually twins! [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/81632178][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/816322/81632178_350.png[/img][/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/75809819][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/758099/75809819_350.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] Now this outfit... I made the plan 'just to see if I could for fun', back when I was still 'sure I don't want any character fandragons'. We all see how [i]that[/i] turned out. I spent quite some time looking at the developing plans side by side with my 5Vergil to make sure that they [i]matched[/i], despite being very much different. In the end, they ended up sharing the basic/gem/gem gene pattern, the black primary with (basically given) white secondary colors, and the eyes (as usual). I'm super happy with how matchy I managed to make both versions in the end! And as the cherry on top, this guy was born on Valentines. I still can't believe my luck on that one, especially considering my chances... [/columns] [columns] Let's see, take two different aesthetics, tie them together with a Biblical (and a song, if you squint) reference and the power of maroon and... perfect, you got yourself a new dragon! I couldn't possibly expect the apparel to match this seamlessly, so it came as a bit of a surprise when this dragon ended up having only two colors, but luckily it just further cements their vibes. [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/67840829][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/678409/67840829_350.png[/img][/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/72977351][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/729774/72977351_350.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] Almost half a year ago I hatched a few Imperial nests on my birthday, hoping for one or two pretties to choose a birthday dragon from. The babies were quite decent, however I just couldn't figure out what to do with any of them... Until yesterday, when I realized I could turn this girl into another rose knight! Luckily I already had the rose apparel brewed, so I could complete her almost instantly. Now she's my online-namesake, a Knight of Roses, and also my second ever avatar, most probably here to fill that position for a long long time! [/columns] [columns] Impulse project 100% speedrun, from planning to completion, all in just an afternoon! I'm so glad I didn't have to wait for this one. She's just perfect! She's completely made of aesthetics I love: red-black-brown color scheme, maroon in general, Skydancer, a knight and everything [i]that[/i] entails, I could go on forever... [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/76493902][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/764940/76493902_350.png[/img][/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/77693721][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/776938/77693721_350.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] Warden is my first Aberration, but definitely not the last! He's on the simpler side, with no skin and Basic primary, which is why he didn't immediately get his entry here, but that injustice just had to be corrected. He's definitely awesome enough in my eyes. Big thanks to [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/57974443]this wonderful beast[/url] for the glowing eyes inspiration! [/columns] [columns] Ultra quick surprise project! This new Greenskeeper accent was right up my alley, so much so that I went and designed a dragon for it right away. And I didn't even get stuck in indecision this time! My goal was to match the skin (the eyes for the glow, the tails for the horns), but avoid introducing any strong patterns that would divert attention from the accent's vibrant parts. Obsidian XXYs being easy to find was just the cherry on top! [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/72698345][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/726984/72698345_350.png[/img][/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/77949443][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/779495/77949443_350.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] I'm back on my DMC fandragon business!!! I could only manage a proper outfit for a single Nero dragon, but to compensate for that, I did everything in my power to make that one dragon the best. Restarting the breeding project from scratch (when I realized that hey, I could actually have *both* the blue wings and the white mane with an accent), maintaining an Excel sheet as a project catalog when the dragon count went way past the 50s, figuring out photoshop to make the accent, you name it, I've done it all for him! Planning him was an awesome exercise in the importance of color balance, and I'm [i]beyond[/i] satisfied with the mane/wings. And I love him oh so much. [/columns] [columns] Keeper's plan was originally going to be a modern breed, but when I gave the colors a try on an Aberration, that changed right away. I've had a little hesitation letting go of the modern scry, so he's been waiting around for some time after hatching, but now with a fresh pair of eyes the choice seems obvious! I just can't get enough of Fissure on these guys... [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/78345337][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/783454/78345337_350.png[/img][/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/35960684][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/359607/35960684_350.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] Rhiannon was gifted to me, and I didn't come up with her plans, just executed them, but. 1, I cherish her a lot 2, my house my rules, so she definitely gets an entry here! Look at those colors. LOOK! [/columns] [columns] Not gonna lie, I'm really starting to dig this process of awesome new skin drops -> plan dragon for it -> it's a common color combo -> easily find dragon to buy -> BAM instant project completion. Thus, Xanadu joins the ever-growing ranks of my 'oh, not covering [i]that[/i] with apparel' skin projects. I find it really cool that Boulder affects the pearl too! [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/79028417][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/790285/79028417_350.png[/img][/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/79650534][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/796506/79650534_350.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] Would you look at that, it's another glowy mushroom themed dragon! And actually Shadow element this time! I just simply can't get enough of this aesthetic, I need more and more and [i]more[/i]... [/columns] [columns] Finished another Knight of Roses! Laurel has a color scheme that's significantly different from my usual go-tos (it's the black-and-white), which makes her seem like the odd one out in my lair. However, the apparel and the colors in general turned out to be way matchier than I ever could've hoped. I'm still very much enamored with the concept of rose knights, and I can't wait to introduce more of them! [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/80103172][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/801032/80103172_350.png[/img][/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/80355402][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/803555/80355402_350.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] Got bored of Imperial breeding, so the natural conclusion was, obviously, to make another Skydancer lady! She was inspired by Anna from the 2004 Van Helsing movie, and those specific kind of Little Red Riding Hood reimaginations where the girl ends up hunting the wolf. It's an aesthetic I can't get enough of, so here it is in dragon form! [/columns] [columns] Oh, you already know what's going on here! I'm beyond satisfied with the color matching on this one, and on top of that I think I've fallen completely in love with lead. How lovely that my final scy ended up with double lead, and now I actually [i]have[/i] a dragon with the color instead of just wishing I did! The Order of the Rose seems to be shaping up nicely... [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/81454041][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/814541/81454041_350.png[/img][/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/82016244][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/820163/82016244_350.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] Pspspsps DMC enjoyers, I'm back on my fandragon business! I can't even remember just how many times I scrolled through the entire Apparel Catalog to come up with something that layers correctly... The color blocking ended up being pretty nice, though. Also, sanddollar came in clutch again, so I'm beginning to suspect it's quite a good color... [/columns] [columns] Nizarut has been waiting for NotN almost since I rescued her during the Wind vs. Lightning dom battle. I'm usually immune to impulse buying AH dragons because I basically never go to the dragons tab, but there [i]was[/i] a dom battle and I [i]had[/i] to check the prices... and then I got captivated by her colors and patterns. Zero regrets though, she was well worth both the price and the wait for her outfit! [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/76502450][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/765025/76502450_350.png[/img][/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/83067040][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/830671/83067040_350.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] Oh, finally, I am free of this project! Starfall had some awesome skins in '21, so I created the plan for my first ever Obelisk. The color combo was rare enough if I took the secondary gene rarity into account, but I didn't really have a choice but to meet the challenge, because... [/columns] [columns] ...from the same batch of skins came another plan. A sibling, with the exact same genetics. Thus was I cast into Imperial breeding hell, on top of the gene rarity consideration. It took me almost a year and a half, but I'd be lying if I said the sense of accomplishment wasn't worth it! [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/83770512][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/837706/83770512_350.png[/img][/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/84121928][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/841220/84121928_350.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] I'm kind of on a hiatus, not so kind of planning a bunch of fandragons regardless, not to mention a bunch of projects so close to the finish line... At least, with the cycled items returning, I could finally take this guy off of the waiting list. Behold that amazing bluish accent in both of his genes! [/columns] [columns] I got into Trigun! Planned the fandragons! And then got condemned to waiting ages for hatchdates... But now I finally have Vash and I'm over the moon (heh)! Almost all the starter dragons for this project have been lent by other kind people, and I can't think of a more fitting way for him. I do wish I could have had a proper hoop earring and at least 2 more apparel slots for the outfit, but I still managed to get most of his manga details. Love and Peace on planet Sornieth <3 [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/87765214][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/877653/87765214_350.png[/img][/url] [/columns] [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/88086447][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/880865/88086447_350.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] More DMC, this time Lady! RNG was giving me hell for this project, but at least I didn't have to pay for genes. Featuring my valiant efforts to produce a visual equivalent for her rocket launcher... Weapons in the same color and shape (mostly) are good enough. She's my first Spiral project too, and I'm really happy to finally have one! [/columns] [columns] I've always loved the colors of the Entertainer's Tailcoat, so I made a dragon for it! His design, colors, and basically everything else are a mirror of [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/71953342]Sleight[/url]. They have dead serious magician beef going on between them! (Or would, if I wrote down those precious few lore snippets that exist only in my head.) [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/89673279][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/896733/89673279_350.png[/img][/url] [/columns]
A collection thread to show off my pride and joy, you know the drill!

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Am I active on this site? Barely. Am I still going to keep making fandragons? You Bet. Meryl finally joins the Trigun gang after more than half a year of waiting for a February hatchdate! Besides Faes being small, the wings in the female pose are pretty similar to how her cape flares, a detail that I'm super happy with. The perfect earrings also got added to the game shortly after I made my plans for her, so she even got that blessing from the FR gods. 92715601_350.png
91129517_350.png Vash finally has a friend! I've been waiting for several long, long months for St. Nicholas Day Wolfwood Wednesday but now he's got the ultimate perfect hatchdate! Tried to keep things as simple and black and white as possible to match his manga design. I'm especially proud of using Okapi instead of a shirt/waistcoat, it properly highlights the head, as the shirt collar should! And of course can't forget about the classic 'wrappings to allude to the Punisher' trick.

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This lady was my first ever project of any sort. She took an agonizingly long four? five? months to complete, and even that happened only because of insane luck... but she came out of the egg perfect! I'm obsessed with her colors. She's also the first example of my thinly veiled affinity to breed dragons for specific skins.
This girl's my technically third breeding project. She was, and will forever be, my quickest project, hatched from the first nest! I don't usually deal in light colors, but as soon as I saw that skin, I simply *had to*. She's radiant and I love her.
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Aaand, finally an outfit project! Crake here is an adventurer, I even had a teensy intro written up for him in an event somewhere... If memory serves, he started out as an exalt rescue, and now look at him!
Her! HER!!! My precious birthday baby Vi! FR won't let me name her that though... >:( Oh how I tried to get this project right! I ended up taking a hiatus during it, but I kept coming back to make sure to keep just this one thing going. It was worth it, sooo worth it! Look at her beautiful fall colors!!
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My mean, stubborn 'second' project: Another skin project, another Gaoler... To think I thought I won't ever like Gaolers when I first saw them... clueless. Even though this project was behaving downright nasty while I was trying to finish it, I'm still incredibly fond of this girl! I especially like her colors, and I may or may not have a whole bunch of ideas for more similarly colored dragons...

My custom progen, Echever, inspired by succulents (as the name also suggests). His Soil tert took me ages to figure out (I'll give it to you this ONE time, Capsule, but you're still on thin ice), and he's gotten not one, but two outfit revisions since I started working on him. He's finally appropriately succulent-themed, although now I sort of wish he had slightly different colors...
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Penumbra, my random progen. Making her colors work seemed easier said than done: her Charcoal primary (with that damn blue accent. With Banana. And Black's purple accent. C'mon.) was a challenge too, but now it's finally all done!
Here's some more dressing: I got Razul from a give/get thread, and I immediately fell in love with his colors AND had a not-so-vague idea how I'd like to dress him. With NotN done and gone, this guy is finally finished!
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Her majesty, Reginae! She has quite an interesting origin, as far as my dragons go. I first saw her in one of the many 'can these G1s be saved' threads after NotN, and when I tried my hand at saving her, I sort of fell in love with the scry. I tought I'd let it go, but after a few days I ended up trading her for one of my NotN hatches, and eventually turned her into her current royal self.
A sunny boy! I don't usually deal in warm colors, but a nice skin is a nice skin, and this one inspired me. I'm truly satisfied with how he came out in the end, even though he's a little out of my comfort zone. He did make me like warm colors more, though!
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A scary-looking guy, I imagine he lives deep in a cave. Gnarly has a pretty fun story: it all started when I was looking at old event skins and found this one, surprisingly cheap in the AH too. Then, when I was planning the dragon for it, I had the realization of 'hey, this goes super well with Crackle!', so I made it a point to use the gene and spite everyone (including myself) who hates it. Lastly, when his parents were nesting, the new eye types came out, and he hatched with Bright! It ended up matching him better than all my previous plans. Truly, he's a creature born of magically aligned circumstances.
My Skydancer obsession strikes yet again! Florence started out with an outfit plan, and for a little while I had no idea how I'd want the dragon wearing it to look. I had several versions around trying to see which one feels right, and ended up with this modest, simple look. I feel like it emphasizes the outfit more than a shinier-spraklier morphology would, and also gives her an air of knightly virtue.
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Sky...dancer... Galamyce is another love letter to purple-teal color combos, glowy stuff, Skydancers, everything I love. Cost me a whole bunch of gems though, with that accent. Good thing I don't remember how much anymore!
Long time no project! I... wasn't kidding when I said I'm obsessed with purple/teal. I don't usually deal in XXY patterns or matching primary/secondary genes (seems like an easy way out to get a coherent look), but after months and months and months of looking at six different plans for this skin, this is what it came down to, and I'm truly happy with it! Plus she's my first ever Ridgie, so here's to being out of my usual comfort zone!
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Short time yes project! Look at this magic trickster guy. He ate so much treasure. And gems. And time spent constantly checking the marketplace so he wouldn't eat more. He does look mighty fine in all his brand new genes and brand new clothes though! *crosses 'trickster thing(?)' off the project list*
It's almost October, that means Halloween is basically right here, so... I 'intended' to finish Hallow for calendar-accurate Halloween, but I planned her outfit today, and just couldn't stop myself. She's from one of my first self-hatched nests ever, born almost 2 years ago. She immediately got her name when I saw her colors, and soon after got hibernated because 'oh I'll make a Halloween dragon out of her one day!'. Took me a while, but now she's back in all her spooky glory!
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Finally broken free from indecision hell... yet still very much hell-ish looking (if you subscribe to the idea of fiery hells, that is) is Firebird! A common example of my usual 'sees cool skin - plans dragon for it - can't decide which plan - fridges project for several months' process, which got broken by the release of eye vials. Finally he's real and I can go 'wow dragon pretty'.
Another rework: The Mire update finally gave me the motivation to come up with a Look for my trainer, Jungler. Although I don't have any kind of lore for my dragons, sometimes I have a strong concept of what they would be like if I did. In his case, I always imagined him as almost one with nature, knowing the Mire like the back of his hand? paw?, and extremely mindful to cause only the least amount of disturbances when traveling through the forest. He really truly managed to blend in well in his old look (saved in his bio), but I was missing seeing his orange primary constantly. This improved look might not show that much more of it, but with the brown additions, it might emphasize it more.
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This one's special! Alastor is my first and probably one of, if not the last fandragon. See, I've always found it fun to look at others' solutions to recreating a character within FR's confines, but I'm still sure that's not my thing. However, after months of looking at DMC5's desktop icon in passing, it hit me that 1, those colors are Excellent 2, even though I don't feel like I could do justice to a character, I can most defnitely make something cool with just a color scheme! And boy did I. (I still can't believe my luck that this accent exists. Literally perfect.)
Behold! My first Veilspun! I'm slowly defeating indecision one revived project at a time. I have fallen madly in love with platinum StarCon (and platinum in general to a lesser degree) while planning this one. And also with violet StarCon, which was my other option, and now I'll have to plan something for that too... In the end I chose this version because of platinum's resemblance to gray hair, which make her look older and wiser.
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She's sort of out of season. I had to wait for NotN items to come back to finish what should have been a Halloween plan, but! Now I have my first Bog! To be honest, I didn't intend keeping her (she was a project reject), but when it came to the post-project cleanout, I just couldn't bring myself to exalt her. It was that not-so-vague witch potential she had, and I for sure wanted to have a witch. Finally that potential is realized, and I can check off another must-have project idea.
Would you look at the clock, it's knight time (again)! I've been meaning to dress this guy since I hatched him, and then it took a while to perfect his outfit (I'm still not sure about the absence of wingplates, but the alternative is color chaos...), but the decision to make him match with Florence helped a great deal with figuring things out. Now I'm considering making a whole order of rose knights... 67322004_350.png
81632177_350.png Remember when I said I won't do character fandragons when I made Alastor? Well, apparently my love for DMC cannot be stopped by such self-imposed limitations, so now I have not one, but two Vergil fandragons: The DMC3 version. Simple, but colorful. I so so wanted to represent the red/orange inside of his coat, it's one of my favorite things about that design, how awesome that there exists an accent perfectly suitable for that! And on top of that, it makes the red accent on the katana not stand out that much. Also blue, blue, my beloved blue!
YOU. The DMC5 version. I would have, and still would give anything for this dragon. And I have, kind of, considering he cost me 80% of the almost 4000g worth of currency it took to finish these two. I'm so proud of how he turned out. The Filigree for the coat embroidery, the 'vest', the Stormclaws (both to replace the katana, curse the red accent on that, and for the lightning. It does hide the gloves though, but I promise it's there underneath and it's blue and it matches!). He's got the details, the elegance, and my heart. 86864699_350.png
73456731_350.png Trickmurk came, and reminded me of my complete obsession with brambles! I remember gazing wistfully at this skin, among many others, when I started out on FR. Back then I couldn't afford them, and then I promptly forgot. Now, however, I have a vast hoard, and my bramble obsession will no longer remain caged! Honestly, the only reason I'm not in Shadow at this point is because of the eye color, but maybe...
Round two! I couldn't just let Vergil(s) be all alone, after all, so here are the matching Dantes! Quite surprisingly, making the outfit for this design was the more challenging out of the two, because of the decision to leave the wings without apparel, although I still find it more justified than adding any of the wing apparel pieces. Here are some fun facts too: he's almost completely identical to my 3Vergil (the only exception is the secondary gene), and they are also actually twins! 81632178_350.png
75809819_350.png Now this outfit... I made the plan 'just to see if I could for fun', back when I was still 'sure I don't want any character fandragons'. We all see how that turned out. I spent quite some time looking at the developing plans side by side with my 5Vergil to make sure that they matched, despite being very much different. In the end, they ended up sharing the basic/gem/gem gene pattern, the black primary with (basically given) white secondary colors, and the eyes (as usual). I'm super happy with how matchy I managed to make both versions in the end! And as the cherry on top, this guy was born on Valentines. I still can't believe my luck on that one, especially considering my chances...
Let's see, take two different aesthetics, tie them together with a Biblical (and a song, if you squint) reference and the power of maroon and... perfect, you got yourself a new dragon! I couldn't possibly expect the apparel to match this seamlessly, so it came as a bit of a surprise when this dragon ended up having only two colors, but luckily it just further cements their vibes. 67840829_350.png
72977351_350.png Almost half a year ago I hatched a few Imperial nests on my birthday, hoping for one or two pretties to choose a birthday dragon from. The babies were quite decent, however I just couldn't figure out what to do with any of them... Until yesterday, when I realized I could turn this girl into another rose knight! Luckily I already had the rose apparel brewed, so I could complete her almost instantly. Now she's my online-namesake, a Knight of Roses, and also my second ever avatar, most probably here to fill that position for a long long time!
Impulse project 100% speedrun, from planning to completion, all in just an afternoon! I'm so glad I didn't have to wait for this one. She's just perfect! She's completely made of aesthetics I love: red-black-brown color scheme, maroon in general, Skydancer, a knight and everything that entails, I could go on forever... 76493902_350.png
77693721_350.png Warden is my first Aberration, but definitely not the last! He's on the simpler side, with no skin and Basic primary, which is why he didn't immediately get his entry here, but that injustice just had to be corrected. He's definitely awesome enough in my eyes. Big thanks to this wonderful beast for the glowing eyes inspiration!
Ultra quick surprise project! This new Greenskeeper accent was right up my alley, so much so that I went and designed a dragon for it right away. And I didn't even get stuck in indecision this time! My goal was to match the skin (the eyes for the glow, the tails for the horns), but avoid introducing any strong patterns that would divert attention from the accent's vibrant parts. Obsidian XXYs being easy to find was just the cherry on top! 72698345_350.png
77949443_350.png I'm back on my DMC fandragon business!!! I could only manage a proper outfit for a single Nero dragon, but to compensate for that, I did everything in my power to make that one dragon the best. Restarting the breeding project from scratch (when I realized that hey, I could actually have *both* the blue wings and the white mane with an accent), maintaining an Excel sheet as a project catalog when the dragon count went way past the 50s, figuring out photoshop to make the accent, you name it, I've done it all for him! Planning him was an awesome exercise in the importance of color balance, and I'm beyond satisfied with the mane/wings. And I love him oh so much.
Keeper's plan was originally going to be a modern breed, but when I gave the colors a try on an Aberration, that changed right away. I've had a little hesitation letting go of the modern scry, so he's been waiting around for some time after hatching, but now with a fresh pair of eyes the choice seems obvious! I just can't get enough of Fissure on these guys... 78345337_350.png
35960684_350.png Rhiannon was gifted to me, and I didn't come up with her plans, just executed them, but. 1, I cherish her a lot 2, my house my rules, so she definitely gets an entry here! Look at those colors. LOOK!
Not gonna lie, I'm really starting to dig this process of awesome new skin drops -> plan dragon for it -> it's a common color combo -> easily find dragon to buy -> BAM instant project completion. Thus, Xanadu joins the ever-growing ranks of my 'oh, not covering that with apparel' skin projects. I find it really cool that Boulder affects the pearl too! 79028417_350.png
79650534_350.png Would you look at that, it's another glowy mushroom themed dragon! And actually Shadow element this time! I just simply can't get enough of this aesthetic, I need more and more and more...
Finished another Knight of Roses! Laurel has a color scheme that's significantly different from my usual go-tos (it's the black-and-white), which makes her seem like the odd one out in my lair. However, the apparel and the colors in general turned out to be way matchier than I ever could've hoped. I'm still very much enamored with the concept of rose knights, and I can't wait to introduce more of them! 80103172_350.png
80355402_350.png Got bored of Imperial breeding, so the natural conclusion was, obviously, to make another Skydancer lady! She was inspired by Anna from the 2004 Van Helsing movie, and those specific kind of Little Red Riding Hood reimaginations where the girl ends up hunting the wolf. It's an aesthetic I can't get enough of, so here it is in dragon form!
Oh, you already know what's going on here! I'm beyond satisfied with the color matching on this one, and on top of that I think I've fallen completely in love with lead. How lovely that my final scy ended up with double lead, and now I actually have a dragon with the color instead of just wishing I did! The Order of the Rose seems to be shaping up nicely... 81454041_350.png
82016244_350.png Pspspsps DMC enjoyers, I'm back on my fandragon business! I can't even remember just how many times I scrolled through the entire Apparel Catalog to come up with something that layers correctly... The color blocking ended up being pretty nice, though. Also, sanddollar came in clutch again, so I'm beginning to suspect it's quite a good color...
Nizarut has been waiting for NotN almost since I rescued her during the Wind vs. Lightning dom battle. I'm usually immune to impulse buying AH dragons because I basically never go to the dragons tab, but there was a dom battle and I had to check the prices... and then I got captivated by her colors and patterns. Zero regrets though, she was well worth both the price and the wait for her outfit! 76502450_350.png
83067040_350.png Oh, finally, I am free of this project! Starfall had some awesome skins in '21, so I created the plan for my first ever Obelisk. The color combo was rare enough if I took the secondary gene rarity into account, but I didn't really have a choice but to meet the challenge, because...
...from the same batch of skins came another plan. A sibling, with the exact same genetics. Thus was I cast into Imperial breeding hell, on top of the gene rarity consideration. It took me almost a year and a half, but I'd be lying if I said the sense of accomplishment wasn't worth it! 83770512_350.png
84121928_350.png I'm kind of on a hiatus, not so kind of planning a bunch of fandragons regardless, not to mention a bunch of projects so close to the finish line... At least, with the cycled items returning, I could finally take this guy off of the waiting list. Behold that amazing bluish accent in both of his genes!
I got into Trigun! Planned the fandragons! And then got condemned to waiting ages for hatchdates... But now I finally have Vash and I'm over the moon (heh)! Almost all the starter dragons for this project have been lent by other kind people, and I can't think of a more fitting way for him. I do wish I could have had a proper hoop earring and at least 2 more apparel slots for the outfit, but I still managed to get most of his manga details. Love and Peace on planet Sornieth <3 87765214_350.png
88086447_350.png More DMC, this time Lady! RNG was giving me hell for this project, but at least I didn't have to pay for genes. Featuring my valiant efforts to produce a visual equivalent for her rocket launcher... Weapons in the same color and shape (mostly) are good enough. She's my first Spiral project too, and I'm really happy to finally have one!
I've always loved the colors of the Entertainer's Tailcoat, so I made a dragon for it! His design, colors, and basically everything else are a mirror of Sleight. They have dead serious magician beef going on between them! (Or would, if I wrote down those precious few lore snippets that exist only in my head.) 89673279_350.png
All these dragons are ABSOLUTELy GORGEOUS
All these dragons are ABSOLUTELy GORGEOUS
@hoy
Thank you so much! You have a whole bunch of awesome ones too!
@hoy
Thank you so much! You have a whole bunch of awesome ones too!
[quote name="CaptainVivi" date="2021-04-14 05:12:33" ] @/hoy Thank you so much! You have a whole bunch of awesome ones too! [/quote] thank you <3
CaptainVivi wrote on 2021-04-14 05:12:33:
@/hoy
Thank you so much! You have a whole bunch of awesome ones too!

thank you <3
Oh my, these are stunning!! So captivating and lovely~
Oh my, these are stunning!! So captivating and lovely~
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@Kittycentral
Aaa thank you! I adore the colors of yours', plus Secret is unbelieveably pretty!
@Kittycentral
Aaa thank you! I adore the colors of yours', plus Secret is unbelieveably pretty!
Oh wow, they’re all so pretty! I especially love your first Gaoler gal!
Oh wow, they’re all so pretty! I especially love your first Gaoler gal!
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@cartographic
Thank you very much!
@cartographic
Thank you very much!
congrats on such beautiful dergs!
congrats on such beautiful dergs!
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@sempere
Thank you! Yours are also gorgeus, I really like Yin and Yang :3
@sempere
Thank you! Yours are also gorgeus, I really like Yin and Yang :3
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