Hellfire Wyvern model unposed

After a friend suggested it, I decided to try modeling one of my OWN dragons in Sculptris. Namely, my Hellfire Wyvern (male), a sprite I created for the online clickable adoptables game, Dragon Cave ( [link] ).

Original sprite:

Also, kudos to for painting this awesome fanart of it: [link]


I would model the female, too, but all it would be is this same dragon, minus the dewlap and with outwardly curved wing spikes, ha ha. Oh, and blue.




I guess now would be as good a time as any to point out something that's really hard to tell in the original pixel art: Those are not hands/claws on the wings; they are oversized spikes/horns meant for gouging opponents in midair combat. This is a very aggressive species, with hard, jagged armor plating rather than smooth scales, and spiky wings for ramming into opponents and slashing them in fly-by sideswipes. The male's curve outward, and the female's curve inward. This dimorphism probably occured due to the great difference in size. The smaller males would be able to maneuver tightly about their opponents, attacking from the sides. Also, their smaller size would mean they would need to be able to defend themselves against enemies (outer target focus). The females, on the other hand, are large and capable of overpowering single opponents. The wing blades curve inward, and a female will usually try to grapple an opponent with her hind legs so that she may beat them with the leading edge of her wings (inner target focus). A male, with his outward-facing blades, would use a technique similar to jousting, swiping at the opponent on passing. Attempting to engage in cqc would be dangerous for him.


I know the colors aren't eye-searingly bright on the wings. That is partly to do with the fact that this was rendered with default lighting, because I am currently taking a Lighting, shading, and texturing course because I do not know how to do that yet.

I will be rigging this for posing later.

Hellfire Wyvern (c) to Jenna Nolan.
Dragon Cave (c) TJ Lipscomb.

Do not use this sprite or any part of this image without my permission.