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Smaug the Terrible

"Well thief, where are you? Come now, don't be shy. Step into the light!"

Smaug the Terrible, Chiefest of Calamities and the one of the main antagonists in "The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug". With the many references available, I had chosen to focus heavily on the facial features to capture the menacing personality of the fire drake. The creation had taken about 6 months of planning, purchasing and research followed by 200+ hours of production building with over 10,000 parts (excluding the gold pile), ready for the Christchurch Brick Show 2016, held over the 16-17 July weekend.

This was my first foray into organic building using bricks as I've been working with Bionicle and Technic based systems for many years, so this end result I am quite pleased with.

Initially Smaug was to stand about 70cm in height, 60cm in length and about 40cm wide. Due to a structural deficiency in the neck construction (the night before the show setup, I might add), the majority of the neck was cast aside to have the head and first few neck segments laying atop of my entire collection of gold elements, which took up 2x 2 litre containers. Many thanks to Legonardo Davidy for helping replenish my gold stores, WIP feedback, and for the great photo of the creation.

Smaug is currently on its way to Wellington where it will be displayed in other various exhibits and events in the months to come.

Enjoy

Chris

Taken in: New Zealand / Canterbury / Christchurch / Addington (show map)

Taken on: July 16, 2016

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Camera: Olympus E-M5, f/1.8, 1/30 sec, 45mm (=90mm), ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-M5
Lens:	OLYMPUS M.45mm F1.8
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Exposure Time:	0.033 sec (1/30)
Focal Length:	45mm (35mm equivalent: 90mm)
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Exposure Bias:	-0.3 EV
Flash:	On, Did not fire
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Gain Control:	High gain up
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Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5 (Windows)
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