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Shalka and Rowan


Shalka is the dragon....


Rowan is his rider, friend and companion


Valkyrie (that would be me) gave Rowan a full facial, all of her factory paint removed and she's been re-painted with artist quality acrylics. Her hair has been braided, partially crimped, styled and accented with a sterling silver piece. Unfortuantely that's absolutely all I can take credit for.....
Sarena of Dragon Leathers made her a precisely fitted leather bodice/partial body suit with false lacing up the front, a blouse and overskirt of a silky dark ice material, cuffed and laced leather boots and leather gauntlets, laced to her wrists and accented with sterling silver diamonds. Her gorgeous 'knarled wood' staff was also created by Sarena.

Full credit for Shalka ALSO goes to Sarena - He's made from paper mache over a wire armature and his detailing is nothing short of amazing! (*I* certainly have no idea how she did it!). He's been given several coats of paint with meticulous shading - his eyes are an amber green with red flecks, his teeth are genuine shark teeth and his claws are quite sharp, his scales glossy, his horns precise, his wings majestic he's just.... an amazing creation! He wears a spiked leather harness with a chest shield to ward against those pesky arrows. Attached to his harness is also a beaded chain set of reins for Rowan.


This page is *extremely* graphic intensive - but please believe me it is absolutely worth the wait!

There is absolutely no angle from which Shalka is not magnificent - I've taken literally over 100 pictures and while the lighting was not always good and Rowan would occassionally wash out or shift or have a tail growing out of her head.... LOL - Shalka *always* turned out beautifully! Shalka flies suspended with clear filament from two points one mid way on his neck scales and the other just past mid way on his tail - you can *sometimes* see them in the pics.
One final thing - Shalka is *not* small - he measures 30 inches from nose to tail tip - his wings span 36" and he is a full 20" from hind claws to horns.....

THERE'S the chest shield!

Rowan can also be positioned to sit on his forelegs


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