Digivolution Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) Hello All, Thought I would share one of my winter projects. This is my uber mod of the Ultra Dragon from set 9450 "Epic Dragon Battle" Just before New Year's eve 2014, I stopped into my local Target and found set 9450 on a clearance end cap. It had apparently been purchased online and returned to my local store. It was marked at $65 US. So I couldn't pass it up. I'm a big Ninjago fan, but had skipped this set, as I wasn't loving the look of the Ultra Dragon compared to the series. After building it, my thoughts were confirmed. The heads had no necks. And the wings flipped forward like the tail of a peacock. I decided to MOD it to make it appear more menacing. I started by adding posable necks to the heads. This made it front heavy for the mostly 2 stud wide body. I thickened up the body to mostly 6 studs wide. And got rid of the leaver mechanism for the wings in favor of 2 ratcheted sockets on either side of the body to make the wings posable. I then redesigned the wings themselves to better resemble the earlier dragons from the series, only much larger. I've easily tripled the part count. 60cm long 51cm wing span Sorry about the lack of a background. It was too big to fit into my photo tent. More pictures can be found here: http://blue-devil.ne...o/Ultra_dragon/ What do you think? Cheers, Duncan Edited March 28, 2015 by Digivolution Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DraikNova Posted March 28, 2015 Nice, but the position of the wing-hands looks a little awkward, as does the way the body tapers into the tail. I'd suggest moving the hands to the ends of the wings and making the body slightly longer so that it decreases in width less abruptly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Digivolution Posted March 28, 2015 Nice, but the position of the wing-hands looks a little awkward, as does the way the body tapers into the tail. I'd suggest moving the hands to the ends of the wings and making the body slightly longer so that it decreases in width less abruptly. Thank you. And good point about the hands on the wings. I swapped them around to the ends of the wings, and it does make it look more like Wisp and Flame. I.E. both the blue and red dragons have claws at the end of the wings. I also swapped in larger gold claws to match the others dragons. The heads can now reach a minifig held in the claws. Bonus!http://blue-devil.net/Lego/Ultra_dragon/DSCN2659.JPG http://blue-devil.net/Lego/Ultra_dragon/DSCN2660.JPG I will have to think about the rear body width/length. I see what you are saying from the top view. I'm not sure how that would change the side view which looks good to me. I will have to play with the idea. Thanks for the feedback and your idea! :) D. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Braunsfeld Posted March 29, 2015 That is definitely an "ultra dragon"! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
koufirede Posted April 3, 2015 (edited) Copy: both the blue and red dragons have claws at the end of the wings Edited April 3, 2015 by koufirede Share this post Link to post Share on other sites