Ohh, I love the expression on this! - So lovable!

What program did you use to make this?

I am using Lightwave9.

if you make a movie i want to see ^.^

Oooh
How many polys?

When making it　　　5346　polys
Rendering 88200　polys

Oh crap, no wonder it looks so clean XD
God I love renders :D

It looks absolutely stunning and beautiful!

Looks Good Looks Good!

Nicely detailed and ver well modeled.

Can't wait to see what you have in store for the dragon ;)

Now THAT's a beautiful dragon in 3D.
I've never seen better in my life...

Very nice!

very nice progress, both from the model to render and from previous models to this :)

definately thumbs up!!

Wow, really cool!

I want to see the movie

pretty good stuff you did there ! :)

Nice dragon model! What's your rigging approach? Do you skin the mesh directly to the skeleton or do you use muscle deformation to drive the skin? I did played with Lightwave for a bit. I found that the modeling and rendering is really good. But the animation part of it a bit clunky to work with. Still, looking forward to the finished project.

In Lightwave, it is difficult for the bone and the muscle to move accurately.
I want to go in the main muscular transformation extent.

Hopefully, in the Lightwave community, there has been ways found on how to do the muscle simulations and that it's posted on the net somewhere. I know Max and Maya has that ability built in but I also know how much work it is to learn another 3d ap and how much of a pain it would be to transfer one's art assets to another program. Though a compermize is to keep modeling in your native app and set up the animation and rendering on a 3d app that's better at animation. Whatever approach, it's the end result that counts.

I almost forgot. If your interested on how my 3d character's muscles are set up, I posted a pic of it here. http://circlea61.deviantart.com/art.....Parts-35643462

Isn't there muscular simulation by Lightwave?

Wow, I'm already impatient to see the result !

The thigh is sexy!
This dragon's animation is the enjoyment.

Awesome ^^
I wonder how it tastes....

good luck with whatever you do with it :)

How long did it take you to create the model?

It took four days for production. However, most during a day has been spent on
production because it is holiday.

wow, thats some sorta awesome there n.n superb, cant wait to see the results of all this hard work!

Very awsome Kokuryu,

The musle structure alown is awsome, but the happy look on his face coupled with thoes wcked looking claws just makes this cunning.. I'm not sure why I chose that word, it just fits.

I can hardly wate to see how you solved the trouble I alwasy have with the extrusion of the tail from the spine. I always have trouble with that for some reason.

so well done ^___^

The muscles and face are modeled awesomely! Just looks damn well!!! And the claws... I have to favorite it.

And regarding to animation/rigging/muscles...
There ARE muscle simulating software for 3dsmax and Maya, and they are quite simple to use (ACT Pro for example).

Haven't heard about anything for LightWave tho...

Amazing! REally nice! And yet again amazingly Nice! Keep it up and keep em comming.

Soo very cool.

this model looks way more detailed than the older one, congrats kokyryu :>

Ohh hey, a very nice model, I'm impressed.

Damn, that dragon is hot...! ^^ He is one dragon I'd love to meet. ^^

I wonder... How common are they?

I think them to be good though how much is general is not understood.

Love your work! new to fa saw some of your work like 2 years back and it was hard to find you.