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Artist brings Drogon from Game of Thrones to life as a giant-size metal sculpture
It’s not every day you get to see a dragon-sized sculpture of one of the most terrifying beasts from Game of Thrones. Canadian sculptor Kevin Stone just built a massive, 15,000-pound fire-breathing steel dragon in Drogon’s likeness, the biggest of all Daenerys’ dragons. Stone has previously built a couple of these dragons, but Drogon was the first that actually breathes fire.
The project took over two years to finish and it was commissioned by a fan of the show, Matthew Focht. The man contacted him after he saw Stone’s work, specifically one that involved a giant eagle. “I said ‘You know, I could build anything. It doesn’t have to be an eagle,’ and he said ‘What about a Game of Thrones dragon?” said Stone in an interview. “I didn’t even know what Game of Thrones was when he said that, I just heard ‘dragon.’”
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Stone had to then watch Game of Thrones up until the last season in the span of a week. The final price of the piece came up to about $110,000 USD. The dragon is positively large and stands 30 feet tall. It is 55 feet long and 45 feet wide. 2 years of hard labor resulted in this absolutely terrifying piece of art. The dragon was to sit outdoors in California but is now being moved to Utah. This raises concerns for Stone as he likens the wing to giant sails.
“He’s going to be under a lot of physical stress. It’s good that I built him so strong,” Stone said. “I’m not worried about him actually breaking, it’s the fatigue on the wings. You could start seeing welds crack eventually.” Things could move along really well for all GoT related projects as there seems to be renewed interest in Game of Thrones again.
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When I was talking with my wife after the latest episode, I predicted that the Blackfyre Rebellion would be the next subject they tackle. Looks like I might have been close. Personally I’d prefer that they do the Doom of Valyria and the first conquest, or the First Men and the events leading up to the building of the Wall, but those don’t seem to be have enough backstabbing and intrigue for these showrunners.
I just came here to talk about the Blackfyre rebellion, and how I hope they carry through to how Brynden BlackFyre Rivers, Lord Commander of the Nights Watch came to be in a cave north of f the Wall with Dark Sister, known in the GoT series as Bloodraven, the Three Eyed Crow (although he is not that in the books).
Oh, these sweet summer children don’t know if the cold that sweeps south.
#WinterIsComing…
Brynden rivers fought against the blackfyres. So his name def ain’t brynden blackfyre rivers.
The show would be a total bust without the dragons….cmon are you not tuned in to what your audience wants?
I was very disappointed about the dragons. This is House of the Dragon and the dragons shots on screen is terrible. Especially when someone drive them. It’s look like made in studio.. Awful not professional. In Game of Throne they made a better job with that. When Daenerys drive Drogon was super nice , not looking like made-in studio. Sorry but I am waiting better job with the dragons riding.