EN2362 Gracewing

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EN2362 - Gracewing

Gracewing

Throstle drew back from the edge of the rock, and signalled for the other two to follow him. He clambered back down to the head of the goat trail and before long brought them to a space beneath a deep overhang of rock. A great cushion of snow had been blown into this large cavity, and to the astonishment of the banf and the half goblin, the wizard suddenly began to speak words at it. Jonquil stared at the sculpted mound of white not knowing what to expect. He saw a movement, and then the whole surface of the snow seemed to shift and rise up. As they watched, the majestic person of a white dragon took shape from the snow; a creature of supreme elegance and beauty lifting himself out from his frozen bed, and shaking his crumpled wings free of the clinging powder. A fine, aristocratic head, which reminded Jonquil a little of the noble Charlock, trumpeted softly to the wizard in greeting. Throstle approached the exquisite being with extended arms and embraced the handsome neck of this old friend; Gracewing reached down and nuzzled the wizard’s back in return.

(The above is taken from the certificate)

NUMBER

EN2362

NAME

GRACEWING

TITLE

GRACEWING

SCULPTOR

ANDREW HULL

HEIGHT

19cm (7.5")

RELEASED

January 2002

RETIRED/SOLD OUT

Still in Production

LIMITED

1,950

NUMBER ACTUALLY MADE

-

ORIGINAL SELLING PRICE (£)

£80.00

BOOK

The Freezing Fire

PAGE

135

CHAPTER

A Brave Sacrifice

PICTURE

-

OTHER INFORMATION

This piece has been painted in colours that totally ignores how Andrew Bill described it in his book which is annoying - the passage reads:
'Jonquil stared at the sculpted mound of white not knowing what to expect. He saw a movement, and then the whole surface of the snow seemed to shift and rise up. As they watched, the majestic person of a white dragon took shape from the snow; a creature of supreme elegance and beauty lifting himself out from his frozen bed.........' also on the next page it says 'Throstle introduced Jonquil to the white Dragon' and to rub it in even more it also states 'Gracewing's body was laden with a long saddle and assorted baggage, all of it made from materials as white as his scales. It was no wonder therefore that he had been able to lie down upon the snow mound and practically disappear'

So why paint the Dragon yellow & white when it is so clearly described as white? - as far as I know there is only one sort of 'yellow' snow and I sure wouldn't want to lie down in it (think about it!), this is one Dragon that should have been painted in the usual winter colours of white with hints of blue, and the yellow colour could have been used for a different dragon. On a visit to the factory we were shown a blue version as well as the yellow version, we were asked which we prefered and we all said blue... but they stil went with yellow!

This piece came with the full colour card folder type certificate

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NUMBER	EN2362
NAME	GRACEWING
TITLE	GRACEWING
SCULPTOR	ANDREW HULL
HEIGHT	19cm (7.5")
RELEASED	January 2002
RETIRED/SOLD OUT	Still in Production
LIMITED	1,950
NUMBER ACTUALLY MADE	-
ORIGINAL SELLING PRICE (£)	£80.00
BOOK	The Freezing Fire
PAGE	135
CHAPTER	A Brave Sacrifice
PICTURE	-
OTHER INFORMATION	This piece has been painted in colours that totally ignores how Andrew Bill described it in his book which is annoying - the passage reads: 'Jonquil stared at the sculpted mound of white not knowing what to expect. He saw a movement, and then the whole surface of the snow seemed to shift and rise up. As they watched, the majestic person of a white dragon took shape from the snow; a creature of supreme elegance and beauty lifting himself out from his frozen bed.........' also on the next page it says 'Throstle introduced Jonquil to the white Dragon' and to rub it in even more it also states 'Gracewing's body was laden with a long saddle and assorted baggage, all of it made from materials as white as his scales. It was no wonder therefore that he had been able to lie down upon the snow mound and practically disappear' So why paint the Dragon yellow & white when it is so clearly described as white? - as far as I know there is only one sort of 'yellow' snow and I sure wouldn't want to lie down in it (think about it!), this is one Dragon that should have been painted in the usual winter colours of white with hints of blue, and the yellow colour could have been used for a different dragon. On a visit to the factory we were shown a blue version as well as the yellow version, we were asked which we prefered and we all said blue... but they stil went with yellow!