Some swords have names !!! We know this from Tolkien of course. And Tolkien got his inspiration from norse mythology. In the song of the Nibelungs the hero Siegfried disposes of a cloak that makes him invisible and a sword that is called Gram (or Balmung). With his sword he killed the dragon Fafnir and bathed in his blood which made him invulnerable - or at least almost. A lime tree leaf kept the blood of the dragon from touching one spot in his back. Being invulnerable almost everywhere except for one tiny spot is not too bad of course except if one tells his wife about it :p
I got completely confused about which part of a leg belongs to whom while drawing and so finally got the right hind leg of the dragon in an impossible position - except of course it might be that dragons or lindworms have a special anatomy and can bend their legs at the knee in both directions ;)
You can also find my drawings at:
- imagekind
- deviantart (drawings soon to come)
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