Safari Knight vs. Tudor Mint Large Gothic Dragon: Fun With Photoshop Pt 6

Okay folks, here's the last of the Safari Knight vs. Tudor Mint Dragon shots. One of these years I'll to break out some of my other large dragons and knights play with but I think this will hold us all for a while. Hope you liked this little series. As always - Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

Safari Knight vs. Tudor Mint Large Gothic Dragon: Fun With Photoshop Pt 5

Here's another set of shots from the Safari Knight/Tudor Mint Dragon mash-up. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

Safari Knight vs. Tudor Mint Large Gothic Dragon: Fun With Photoshop Pt 4

Some more pics from the Safari Knight vs Tudor Mint Dragon shoot. I think this series of up-close shots is my personal favorite. Adding the Moon was nice but the blood red moon I think gave it a tad more ominous feel. Anywho, it was fun messing around with these. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina 

Safari Knight vs. Tudor Mint Large Gothic Dragon: Fun With Photoshop Pt 3

I think I can squeeze about four more posts out of this photo shoot. I took shots from several angles and played around in Photoshop to get effects that I thought were nice. I hope you like them too. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

Safari Knight vs. Tudor Mint Large Gothic Dragon: Fun With Photoshop Pt 2

Here's some more pics from my Safari Mounted Knight Tudor Mint Dragon photo shoot. Top shot is fairly straightforward followed by two 'moody' pics. I kinda like the one with the Moon better. How about you folks - which one do you like best?

Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

Safari Knight vs. Tudor Mint Large Gothic Dragon: Fun With Photoshop Pt 1

George Harrison once said, "If you don't where you're going, any road will take you there."

That's kinda where I'm at with the blog. I've got a lot of things in the works for presentation but I also have a lot of things going on the home front and the job front, so mentally my plate is full. It's like playing a game of mental Tetris trying to make all the pieces fall into place where I hope they should be. Okay, that being said, last month I pulled out my Safari Knight and horse and Tudor Mint Large Gothic Dragon and made the two spar off in an epic duel. I'm not sure who won this round but I had fun goofin' around with the pics in Photoshop. I took a whole bunch so in the coming week or so they'll be front and center on the blog. Hope you - Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

The basic initial set-up was the dragon and knight sparring on my generically scenicked base. As the photo shoot progressed a few more details were added. 

Safari Ltd Knight #62036 and Knight's Horse #62030

In yesterday's Midnight Moon Dragon post I said there was a reason I bought that particular critter and that it would all be revealed today. Well, today's post features two Safairi Ltd figures: Knight with Leopard Helmet and Gold Lance #62036 and Knight's Horse with Black Robe and Gold Dragon #62030. 

The back story to all this was that I've been looking for some knight's or other medieval type figures to start preparing for an eventual series on castles.I had known that Safari had knight figures as part of their TOOB series and started looking on-line to see what else they offered. That's when I came across pictures of this fabulous knight and horse combination. There were a few others available in this series but the Knight with Black Robe and Dragons caught my eye the most. There weren't any descriptions as to how big these were but they appeared to be larger than 54mm.  Anywho, last weekend we went to Michael's Craft Store who I know carries Safari toys and lo-and-behold what should they have? You got it, the knight and horse which caught my eye. These are bin toys sold separately and as luck would have it, the store we visited only had these two figures and none of the rest in the series. The knight does stand on his own and is 4" (10.2cm) high to the top of his helmet - 3 1/4" (8.3cm) high to the top of his head. The horse stands 4" (10.2cm) H x 5" (12.2cm) L. I bought the Midnight Moon Dragon because of all the different sizes available it seemed to fit in the best with the knight.

As for Safari's TOOB series of knight's. Wellll, I think I'll pass on those. They too were at Michael's and after looking at them here's my impression and I'll try to be kind. Do you remember the character 'Chunk' in the movie Goonies? Imagine a whole set of knights which look like Chunk in a suit of armor! Yeah, these are not nearly of the same design quality as their Civil War line and disappointing to anyone wanting to do a half-way decent medieval diorama.  Enjoy!Bettina & Fritz Berg:)

Knight's Horse with Black Robe and Gold Dragon

For a mass-produced bin toy, this horse displays remarkable detailing

Knight with Leopard Helmet and Gold Lance

Because the two pieces are sold separately you could mix or match any rider with any horse in the series.

Here's the two facing off. Had there been a similar sized dragon available in black, gray, or green I think I would have bought that instead.

Squaring off on the field of battle! 

My first use of the small display base I posted a couple of weeks ago. In the background is a Built-Rite cardboard castle from the 1930s. The two figures are oversized for the castle but it still looks cool!