How We Made Lincoln Castle's New Dragon by Sculpture Studios 

I love this longer format! Amazing as always!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Love you guys. Amazing work. God bless.❤❤❤

Oh my god the level of DETAIL on a sculpture that big! Casting, stippling, hand-painting-what a gorgeous work of art!

Living in Lincoln and seeing Lucy and Norman up close, this has been wonderful to see how much work went into bringing Norman to life! Well done, amazing work :)

I just love passionate people who care and love what they do. Thank you for this. You guys look like you are having fun!

Best job in the world!

Such a pleasure to watch your amazing videos!! 😊👏🏼👏🏼

This is such a cool looking Dragon. He fits in beautifully with Lucy. I love watching the process as much as the end result. Once again awesome work Guys!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🌹🌹

Visited here by chance with a friend 4 weeks ago, they looked brilliant and have the photos to prove it! Well done and thank u ❤

I absolutely love it. I wish there were Miniatures of them so I could have them in my yard

You guys are amazing and this project is incredible ❤ it turned out fantastic in every way. From beginning to end. Beautiful work all of you 😊 I absolutely love the longer video too. More time with you all.

Beautiful work

Fantastic work as always! Attention to detail, wonderful!

Wow….wow…..wow!!!! Amazing! The form, the texture & detail is simply stunning. Such a cool project and the site is just something we don’t get to see in the states. Love these longer videos….keep ‘em coming!!

just amazing

Awesome work

Super💯👍

Lincoln Castle is a great place to see. Excellent report!!! Beautiful work you all do!!! Very impressive!

I was at Lincoln Castle a few weeks ago, probably around the same time as the weather was quite hot then. Sadly I missed Aden and his amazing work. I don't know how you all do it, but it's super to watch you go from polystyrene, to the finished result. I have to say I think red was a better choice. As for the castle, yes you can go in for free (car parks all around for a daily charge of £9.50 - cheaper for 4 hours, but not by much). You only pay for the prison tour, to see the Magna Carta and the medieval walk around the top of the castle walls. When we were there, there were a lot of people sunbathing and having picnics - all just wandered in through the main entrance, no ticket required - you just walk through. At 25:42, you can see the prison (pre-Victorian and post Victorian) where around 38 prisoners were exe.cuted back in the 1700s and 1800s. There is a small area within a sort of turret part of the castle with many very small gravestones, which are those that were exe.cuted. They simply have the condemned persons' initials - that's it. At 25:45, in the distance there is a building that looks like a castle, with turrets and creeping ivy around it - that is actually a fully working county/crown court building, which operates Monday to Friday. What a fantastic place to work! All within the castle walls. Lastly, just a hundred yards from the castle entrance, is Lincoln cathedral, which is incredible. It is also free to go in, but donations are welcome if you so wish. The castle was built by William the Conqueror in the late 11th century (not long after the battle of Hastings in 1066), and the cathedral was built at around the same time. Lincoln is a great place to visit, really fascinating.

So cool. I liked the blue but loved the red.

the best sculpture

I greatly enjoy watching talented people ply their craft so I give this video 👍🏼👍🏼!

OMGosh, ❤ I love dragons. They are beautiful

Absolutely amazing to watch what beautiful work you all have created. The detail is so impressive. Just Love what was created.

Lookout Aiden, I can see Jess coming up on the outside, with her wire-brush work about half-a-length-behind and closing. Ruth is doing a great deal of catch-up too!

Watching a true master at work is absolutely priceless. 🥹❤️🙏🏽😎🙌🏽

Amazing sculpture! It's look so real!

awesome job, love seeing your work.

amazingggg

Absolutely stunning work, you guys are unbelieveably inspiring! Thank you so much for documenting this whole process!

Wow my respect for such amazing work !

It literally looked like Aiden was carving with magic. My eyes could not see the hot wire so it just looked like the Styrofoam was falling off! So cool, he's the Styrofoam Mage 🧙‍♂

Marvelous

Super cool 👏 !!

Super cool project. Thanks for sharing. ALSO, those heart-shaped pieces at the end are fantastic.

AQ! I want one!!!!! They're so amazing!) I would LOVE to see a Tower shore dragon castle!) BEAUTIFUL!)😍🥰🤩💞💕🫶👍🫶👍

Radical. I love it.

Another excellent video! The music was a masterpiece as well as your talent. Ya’ll are amazing!

Awesome. All looks great. I probably would have done the horns in a contrasting color, though. Gray or brown.

Fantastic! Great job!

dobrá práce,bavíme se vpodobném stylu.

Gorgeous!

WOW! Just WOW!😍

mais um lindo trabalho !!!!!! PARABENS A TODOS DA SCULPTURE STUDIOS.

Parabéns pelo trabalho! Congratulations!!!

Phenomenal ✨

I subbed for the act at 17:30 alone. lovely work as well

Amazing project and sweet video. You all did wonderful on this one.

Superbe travail !

man , thats the biggest piece i,ve seen a shop do!

Yall are absolutely amazing. I love watching yall!

Amazing work as always!! And yes I was definitely Zenned 😂

wow!!!!!

I absolutely adore dragons. You've made another mind blowing piece as always Thank you for this long video . Greetings from Portugal 🖤😊

❤😮😮😮 nádhera a fantastická práce

Nicely done, this thing looks awesome. First time here, instant subscriber 🤘🤘

AMAZIIIIINGGGG!!!! ❤

WOW!!!

I love the blue at first but have to agree. Red just made the difference.

Amazing job! Norman turned out spectacular, very eye catching in his new habitat. Although the polystyrene version was giving me such strong Falcor vibes😊 Gotta say, your main sculptor’s refusal to wear a respirator while cutting and carving out the big forms had me so worried, his poor lungs😬

New subscriber after your zen comment! Love it

Потрясающе!

New sub, thanks for the content. I just found your channel, I must have been living under a rock or something here in the USA. Outstanding project, very impressive. Could there be some baby dragons in the future? I sure hope so.

Think I prefer the blue but looks fantastic in red too

The sculpture and video are stellar. The artless way the dirt was put around the wing tips, and to a lesser extent the head, was criminal. Lincoln Castle needs to pay you guys to show them how to dress an installation.

A beautiful piece of art, you guys are so talented. I never get tired of drawing & painting dragons, any movie or tv show featuring dragons.....I'M THERE!! I've always had this dream that if one day i'f i'm wealthy enough to buy a big enough house with loads of land, i would have a big pond put in, and then i would get some local stone masons to carve me a dragon (based on one of my drawings) with it's mouth open, and out of it's mouth would be where the fountain would spring from.....could even become a tourist attraction!! That would be my tribute to the Masters of modern day fantasy epics.....that's the dream anyway! Anyway back on Earth, you guys did a fantastic job, really enjoyed this commission and i could tell so did you guys, Amazing Work!!

Ive heard you often enough, but this is the 1st time I'm seeing you, Again another very impressive sculpt, I know anyone can buy sticky back silver foil, they sell it at my local Wicks DIY shop/store. polystyrene sheets/blocks are harder to come by especially at realistic prices.

Aways amazing❤ excelente job

Amazing as always!!! Wish you were in the US! Hadn’t watched a video from you guys in a while and it’s always like catching up with a best friend! ❤

This is an amazing work of art! I have looked through the description and comments for how long it took to make “Norman”. I didn’t find an answer. I know months were mentioned but I couldn’t find a definitive duration. How long did it take to create this masterpiece? Fabulous work. It was a joy watching true masters at work.

Was I expecting "welcome to Sculpture Studios" to be ON CAMERA?! No I was not. I liked it 😏

Watching you guys is like going to a creative-artsy-crafty amusement park. 😂.

The eye is very nice.

WAOOO🎉🎉🎉 Hipermegagalattick dragons’love story! Did you collaborate in “Game of throne “? ❤your work!!!thanks!

I think red was definitely the right choice in the end, Norman looks pretty fierce and somewhat happy too.

Nota 10 👍👍😎

some thing thats been in the pipe line for me for years is wanting to make a metal dragon sculpture, as i love dragons, nothing to large, but maybe i can pick some tips up here along the way 😊😊

Im new. This is freakin awesome!

Your work was fabulous... By using a little amount of clay and by using Thermocol sheets and and by using aluminium foil. I hope u can with me what type of chemicals u used for fiber mold

That silver tape is Actual DUCT TAPE 😉

Just discovered your channel. Your team does amazing work! ART. I came upon your channel by necessity…. Im diving into my first foam board/ fiberglass project. Difficulty level fairly low. Do you ever have videos that show the step after sculpting, the fiberglass step? I’ve watched videos from many people over the passed weeks… some people put foul over the foam to protect the foam from the resin and fiberglass part, some people don’t…. I want to look to you guys, you seem to be the utmost level of this skill

That was a long video but it didn't DRAG ON.

Plenty of filling for beanbags!!!!!

I am glad you didn't compress the video. This is an epic work from you guys. maybe because I like dragons and Castles so much.

I've not seen a Dragon's head this large since 1981s DRAGON SLAYER film which was...20ft long inc. the neck. A very different design, perhaps more stereotypical, but very good, meaning of course that the actor was able to literally jump on the Dragon's neck with NO fakery to try to stab it.

I feel privileged to know multiple members of this team personally

Where would one find that magical foil at?… Beautiful work BTW!

Weldone

Hello, thank you for your videos, they are great, please help me, where can I find the aluminum paper to cover that is adhesive?

I’ve been ploughing through your content in awe since discovering it little under a week ago….fantastic stuff , the builds and the presenter with all your quirks…. Quick question : I can’t help but notice the Pink Floyd “Division Bell” statue(s) knocking about in the background of many videos , did you do the original ? …if not who commissioned this copy ?

Amazing work! Maybe masks and respirators?

What a fantastic prop!! The details are sublime!! You seem to do a great job at norman! I love that you managed to recreate the style of the original head, even though you didn't do the original head. Talking about them, what are your thoughts of Chessington removing the dragon head you did for them back then for a cave?

A big mirror in your studio would really help you out as you sculpt in symmetry.

Just curious as I have never carved polystyrene before. Do you not need any dust masks or is it not fine enough to require one when you heat cut?

Absolutely fantastic. I wish I'd had a company like yours years ago. I used to produce large-scale events at castles and abbeys around the UK. I once hired a company and paid them around £5000 to sculpt a statue and it was crap. The very first review of the show said how cheap and crappy it looked and that it ruined an otherwise great show. £5000 for a lifesize statue was a lot 20 years ago and I was promised perfection. I could have bought a marble one for that amount. In those days it was so hard o find people and often the big set makers would screw over smaller companies.

great job guys......what density of styrofoam you are using ?

why not leave the polystyrene inside sculpture? spectacular job well done!

What do you do with all of the trimmed pieces of polystyrene?

hi, what product do you use for the resin mix top coat and can that be applied over the concrete? im a hobby sculptor that would like to make larger thing for my yard

I can't even imagine how much Styrofoam is in your lungs. At least the dragon is okay he doesn't have any nostrils.