The Dragon Screams for the Sun

A Blue Painted Cat

Phil Reed’s passion, as seen through www.battlegrip.com/, is infectious. It fills me with absolute glee that someone can get so excited about “X” whatever “X” happens to be — and sometimes? Well, I have to dive into the fun to see what that perfect moment of happiness is all about. So, for the second time in recent memory, I invested in something I wouldn’t normally get for myself.

Enter “Screaming for Sunrise.” I can’t really call this a toy. It’s more like a vinyl sculpture and it was modeled after the original painting by the same name, Screaming for Sunrise. Produced by Munky King, when I opened the box I was in total shock. My dragon is gorgeous! Yay! You know I’m impressed when I sit here trying to figure out how the artist Yoskay Yamamoto designed, produced and painted this. 🙂

This particular dragon is pictured without the wire-frame ribbon because I wanted to highlight the mold. It’s on him now, though!

(P.S. Huge apologies for the shots. Been having trouble with my camera and I’m strongly leaning toward hunting down a commercial photography class and better equipment. You can see Screaming for Sunrise on the toy manufacturer’s website.)

    Mood: The future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades.
    Caffeinated Beverages Consumed: No tea or tomato juice.
    Work-Out Minutes Logged Yesterday: Walk this way.
    In My Ears: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…
    Game Last Played: Battle Nations
    Movie Last Viewed: Young Guns
    Latest Artistic Project: Cross-stitch
    Latest Release: Redwing’s Gambit for Bulldogs! the RPG



Monica Valentinelli is an author, artist, and narrative designer who writes about magic, mystery, and mayhem. Her portfolio includes stories, games, comics, essays, and pop culture books.

In addition to her own worlds, she has worked on a number of different properties including Vampire: the Masquerade, Shadowrun, Hunter: the Vigil, Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn, and Robert E. Howard’s Conan.

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