Dragon of Revelation

This is a project I've been working on for a while,
It's fully game-ready and texture-efficient. The tail is built modularly in separate shells. Rather than baking the entire thing as one continuous mesh, I sculpted and baked just two individual segments, then reused them by sculpting the low-poly into shape, using only a fraction of the texture maps I would've needed otherwise. The same logic carried over to the wings: all six are the same original wing, reused and stitched onto the model, keeping the texture budget lean.
In total, the creature is broken down into:
• 17 shells
• 36 legs (some of them mangled)
• 6 wings
• main body and head
Polycount: 274,916 Tris

The design, especially the head, is heavily influenced by old church drawings and Gothic architectural patterns. While the Dragon of Revelation in scripture is described as a great red beast with seven heads and ten horns, my interpretation takes a different angle. The six wings reference the Seraphim, the highest order of angels in biblical hierarchy. The tail draws from Lucifer's other name: Beelzebub, Lord of the Flies, giving it an insectoid, segmented form. The woman's head mounted on the dragon is a direct nod to Herrad of Landsberg's illustration of the apocalyptic woman from the Hortus Deliciarum.

My Friend Csilla Kugler rigged and animated the whole creature, make sure to check out her stuff!
https://www.artstation.com/csillakugler