Harry Potter Advent Calendar - Day 7
Posted by CapnRex101,
Day six provided our second minifigure, with an accompanying plinth. I think we can reasonably assume the item to go on this plinth will appear on day seven.
Take a look after the break...
Several winged animal statues decorate the Great Hall in the Harry Potter movies, serving as light fixtures. They have already provided the basis for the Gryffindor statue from day two and now this snake statue.
Source - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Slytherin is closely associated with snakes and I think this addition to the series of statues is a little more successful than the Gryffindor lion, partly because the 1x2 grille slope placed on the front creates a brilliant scaly texture. The shape of the wings is effective as well, also improving on the lion statue.
As before, the statue fits onto yesterday's plinth and its dark green 2x2 jumper plate base looks good, alongside dark green quadrants on the printed Slytherin crest. I am surprised such minor features from the movies are represented in this Advent Calendar, but they definitely differ from past calendars, which I appreciate.
Overall - I find the winged snake statue more recognisable than Gryffindor's lion statue and it looks quite attractive on its plinth.
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I agree, it looks better than the loin!
It looks almost like a Hippogriff. But still a lovely like model
This is a griffin or a dragon. Why not a snake?
The front looks like an HVAC unit, with that grill piece. Honestly, I can't see a snake at all.
If it weren't for the image on the plinth, I would never have thought of this as a snake. It totally looks like a gryphon to me!
It’s a duck. Ducks float. He’s a witch. Burn him.
I agree that it looks much more like a griffon (or possibly a hippogriff) than a winged serpent, but at least it looks like *something,* and makes a very attractive statue at this scale. Much better than the muddle that was meant to be a lion, which looks like--well, nothing I'd care to meet in a fantasy saga.
@Binnekamp said:
"I agree, it looks better than the loin!"
Freudian slip?
Not sure I’d have guessed snake but it does at least look like a sleek and noble beast unlike the stubby Gryffindor entry
Now I know, it's a Liverbird.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver_bird/media/File%3ALiver_bird.svg
@Ridgeheart said:
"Ah yes, the famous Slytherin duck. Very striking, highly accurate.
I would attempt to link this to Dreadflipper somehow, but I don't think it's a good thing to insult an already irate elder mechanical frost-penguin by comparing it to this abomination."
Why not? Slytherins are known for their ambition, after all. Why shouldn't this aspire to greatness?
@TheOtherMike said:
" @Ridgeheart said:
"Ah yes, the famous Slytherin duck. Very striking, highly accurate.
I would attempt to link this to Dreadflipper somehow, but I don't think it's a good thing to insult an already irate elder mechanical frost-penguin by comparing it to this abomination."
Why not? Slytherins are known for their ambition, after all. Why shouldn't this aspire to greatness?"
Now all I can think of is Deadflipper speaking in parseltongue, and it is somewhat terrifying.
Why does a snake have wings?
Very weak calendar. These statues are crap. I saw the calendar at 50% off earlier (along with a huge pile of the Disney one) but left it.
No, it's a quezalcoatl. Or maybe just a grasshopper.