《驯龙高手》中烈焰狂魔的设定介绍
原文节选自《驯龙高手设定集》，由龙崖社·龙之书翻译组汉化整理，本合集仅在龙崖社区，Bilibili，爱发电（最先更新），Lofter发布，未经授权禁止转载！
烈焰狂魔可能是电影里面形象设计得最“传统”的龙了，它也被视为最为凶残、固执、顽强的龙族。在战斗中，它总是奋勇当先，激战到最后一刻。
为了创造这些凶猛的生物，角色设计师 Nicolas Marlet 将可怕的烈焰图案加入了它的模型中，而且在设计牙齿的时候也毫无保留。如你可见，这只龙致命的口中长着97根尖牙。这种龙站起来高达69英尺，翼展62英尺。这种威猛的龙特意被安排在影片开头亮相，以使观众能迅速接受龙族这一可怕的存在。
每一种龙都有其独特的喷火方式，而烈焰狂魔就是像火焰喷射器一样喷出一种类似煤油凝胶的物质。龙火击中目标之后会流下来而不会像通常火焰那样窜起来，要做到这种效果而又不让它像岩浆一样是很有挑战性的。特效负责人 Matt Baer 说道。
早期烈焰狂魔的设计特征就是他只有一组翅膀，第二组翅膀是后来为了使其与那些“经典的”龙的长相区分开来而加上的。对这些翅膀建模，你需要咨询一个鸟类学家，清楚鸟的解剖学结构，并且让它的翅膀成为全场的一个焦点。“那些设计者想着把翅膀搞成半透明状态，这样就可以在它背光的时候展现其他部分的细节。” 首席平面设计Sabrina Riegel回忆道。
原文：
Perhaps the most 'classic' take on a dragon design featured in the film , the monstrous Nightmare is also considered the most violent , stubborn and tenacious. In battle , it's the first to arrive and the last to leave.
To create this fierce creature , Character designer Nicolas Marlet crafted an intimidating flame motif into its shape patterns and was quite generous in his assignment of teeth ,as the dragon wields ninety-seven within its deadly jaws . Standing sixty-nine feet tall and unveiling a wingspan of sixty-two feet, this imposing dragon is intentionally featured prominently in the opening of the film to quickly orient the audience into the fearsome existence of dragons .
Each dragon has a unique mode of firepower , and the Monstrous Nightmare releases a kerosene gellike substance in a shot that mimics a flamethrower . Its fire hits the target and then pours downward like liquid instead of rising as one expects flame to do , and it was quite a challenge to make it look like fire and not lava ,' notes Head of Effects Matt Baer .
Early design of the Monstrous Nightmare featured a single set of wings , but a second set was later added to further distance it from the 'classic' dragon look . Modeling these wings required the consultation of an ornithologist to discuss bird anatomy , and the look of these wings became a great focus for the show . 'The designers wanted to add translucency to them to give a whole other level of detail when backlit ,' recalls Head of Surfacing Sabrina Riegel .
