I had originally posted the how-to directions for this dragon cake on Cake Central, but during a server crash, the thread was lost. So I decided to repost the instructions here for any who missed it.
I've seen a lot of laying-down dragon cakes, and wanted to make my dragon upright. I started with three 6" round cakes, one 4" round cake, one cupcake, and a skimpy 5x7" oval on the bottom. The 5x7" was the leftover batter from all the other layers, and because I only needed a little extra width on the bottom for the tail area, the thinness of this layer worked out fine.