Thanks for the compliments guys!
It is time to pump it up and do some body building!:mrgreen:
The body consists of 82 pieces. The head/neck, both wings, and the hips/legs/tail, fit to the body assembly. All the connections of the internal armature come together inside the body cavity. The assembly itself has three internal support pieces.
My plan of attack, is to first build the upper ring that connects to the neck, then the shoulders up to the attachment point to the wings and then the rest of the plated spine/back section. I am going to leave the front breast plate pieces un-assembled leaving the body cavity open at the front. This will allow me to connect the wing armatures to the main armature, and fill the cavities of the neck, shoulders, upper arms, and the top of the body cavity with expanding foam for rigidity and strength. Once all that is dried, I will then attach the breast plate pieces to close up the front.
At this point, I should hopefully be able to hold up the whole upper body/head/neck/wings assembly from the main armature wire, a bit like a lollipop on a stick!!:mrgreen: Hopefully, things will become clearer as I go along....
I prepared the pieces at the top of the body that attaches to the neck.
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And assembled them checking for shape against the neck.
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And on to the shoulders and the first of the main horned back plates.
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I will try and get some more done today, but the weather is super outside with good sunshine, and that is something we don't see a lot of here, so, I'm gonna make the best of it and soak up some vitamin D !!!!
See you soon with an update...
P.S:
MULTIPLE PHOTO UPLOAD IS FANTASTIC!!!!!!!! WELL DONE GUYS!!!!!! AN IMPROVEMENT TO THIS SITE THAT HAS BEEN LONG AWAITED .....bounce7
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