Thanks everyone!
Is there anything inside the wings as an armature? I personally use 0.1mm copper sheet.
No, nothing in there - if they were spread out, I'd use copper sheet or aluminium mesh; but with the wings partially folded, they should be strong enough to mould with just the Milliput and Green Stuff. (I hope!
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Anyway, the last 2 days have been spent working flat out on dragon sculpting.
I completed the body, tail, second wing and second leg... I won't post work in progress pictures of them, because they are basically the same as the earlier pics! Instead, we'll go straight onto the putting-it-all-together bit...
The body joint I'd fitted when I built the armature seemed to work well. It was basically just a hole on one part, and a section of oval brass tube on the other. All I needed to do was tidy up the joint surfaces, and it fitted together very cleanly.
Next I sorted the wing joints - these were a bit more complicated... first I had to trim the armature wire, as it was too long. I left a short piece of wire sticking out - about 6mm or so.
Next, I took a length of brass tube, and found a drill bit with the same diameter. Then I drilled two holes into the dragon's body, and checked to make sure the brass tubing would fit alright.
Then I cut two short lengths of the brass tube using a jeweler's saw. I stuffed some freshly mixed Green Stuff into the pieces of tube, and pushed them onto the armature wires on the wings. I smoothed off the excess Green Stuff, and left them to let the Green Stuff harden.
Finally, I put it all together and took a couple of photos and a little video...
http://youtu.be/DTQO0MynfNUSo, that's the dragon sculpted... now we have to wait until Monday evening, when we'll be putting it into a master mould - let's hope it works!