How I made a dragon

I fiddled with the method every time I did one but the basic ideas stayed pretty much the same. I'm not sure the premade spines were a good idea- for the other dragons I did wet blobs and shaped them onto the back which I think works better.

Anway, instructions are below the pictures.

Basic skelton.	Foot sausages.
Toes squished together.	Finished feet. (Note accidental extra toes at front)
Positioning body	A shot of the face (post glue)
Letting the glue dry.	After painting. I'm such a mess!

• Make a basic "skeleton" out of alfoil, just for the torso, tail and head.
• Cover thinly in clay, let dry, then go over any spots you missed.
• Make eyeballs and poke in some pupils.
• Shape the heads basic shape, then add eyes, forehead, nose, nostrils (by poking), ears. Then add any decoarative frills etc and the mouth.(A skinny sausage with a line drawn in it)
• Make the toenails, planning on having a third of each one inside the toe. For this dragon they're just tiny sausage shapes. Let them dry completly.
• For each pair of feet: make 6 sausages a bit longer than you want the feet to be.
  For the back feet, also make two shorter sausages.
• Squish together to make the feet, making the ankle a little raised.
  Squish the toes in towards the foot so you get a bulge at the ends, then push in the toenails. I stuck in bits of toothpick but I'm not sure this helps.
  Draw little wrinkles on the toes. Let the feet dry.
• Support the body with blu-tack in the position you want it to be in.
  Position the feet and measure leg sausages.
  Attach the legs to the feet, then to the body. Let dry COMPLTELEY.
• Add extra clay to legs to make the shape nicer, especially the back legs.
• Make little spines and let them dry.
• Attach spines with little blobs of clay then smooth around them.
• Make wings, let them dry over a curved surface (ie alfoil). Let dry.
• Add veins and feathers to wings. Let dry.
• Attach wings very carefully. Once completely dry add some reinforcing/smoothing clay.
• Check for any places that have gaps and fill them in. Let the dragon dry.
• Cover in Aquadhere, with lots on weak areas like the joins of legs and wings.
• Paint. Cover in more Aquadhere.