You are a busy bee...

Can't wait to see the completed project!

Really nice work. Where'd you get the eyes?

Neat. I have been wanting to make one of these but I'm not sure on what materials to use. Love the detail.

Great detail, I'm guessing they're glass beads for the eyes, can take the heat in the oven ok then...? What a great idea!

The eyes are amber colored glass beads. They do fine in the oven. Fimo bakes at a relatively low temperature, so I have never had breakage issues in any of my artwork with them. Here are some photos of the body, and the head painted, with the body assembled. I still have to paint over the epoxy sculpt I used to hide the wire and attach the wings. I made the wings from feathers my father in law had left over from his days of making fishing lures. The main body is toilet paper tubes I cut, covered in paper mache and then coated lightly with Fimo and sculpted details into. I used a razor to get the feathering detail on the body. I still have to run the wires thru and stabilize the head as well as attach feathers and other fine details...  It is still not done. And Sorry for the poor image quality... My digital camera is still on the fritz and I am relying on my phone for the moment...



the head painted ^





Detail of the front talons


Again... I am sorry for the image quality...

Wow! Really nice detail. Very realistic. What kind of movement is it going to have? Will it flap it's wings and move it's head?

Nice!

He is gorgeous! The pictures are pretty good quality don't fret.

Thank you everyone! It's only going to move it's head. I dunno how to make it flap it's wings as well at the moment...