Thanks. :-) Yeah I try to learn from every mistake, and I try to always remember the parts that DO work, even in a piece that fails in general. Those branches were fun to make and I'm going to be doing more things with them soon, I think.

"That's really cool to see the raw leather on the wave dragon."

You know...I've often thought it'd be informative and fun if I documented how I build a piece, right from the very beginnng when I get a hide delivered in a box. I could take a picture at every step, from cutting to carving to shaping and painting. Do you think that'd be something interesting?