3D-Printed version …working on the tail
This post is about the process of starting to create the tail.
I found with previous versions that having a long-ish tail was quite effective in terms of balancing the rest of the model when it’s moving. Having a slight bend or kink near the front make it appear less dog like perhaps(?). I also noticed that actual dinosaur tails are wide at the base so that’s what I have tried to go for. I decided to have a triangular space-frame style structure.
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This was developed further as can be seen below:
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