Stone Arab finished...
...except for his chestnuts and ermine spots, he is finished. Altogether he has a new neck, mane and tail, genitalia. I have also carved out his hooves and his ears, and given him a new muzzle. 
Moving limbs
I am not going to call this a tutorial, as it isn't, it is more of a show and tell. This is how I do it, there are many different ways, cutting and pinning, warming and slow bending etc, but this is the way that works for me. Before we start though, I do want to say, Dremels and heat guns are not for the faint hearted, they are dangerous tools in the wrong hands, please be careful and protect yourself. As mentioned in the previous post, I am CMing a Zenyetta to an ASB. A rather drastic CM, but the theory is the same for all my CMing, wether it is simple or drastic. Firstly, I mark the joints. This gives me the bending points, and I can also measure making sure the OF is even. Always, always, always ...starting form the highest joint (shoulder, hip) moving down the limbs comparing to the reference photos work out what needs moving. Sometimes, on a simple CM shoulders and rump joints don't need moving, but rarely. Once I think I know where I am heading, I mark out the...
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