creating a skeleton

What holds the body up? Bones! How much structure do you need for your sculpture? Depends on what your sculpture is doing. My dragon is going to be standing upright so needs alot of support all along the spine and on the legs and tail which will support the greatest weight. I chose to coil the wire for strength and preliminary shaping. the wings' s main bones can be put in at this time too (you might want to beef up the shoulder area if your wings are going to be held out from the body). Also, mammals and lizards both tend to have appendages with the same number of digits on each. In the case of dogs and cats the last digit has become severely abbreviated (the dew claw) but is still at least partially evident. In larger sculptures to only include the head and neck area, creating a jawline at this time is probably a good idea.