Chinese Parade Dragon

[Xmez]

Not really a costume, but I've been commissioned to make a Chinese Dragon like those seen in parades for a play. So, here we go. 
I decided to start with the easiest part and make the skin for the body first. A quick trip to spotlight and a quick call to the client had me walking out with about $68 worth of fabric. 
I started cutting cutting the fur into strips to use as trim for the dragon. 


I think it looks pretty good against the green scale. After joining four sections of scale with the red fur to help disguise the joins, I went to work attaching the belly. 



With the belly attached on both sides, I wound up with a 3 meter dragon bodyskin. Once the head and tail are attached, the total length of the dragon should be about 4 meters.