Animatronic Dragon

Work in Progress on my 3d printed animatronic dragon project. It was inspired by dragons from popular tv series Game of Thrones and Smaug from Hobbit. All parts were designed by me, drawn in google skethup and 3d printed on my reprap type 3d printer with PLA plastic. The movement is programmed on pololu mini maestro servo controller board but the final version will be based on arduino boards and remote controlled with custom made rig with potentiometers. I use MG996R and MG90S servos in most of places. There is 7 micro servos inside head to move eyes, tongue and upper lips. Tongue is a version of tentacle mechanism. This is second version of the creature. The motors are already overheating to move the mass and it is not yet covered with silicone skin. I had to reduce the size of it and started working on third version, in the size of eagle where all motors will be removed from the chest and movement will be controlled with steel lines and pulleys. If you are interested in the progress, please subscribe here or visit my blog http://themodelmaker.net and like me on facebook to hear about updates. It is my first project of this size and difficulty. It will be covered with realistic silicone skin and painted like real animal. Huge inspiration and source of knowledge was Stan Winston School where you can watch tutorials about sculpting, mold making, creature making, makeup and animatronics from masters who worked on dinosaurs from Jurassic Park. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1rKAv7IwCeynqa9MPNfYaA