First Bobcat

Wow-he looks great! Are they really, really soft? It is so nice to see you mounting again. I am truly, truly not trying to 'blow my own horn' but here is a tutorial I did while installing my gray fox's wiring that you might like:  MY ARMATURE DESIGN IS CURRENTLY BEING REVISED {SPECIAL NOTE: Anyone familiar with the wonderful work of Brian Hendricks will immediately know where I got the idea of pairing this rock/limb wall habitat with a gray fox in this pose}  My goal was to create a simple armature for a soft mount that would allow it to hold it's own head up. Leg wires are optional. Here are the three main components of the front portion:
Head form, a neck carved out of taxi foam, and the wire part of the armature itself.  The first step was to sand off the mold release residue from the head form (I hate this part-the dust wreaks havoc with my sinuses even though I wear a mask):
Next, I drew simple guide lines on the base of the head form, where the spine would connect to it if it was a real skull:

I then la I did a couple of full armature mounts (with a spine), but that seemed to make them less 'huggable'. This seemed like a good compromise. Again, I apologize if this seems too bold and braggy