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Hello, I have wanted to pickup bones for awilehile now, but now I may need it!! I may be doing an animation of a rather wild looking mythical bird. The bird is going to be sculpted in clay and then 3D digitized. Once the file is in my hands, I am thinking that bones will let me animate its wings and other movements. Am I correct in thinking this??? If you think that bones can do the job, what do you think would be important to take into consideration when sculpting this beastie? Would it be benfical to have the wings extended? etc….etc….. Any thoughts you may have would be extremely helpfull. Thanks. Neil LGI