Welp, this has to be the most time consuming tail we've made yet! In addition to all of those stripes, all of the feathers on the tip were individually cut, sewn, and painted, then hand stitched on one at a time. The spikes are DVC foam spikes provided by the client, which I painted and sealed.

This beast of a tail is for   blueraven I am so glad it's finished, it was a lot of work but I am absolutely thrilled with the results.