Here is my Phoenix for the Great Plushie Contest! This is the fur and feather version for which the felt version was a prototype. He is made out of longpile fur. I used a red faux suede for the underwings and long tail feathers. He has real feathers for the crest, wingtips and tail, the beak is handmade out of sculptyIII, and his eyes are acrylic as are the gems on his tail. He is wired from beak and through all three tail feathers, and through both wings so he is poseable. He is approx. 24 inches long with a 14 inch wingspan and took me about 18 hours to make.