I think I figured out how to make a 3D dragon out of paperclips. This is the pattern I'll use that will take a couple tons of paperclips and even more patience, but I think I can handle it. Each section has about twenty or so paperclips. The silver one has 12 sections so far and the colored one has 9.
The dragon itself will be slender like a Chinese dragon and the wings will be a mesh/chain-mail sort of thing. I want to have the entire thing be paperclips, so if untwisting and re-twisting some paperclips together to make the frame will be strong enough, I'll do that. Otherwise, I just have to use some other type of metal or something else that would be sturdy. Or I could just hang it from the ceiling.
I might make a phoenix next. That will look really cool, especially if I can find the right colors.
