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Re: Building fully flexible tail (several joints) with minimal actuation required

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Originally Posted by sanddrag
Now that we have lots of good ideas of how to make this work, how do we make it look good? Yes it is for a parade float and millions of people will be watching, including judges.
The Tournament of Roses? If so, your float will be entirely covered in flowers and I wouldn't be too concerned about visible joints. Clever use of floral cover should camouflage the joints.

That said, if there is genuine concern about visible joints, latex rubber is often used as skin on animatronics. It is first mixed, then poured into molds and it sets pretty quickly.
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