Red Squirrel Patronus

When I first saw this challenge I knew immediately that I wanted to create a Red Squirrel. These animals may be small but that doesn't mean that they're not brave and powerful. Red Squirrels once widely populated areas of the UK and Europe before they were chased off by their American counterparts; the Grey Squirrel. But that doesn't mean that they couldn't give a dementor a run for it's money.

Two things that were most important to me whilst building this life-sized model was trying to create the fluffiness of their tail using something other than bricks, and to recreate their ear tufts. I've used a combination of leaves, flowers, snowflakes, spiders and whips to try and create their tail, and used the minifigure leaf element to create the tips of their ears.

I've really enjoyed this challenge, and creating this squirrel and hope that my love for this species translates well into lego form.

Expecto Patronum!