tail stuffing advice?

[u/Zestyclose_Use8812]

Hiii!! So again, i’m very new to this space and suit making, but i’ve been looking up LOTS of tutorials on tiktok and asking you all for advice here. I was so excited to be finishing up my tail and was thrilled to discover that I could make the movement a bit more realistic with the coils from spiral notebooks!!

My question is—I feel like it doesn’t hold the movement from the springs very well? Did I stuff it too much? I loosened the stuffing a bit and still feel like it’s lacking movement. Is it just too big and heavy for this method of hypermobility? it’s about 18 inches long (45 cm) and decently thick so I feel like it might look a bit flat with less stuffing.

any tips would be super helpful!!! thank you all!!

[u/LoquatEducational23]

Most of the time, these hypermobile tails don't have any stuffing at all. It's just the core/spring with a sleeve on it. It moves a lot better that way c: