Thanks, BigDaddy. I may give a whirl at rotating the head when I get a bit better.
I might also throw a howdah and some Caelians on it and see how it goes over.
Oh, and, MadGiraffe: ironic that I didn't see it when I read your post the first time, but I actually was working on a Siberian tiger when you wrote that. Too big (by intent) to replace the vanilla tiger (which I really like, actually), but here's a shot of the provisionally-complete WIP:
Strange Sighting