Work in progress #2

Now, about that 3-dimensional swan:
I have made a start with one foot.

Three toes point forwards, one backwards.
I believe there should be a fifth digit, (perhaps vestigial,) somewhere higher up the limb that remains to be constructed.
The other foot should be easy.

I will enrol for a course in avian anatomy tomorrow.

I googled for an image of the real thing:

These birds can break an arm with one swipe of their wing.

I was very frightened, so I searched again and found this:

Now I am petrified!

Must go to the shops now; I've run out of matches.