I've spent portions of several nights over the past week researching bird wing anatomy and function so I can make a high tech mechanical version thereof. It doesn't mirror the anatomy exactly and look is more important than physical accuracy, but it needs to do a few things a bird wing can. An upshot of the research time…
Animal anatomy is something you should always research. So many people get it wrong. Everquest put out screenshots for one their expansions a while ago and the horses had and extra joint in their front leg (which seems to have been done in the new XBL Avatar pets too, along with cats that have hooves...). The Dicovery…
Honestly i think the only sensible option is to be moderate about the whole thing. Sure some gun nuts will be on your case if you make some small errors, but its really not worth the amount of time to make sure that every little screw is modeled correctly or the internals are all modeled and working, when nobody will…