I'm very interested to see how your phoenix turns out. I haven't started on mine though I've had the base lying around for a year. It'll be one of my summer projects since I'm done school in July and the good weather will make painting and sculpting much easier. Rainbow sounds wonderful. The artist seems to like rainbow coloured birds, I keep thinking of Garudas colours from Genju no Seiza.

Hopefully I'll have another weekend at home soon so I can hear about your progress. ^^