Here is the shot with me wearing the finished lion's tail. The belt is way up in the shirt.

Pants do not have a hole in them for it. I have other "prop" pants with holes (that might need to be enlarged, etc.) to use with it to add that "realistic" dimension. Ok, not that realistic!

I use a relatively stiff bailing wire but it's not very stiff so next time I'll find some piano wire (not sure where to get locally) and try with that sometime.

This will be the pattern for future similar tails (but without the tip piece if not a lion but another big cat).