Our Troop had a ceremony for 5 new Eagle Scouts yesterday. This is the cake I made for the boys. The merits badges and charity organization logos are gum paste, hand painted with Americolor gels (my new favorite food colorings!) the boys are made out of fondant and the eagle is rkt covered in first melted chocolate (to make extra sure it would stay together :-), then modeling chocolate feathers. This one just about gave me a heart attack as I watched in my review mirror as it started to fall apart on the way to the venue...I had to basically re-ice the bottom layer when I got there because the boarder fell off almost all the way around it (darn FL heat!) thank goodness I always take my 'what if' bag of icing and implements with me! So, it wasn't perfect, but passable by the time the guests got there and everyone loved it. Thanks for looking and thanks to everyone on this forum for all the inspiration and helpful info!