I definitely think weighting the foot section and using an internal structure is the way to go!

But for the Desert Bus Rizzo, I had learned a lot about how to set the legs to hold the weight. He’s much steadier than V2, with polyfill through the ankle and split peas through the foot but I went with thin bamboo as the armature.

For the next Rizzo I used wood inside the leg. I also stuffed the top section through the ankle with polyfill and the foot with split peas to weight the foot. Much better!

The first one I made I only used polyfill but found the thinner ankle section would bend and the feet were too light

Thanks, this is Rizzo 2.0 who is destined for my brother for Christmas. Great model ;)

This is actually the third Rizzo pattern I have cut out of single Snuggie so a reasonable brown blanket would definitely also work