Right on! Even small actions, like pacing instead of sitting still, standing instead of lying down... they have significant impact on calories burned. A neat trick to cut down on portion size is to add spice and flavoring to foods, like adding extra seasoning to tacos. Strong flavors statistically make people feel full faster.
I've used nylon webbing, clips, and foam with only one boards for both wings to maximize comfort and wear time. If you're going to be shooting a movie or something where you just need them to work for a few minutes of filming--then totally go with cheap-o stuff. If you want this to be a repeat costume feature you can use retired climbing webbing, seatbelts, or newly purchased webbing as an extremely comfy harness.
If you want to use them for more than a one-time big splash at a halloween party, I suggest making one backboard and using webbing and hard-core Velcro for straps. You can get webbing from old mountain climbing gear, Joanne fabric stores have begun carrying it for purse straps, and hardware stores sometimes carry it for replacing straps.
Yeah! I've done it by layering fabric as though the shapes of fabric were feathers. you can also paint feather patterns onto plan fabric. Acrylic paint is really cheap and works well.
Just keep in mind that having two individual shoulder mounts makes for huuuuge maneuverability, but lots of strapping work. So you may prefer both wings mounted to one back board. Also, make sure your skeleton and wire work before you spend huge amounts of time working on the feathers, if you need to alter your design do it before it's all pretty. I bet it'll turn out gorgeous.
Thank you! What I find is that information from one kind of project becomes useful for many others. To use your pottery example, glaze on pottery is very similar to enamel on metal. Once you get good at making and using one it's easy to make and use the other. Good luck in your class!
The foam is a kind of craft foam, known generically as "fun foam." It's an expanded chemical called EVA. I usually buy Darice brand, but all larger craft stores, including the craft section at Wal-Mart carry it by lots of brand names. Once you feel the texture of a sheet you'll be able to recognize it anywhere, as it's got a unique feel to it--it's flip-flop foam.
Adjust the eyelets so they guide the wire to the pull site, you don't want to be pulling wire around 90 degree corners. Also keep in mind that sideways wings tent to hit stuff more frequently, so don't make them super wide or you'll have to walk out doors at angles, which takes away from the mystique of a winged costume.
Glad you figured out what to do with your wire/string--building a project gets easier the more you get used to figuring things out. It should say on the back of the can, usually an hour or two. If you keep the pipe warm, like putting it on a table it will cure faster than if you keep is cool, like putting it on the floor.
Thank you so much for this video! I made a set of my own, and I love them. I planned to (and successfully) walked on stilts while wearing them, so I did not use your body posture idea, but had small metal rings I could loop around my thumb to open the wings. They took me dang near 20 hours to make, but I am so happy with the results. Again, you are awesome!
Butterfly wings are often done as wire with mesh stretched over them. You could either put them on a hinge, or deform the the wire to make them pull inward. I'd put them on a hinge on a backplate with sewing elastic pulling them flat open. Then with pull of the wire/high tensile fishing line the wings would close, then gently bounce back open when tension was released.
I realised how difficult it is to attach the membrane :/ but i was able to figure it out and im almost finished with the wings im making! I might upload what they look like, but this was really helpful so thanks!
It's easy to assemble, the decorating with scales or feathers will take the longest. Try mounting to a single backboard instead of two small backboards for more comfort. Draw up a plan, and set a time limit. Start with fabric. If you finish the fabric wings within your limit, then add feathers along the pipes. If that works within your time limit, finish it off with lots of feathers. Just make sure you'd be satisfied with each step so you'll have a product that makes you proud.
Joanne's got it, Micheals, too.Even Wal-Mart carried craft foam, but you'll have more options from a craft store. You can see my gargoyle feet video based on the werewolf stilts, those work really good, you can also get high density furniture foam cut it into foot shapes that you can Velcro over your shoes for simple feet. Buying fabric that matches your wings is easy, then you just hot glue the fabric over the foam in strip of scales, and slip the foam feet on before you put your shoes on.
I'm a big fan of EVA, a chemical ingredient in hot glue, foam, medical implants--the works. Ethylene vinyl acetate is pretty tame in terms of safety, and you can do so much with it! Hot glue also gives you a nearly instant result. For many projects the time it takes for water based glues, or resins (like epoxy) to become solid chases them off. Like there are times you want the benefits of the slower setting adhesives, but hotglue is a pretty safe and quick way to construct objects.
Wood dowels of equal strength would greatly increase the weight of the wings. You can increase the angle-ish-ness by reducing the number of interior degrees at each joint, you could make them angel-ish by checking out the instructables website under "angel wings" and go for the one of the guy in white body paint with feathery wings.
I don't have them to anymore to take photos of, cuz I made them 6 years ago, but I can describe them. The design was the same, but I was working in a theatre costume shop at the time, so I had access to all kinds of scrap straps and fabric. They were each only about 3 feet high by 2 feet long when closed. I used layers different colored cloth to give it a feathery look. They were so light I could rotate each shoulder to position them in addition to using the wire foot stirrup to open them.
The uupper wings are both 1" diameter pipe--other diameters work fine, too. The length doesn't matter, our pieces are different lenghts because they were scraps form my truck, cut them however you like. PVC cement is brushed on the end of the pipe, then the end is stuck in a joint (the little elbow pieces.)
You may find the individual shoulder back plates unwieldy--they offer more mobility but less comfort than one solid back plate that has fewer edges digging into you. Comparing the wings we did for this tutorial with the ones I did for myself I prefer the single back plate.
My preference is wings with a 2 and a half foot moving pipe. The effect is still intense, but the props are much more manageable ( you can walk downstairs, for example!)
FYI the hi-temp pipe is also called "cpvc" or hot water pipe. that looks to be the 1/2" size on the upper wing assembly. the lower wing pieces look like one inch wold water or simply "pvc" pipe
With diamonds on the claw tips about $50,000 USD depending on clarity, color, and cut. Without diamonds that's going to depend on what you want to make yours with. First, pick a fabric style, and get a rough idea of the pricing online. Dragon-scale/alligator vinyl can be more than $20 USD per yard, while plain muslin cloth costs ~$2.50 USD per year. The cloth will be your most expensive part.
Thanks. Me and Ben do costume tutorials as way to talk about construction technology and materials safety while kicking ass every Halloween at all the costume contests.
3/4 to one inch for short pieces--high temp pipe, sold as really thin stuff, for the long part. The schedule of the pipe (80 or 40) determines how easy it is to bend/break so just buy the stuff that feels like it will work for your project.
To quote the 80's: "Rad." Most people have said they find doing the back mount the hardest part, so be prepared for mild amounts of suck for that part. But once you've got them comfy they make a great prop.
@RandomAnimeLover123 Yes. Also the extra detail of the scales helps transform the obviously fabric wing into something with a context, namely, dragon skin.
If you want a certain angle you can use a cut wood block, similar in shape to a doorstop, mount that to a backboard, then mount the wings to the angled mounts.
That's the idea of one of these kind of projects. They're not super hard to do, but they give you a chance to practice the kind of skills that you can't mess up with on a more expensive, or complicated project.
Questions are totally cool. You may want to mount them both to the same board to avoid messing around with straps as much--that seems to be a difficult part for people.
The lift created by a little pair of wings like that means you have to be going at high speeds. Look into wingsuits and skydiving, the slowest you can go as you approach stalling out in a wingsuit is around 35 miles per hour. There's been a couple flights lately using carbon fiber wings mounted to the back, but you don't get a lot of lift, you just fall in a huge arc. Hang gliding is more realistic toward what you're talking about, and there is also where use a hot hair balloon with no basket.
Yes. You'd want to layer feather shapes instead of scale shapes, and probably layer white felt instead of plain fabric to make the wings look feathery.
While going thru my stuff in the garage, I found lots of stray straps with clips that came off camping gear or backpacks, I have no idea. I bet everybody has a box with some webbing straps. DUCT TAPE is more readily available, and if it can fix hang gliders it can certainly support dragon wings!
LOL...i call them glue webs too......good way to get rid of them is to pull off what you can then take a hair dryer on low(or high depending on how cheap your hair dryer is..) and aim it the object you glued...melts them into oblivion
@Hergonan But that's the point! By using colloquialisms I am able to give the videos a sense of place as well as increase accessibility by my audience, who will find dry "Kings' English" prose alienating and detached. Other colloquialisms I use intentional include "wanna," "gonna," "like," and "sorta."
The younger the kid, the smaller the wings (for ease of wearing.) I'd make them out 3/4 inch PVC pipe and the high temp pipe and mount them securely to single board, padded with foam/car sponges and secured with real fabric straps. The lengths per wing would be roughly 9 inches inches for both the 3/4 inch PVC and 18 inches for the high temp PVC. So you'd probably use about 2-2.5 yards of fabric for the wings.
@angelbbad8789 The amount of fabric will depend on the design. We glued scraps together and the wings are narrow without large handing parts. To estimate the fabric we'd need we drew the design out on paper, then drew the design life sized in chalk on concrete, measuring how much fabric would really be used when the wings were open.
You don't need to, it's just a shell to cover where the wire is and add detail. (More detail often means more attractive.) You can do the same with sheets of foam where you've cut them into long panels with wavy edges. Try and make yours smaller if you want to save time, since there's less stuff to mess with. The moving part of these wings was 5 feet long. Even just 3 feet is impressive and work better (fit) indoors.
I got an e-mail from a dude in Spain and her had to order his from the UK and get it shipped. I've got the sketches you sent me and am trying to think of alternative products. I'll be replying to those in the next day.
Just slipping the wire between two layers of clothes works, I did that for a bird costume and it worked fine for four hours of wearing. Of the other folks one demanded anonymity, the other one was watching the studio we were working in and the dude wearing the wings is Ben--my partner in costuming crime and video projects.
I have been working at this project for ...um... about a year now... but ANYWAY, I wanted to thank you for this video. It (like red bull) gave me wings! :D THANK YOU!!!!!
One full day for the scales if you do them alone (recruit a friend if you can.) And it took 2 hours to construct the wings, cut the fabric, and glue. If you use piped acrylic paint (like Liquitex or Basics brand) it'll need two days two dry on a table, and three days to dry on the floor (temperature differences.) I broke the project up over four days. 1, buy supplies. 2, Build skeletons, cut and glue fabric. 3, Cut a BUNCH of scales. 4, Glue scales, mount wing.
You could attach feathers or paper/foam cut to resemble feather to your membrane material. You could also build panels onto the "skeleton" that slide over each other made of foam, paperboard or something similar and attach feather/fake feathers to that. I wouldn't advise real feathers, instead cut out foam feathers and make lots of little cuts up each side. It can look good and that way you get really big feather shapes that actually match the wing.
@KiwiKimberly Pt 3 Try modding how wire pulls on the wing, by shortening the distance the wing-lever has to be pulled. Move the wire attachment point closer to the joint. Pt 2 answers your question directly, but the above is how I did a pair of bird wings for an all day costume, so thought you'd like more details.
Possibly. You may find salvaged seatbelts, old webbing that's being thrown away by a gym that does rock wall climbing, or strips of heavy cloth to be better. I just went with a super cheap product most people aren't nervous to experiment with for an example. A big project can be made overwhelming by tackling too many new materials at once.
Only if you 1. Layout your tools ahead of time, with everything(including water to drink) all in one place 2. Close your eyes and envision each step before you start. It's five minutes that solves problems in your head rather than while tangled in wire while hot glue is oozing onto the carpet!
No not annoying! Asking questions is soooo important to learning. Don't try to follow what I did exactly. Imagine your wings, how big they should look. Then, open up measuring tape or use a ruler to find out what the number is behind the length you picture. Draw it if you want to, or write out a description. That way you'll have your own measurements to follow. These wings are over five feet tall, so for many people they would drag on the ground!
That's an important thought. Why and how do people use their time? When we put out our werewolf stilt video last year we got a lot of people who actually made them. By keeping price down the costume props aren't too expensive, and folks tend to go to multiple costume contests or holiday festivals. There's a teacher who used our videos as a way of making technology education relevant to kids who were all into Halloween.
This is very awesome and neatly built. Although, I'm not that great with building items like this, but it was still fun to watch. I also learned something about pottery that I didn't know, might come in handy for my class. The funniest part of this was the way the guy said duct tape. xD Again, very nice tutorial video and wings.
And use a light board, such as particle board, which is also inexpensive. using a large rectangular board compared to the little wood squares in the video will offer more contact with the back to distribute weight. Padding the board by gluing dense sponges, or furniture foam, or wearing the backboard over multiple clothing layers will make the unyielding wood feel better on a small back. For the straps, padded cross-straps across the chest with velcro tape to close them should work.
1. The guys are cute in this vid. 2. The veins are awesome, but since this would be a bigger creature rather then a tiny one, wouldn't the veins be bigger? Awesome vid, you're a wonderful artist!
Haha. Too cool. Good video. Ive gotta give her props (inside joke). The bird and the DUCT TAPE was a nice touch. Really fun and interesting idea and with a little more creativity someone could make an original costume for Halloween. Nice post Gryphern.
You have to balance the length of your wire/rope so that when you step the wings don't get pulled. It takes another person and about 10 minutes of playing around.
When folks don't have a little bit of base muscle to support themselves, carrying heavy loads can put stress on joints, causing injury. But load bearing activities are really important for bone density, great for muscle building, and great for calorie burning.
For giant wings like ours: 4 yards will guarantee both wings fit. 2.5-3 yards may mean you have to do what I did, and glue on extra panels. For your wings: You can put both skeletons on the ground, spread open, and measure around them to see how much you need for your project.
Sorry 'bout reply delay--prepping for a job interview on Saturday. Make it attach like the "best" picture in the "more info" tab under the diagrams, it's very important you do like the best diagram!
I split it into two half days since I had to cut all the scales by hand. One half day cutting fabric and pipe and installing eyelets. Other half day cutting scales and gluing on fabric.
cool....I will post a response video of what I have so far. I am teaching an art class and will do it as soon as I am done. Thanks! You may just be my new hero!
Two! But it was raining for several days in a row, so we had to film inside--and both wings pointing out at angles from the back didn't FIT when opened. The place I'm staying at for the next couple weeks has a bunch of small rooms, but no big rooms!
man you lost me at "DUCT TAPE" i had to pause the video since i was laughing too hard! xD Aaaaaand imma have to apologize to my neighbors tomorrow morning.... xD The only possible question i have now is : " Is it possible to make them movable where it's attached in the back to make them go left and right? Or is it too heavy and it'll fall and knock out someone?"
Pop open the "diagram set" in the "more info" section. All the white stuff is PVC. If you're in a little over your head but you have the supplies grab a friend or relative to give you a hand!
Supply list is for two wings, and I used 2.5-3 yards total, but that wasn't enough, I had to assemble scraps to make the wing tips and elbow membrane. I did that to avoid waster but if you want to make it kind on yourself get 4 yards.
Yep. The tighter the angles the more likely the wings are to pull away from their wood blocks-- so putting both wings on a single board will make life easier.
Yeah--we filmed this one on an island in Puget Sound, so of course it was raining. Two wings would't fit in the kitchen at the same time. But yeah, in a big enough space two fit on the back. I suggest mounting them on the same black plate for extra comfort.
@Roketto Baffle him back: One size does not fit all because people are not manufactured. If we gave you the lengths that worked on Ben and you were smaller they would not fit, they would drag on the ground and you would be unable to make them move. If you were larger they might look stupid on you--even the pipe diameter can be variable. So, this video is not a blueprint, but a concept. Wearable props require being totally customized to the wearer. Check the reference PDF for eyelet placement.
Does anyone know the specifics for the bolts, screws, locking nuts, and eyelets? Like size, or how many are needed? Cuz at Home Depot there's frickin' MILLIONS and I have no idea which ones she used other than the 2.5 inch (wood?) screws.
You could make it work, by altering the design from a fabric wing membrane to a series of panels the represents the feather groups on a wing, so the panels would slide over each other and look less like a bat-wing?
Is it bad that i laughed when she was punching the wings?😂😂😂
No
DIYDumpling nah
Kayke no its not bad
TheOnlyKristelle no it's not I laughed myself XD
Nyuva sameeeeeeeee
really helpful. i didnt know anything on how to make moveable dragon/demon wings, now it seems so obvious. i got alot through this clip. thanks
Okay when you started to beat the crap outta that wig I just about cried laughing then you just thumbs up that strong...I can't handle this
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Dragon wings: Me
That lady: Life
Same lmao
Also- CaMp CaMp
@@mxlonn9813 there's a place i know that's tucked away
Right on! Even small actions, like pacing instead of sitting still, standing instead of lying down... they have significant impact on calories burned. A neat trick to cut down on portion size is to add spice and flavoring to foods, like adding extra seasoning to tacos. Strong flavors statistically make people feel full faster.
I've used nylon webbing, clips, and foam with only one boards for both wings to maximize comfort and wear time. If you're going to be shooting a movie or something where you just need them to work for a few minutes of filming--then totally go with cheap-o stuff. If you want this to be a repeat costume feature you can use retired climbing webbing, seatbelts, or newly purchased webbing as an extremely comfy harness.
If you want to use them for more than a one-time big splash at a halloween party, I suggest making one backboard and using webbing and hard-core Velcro for straps. You can get webbing from old mountain climbing gear, Joanne fabric stores have begun carrying it for purse straps, and hardware stores sometimes carry it for replacing straps.
I love your sense of humor
Yeah! I've done it by layering fabric as though the shapes of fabric were feathers. you can also paint feather patterns onto plan fabric. Acrylic paint is really cheap and works well.
Just keep in mind that having two individual shoulder mounts makes for huuuuge maneuverability, but lots of strapping work. So you may prefer both wings mounted to one back board.
Also, make sure your skeleton and wire work before you spend huge amounts of time working on the feathers, if you need to alter your design do it before it's all pretty.
I bet it'll turn out gorgeous.
Thank you! What I find is that information from one kind of project becomes useful for many others. To use your pottery example, glaze on pottery is very similar to enamel on metal. Once you get good at making and using one it's easy to make and use the other. Good luck in your class!
The foam is a kind of craft foam, known generically as "fun foam." It's an expanded chemical called EVA. I usually buy Darice brand, but all larger craft stores, including the craft section at Wal-Mart carry it by lots of brand names. Once you feel the texture of a sheet you'll be able to recognize it anywhere, as it's got a unique feel to it--it's flip-flop foam.
Adjust the eyelets so they guide the wire to the pull site, you don't want to be pulling wire around 90 degree corners. Also keep in mind that sideways wings tent to hit stuff more frequently, so don't make them super wide or you'll have to walk out doors at angles, which takes away from the mystique of a winged costume.
you punching them made my day cause I got a good laugh xD
IM DOING IT WRONG! IM MISSING ONE THING! THE PARROT!
Ya...lol
Could a parakeet work...oh wait...I forgot...SCRATCH THAT!!
Glad you figured out what to do with your wire/string--building a project gets easier the more you get used to figuring things out.
It should say on the back of the can, usually an hour or two. If you keep the pipe warm, like putting it on a table it will cure faster than if you keep is cool, like putting it on the floor.
I came up with this idea about 6 years ago, when I was working in a costume shop at a college as part of my coursework!
This is very helpful! I'm looking to make my Dragon wings for my fursuit and this is kind of how I was thinking to do it.
Thank you so much for this video! I made a set of my own, and I love them. I planned to (and successfully) walked on stilts while wearing them, so I did not use your body posture idea, but had small metal rings I could loop around my thumb to open the wings. They took me dang near 20 hours to make, but I am so happy with the results. Again, you are awesome!
Big thanks to Threadbangers for featuring this video. Wish I had seen it sooner! Definitely one of the coolest how-to videos ever.
Awesome job!
I've been using your epic design for the past 3 years for the best dragon costume in my neighborhood!
Butterfly wings are often done as wire with mesh stretched over them. You could either put them on a hinge, or deform the the wire to make them pull inward. I'd put them on a hinge on a backplate with sewing elastic pulling them flat open. Then with pull of the wire/high tensile fishing line the wings would close, then gently bounce back open when tension was released.
I realised how difficult it is to attach the membrane :/ but i was able to figure it out and im almost finished with the wings im making!
I might upload what they look like, but this was really helpful so thanks!
It's easy to assemble, the decorating with scales or feathers will take the longest. Try mounting to a single backboard instead of two small backboards for more comfort. Draw up a plan, and set a time limit. Start with fabric. If you finish the fabric wings within your limit, then add feathers along the pipes. If that works within your time limit, finish it off with lots of feathers. Just make sure you'd be satisfied with each step so you'll have a product that makes you proud.
Joanne's got it, Micheals, too.Even Wal-Mart carried craft foam, but you'll have more options from a craft store. You can see my gargoyle feet video based on the werewolf stilts, those work really good, you can also get high density furniture foam cut it into foot shapes that you can Velcro over your shoes for simple feet. Buying fabric that matches your wings is easy, then you just hot glue the fabric over the foam in strip of scales, and slip the foam feet on before you put your shoes on.
I'm a big fan of EVA, a chemical ingredient in hot glue, foam, medical implants--the works. Ethylene vinyl acetate is pretty tame in terms of safety, and you can do so much with it! Hot glue also gives you a nearly instant result. For many projects the time it takes for water based glues, or resins (like epoxy) to become solid chases them off. Like there are times you want the benefits of the slower setting adhesives, but hotglue is a pretty safe and quick way to construct objects.
Wood dowels of equal strength would greatly increase the weight of the wings. You can increase the angle-ish-ness by reducing the number of interior degrees at each joint, you could make them angel-ish by checking out the instructables website under "angel wings" and go for the one of the guy in white body paint with feathery wings.
I don't have them to anymore to take photos of, cuz I made them 6 years ago, but I can describe them. The design was the same, but I was working in a theatre costume shop at the time, so I had access to all kinds of scrap straps and fabric. They were each only about 3 feet high by 2 feet long when closed. I used layers different colored cloth to give it a feathery look. They were so light I could rotate each shoulder to position them in addition to using the wire foot stirrup to open them.
The uupper wings are both 1" diameter pipe--other diameters work fine, too.
The length doesn't matter, our pieces are different lenghts because they were scraps form my truck, cut them however you like.
PVC cement is brushed on the end of the pipe, then the end is stuck in a joint (the little elbow pieces.)
Amazing. I don't understand why your channel doesn't have an enormous amount of subscribers.
I'm glad that we've been able to help introduce you to Differential Equations. You came to troll, but you left with learning!
You may find the individual shoulder back plates unwieldy--they offer more mobility but less comfort than one solid back plate that has fewer edges digging into you. Comparing the wings we did for this tutorial with the ones I did for myself I prefer the single back plate.
My preference is wings with a 2 and a half foot moving pipe. The effect is still intense, but the props are much more manageable ( you can walk downstairs, for example!)
FYI the hi-temp pipe is also called "cpvc" or hot water pipe. that looks to be the 1/2" size on the upper wing assembly. the lower wing pieces look like one inch wold water or simply "pvc" pipe
With diamonds on the claw tips about $50,000 USD depending on clarity, color, and cut.
Without diamonds that's going to depend on what you want to make yours with. First, pick a fabric style, and get a rough idea of the pricing online. Dragon-scale/alligator vinyl can be more than $20 USD per yard, while plain muslin cloth costs ~$2.50 USD per year. The cloth will be your most expensive part.
Thanks. Me and Ben do costume tutorials as way to talk about construction technology and materials safety while kicking ass every Halloween at all the costume contests.
3/4 to one inch for short pieces--high temp pipe, sold as really thin stuff, for the long part. The schedule of the pipe (80 or 40) determines how easy it is to bend/break so just buy the stuff that feels like it will work for your project.
To quote the 80's: "Rad."
Most people have said they find doing the back mount the hardest part, so be prepared for mild amounts of suck for that part. But once you've got them comfy they make a great prop.
@RandomAnimeLover123 Yes. Also the extra detail of the scales helps transform the obviously fabric wing into something with a context, namely, dragon skin.
If you want a certain angle you can use a cut wood block, similar in shape to a doorstop, mount that to a backboard, then mount the wings to the angled mounts.
Very nice!!!!!!! I'm truly impressed not only by the quality but by the cost!
DUCT TAPE!
I love it. These wings are beautiful, I wish I had the space to make them.
That's the idea of one of these kind of projects. They're not super hard to do, but they give you a chance to practice the kind of skills that you can't mess up with on a more expensive, or complicated project.
brilliant. I do a good deal of special effects for plays and some small films, so I'm thrilled to see how you did this.
It's a very smart design.
Questions are totally cool.
You may want to mount them both to the same board to avoid messing around with straps as much--that seems to be a difficult part for people.
The lift created by a little pair of wings like that means you have to be going at high speeds. Look into wingsuits and skydiving, the slowest you can go as you approach stalling out in a wingsuit is around 35 miles per hour. There's been a couple flights lately using carbon fiber wings mounted to the back, but you don't get a lot of lift, you just fall in a huge arc. Hang gliding is more realistic toward what you're talking about, and there is also where use a hot hair balloon with no basket.
Wow, not just a great instructional video, it's also hilarious! I loved the EU, parrot, and DUCTTAPE parts.
Yes. You'd want to layer feather shapes instead of scale shapes, and probably layer white felt instead of plain fabric to make the wings look feathery.
While going thru my stuff in the garage, I found lots of stray straps with clips that came off camping gear or backpacks, I have no idea. I bet everybody has a box with some webbing straps. DUCT TAPE is more readily available, and if it can fix hang gliders it can certainly support dragon wings!
I love this, and your sense of humor, but all those hot glue "webs" or tiny strings, are KILLING ME!!!
yeah, it's a demo video, and you are definitely right that carefully applying hot glue looks way better than leaving plastic "spider web" trails!
LOL...i call them glue webs too......good way to get rid of them is to pull off what you can then take a hair dryer on low(or high depending on how cheap your hair dryer is..) and aim it the object you glued...melts them into oblivion
@Hergonan But that's the point! By using colloquialisms I am able to give the videos a sense of place as well as increase accessibility by my audience, who will find dry "Kings' English" prose alienating and detached. Other colloquialisms I use intentional include "wanna," "gonna," "like," and "sorta."
Truly brilliant and creative, as usual!
Special thumbs up to Rudy and the french-speaking guy =)
The younger the kid, the smaller the wings (for ease of wearing.) I'd make them out 3/4 inch PVC pipe and the high temp pipe and mount them securely to single board, padded with foam/car sponges and secured with real fabric straps. The lengths per wing would be roughly 9 inches inches for both the 3/4 inch PVC and 18 inches for the high temp PVC. So you'd probably use about 2-2.5 yards of fabric for the wings.
@angelbbad8789 The amount of fabric will depend on the design. We glued scraps together and the wings are narrow without large handing parts. To estimate the fabric we'd need we drew the design out on paper, then drew the design life sized in chalk on concrete, measuring how much fabric would really be used when the wings were open.
So cool! I hope you have this done soon so we can see the whole costume in action!
Hey there. It looks realy great!
Could you make a video/tutorial for moving angel wings too? This would be great!!!
You don't need to, it's just a shell to cover where the wire is and add detail. (More detail often means more attractive.) You can do the same with sheets of foam where you've cut them into long panels with wavy edges. Try and make yours smaller if you want to save time, since there's less stuff to mess with. The moving part of these wings was 5 feet long. Even just 3 feet is impressive and work better (fit) indoors.
just bought my supplies for my wings. can't wait for it to be finished! Instead of red, I bought some shimmery green fabric.
This is a really good instruction video on how to make the wings! I am doing a wizard Finn the human cosplay and this tutorial is perfect!
I got an e-mail from a dude in Spain and her had to order his from the UK and get it shipped. I've got the sketches you sent me and am trying to think of alternative products. I'll be replying to those in the next day.
Just slipping the wire between two layers of clothes works, I did that for a bird costume and it worked fine for four hours of wearing. Of the other folks one demanded anonymity, the other one was watching the studio we were working in and the dude wearing the wings is Ben--my partner in costuming crime and video projects.
This was Fantastic! You are amazing!!! Thanks for bringing this to everyone!
I have been working at this project for ...um... about a year now... but ANYWAY, I wanted to thank you for this video. It (like red bull) gave me wings! :D THANK YOU!!!!!
One full day for the scales if you do them alone (recruit a friend if you can.) And it took 2 hours to construct the wings, cut the fabric, and glue. If you use piped acrylic paint (like Liquitex or Basics brand) it'll need two days two dry on a table, and three days to dry on the floor (temperature differences.) I broke the project up over four days. 1, buy supplies. 2, Build skeletons, cut and glue fabric. 3, Cut a BUNCH of scales. 4, Glue scales, mount wing.
You could attach feathers or paper/foam cut to resemble feather to your membrane material.
You could also build panels onto the "skeleton" that slide over each other made of foam, paperboard or something similar and attach feather/fake feathers to that.
I wouldn't advise real feathers, instead cut out foam feathers and make lots of little cuts up each side. It can look good and that way you get really big feather shapes that actually match the wing.
Thanks so much! My little sister ( the other wolf girl) love Halloween! We make amazing coutumes each year! This will be the bet one yet!
@KiwiKimberly Pt 3
Try modding how wire pulls on the wing, by shortening the distance the wing-lever has to be pulled. Move the wire attachment point closer to the joint. Pt 2 answers your question directly, but the above is how I did a pair of bird wings for an all day costume, so thought you'd like more details.
Possibly. You may find salvaged seatbelts, old webbing that's being thrown away by a gym that does rock wall climbing, or strips of heavy cloth to be better. I just went with a super cheap product most people aren't nervous to experiment with for an example. A big project can be made overwhelming by tackling too many new materials at once.
Only if you
1. Layout your tools ahead of time, with everything(including water to drink) all in one place
2. Close your eyes and envision each step before you start. It's five minutes that solves problems in your head rather than while tangled in wire while hot glue is oozing onto the carpet!
No not annoying! Asking questions is soooo important to learning. Don't try to follow what I did exactly. Imagine your wings, how big they should look. Then, open up measuring tape or use a ruler to find out what the number is behind the length you picture. Draw it if you want to, or write out a description. That way you'll have your own measurements to follow. These wings are over five feet tall, so for many people they would drag on the ground!
That's an important thought. Why and how do people use their time? When we put out our werewolf stilt video last year we got a lot of people who actually made them. By keeping price down the costume props aren't too expensive, and folks tend to go to multiple costume contests or holiday festivals. There's a teacher who used our videos as a way of making technology education relevant to kids who were all into Halloween.
This is very awesome and neatly built. Although, I'm not that great with building items like this, but it was still fun to watch. I also learned something about pottery that I didn't know, might come in handy for my class. The funniest part of this was the way the guy said duct tape. xD Again, very nice tutorial video and wings.
And use a light board, such as particle board, which is also inexpensive. using a large rectangular board compared to the little wood squares in the video will offer more contact with the back to distribute weight. Padding the board by gluing dense sponges, or furniture foam, or wearing the backboard over multiple clothing layers will make the unyielding wood feel better on a small back. For the straps, padded cross-straps across the chest with velcro tape to close them should work.
1. The guys are cute in this vid. 2. The veins are awesome, but since this would be a bigger creature rather then a tiny one, wouldn't the veins be bigger? Awesome vid, you're a wonderful artist!
Haha. Too cool. Good video. Ive gotta give her props (inside joke). The bird and the DUCT TAPE was a nice touch. Really fun and interesting idea and with a little more creativity someone could make an original costume for Halloween. Nice post Gryphern.
so cool!
love the feather covered assistant.
This is amazing!
I'm going to have to try this sometime!
These are awesome! I may make some one day! Also, I almost fell over out of my chair when I saw you start punching and stepping on it! XD great job!
I am SO USING THIS. I needed a simple moving wing for my holoween costume I am making!
Thjough they won't be dragon wings.. but rather birdlike wings.
You have to balance the length of your wire/rope so that when you step the wings don't get pulled. It takes another person and about 10 minutes of playing around.
When folks don't have a little bit of base muscle to support themselves, carrying heavy loads can put stress on joints, causing injury. But load bearing activities are really important for bone density, great for muscle building, and great for calorie burning.
For giant wings like ours:
4 yards will guarantee both wings fit.
2.5-3 yards may mean you have to do what I did, and glue on extra panels.
For your wings:
You can put both skeletons on the ground, spread open, and measure around them to see how much you need for your project.
Sorry 'bout reply delay--prepping for a job interview on Saturday. Make it attach like the "best" picture in the "more info" tab under the diagrams, it's very important you do like the best diagram!
I split it into two half days since I had to cut all the scales by hand. One half day cutting fabric and pipe and installing eyelets. Other half day cutting scales and gluing on fabric.
cool....I will post a response video of what I have so far. I am teaching an art class and will do it as soon as I am done. Thanks! You may just be my new hero!
Wow. Simply Amazing! I can't believe how cool they are
Two! But it was raining for several days in a row, so we had to film inside--and both wings pointing out at angles from the back didn't FIT when opened. The place I'm staying at for the next couple weeks has a bunch of small rooms, but no big rooms!
man you lost me at "DUCT TAPE" i had to pause the video since i was laughing too hard! xD Aaaaaand imma have to apologize to my neighbors tomorrow morning.... xD
The only possible question i have now is :
" Is it possible to make them movable where it's attached in the back to make them go left and right? Or is it too heavy and it'll fall and knock out someone?"
n1941 it is possible because we are doing that ourselves. Use pipe clips, t-pipe connectors and if you want them to flap then a drill and gears/cogs
Pop open the "diagram set" in the "more info" section. All the white stuff is PVC. If you're in a little over your head but you have the supplies grab a friend or relative to give you a hand!
Cool! I'll probably make a project of this during winter break to use in some theater work. :)
Supply list is for two wings, and I used 2.5-3 yards total, but that wasn't enough, I had to assemble scraps to make the wing tips and elbow membrane. I did that to avoid waster but if you want to make it kind on yourself get 4 yards.
Parrot: "I'M HELPING! I'M HELPING YOOOU!"
That was an awesome video. Going to have to use this idea for one of my Halloween props.
Oh, I LOVED this- favorited.
Well, I suppose this could be a cost-cutter for a live-action DragonLance movie for the draconian outfits.
Yep. The tighter the angles the more likely the wings are to pull away from their wood blocks-- so putting both wings on a single board will make life easier.
Yeah--we filmed this one on an island in Puget Sound, so of course it was raining. Two wings would't fit in the kitchen at the same time. But yeah, in a big enough space two fit on the back. I suggest mounting them on the same black plate for extra comfort.
@Roketto Baffle him back: One size does not fit all because people are not manufactured. If we gave you the lengths that worked on Ben and you were smaller they would not fit, they would drag on the ground and you would be unable to make them move. If you were larger they might look stupid on you--even the pipe diameter can be variable. So, this video is not a blueprint, but a concept. Wearable props require being totally customized to the wearer. Check the reference PDF for eyelet placement.
Does anyone know the specifics for the bolts, screws, locking nuts, and eyelets? Like size, or how many are needed? Cuz at Home Depot there's frickin' MILLIONS and I have no idea which ones she used other than the 2.5 inch (wood?) screws.
You could make it work, by altering the design from a fabric wing membrane to a series of panels the represents the feather groups on a wing, so the panels would slide over each other and look less like a bat-wing?
That "DUCT TAPE!" thing scared the crap out of me! :0
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