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Published: 2013-02-13 07:15:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 62481; Favourites: 764; Downloads: 314
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So after I decided to cosplay Crowley and my friend Liz (whose wing was used above) wanted to do an SPN Gabriel we both hit the wall that feathers, even in bulk, are extremely expensive. As in $100+ per large wing.Neither of us have that, so that left me to find a new way to do it. This was what we came up with, and assuming you have most the supplies sitting around the house it cost about $5 for a 4ft wing.
I'm not extremely good at tutorials, so if anything was unclear please just ask!
Also I'll probably do a later explanation of the harness used in Liz's case since we wanted to have six wings and be able to fold them down when she moved through crowds.
Hope it's helpful! ^^
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Thanks for posting this. This could be very helpful
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Great tutorial. Is there any way I could maybe articulate the wings using this method?
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Thanks so much for this tutorial! Β I used the basic idea behind yours to make a wing (or at least the forewing) that attached to my arm for a more mobile variation. Β I used lightweight shawl, pinned to the forewing with some bobby pins, to complete the wing and I love the effect! Β The creases in the feathers really help flesh the wing out, I think that's my favorite part. Β I put some pictures Β of how it turned out on my blog =]
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What is the purpose of the wires?? haha this is great I'm a little confused tho
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Hold the wings sturdy and have them be mountable/wearable, I'de think.
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I don't even have a cosplay in mind but I still want to try making this just for the heck of it. They look great!
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Hey 
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I don't see why it wouldn't. If you're going to a convention with them, I'de honestly say get some colored stock paper to do them with, only for durability purposes because people knock into things without thinking all the time.Β
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I Love the wings they are awesome one day i will make this but in black ^U^
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This is extremely useful thank you! I'm actually doing a Gabriel cosplay too and the 3 sets of wings would of costed a fortune 
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For the back I just 'pinched' the feathers a lot less so they laid flatter--but that was only because we have six of them to fold down.Β
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Thank you so much! I've actually wanted to do a Card Captor Sakura cosplay that's winged and I just couldn't believe how expensive the feathers would be! Β This also has more dimension than craft foam and is less expensive!Β
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I'm glad it helped! ^^ and good luck on your cosplay <3
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Remind me again as to how you attached the wings to your back? This tutorial seems quite doable for me but yeah I just need some idea as to how I'm gonna attach this to myself for my Hercules' Pegasus cosplay..with my Toga dress.....
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(just copy pasting from the other explanation)Β
We're using a type of ring-shaped harness that's a slightly modified version of this gerundish.tumblr.com/post/2450β¦ Β OnlyΒ differenceΒ being that feathered wings can't fold directly down and lay on each other without damaging or squishing them! So there needed to be an extra set of locking 'clips' to hold them apart-- (my babbling will make 100x more sense after you read that tutorial)
If you're doing a toga dress you might be in luck because the fabric drapes should make it easy to hide most of the supports and such! If you need more help I can explain it further ;u; at this point I've gone round and round two cons with these things...
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We're using a type of ring-shaped harness that's a slightly modified version of thisΒ gerundish.tumblr.com/post/2450β¦ Only differnce being that feathered wings can't fold directly down and lay on each other without damaging or squishing them! So there needed to be an extra set of locking 'clips' to hold them apart-- (my babbling will make 100x more sense after you read that tutorial)
If you need any other help just ask~
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Thanks so much for the help!
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You're very welcome!
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These look really amazing!!! I was looking for something to use for my Pit cosplay (from Kid Icarus). I was wondering if you've ever tried anything like this with real feathers, and if it would look good or not?
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My girlfriend did a Davesprite cosplay where she used real feathers (I can get the site she ordered them from--they were miraculously cheap) and the few differences were that she used hot glue to secure the feathers, and also wrapped her flat base in orange fabric (felt I think?) so the color was even and the surface easier to get the feathers to stick to.Β
Real feathers would definitely look fine--just be careful where you buy them from and what quality they are 
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Oh alright, thank you so much!! Do you think I could get that website?
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www.featherplace.com/ I think this was it! Unfortunately we lost the skype convo with the link and she can't remember... searching "feathers in bulk" might pull up a few more places too.
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Alright! Again, thank you so much!
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Thanks! Tested out the fairy version of these this last weekend and hopefully we can get these working better than those 
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