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Published: 2013-03-06 13:33:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 101862; Favourites: 855; Downloads: 970
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Some of you asked for it, so here it is - a list of the materials needed to follow my tutorial and make a full set of realistic costume wings.Click here for a transcription/text version of this list~
Part 0 - MATERIALS
YOU ARE HERE Part 0.5 - TOOLS
Part 1 - CONCEPT
Part 2 - FEATHERS
Part 3 - HARNESS
Part 4 - ASSEMBLY
Part 5 - COVERTS
Part 6 - ARM-COVER WIP
EXTRA -Β RESULTS : See what OTHER people have made following this tutorial~
Still working on the last part - post questions, suggestions, and encouragement below~
EDIT 05/19/2014: Made sure to add that 12 gauge wire is equivalent to hanger wire, as the latter is becoming harder to find in some areas.
EDIT 05/16/2017: Hot tip from TatianaDragonWhisper , if you find dog collars at your local dollar store you can harvest parachute buckles & D-rings from them for cheap!
Already finished your wings? Please fill out this questionnaire , I'd love to hear about it!
Wing Design/Tutorial Β© Sunnybrook1
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Er, yay? 
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I had to skip on the fabric and paint but I think it still looked fantastic, it was enough to awe the entire class, so yeah, I'd say it looked good. I had used poster board for the primaries and foam for the secondaries, kinda of heavy but it was functional.
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Sweet~
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I would, but I'm severely technically impaired so I don't eve know how to load a video but I can try for a photo!
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Ok another question. Where it says metal hangers, would it work with thin(er) wire or does it have to be that thick? And if it does does have to be that thick would it matter if u didn't use 'hangar' wire? I need to know this ASAP. Thanks!
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Ah, forgot to update this, sorry! 
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Is the list of materials just enough for one wing or two wings? Thanks!
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Hi there! I saw this amazing tutorial on Tumblr and immediately had a shitton of ideas, but; for the paint, would it be okay to use spray paint instead of paintbrush paint? As in, would the spray paint make the material too stiff, or...?
I completely, absolutely, adore this by the way :3 It's really precise and gives craft idiots like me a foolproof way to not mess up~
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Glad you like it! 
If you try it I'd love to know how it works out~
And lol, I just wanted to be thorough & make sure my methods were being described correctly, I've read SO many tutorials that had steps that made me go, "...whu?" The only thing I could do next to improve this would be releasing to-scale pdf's of feather patterns for printing or making video tutorials...
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I'm trying to Ariel from The Tempest (In harpy form) I plan on wearing a bodysuit covered in feathers. Do you have any idea on how to hide the back pack, I have a basic idea for the arms and hands but the back is giving me some problems 
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Sorry, silly thumbnail didn't show 
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Well if you are covering a body-suit with feathers, I can easily imagine covering the backpack with feathers to to blend in, or having an additional top/vest that clips over the harness/backpack.
Most real birds have lots of long feathers between the wing/flight feathers and the downy body feathers, so whatever you make can imitate those:
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Or is there more to the problem you previously described?
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I think the easiest way would to do something like the Cat costumes (from the musical casts) and just make a vest or shirt that just covers the uper part of the costumeΒ
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Not yet, but give me time! 
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amazing wings.
would it be possible to glue real small feathers onto the cardboard feathers or will that not allow them to open and close smoothly?
thanks!
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Posterboard or very thin cardboard may work, I'll have to try it and post the results...
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Thanks so much for posting this! Going to have to try and get all the items needed to make the wings.
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Glad you like! Will be updating this in the next few weeks (with general prices & more specific amounts, categories stay abou the same) hope you post your results~
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thats if i can get all the right materials lol
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Do you need the alligator clips by themselves or attached to cables?Β
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Thank you! Wish list full of the supplies to make this, hahaΒ Β
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You may already have some of them~
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I love that you made some so beautiful and wonderful then you (without charging a cent) posted a tutorial to show others how to make it. You are a wonderful person for this. I'm subscribed to you on YouTube because on these wings. Great job and thank you.
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Thanks! I'm glad others are enjoying it so much, find it useful in making their own wings, and best of all sharing those results with me!
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Will do!!!! =^_^=
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Im currently studying your instructions and constructing raven wings. So stoked.
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Ditto -
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Can do! Thanks for putting all the effort into a tutorial. That's fantastic! I've always wanted to make moveable arm-wings.
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Sweet tutorial! I got a question, though. I'm making a Songbird (BioShock Infinite) cosplay and the wings are more bat-like than bird-like (picture here: i.stack.imgur.com/npRQT.jpg )
Do you think this tutorial would be a good starting point for making these wings? Again, awesome tutorial!
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Yeah I think so!
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..... Β ohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshYOUAREAMAZINGILOVEYOU
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Aw you are most welcome, post pics!
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Great tutorial! *W*
Thanks a lot!
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What is the plastic mesh used for? I bought some the other day and I was looking through all the pages of the tutorial and I couldn't find where it was being used.
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Ah, sorry for the confusion (& I thought it was grouped together on part 0) it'll be used in the as-yet-unfinished part 6, the arm-cover.
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Oh that's alright XD i'm glad that the mesh i bought can be put to use at least. i know lots of people must pester you about this, but do you know when part 6 might be uploaded?
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I REEEEEALLY wish I could say, can't though as I am in the middle of moving from WA to NY so that comes first right now. My goal is to complete it very soon, in the next month or so, since now a lot of people are seeing the tutorial I'd love to polish it up and finish it as best as possible.
Wish me luck!
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Oh, i see. Well try not to worry about the tutorial too much right now, you've clearly got lots of other stuff on your mind ^^ I'm glad to know that you think it'll be out soon. I'm looking forward to it!
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Working on this now, thanks for the detailed photos and instructions.
Made a miniature to understand the workings before I went all out on the materials. It's cute, sizable for my cat.
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Dawww, that sounds practical AND adorable!
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lol, she didn't think so. poor kitty.
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Brilliant! Hope to make some eventually, will have to study at length but I'm pleased your happy to share your efforts. Thank you
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You are most welcome, and thank you for posting your appreciation~
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just awesome, thank you for sharing this Β°uΒ° b
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