(Sorry to keep spamming y'all with my wing WIPs, but just in case my ideas might help someone else, I'm posting them here.)
I think I got this figured out now...I'm trying, at least! This diagram shows the internal armature of the fursuit wings, which operate via a string-pulley mechanism (the string being elastic, in this case), something along the lines of these two wings:
The foam feathers will be made similar to these, but will be covered in white velvet, and the primaries will pivot on the ends of their wire barbs/quills as they fan out: [link]
Anyways, I will probably have to tweak the design further as I actually start making these, and will continue to give updates here, so stay tuned if you're interested!
EDIT: ~lotusii wanted to make these, so I color-coded everything in the image to make it a little more understandable:
Yellow = Fake fur "feathers", stretch fabric and foam padding Green = Plastic or wooden armature and wing base Light blue = Wing bolts/screws, wire rods, tubing, pull-tab and hook for string, and other bits of hardware used on the armature Orange-red = Non-pivoting barbs (aka feather shafts) Blue-violet = Pivoting barbs (aka feather shafts) Pink = String pulley for armature and knotted fishing line for feathers
Hmmm, that is interesting, but I don't really like the HUEG harness of doom, or the fact that they move with the arms. It's a neat idea for making wingarms though, hmmmm... *plots*
I tried making a winged costume years ago; is a lot of work if you don't want to cheat and do a bat with clothe/plastic film wings.
I'd be careful with using elastic thread or rubber bands and opt for using small metal springs located in the design somewhere. Elastic and smaller rubber bands have a distressing habit of breaking at worst possible times.
You also might consider use of Bell Crank, to help offset weight of the wings when they're fully extended and not passing weight directly thru the back harness.
While it's an interesting design, I'm not sure that it would work that well on a costume - mainly because of how much weight that it would end up being.
You really don't want to use wood, because that will really be heavy. Plastic might be better, but even that is not going to be 'featherlight'. Add to that various gromets, pivots, etc... And then the fabric that you're talking about for the feathers; velvet is not a very lightweight fabric. Then with foam too - that's still more weight.
With the wings that I made for Morse, they're relatively simple, as lightweight as I could make them, and they -still- weigh my arms down. The fabric is something called "silkessence", which is about the lightest that I could find, and rather than foam on the inside I used some 'shirt stiffener' to give a little more rigidity to each feather.
You need to remember when planning this that the weight of it all should definitely be a factor you must consider. After all, that weight is going to be right there pulling down on your back for the entire time that you have that apparatus on you.
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How will the wings attach to your back ?
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I tried making a winged costume years ago; is a lot of work if you don't want to cheat and do a bat with clothe/plastic film wings.
I'd be careful with using elastic thread or rubber bands and opt for using small metal springs located in the design somewhere. Elastic and smaller rubber bands have a distressing habit of breaking at worst possible times.
You also might consider use of Bell Crank, to help offset weight of the wings when they're fully extended and not passing weight directly thru the back harness.
You really don't want to use wood, because that will really be heavy. Plastic might be better, but even that is not going to be 'featherlight'. Add to that various gromets, pivots, etc... And then the fabric that you're talking about for the feathers; velvet is not a very lightweight fabric. Then with foam too - that's still more weight.
With the wings that I made for Morse, they're relatively simple, as lightweight as I could make them, and they -still- weigh my arms down. The fabric is something called "silkessence", which is about the lightest that I could find, and rather than foam on the inside I used some 'shirt stiffener' to give a little more rigidity to each feather.
You need to remember when planning this that the weight of it all should definitely be a factor you must consider. After all, that weight is going to be right there pulling down on your back for the entire time that you have that apparatus on you.
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