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Step 2Making the Wings
Ok, even if you don't have a pantograph, the thing to remember is: GRAPHS ARE YOUR BEST FRIEND. As is The Age 'cos it has freaking huge pages. As you can see, I took a smaller image, crossed it over with a 1cm graph, then expanded the design accordingly.
Once I was happy with the design, I cut it out and transferred it to the board!
For the wings I used foamcore board - 800x400 sheets. Cost me $14 a sheet at Riot, but I have plenty left over for other ideas and detailing. This was cut out with an artists scalpel by the age-old method of plonking the paper down and cutting around it :P This stuff is nice and thick (5mm) and the foam interior means it can flex without breaking, but won't warp in the slightest.
Once the main wings were cut, I then moved on to doing the detailing along the backs of the wings - I took the paper template and modified it to the back arches. By creating this as separate foam, it adds a nice three-dimensionality to the wings. Unfortunately I didn't cut the foam enough for a single part each, but the two halves will fit together nicely.
Once we're all cut, some feather details were sketched in, and then etched into the foam with..a. broken metal nail file. It works perfectly for getting the grooves engraved without slicing the board to shreds. The pics didn't come out too well, but you get the idea (Once painted, I'll run a thick grease pencil through them to bring out the detail) The base of the feathers are quite literally traced around various tape rolls (electrical, the inside of a masking tape roll, and in one case, a small salt shaker) and then curved by hand to a feather-ish look.
The next thing to do is to put a honking great arch on them. The first stage was the template - this was done by creating a curve that stood out ~ 7cm from the edge of the existing newspaper template, and then cutting it out of corrugated cardboard. This was glued on with spray-on adhesive.
Once the cardboard was dried and adhered fast, I taped rolled up newspaper around the edge to produce the "arch" of the wing, and then papier-mache'd it
Once I was happy with the design, I cut it out and transferred it to the board!
For the wings I used foamcore board - 800x400 sheets. Cost me $14 a sheet at Riot, but I have plenty left over for other ideas and detailing. This was cut out with an artists scalpel by the age-old method of plonking the paper down and cutting around it :P This stuff is nice and thick (5mm) and the foam interior means it can flex without breaking, but won't warp in the slightest.
Once the main wings were cut, I then moved on to doing the detailing along the backs of the wings - I took the paper template and modified it to the back arches. By creating this as separate foam, it adds a nice three-dimensionality to the wings. Unfortunately I didn't cut the foam enough for a single part each, but the two halves will fit together nicely.
Once we're all cut, some feather details were sketched in, and then etched into the foam with..a. broken metal nail file. It works perfectly for getting the grooves engraved without slicing the board to shreds. The pics didn't come out too well, but you get the idea (Once painted, I'll run a thick grease pencil through them to bring out the detail) The base of the feathers are quite literally traced around various tape rolls (electrical, the inside of a masking tape roll, and in one case, a small salt shaker) and then curved by hand to a feather-ish look.
The next thing to do is to put a honking great arch on them. The first stage was the template - this was done by creating a curve that stood out ~ 7cm from the edge of the existing newspaper template, and then cutting it out of corrugated cardboard. This was glued on with spray-on adhesive.
Once the cardboard was dried and adhered fast, I taped rolled up newspaper around the edge to produce the "arch" of the wing, and then papier-mache'd it
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