Gene Simmons Destroyer Costume

Step 8 The Bat Wings

Also pretty easy. For each wing, I cut two squares of black ripstop nylon, measuring from near the center of my son’s shoulder blade to his wrist (with his arms outstretched in a “T” shape) to get the size of the square. I chose ripstop because it is lightweight, flexible, and a whole lot cheaper than the garment-grade leather that the real wings are made of.
I used a large serving bowl to mark the scallops along the bottom edge of the wings and then cut the shapes out.
I sewed the two sides of each wing together along the cut edges, leaving a 1 inch gap at the top on both sides.
I turned the wings right side out, threaded a piece of nylon web strap through the gaps at the top, and sewed the gaps closed, leaving a couple inches of strap sticking out of each side.
I folded the strap over and sewed a small loop in each end of the strap right at the end of the wing, cutting off the excess strap.
I threaded a “Quick Link” D-ring connector through each loop.
I also sewed a line of black thread from the point of each wing scallop to the opposite corner, just to enhance the batwing look.
To finish the wings, I used a line of silver iron-on studs along the black thread lines I had just sewn. I only used studs on the front side of each wing. Technically, there should have been a matching line of studs on the back, but I didn’t have enough studs to do both sides.
To attach the wings to the armor, I riveted a picture hanger loop (usually found screwed to the back of a picture frame, but I bought mine at Lowe’s) to each wrist and each shoulder blade and hung the wings on using the D-ring connectors on the nylon strap. Wings done.