How to make a pair of Angel Wings

Step 5 Sizing the wings

I wanted the wings to have as wide a wingspan as possible, fold, and also allow me to sit down as we were traveling to the ball by car. I did this by sitting down on a chair and measuring the distance from the chair to a point about 2 inches above my shoulder. This gave me the length of the longest part of the wing. The length of the shorter spar is calculated from the ratios we calculated earlier. If the length of the shorter part of the wing on your photo is 0.2 that of the longer part then multiply the distance from the chair to your shoulder by 0.2 to give this length.

If you don't want to sit down in them you could make the wingspan as large as you like, to the point they drag on the floor. As you can see from the picture they ended up being slightly longer than I intended because I didn't fully account for the length of the feathers. Knock off about 5 inches from the length you measure for the longer part to give the length of the spar to allow for the overlap of the feathers. These lengths are meant as a guide and do not need to be precise. Feel free to adjust them as you feel.

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[emokittyrawrz13]

hey thanks for the info it will help me alot i needed to find out how to make wings for a cosplay convention because im going as Pit from super smash bros brawl. :3