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Steampunk version of Rachel's articulated wings

$Steampunk version of Rachel\$

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In my usual last-minute frenzy of creativity leading up to an event (in this case Dragon*Con) I came across Rachel's awesome instructable on articulated wings. This is my Steampunk interpretation...

Update 1:
- Added other wing
- Attached shoulder and waist strap from old backpack
- Painted (no more ugly white PVC)
- Ideas for wing skin shape (need suggestions)
- Fabric for skin (not as green as I'd like, but I think it will work)

7 comments

Jan 8, 2010. 1:42 PMSteampunk24 says:

hey could u send me instructions on how u did this? i wanna make them. heres my email. warsofja@pascack.k12.nj.us

Jan 8, 2010. 2:53 PMablefox (author) says:

I just followed Rachel's instructions (in the Related links, Featured section to the right of this reply) but used bits I already had (the copper and PVC) instead of all of the balsa wood and the backpack frame.

I should have read some of the later posts about the problems with the wood - I was only able to wear them about 20 minutes before the bottom hole tore through where the short stick attached to the "popsickle" stick part of the bottom of one wing. :( Also, hot glue didn't stick well to painted wood.

Aug 30, 2009. 2:05 AM

rachel says:

Hey, those look fantastic! Can't wait to see the finished wings. Make sure to add more pix when you have the skin on, plus of course some of you wearing them!

Aug 29, 2009. 4:29 PM

lemonie says:

Did you add any pictures and save? L

Aug 29, 2009. 4:39 PMablefox (author) says:

I did, but I thought they might have been too large (1200 x 1800) so I dropped them, resized to 480x640, and re-uploaded. I still don't see them but I'll give it a bit and may shrink them some more... There's probably a "how to" somewhere, but I didn't RTFM yet! :)

Aug 30, 2009. 12:58 AM

lemonie says:

I see them now! But PVC is not steampunk - you need to paint those white bits...

L