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ManualΒ small wingframe for fav.me/d4i9ll4Related content
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These are amazing how long did it take for you to make em?
And also.. how much did it cost to make them?
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Oh wow, Do you mind if I attempt a rig like this? Are you open to the occasional question?
I've been obsessed with making the perfect pair for years, but my main problem was that realistically a winged person wouldn't walk around with their wings extended, and most of the ones I've seen fold up looking weird, but yours looks closest to natural wings. My wings I made were sculpted to look like closed wings, so they didn't actually move, but I made a magnetic rig so I could wear them with anything because the harness actually went under my clothes.
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I can't stop looking at these! Absolutely wonderful. Could you tell me what the bottom support "bone" is made of? I can tell that it telescopes, allowing the wings to reach straight up.
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Do the wings stay "reaching upward," and what keeps them from falling back into the normal open position?
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The 'bone' is PVC tube.... Nothing more..
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Thanks! Is there another tube of smaller diameter sitting within it, so that it lengthens when the wings reach up?
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Yep: 16mm tube inside an 18mm tube. And a string inside to limit the max extention.
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What keeps the two pvc tubes lengthened? I feel like they would fall back down into their normal position if you let them go! These are so cool.Β
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still tinkering?
they stay in their in/outward position due to the spring loaded mechanism (with gas springs)
they only stay upward by lifting them manually. (Could be made spring too btw. but not in this one.)
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I am still tinkering 
And I see; they only stay upward when lifted, not on their own. That makes more sense.
Is the gas spring 100N? They seem incredibly strong, but I suppose the action over such a small distance (when the lever switches over) makes the force required to collapse the wings nominal?
I can only imagine the immense amount of work and research that went into building these, so thank you for sharing all of your photos and comments with everyone else!
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This is super cool! Where do you get the free time to make these?!
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Yes, i could...
But that is a problem too; my wishlist is too long right now... ( and my workshop too small; the wings are piling up right now)
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can't you make them smaller? like half an arm lenght?
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yes, but i don't want 'small'
big is better
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but with small you don't need a bigger workshop.
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really? no one here as told me that before.
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How much would you charge for a structure like that? (just like that, I plan making the wings on it by my own)
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Sorry; i rarely make things for other people..
Considering the building time i would have to ask β¬750,- minimum for it , i guess.
I traded this 'leftover' frame for some leatherwork from Suz.
Succes with your wings!
Will you show me pics of it?
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Oh okay
Sure, I'll show you what I will have done
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I'd like to ask you a question, if you wouldn't mind.
Did you use door shocks for the hinges?
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.. If you mean something like this:
[link]
Then it is a 'yes'
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yes, that's what i meant.
thanks. ;w;
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That's awesome! I have been wanting to do an 'Archangel'
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I'd like to do a run of XMen puppets, but concerned on copywrites. However, I was meaning an Archangel costume. I make medieval armour so I'd like to use that skill set to actually make a set of wings.
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copyrights.. yes i think you cannot sell those puppets without their permission..
Nice angel-plans; already have drawings or ideas how to do that?
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Just an idea in my head. The wing structure was the bigger issue. Well that and condoning the money for something that would most likely never leave my house! lol
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My goodness you are amazing! I just watched your youtube video of your wings moving, and you are truly inspiring!! 
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Here's my unfinished project but after seeing these wings shall finish my pair.
[link]
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Wow,
Those are BIG!
Nice work..
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Really awesome made!
Was it easy enough to make?
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Easy...ehhr.. It took me some time, but that was also because it was a prototype to study some 'new' features.
But.. For me it was fairly easy..
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Might try it out some time, but for the moment I am working on a Tombraider ala middle age costume
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Cool.. Do you have a pic of that?
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Not atm. my camera is a crappy old thing from 2004
But I guess I can get someone to take a shot of me on sunday, where the roleplay will take place
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Very great. I would give something for this. Could you make a tutorial how to build?
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Thanks, but i dont have a tutorial .. Yet..
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Then I will wait and hope
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this is cool, do you have a tutorial for this?
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sorry, no tutorial; this is all.
i hope that the picture is detailled enough to understand how it works..
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yea i think i might be able to, but will i be able to make it with thick poasterboard? (like the foamy stuf you see in the stores and stuff?) i'm poor and cant use power tools ^^'
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poasterboard.. hmm..you mean cardboard or so?
I think that should be possible when you fold tubes of it. It has to be able to carry some load, so it has to be strong..
tell me if that worked out! just give it a try.
(maybe like this but then stronger: [link] )
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no it's like the thicker version of poster board (like it has foam in the middle of it) and the feathers will be knitted with acrylic yarn and it will have boas glued on the top of them to creat more down. also i plan on using brads (those little brass tack things that you fold the tabs back on) for the top point of the wings, will those work or is there perhaps something else i can use? that won't involve power tools?
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Oh thΓ‘t stuff
I would say; give it a try! my guess is that you need to reinforce the pieces by glueing 2 or three layers of that board. you will probably be able to create nice hingepoints when you use that multilayer-principle in a smart way
Don't use that too-powerful gas spring, but change the design to a springloaded mechanism (use elastic rubber band)
use this: [link] that will be a nice start.
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