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Amazing! The clohing and wings the horns.. Wonderful! How do you did the teeth?
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Thank you very much! those ones i got a long time ago from a friend who got them from a halloween store! because nep's teeth stick out a bit, i used the plastic pellets that come with halloween fangs to make them poke out when i smile, however it does give me canker sores at the end of the day so i would recommend just putting them in during pictures or having them not be at an angle!
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I'll have your advice in mind
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oh my god your god tier nepeta cosplay is amazing!!! how did you make the wings???
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Thank you so much!
I'm sorry for the long explanation and at the end I can link you to the tutorial I used just for the framing. I can also upload a basic idea of what i did for my wings or reference pics.Β
This is actually my second pair since my first pair was made from cardboard and broke right after the photoshoot last year. For the wings I did basic proportion measurements because i wanted them to be fullsized for my height. With a basic width/height measurement, I drew it out on two pieces of plywood nailed together and raised up off the ground. I used 14 or 16 gauge wire that you can get at Lowes in a coil. With my dad's help, I put some nails along the outline of the wing shape and JUST the outline since any other detail might weight the whole thing down.
So measure the space between your shoulder blades and then leave that amount plus an inch or two as extra wire. Also measure from the middle of your shoulder blade to mid back or right above your hips vertically. So say my shoulder width is 6 inches and my shoulder to mid back is 12 inches. Add these two measurements together, mine would be 18 inches.Β This will help connect the two separate wings together. With the extra wire pulled out, pull the wire along the outside of the nails to form the wing and at points, make sure to take some pliers and squeeze the wire until it bends to a decent point. Once the frame is set up, leave some more extra wire at the bottom and there should be a space where the wings will touch your back. This will be the spine of the wing.
Move the extra wire on the bottom towards the top and when it reaches the top wire, bend it facing away from the wing, do the same with the top extra wire and just move it towards the bottom. The space where the wings will touch your back should be closed off with two wires now. Take some smaller gauge wire or florist wire and wrap it around the two wires and only along that spine for now. Repeat this with the other wing.
Now that both wings are made, the top and bottom wires that extend outward need to connect to one another. Measure out the shoulder blade length, cut off the excess wire and wrap the two top wires the same way you did with the spine of the wing. Repeat with the bottom wire. The wire frame of your wigs should now be completely done! Create a makeshift harness to just have your wings sit on your back properly, and see where your wings droop or fall or move. This is so you can see where the wings need supports. I used the same gauge as the frame for supports and held it onto the frame with florist wire along with making a simple loop in the support gauge and clamping it closed.
The fabric I used was a dark green fleece on the inside and a celery organza i think on the outside. For the detailing of nep's wings I just laid out the wing on the fleece and cut it out, rolled the fabric over the wire and put hot glue on the wire and under the fabric. I did that all along the frame of the wing for both of them. When you get to the spine of the wing and the top and bottom wire that connect to the other wing, i just cut a slit and rolled the fabric over. When both wings were done, with a fabric pencil i drew the design on the inside of the fabric and cut it out. You can just as easily put the inner details overtop of the organza but I didn't want it to stand out too much.
Taking the wings i put it on top of the organza and trimmed around the wing. I put a dab of hot glue on the point and the corners of the wing and on the fleece that faces the organza. I hot glued the organza on one side of the wing and for the other side, i pulled the fabric tightly so it won't seem too loose and hot glued it in place. Do that for the rest of the wing and the other one first. I used two layers of organza so the front and back look the same but you can do one side if you want. For the second side I flipped the wings over so the uncovered side was on the organza, and repeated the same thing and trimmed off the excess organza and just melted it slightly with the hot glue gun nozzle because it frays easily.
For attachment, because I didn't care if it showed or not, I used back pack straps from joanns and covered them up with the same fabric from my god tier shirt. I recommend covering the front and back wire with shirt fabric as well or spray painting the whole wings before you put fabric on them at all.Β
Heres the link I used for the frame: mini-mosca.tumblr.com/post/492β¦
And once again I'm sorry for the long explanation!
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Thank you very much!
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