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Build-A-Gryphon - step three

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This is the weird part - the wings. Bear in mind I haven't done a pair of folded wings yet, these will be completely folded, wtih only a small degree of flexibility. As such, the feathers are glued on in specific patterns. For open wings, all you need to do is glue the feathers on in different patterns.

I first shortened the wires already on the gryphon - not pictured here, but they were WAAAAY too long, and didn't fold up neatly.

Then I cut small shapes out of thick card, just a sliver to allow me a bit of room to glue on the feathers. You can see how narrow they are - really just a strip for gluing purposes.

The feathers here are the primaries and secondaries, and I was lucky enough to find small pinion type feathers in a craft shop - naturally I bought a very wide selection XD If you don't have them, you can trim ordinary flat feathers to shape.

These were glued on to the cardboard at set angles, overlapping each other - the secondaries are glue on wrong, but I can't be bothered fixing them. They overlap in the wrong direction, but oh well. I then glued the top of the feathers at the tip and put a tiny sliver of plastic from a plastic bag over them, which lets you move them around while the glue is drying and position them better. It also lets you pick them up and supports them a bit more. That will get covered later, so it doesn't matter what colour - I'd recommend nothing TOO different from your chosen feathers.

I then spent about an hour stripping feathers and haven't got round to the scapulars yet, but I'll cover that next time.

Reference was used for the anatomy of a birds wing, and I thank these amazing tutorials for that. It also helps if you have a budgie you can stare at while he preens...he's so very vain. Despite that, I still managed to get it wrong.

[link] - by :iconkeaalu:

[link] - by :iconkamakru:

[link] - by :iconunkraut:

There will be another step on the wings...hopefully.

I also started building a Toothless - unfortunately I ran out of clay after the legs. He's a lot bigger than I anticipated!
Image size
3072x2304px 2.85 MB
Make
SONY
Model
DSC-W35
Shutter Speed
10/1000 second
Aperture
F/4.5
Focal Length
14 mm
ISO Speed
320
Date Taken
Apr 22, 2010, 4:50:29 PM
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lksugui's avatar
Whoa, that's a lot of work! I really admire you :worship: