Just to let you know when you heat up PVC and sintra foam board, they both release hydrochloric gas. It's best to do this outside or in an area with an industrial powered vent. Also great work!
This was by far the best tutorial I have been able to fine- its incredible. I am making wings for Hawks (from MHA) and this will be such an awesome video to follow! Thank you so so much and your wings turned out fantastic!!
You are borderline insane for being this dedicated to your costume. I give you ultra bonus points for having the dedication to make this crazy outfit! How much did Dad contribute to the electronics/motion part of this contraption? A lot I think yes? He is clearly a Technologist/engineer perhaps?
+Lightwish Light he showed me how to solder and helped with the volts and battery conversion. But all the design and placement and configuration of the wings move was me :) and he's just an artist like me. His focus was more drafting and technical drawing though
I knew he had some mechanical designer in him! I am a Technologist myself so I notice those kind of details in people sometimes. All in all I am very impressed with your attention to detail and the use of the actuators. Awesome.
One thing I found REALLY helpful when trying to make these wings is once you have the wing frame shape you want from the PVC pipe, before actually drilling the holes and playing trial and error with the brackets is to do the following. I connected the actuator to the brackets and then put painters tape on the back of the bracket and placed it on the PVC pipe where I wanted. then for extra support, I put another strip of painters tape around the bracket and the PVC pipe. It's really easy to move around and it holds as you test the open and closed options on the actuator. Saves you the mess of creating holes in the PVC pipe that could possibly end with you having to start over. :)
I really appreciate you going over this. I plan on doing something like this for this year's Renaissance Festival ! Not sure where to start but I can start getting the parts for this one by one ! Thanks and love the outcome !
When you want to shape it to your body, I good test is to see how long you must hold before it becomes solid again. Take a small section of extra material, put it in the oven to warm and then lay it on a plate to cool. Test it's flexibility every couple of minutes. When working with the final material, I suggest adding a thin towel between it an you and then wrap it to you with plastic wrap. I suggest making more than one, so that you have a back-up in case of damage.
I just want to say THANK YOU! Your videos were so detailed and helpful. I'm currently working on a pair of wings using your method that I will share once they're done. Only thing I did different was I added a remote control system so there's no switch to make them go up/down.
Not that you aren't aware already. ..But your old man is great. I wish I was that cool. Fuse great idea. Nothing like Hawkgirl running through the venue on fire.
This DIY video is well done and easy to understand. You got the right balance of talking and showing what you were talking about. Also your cheerful character and voice makes your video very watchable (strange word.. better said i enjoyed watching it? ).
This is such a great design. Thank you so much for sharing the parts you used. I can see two ways to possibly improve this design when I try it myself. I would run all wires inside the PVC to eliminate the need for the wire ties. I would also move the switch to sit on my belt so I could control it from the front.
all those sound like great ideas! i also thought about doing those things, so ill tell you why i didn't... but if you end up doing them thats still great! first i didn't put the wires in the pvc because if there was a problem or if one broke there would be no of repairing it without taking apart the entire frame. Also, youre going to be drilling bolts into the pvc to hold on the feathers so its be really hard not to mess up any wires in there, or to thread wires through after with all the bolts in the way. then for the switch... its true its not in the most inconspicuous spot when i have to reach up to the wing and flip it... the only reason i didn't put it somewhere else is because i wanted the wings to be easy to take on and off. that way i could go to the bathroom. or take them off to sit down at a panel. not having the wires go down to a belt or down my arm to my hand made for sense for ease at a con. HOWEVER! i did end up installing a wireless remote to move them up and down remotely. and it works great! i highly recommend that if you want to discreetly open and close them Good luck on your build!!!!!
Great job on the engineering and the final product looks great. Your enthusiasm brightened my day. I enjoyed watching your whole family help to see your vision through. I hope you don't mind me saying you are impossibly cute!
Very amazing work of you and your dad. Just awesome. It's truly a beautiful blessing to see a daughter working beside her dad. Extraordinary footage. Your father is a man of wisdom in developing this product. Impressive!!!!!! Thank you. Theodore W. Munir aka THEATRE
This is fantastic. I followed your first hawkgirl set of wing videos to make my own Angel wings and they worked out amazing! (With a little modification) and I love your stuff! These new wings are amazing!!
This is amazing. I'm going to A con in a few months and I wanted to make my own wings. So I'm actually going to attempt to copy what you guys did here as far as making the frame and having it open. But my wings are going to be steampunk.
If you rebuild those at any time you can drill small holes in that PVC and run your wiring in side and it will help keep wires from getting caught on anything just a small suggestion
as a boy, whose dad/mom never ever participated in any of my art&craft projects, I am both happy for you and jealous as hell)) You're so talented and lucky to have your family)
8:00 Yeah you definitely wanna have a fuse. Setting yourself on fire is _exactly_ what will happen without one if a short-circuit happens. I'm not even joking. 👍
It is only 12v DC. You can lick that and it won't hurt you. There is nearly any amperage. I got hit twice while examining an old gas plasma display. 10K volts, but no amperage. Hurt like hell but not at all deadly. I doubt that a fuse was really needed here. The same batter pack would be used in kids toys without a fuse. It doesn't hurt to have it either so I am not knocking it. But I don't think there is any real chance of fire with this.
Incredible work, I never knew how much work went into wings! I spent 14 hours on my captain America costume. Great job! I may try this out with a mercy cosplay:)
I am so beyond ecstatic this video is here!!! I have spent the last year trying to figure out my own way to make Hawkgirl wings without using difficult and/or expensive materials and nothing has worked. (I even at one point tried gutting a lawn chair for the framework. It didn't go well.)
This was super helpful!! One of the most detailed videos I’ve been able to find!! I really hope I can use this to make motorized wings for my Armored Spyro cosplay!!!
For future reference, you can skip the headache of positioning the actuators by fully extending them and THEN mounting them, so you dont have to guess the fully open position.
These look AMAZING! I would love to do this someday. If you didn't use straps, how did you attach the backplate to your back? I definitely wouldn't want to have to use straps on my wings if I didn't have to so I'm curious!
How long did this process take? Just wondering since Halloween is 11 days away or the weekend before hand is like 8-9 days. Also how heavy did the apparatus end up being? Great job. Thanks for the post.
I've always wanted to make moving wings but I wouldn't know the first thing about building them so this helps a lot! You and your family are awesome! :)
Unless your linear actuators have internal limit switches you're leaving them powered all the time. That will burn through the batteries pretty quick. Either way anyone looking to reproduce your work would certainly benefit from a discussion of the topic.
Great video! I like the gate hinge idea, I may use that for mine. I am making a set of wings for an Oryx (Destiny) cosplay, but not only do they have to open like yours, they will be opening in about 1 second, and they will be able to do kind of a slow flap motion as well (still working out the design for that part). I already have the actuator, it's 12V with a 4" stroke, and it opens/closes in 1 second. It's big though, about 14" long closed, but it will be center-mounted and will connect to cables and pulleys to open both wings so I just need the one. The wing frame will be carbon fiber tubes, and I will have spandex for the membrane instead of feathers, so they will be super light. One tip for you if you plan to use those very much, instead of burning through AA's, you can get 12V with more amp-hours from this LI-Ion pack, and be able to recharge it hundreds of times: www.amazon.com/TalentCell-Rechargeable-11000mAh-20000mAh-Portable/dp/B01337QXMA Cheers! @cosarmor
Thank you so much for making this video omg. I used to be so scared of moving parts in my cosplays but now I am SO PUMPED! it looks so cool! I can't wait to try it!
I was so sad I couldn't see your new hawkgirl costume (I get travel sick from watching vlogs) but now I still get to see it! And those wings are absolutely gorgeous!
Wow how i wish my dad is like that if i wanna make something my dad would help ...but your a lucky child Your dad is truly supportive to you i admire seeing you both work on this wings project of yours . Two thumbs up 👍👍☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️
Ok, so first you are an amazing artist and seamstress, I love watching your videos, and appreciate how detailed you are and that you include all the products in the description. Two, I am going to try and make some wings, wish me luck!!!!
You should do a Wonder Woman, I'm doing the original one, and it would be great if u would do an amour for the crown and gauntlets. And make them out of cheaper materials. And I LOVE U SO MUCH!
I want to make a dragon cosplay and i want to have it have mechanical wings so i found ur tutorial! But i am having difficulty finding the bracket you got! I would really appreciate it if you could tell me what the bracket is called and where you got it! I searched all over amazon but i couldn't find anything close to it! If you don't know what its called could you maybe just give me the url or the place you bought ur PVC poles?
I know a little bit about electronics and well done. Just a thought you could have also added a gauntlet and put the switch there. In my opinion it would have looked awesome and easy to reach. good job.
Perfection!! Aswesome my daughter is 3yrs old and she was into your video from beginning to end 🤗🤗bravo. Great job! And for your dad and family that help you.
As a dad, seeing you work on this project with your dad warmed my cold black heart :)
Yes, me too... wish I had a dad like that!
HI A DAD SEEING YOU WORK ON THIS PROJECT WITH YOUR DAD WARMED MY COLD BLACK HEART
IM GLITCHHHHH
Who here comes from insider?
I have a cold black heart too
0:05 is me when I get my wings in a video game :D
Just to let you know when you heat up PVC and sintra foam board, they both release hydrochloric gas. It's best to do this outside or in an area with an industrial powered vent. Also great work!
Thank you Anubis - I had no idea! SAFETY FIRST.
sintra foam board, where can you find this marital
Thank you for the tip!
@@iceboxscenario7420 Link to the parts she used is at the top of the comments.
You're honestly cosplay goals! I'm constantly in awe of what you make.
awe thank you!
I can cosplay Castiel now, but more importantly, I can cosplay mothman.
i wanted to do a castiel cosplay too 🤣
m o t h m a n 🪔
7:48: Good guy dad. A fuse can actually save you from burnings
This was by far the best tutorial I have been able to fine- its incredible. I am making wings for Hawks (from MHA) and this will be such an awesome video to follow! Thank you so so much and your wings turned out fantastic!!
You are borderline insane for being this dedicated to your costume. I give you ultra bonus points for having the dedication to make this crazy outfit! How much did Dad contribute to the electronics/motion part of this contraption? A lot I think yes? He is clearly a Technologist/engineer perhaps?
+Lightwish Light he showed me how to solder and helped with the volts and battery conversion. But all the design and placement and configuration of the wings move was me :) and he's just an artist like me. His focus was more drafting and technical drawing though
I knew he had some mechanical designer in him! I am a Technologist myself so I notice those kind of details in people sometimes.
All in all I am very impressed with your attention to detail and the use of the actuators. Awesome.
+Lightwish Light I will pass on your appreciation ❤️ much appreciated
I relate so much to your dad @4:13 😂
Mmmm 4:13... Im homestuck trash no worries
The fact that they don't need their nice af oven... As a chef...it made me sad lol
+Brittney Burton lol. It's amazing how many people have commented this. We use the stove daily but we just don't bake at all :/
Oven = extra storage. Same for the dishwasher.
I used to bake a lot over the summer using my small gas oven, so when I saw their HUGE oven my mouth just dropped.
As a chef or as someone who cooks?
I love to cook but rarely use my oven. Instead I use my Ninja Foodi. Uses less electricity and offers more features such as pressure cooking.
One thing I found REALLY helpful when trying to make these wings is once you have the wing frame shape you want from the PVC pipe, before actually drilling the holes and playing trial and error with the brackets is to do the following.
I connected the actuator to the brackets and then put painters tape on the back of the bracket and placed it on the PVC pipe where I wanted. then for extra support, I put another strip of painters tape around the bracket and the PVC pipe.
It's really easy to move around and it holds as you test the open and closed options on the actuator.
Saves you the mess of creating holes in the PVC pipe that could possibly end with you having to start over.
:)
Thank you for sharing!
I really appreciate you going over this.
I plan on doing something like this for this year's Renaissance Festival !
Not sure where to start but I can start getting the parts for this one by one !
Thanks and love the outcome !
The moment you see the frames moving!!! (0.0) Amazing job!!! :D
When you want to shape it to your body,
I good test is to see how long you must hold before it becomes solid again.
Take a small section of extra material, put it in the oven to warm and then lay it on a plate to cool.
Test it's flexibility every couple of minutes.
When working with the final material, I suggest adding a thin towel between it an you and then wrap it to you with plastic wrap.
I suggest making more than one, so that you have a back-up in case of damage.
I just want to say THANK YOU! Your videos were so detailed and helpful. I'm currently working on a pair of wings using your method that I will share once they're done. Only thing I did different was I added a remote control system so there's no switch to make them go up/down.
That's cool that your dad got involved. Great family fun!
I love at the end that you did the little birdie dance with the wings on. You look just like your bird.
Not that you aren't aware already. ..But your old man is great. I wish I was that cool. Fuse great idea. Nothing like Hawkgirl running through the venue on fire.
I pushed the button. You were very convincing.
Your dad is so cool that he gets involved! My mum helps me with my projects and problem solving.
This DIY video is well done and easy to understand. You got the right balance of talking and showing what you were talking about. Also your cheerful character and voice makes your video very watchable (strange word.. better said i enjoyed watching it? ).
I hope more people find your channel, your videos are always amazing!
awe thank you!
I recommend her channel to everyone I know that go to cons, or cosplay. Amazing content!!
i loved that intro
hahaaha thanks! i thought i was clever XD
Axceleration
What is the cost of all of this?
probably around $300 total for supplies.
I was about using linear actuator and now u showed me the best way to use them! Thanks!
This is such a great design. Thank you so much for sharing the parts you used. I can see two ways to possibly improve this design when I try it myself. I would run all wires inside the PVC to eliminate the need for the wire ties. I would also move the switch to sit on my belt so I could control it from the front.
all those sound like great ideas! i also thought about doing those things, so ill tell you why i didn't... but if you end up doing them thats still great!
first i didn't put the wires in the pvc because if there was a problem or if one broke there would be no of repairing it without taking apart the entire frame. Also, youre going to be drilling bolts into the pvc to hold on the feathers so its be really hard not to mess up any wires in there, or to thread wires through after with all the bolts in the way.
then for the switch... its true its not in the most inconspicuous spot when i have to reach up to the wing and flip it... the only reason i didn't put it somewhere else is because i wanted the wings to be easy to take on and off. that way i could go to the bathroom. or take them off to sit down at a panel. not having the wires go down to a belt or down my arm to my hand made for sense for ease at a con. HOWEVER! i did end up installing a wireless remote to move them up and down remotely. and it works great! i highly recommend that if you want to discreetly open and close them
Good luck on your build!!!!!
I used a pneumatic piston on mine with a Co2 powered tire inflator, it gave the wings a nice snap when opening!
What a creative and awesome creation
I'm planning to do this for my Hawks cosplay
Me too!
Great job on the engineering and the final product looks great. Your enthusiasm brightened my day. I enjoyed watching your whole family help to see your vision through. I hope you don't mind me saying you are impossibly cute!
You all are adorable! What a cute family! The wings look awesome! Thanks for sharing this!
i’m working on my hawks cosplay and i’m probably gonna use some ideas from here, THANKS !
Awsome, wireing seems great, good call with the fuse.
oh man... it's nice to see your father helping you in your DIY...
Linear actuators are amazing!
Good to see you with dad, I remember when i was young then, how i filled those times with dad.
Ima take a look at this when im making my Illidan Cosplay
I think it's cool you and your dad working together on it.
It's so cool that you do this with your dad!
Very amazing work of you and your dad. Just awesome. It's truly a beautiful blessing to see a daughter working beside her dad. Extraordinary footage. Your father is a man of wisdom in developing this product. Impressive!!!!!! Thank you. Theodore W. Munir aka THEATRE
I whole heartedly agree with johnhcstaton. See you work with your father was truly inspirational. 👍
good on your dad for installing a fuse. I can see moisture during a hot con or something causing an icarus moment.
is the first time i see a dad so involved in cosplay
This is fantastic. I followed your first hawkgirl set of wing videos to make my own Angel wings and they worked out amazing! (With a little modification) and I love your stuff! These new wings are amazing!!
I love how her voice sounds just like her bird's
Wow your lucky to have a dad like that, my dad i havent seen since early 2018
very creative the wings so real
This is amazing. I'm going to A con in a few months and I wanted to make my own wings. So I'm actually going to attempt to copy what you guys did here as far as making the frame and having it open. But my wings are going to be steampunk.
Dad’s of cosplay are literally the best and this is so cool! 💛💛
If you rebuild those at any time you can drill small holes in that PVC and run your wiring in side and it will help keep wires from getting caught on anything just a small suggestion
as a boy, whose dad/mom never ever participated in any of my art&craft projects, I am both happy for you and jealous as hell)) You're so talented and lucky to have your family)
This is Beautifully done and solid.
I created a manual design of this. But this has me knowing there's always more. I dont like this, I Love it 😍
Awesome how-to, love how straight forward you made this.
8:00 Yeah you definitely wanna have a fuse. Setting yourself on fire is _exactly_ what will happen without one if a short-circuit happens. I'm not even joking. 👍
It is only 12v DC. You can lick that and it won't hurt you. There is nearly any amperage. I got hit twice while examining an old gas plasma display. 10K volts, but no amperage. Hurt like hell but not at all deadly. I doubt that a fuse was really needed here. The same batter pack would be used in kids toys without a fuse. It doesn't hurt to have it either so I am not knocking it. But I don't think there is any real chance of fire with this.
Incredible work, I never knew how much work went into wings! I spent 14 hours on my captain America costume. Great job! I may try this out with a mercy cosplay:)
I adore your enthusiasm!!! Never lose it! ^^
The wings look amazing
Fantastic Job !
Perfect for my future animatronic dragons!!
This is great! I love seeing you and your family working on projects!
Awesome. Super helpful. Electronic and wiring scare me I have no idea what I am doing . But I want to make wings so bad . This is tempting.
Pretty raw I dig this.
I am so beyond ecstatic this video is here!!! I have spent the last year trying to figure out my own way to make Hawkgirl wings without using difficult and/or expensive materials and nothing has worked. (I even at one point tried gutting a lawn chair for the framework. It didn't go well.)
yay! i'm glad it helped you!
Natalie Mote yes me too!!!!!
This was super helpful!! One of the most detailed videos I’ve been able to find!! I really hope I can use this to make motorized wings for my Armored Spyro cosplay!!!
kind of impressed by the wolf stove
+Stephen Bobby lol. Thanks
For future reference, you can skip the headache of positioning the actuators by fully extending them and THEN mounting them, so you dont have to guess the fully open position.
These are awesome and so easy the way you explain it. Good job!
Thank you for bringing the camera closer to see the details 😍
I love that you did this!! omg!! your amazing
Nice work!
Always make sure you have fuses when dealing with stuff close to body or in hard to reach places.
wish i could meet people like yourself, I love your ingenuity. first video of yours ive seen and it was awesome!
This is so sic! My daughter wants to be the Light Fury this Halloween and I think I'll be using this tutorial! Thank you so very much!
Mercy cosplay here I c o m e
These wings are so awesome
Beautiful wings
These look AMAZING! I would love to do this someday. If you didn't use straps, how did you attach the backplate to your back? I definitely wouldn't want to have to use straps on my wings if I didn't have to so I'm curious!
Awesome project.
Nice build!
hi
i am in the middle of building the wings thanks 4 your incite and instruction we like your videos a lot
How long did this process take? Just wondering since Halloween is 11 days away or the weekend before hand is like 8-9 days. Also how heavy did the apparatus end up being? Great job. Thanks for the post.
+R Brill everything took about 60 total hours. And the wigs weighed 15-17 pounds.
R Brill We don't even have our Halloween decorations up yet so,,
Axceleration Huh, that's two times less heavy than my backpack, if I make these I think I'll be fine. Haha.
I've always wanted to make moving wings but I wouldn't know the first thing about building them so this helps a lot! You and your family are awesome! :)
That's so cool, and it looks like you had so much fun doing this!
I really love the breakdown you did with this video, can't wait to make my own!!!
Unless your linear actuators have internal limit switches you're leaving them powered all the time. That will burn through the batteries pretty quick. Either way anyone looking to reproduce your work would certainly benefit from a discussion of the topic.
They do. It's all listed in the specs on the website. But yes there are lots of factors that go into buying actuators.
Great video! I like the gate hinge idea, I may use that for mine. I am making a set of wings for an Oryx (Destiny) cosplay, but not only do they have to open like yours, they will be opening in about 1 second, and they will be able to do kind of a slow flap motion as well (still working out the design for that part). I already have the actuator, it's 12V with a 4" stroke, and it opens/closes in 1 second. It's big though, about 14" long closed, but it will be center-mounted and will connect to cables and pulleys to open both wings so I just need the one. The wing frame will be carbon fiber tubes, and I will have spandex for the membrane instead of feathers, so they will be super light.
One tip for you if you plan to use those very much, instead of burning through AA's, you can get 12V with more amp-hours from this LI-Ion pack, and be able to recharge it hundreds of times: www.amazon.com/TalentCell-Rechargeable-11000mAh-20000mAh-Portable/dp/B01337QXMA Cheers! @cosarmor
Thank you so much for making this video omg. I used to be so scared of moving parts in my cosplays but now I am SO PUMPED! it looks so cool! I can't wait to try it!
Awesome love the wings
Absolutely love this tutorial!! Thanks again so much for showing all the work you put into it. It looks gorgeous!
I was so sad I couldn't see your new hawkgirl costume (I get travel sick from watching vlogs) but now I still get to see it! And those wings are absolutely gorgeous!
Wow how i wish my dad is like that if i wanna make something my dad would help ...but your a lucky child Your dad is truly supportive to you i admire seeing you both work on this wings project of yours . Two thumbs up 👍👍☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️
Ok, so first you are an amazing artist and seamstress, I love watching your videos, and appreciate how detailed you are and that you include all the products in the description. Two, I am going to try and make some wings, wish me luck!!!!
You should do a Wonder Woman, I'm doing the original one, and it would be great if u would do an amour for the crown and gauntlets. And make them out of cheaper materials. And I LOVE U SO MUCH!
Awesome tutorial - love your ingenuity !
You should run a click switch that’s in your palm so you can click on the fly with no added movement.
I want to make a dragon cosplay and i want to have it have mechanical wings so i found ur tutorial! But i am having difficulty finding the bracket you got! I would really appreciate it if you could tell me what the bracket is called and where you got it! I searched all over amazon but i couldn't find anything close to it! If you don't know what its called could you maybe just give me the url or the place you bought ur PVC poles?
Very nice think you should have a remote control so don't have reach over to make them work but very cool anyway.
next level cosplay
omg she could do mercy with these too!!
Your dad is great. Nice work!
I need to save up aloot o mons for this-
Cool video, well done. I hope to give it a try.
I know a little bit about electronics and well done. Just a thought you could have also added a gauntlet and put the switch there. In my opinion it would have looked awesome and easy to reach. good job.
Perfection!! Aswesome my daughter is 3yrs old and she was into your video from beginning to end 🤗🤗bravo. Great job! And for your dad and family that help you.