PropsPupMikel
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Ok...really random question, but maybe someone out there can help.
We would like to use a set of wings for Meph, but we can't figure out how to make them, or where to buy them. We wold like them to somehow fold up, or collapse so that they can disappear under his cape.
The head designer saw a article somewhere with instructions about a set of wings that was used for the demon in Faust that used bicycle breaks to extend the wings and make them flap. But...of course no-one can find said article now that we need it.
The wings ideally would leave the actors arms free, but if they have to strap on to the arms that would not be a problem. We would also like to have the wings able to hide under his cape like mentioned before.
I am willing to build them, and would enjoy the challenge if anybody has a design or ideas of how to do it.
I had been thinking something like a harness that would go over/under the costume as a base, and then some sort of boning/light weight rods to stiffen the wings....
Any ideas, designs, or even pictures that would help me???
P.S. Tempest is coming up in a few years and if I can build these for Meph, then I will also build a smaller set for Ariel in Tempest.
Thank you so much.
Mikel
We would like to use a set of wings for Meph, but we can't figure out how to make them, or where to buy them. We wold like them to somehow fold up, or collapse so that they can disappear under his cape.
The head designer saw a article somewhere with instructions about a set of wings that was used for the demon in Faust that used bicycle breaks to extend the wings and make them flap. But...of course no-one can find said article now that we need it.
The wings ideally would leave the actors arms free, but if they have to strap on to the arms that would not be a problem. We would also like to have the wings able to hide under his cape like mentioned before.
I am willing to build them, and would enjoy the challenge if anybody has a design or ideas of how to do it.
I had been thinking something like a harness that would go over/under the costume as a base, and then some sort of boning/light weight rods to stiffen the wings....
Any ideas, designs, or even pictures that would help me???
P.S. Tempest is coming up in a few years and if I can build these for Meph, then I will also build a smaller set for Ariel in Tempest.
Thank you so much.
Mikel