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Once you are satisfied with the overall appearance
of your feather, let’s make it bend! This step is not
mandatory, but helpful if you need your feathers to
sit a certain way. Take your feather and turn it over
so the back side is facing upward. Now, get your
thin jewelry wire and measure it from the top to the
bottom of your feather and cut this length.
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Once your wire is cut, position it on the center of
your feather and glue it down with your hot glue
gun, making a spine on top of the wire. Once this
cools you are technically finished! You are welcome
to paint the back side of the feather either a solid,
low-key color or you can repeat the iridescent pig-
ment process on the back if both sides will be seen.
It’s all up to you on what you do with your beautiful,
posable feather from here! Happy Cosplaying!
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Once you have all the colors on the way you want
them, it’s time to make your feather more feathery!
Take your scissors and start cutting at the edge of
your feather.
(Go with the grain of your scoring)
And don’t be afraid when making slices! Cut up the
spine, take out small chunks, etc. This mimics the
separation you see in real feathers so the more you
slice, the more realistic your feather will look.
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Completed posable feather
Feathers applied to armor