This Tail Has A Lot Of Stuff Going On. It Used 6 Different Types And Sizes Of Metal Claw Spike Down The

This tail has a lot of stuff going on. It used 6 different types and sizes of metal claw spike down the spine, with a big increase and decrease in size towards the middle. It also has a diamond-shaped spade tip that attaches to the tip, made of leather and painted gold.

I designed a more elegant scale necklace than the type I've been making. It's much more in the feminine, delicate sort of aesthetic than the punk-ish ones I've done previously. I may end up tweaking the design of the pendant-like detail in the center. I think I'll probably get this design polished up and posted on my Etsy page after Thanksgiving.

This Halloween, cozy up in the dark with a classic horror movie and hope you escape the notice of your friendly neighborhood serial killer.

This mask is available. If I make another one of these, I'll probably adjust the design a bit on the lower half.

This is what I made for myself this Halloween. A dragon lower-half-mask. With a moving jaw. What do I call this sort of thing? Jaw mask? Snout? I'm not really sure. But it turned out pretty awesome, I thought.

I've already had a couple people say they wanted to commission one, so once I tweak and polish the design a bit I'll definitely be making more of these.

Oh, and I'm also wearing some dragon horns that I made around a year ago. I made them by taking a computerized 3D model of the shape I wanted, slicing it into layers, cutting those out of birch plywood with the laser cutter, and then gluing them together. Basically it's like 3D printing but with plywood.

Here's a dragon tail I finished up a couple weeks ago for a commissioner. It's made of primarily red anodized aluminum scales, with stainless steel on the underside. It also has five claw-shaped spikes down the center, giving it nice spines, which is something I've done on a lot of these tails.

The new thing here was the arrow-shaped spade tip. It was an idea that had been in my head for a while, and this commissioner independently asked about it, so I went ahead and came up with a way to do it. It's made of leather, which I stained and sewed together with some padding in the center to give it some extra depth. The spade tip attaches by way of three lobster clasps, so it's also easy to swap out for a change of pace, or in case it ever needs to be repaired.

Here, have a pile of photos of me swinging it around to show off how flexible these tails are.

I've been making these costume dragon tails on commission for a few years now. This one I made for myself, though, and I wear it whenever costumes are appropriate.

Compared to some of the tails I've made recently for other people, it's pretty straightforward in terms of design. It's got black anodized aluminum scales on top with standard aluminum on the underside. They're woven together in a chainmail pattern with stainless steel rings. The only special thing on this one is a line of clips down the spine, which I put in so I could hook glowsticks all down the tail. (Sadly, I don't have any photos of it that.)

[Update: I got photos of it with glowsticks! Here they are!]