Draconian costume

[Littleboazfly]

Lovely :D

[apologynone]

@Littleboazfly

Thank you!

[AthyNa100]

love the costume but the wings need lots of work

[apologynone]

@AthyNa100

Thanks! At the time, the whole thing needed a lot of work. When I rebuilt it several years later, I finally had it where I wanted it (but the wings are totally trashed now, LoL)

[Argo2Eternal]

Great job!!

[apologynone]

Thanks!^^

[CinciVulcan]

LOL I love it when he starts dancing at the end.

[NuggetsOfRivendell]

WOW :D

[apologynone]

Thanks! ^^

[bulletproofKevlar]

stone by day warriors ay night

[apologynone]

Are you the announcer guy in the video? ;)

[bulletproofKevlar]

we are the defenders of the night we are gargoyles!!

[LyrisLyre]

sucks that he called u a gargoyle at that one part...

[apologynone]

Yeah :/

[donkeyswordsman]

ohh thats cool!

[apologynone]

Thanks^^

[johnnight1969]

Is there a way to make this costume

DIY and is it expencive I am a big horror fan and would like to make one

Or something close to this one

Please let me know and thanx for any kind of help

[apologynone]

Yeah it was pretty expensive but I would say most of the expense was having to guild it every year. Yeah I can give you some advice. What would you like to know? I do recommend looking at my "Draconian Costume: New Version" video. The components where much improved.

[CynderTheDarkMaster1]

how did he open the both wings lol

[apologynone]

With equal strength. It's a delicate balance :}

[thedarknesscallingme]

awesome wings

[apologynone]

Thanks!

[OCoptimusconvoy]

i imagined them more with a man-head covered in scales.

[apologynone]

That sounds like it would be even more painful than the bodypaint :]

I loosely modeled my design after seeing a photo of a draconian lead figure in a D&D Battle Systems book; which had the dragon features.

[kalamadae]

hey interesting costume ^^ I know the guy called it a gargoyle... is it a gargoyle or something else? You can never tell really unless you ask the person under it :) I love the effect of the wings, altho from one shot it looked like they folded up too high. Never mind, they look better than still, lifeless ones any day!

[apologynone]

Thank you. It is a draconian from the Dragonlance novels. It is a cursed dragon that is born with the dimensions of a human. Never thought of the wings being too high. Just glad when they were working :) If you get a chance, take a look at the video I put up of the new version of the costume. It was vastly improved.

[kalamadae]

a draconian from dragonlance, yeah i can see that now. i read the books, but everyone pictures something different when something is described ^^ yeah fur sure id be interesting in checking out the new one.

[alaughingfreak]

Um... I dont wanna be a jerk...

But it looks like a flying monkey from the wizard of oz....

[apologynone]

Naa. You should have seen me in high school band. Those were the flying monkey suits....

[Jordain1138]

Draconian in da club! Amazing costume!

[apologynone]

Thanks Jordain. Will be posting some new footage in the coming week. :)

[Joekitty001]

Great costume! I saw you pose with those two tall blondes at the Hyatt Saturday night. I didn't like the "grab your horns and bend you over" pose but by the way those two were dressed, that was probably their thing.

[apologynone]

Thanks! I think they were trying to keep me from falling over ;)

[goticos1]

were can i buy does wings?

[apologynone]

I made those, actually. Wish I was resourceful in a business sence. Would love to market them :)

[markVIIchick]

GOOD JOB! I LOVE those wings; wish I had a pair!

[apologynone]

Thank you Mark :)

[CrystalChord2010]

Holy...! I love those wings! Those are amazing. Good craftsmanship with that outfit on the whole!

[apologynone]

Thanks, CrystalChord :)

[satandragons]

Nice costume...::RAWR::

[apologynone]

Thanks, satandragons! GrrrrSSrrawrrrr!!!

[ripeddeie]

hey guys thats my dad and that costume took like 5 years to make if i remember correctly.happy veiwing guys!= )

[nahemon]

to be respectful,apologynone ur a great costume maker same as goregalore13.u both are the greatest,really!!

[apologynone]

Thanks, nahemon :)

[ino89777]

thats asome how did you get the wings 2 open like that ???? ^^

[apologynone]

Thanks, ino89777 :) With a system of cables and pulleys

[ino89777]

you did a asome job ^^

[rhyolitedragon]

Looks like a lot of hard work went into making that costume but it looks well worth it to me!

[apologynone]

Thank you! It took the same amount of work on the rebuild this year but it was well worth it again :) Just wish I could have got some video of the new version...

[Starcraft3000]

cool costume

[apologynone]

Thanks :)

[ladygma]

Wow! Great costume..fantasic!

[apologynone]

Thanks, Ladygma :)

[arolternell]

con cables o con hilos de nilon,claro,no va a ser con cuerdas.Creo que eso ya era obvio,no tengo porque corregir,sino matizar.

[apologynone]

2 cm Acero cables. Estrecho pero fuerte :)

[arolternell]

Seguramente las alas se levanten por pequeñas poleas,y sean tirando de algún hilo.

En los festivales de Cádiz hicieron una cosa parecida unos que iban vestidos de perros,y,al tirar del collar,las orejas se levantaban.Supongo que las alas seguirán la misma mecánica...

[apologynone]

Corrija. Un sistema de poleas con cables

[cinnibonbon]

what is the wing mechanism and how does it work?

(is a costumer myself)

[apologynone]

Sent you a P.M. cinnibonbon

[apologynone]

Just silly over reactions, I guess. I've rebuilt the costume this year and now my arms and legs have spikes portruding out as well. They could defenitely do more damage than a plastic sword (not that I would use them for anything bad ;)

[Multiplechoices]

Awsome! will we be seeing that soon?

[apologynone]

Hopefully I'll have some new footage of it from Dragoncon around beginnning of Septemeber but I might have some regular pics of it in a few weeks.

[Multiplechoices]

Alright! i am so now a fan. -waves flag- X3

[Multiplechoices]

The disc? what'd they think you allw as going to do? Attack the crowd? he certainly seems to act like he dose as well.

[Ookani]

that weird announcer guy called you a gargoyle. If I was you I would have mockly beat him with my sword. <3 beautiful costume

[apologynone]

Thanks! This was at Universal Studios and they made me break my sword in half before I entered. I guess the announcer got off lucky that time ;)

[Multiplechoices]

Aw! they thought ahead! Guess they new you was out to kill XD

[apologynone]

Yeah, they also made Xena break her little disc thing. That guy must have a lot of enemies!

[thanos31]

Awesome Draconian Costume!!

[Isaaclemon]

That was sooo cool, you some kinda freakin genius or something. If I was Siskel or Ebert I would give you two thumbs up, but now all the D & D nerds have some good porn to enjoy.

[apologynone]

Quite alright. Thanks for the kind comments, folks.

[mutedevil]

I want that costume, very drac.

[mutedevil]

Sorry about the double post.

[mutedevil]

I want that costume, very drac.

[ScabDragon]

Draconians representin'! Raarrarwgh!

[triv1]

Hell, yeah!!

[triv1]

Oh, yeah!