HUGE feathers for costumes

[GermanKennhuhn]

Hey, sorry everyone, I stopped receiving notifications.

 

[GermanKennhuhn]

I only found this yesterday.
Do you still need feathers?
I have male and female pea wings. I have been collecting them a few years, hoping someone could use them.
I have not measured them yet. If you are interested, I can measure them.
I dont know if they are long enough, you could possibly use them for fill in or detail..

Yeah, I’m still looking. I finished the frame a few days ago, so now I’m back looking for feathers again.
Some measurements would be fantastic, if you don’t mind! I’m open to all options.

 

[GingerRose]

I think this is probably what I’ll end up doing. I am also considering glueing two sheets of fabric together, and putting some sort of dowl/wire in the middle for support.

The PVA is an excellent choice. Easy to work with and some flex with movement.
If you ever need peafowl feathers, I collect them twice every day.
From the tiny contuor feathers around the face, tail and down. I have some of them all.
I do not collect dirty feathers and clean them.
Dirty feathers get tossed out.
I also have Silky feathers in all colors, chicken feathers and some wild species bird feathers...

 

[GingerRose]

Right and left wing Primary Flight feathers from the male.
These will be the largest, or close to largest in lenght.
Few may be longer, not many. The female wing primaries are 2-3 inches shorter.
All of the primaries, male and female, are the same in coloration.
The secondaries are a more copper coloration... again, male secondaries are slightly longer than the females.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Pretty sure those feathers are fake. Wing feathers would be the right shape for what your picture shows, but they're not that large

 

[Duckpip]

I was going for a black/grey look, so probably not. Thank you for the input though!

How about fake ostrich feathers?

 

[GermanKennhuhn]

How about fake ostrich feathers?

I think those might be too floppy, but the size isn’t all that bad.

 

[Aquira]

I'm not really involved with costume making but I've been loosely interested and seen a couple videos. YouTube seems to have a decent variety of methods and materials.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Oh, perhaps turkey feathers? You could always paint them if you founded . Their wing feathers are pretty big. I forgot they were a possible option

 

[CapricornFarm]

How about Emu feathers?