Body progress (Posted 19th May 2013)

The body is entirely hand stitched! I have very sore fingers now :( but it was worth it!! Also attached the metal edge which I made from worbla and added rivets

Wings are complete, (Posted 19th May 2013)

Finally completed the wings they are upside down in the picture but you can see how massive they are!! They are currently folded too!

The claw!!!! (Posted 18th May 2013)

Here is one foot, they are attached directly to the leather trousers. The claws are made from wood and the sprayed gold and black. There is a boot inside with I sprayed and carved expanding foam on to make them bigger and the correct shape. I then hand stitched the leather around. I love this costume as the more hand made it looks the better! As the songbird was a man made creature after all.

Wing progress 3 (Posted 12th May 2013)

Just a bit of hand stitching needed to finish these off and then I need to hide the green foam lol

Wing progress 2 (Posted 12th May 2013)

This fabric is far too clean and nice for songbird wings!!! Time to burn them with my heat gun!

Wing progress 1 (Posted 12th May 2013)

I started by drawing around my frame directly onto the fabric, I then sewed the pockets in for the poles.

Arms (Posted 12th May 2013)

Here are the arms! I've added the groumets and hand sewn it all together

Kawwww!!! (Posted 12th May 2013)

This will look great once the legs and arms are added!

Back (Posted 12th May 2013)

Pictures of back, still need to add other details

More body progress (Posted 12th May 2013)

Adding the brown leather.

Body (Posted 10th May 2013)

Lots of hand stitching!

trying on the head (Posted 7th May 2013)

i need to add some eye holes, it look extremly uncomfortable but actually when you have it on its not too bad at all :)

wing frame weathered (Posted 7th May 2013)

im pretty happy with this, depending on what time i have i might add more details

Wing frame progress (Posted 6th May 2013)

Been painting in the beautiful sunshine today

wings folded (Posted 5th May 2013)

the wing frame is attached to some wood to hold it together, I have also added some spare resin gems I casted for another costume for detail, just needs a couple more deails adding before painting and sewing on the fabric. this photo shows the wings folded

claws (Posted 5th May 2013)

finished my hand claws!!

those things.. (Posted 5th May 2013)

not sure what they are but added the giant nail head things with the leather wire coming out

back (Posted 5th May 2013)

back harness progress, this has been all hand sewn, takes londer but I can ensure it fits tight to the frame

more progress (Posted 5th May 2013)

more rivets added, hose attached with plug and back started with harness

Head nearly complete (Posted 1st May 2013)

Got carried away tonight and nearly finished the head, I had to put lots of screws in to keep it on. I then added the eyes which can change colour from yellow to red with a remote

Head (Posted 28th April 2013)

The head is a wire frame attached to a backpack for a harness, the head is also supported with plastic poles. I then added the leather by hand sewing it to the frame, I hand hand sewed in the leather stitches along the sides

Hose (Posted 28th April 2013)

The hose I bought was clear so I have sprayed it with a mixture of gold and black paint

Eyes paint job and rivets (Posted 28th April 2013)

Finished the eyes

New paint job - beak (Posted 28th April 2013)

Finished the paint and weathering on the beak

New paint job - claws (Posted 28th April 2013)

I have resprayed my claws and weathered them a bit so they are the correct colour

Claws (Posted 23rd April 2013)

These are made from worbla too, it's amazing stuff my new favourite material I think

Gold (Posted 23rd April 2013)

I have sprayed it gold, then I will weather it using dry brush,

Face (Posted 23rd April 2013)

His beak is made from worbla which I have stuck to a bowl to make the shape of his head

Wing progress (Posted 21st April 2013)

I cut the wing frames from wood and then attached the plastic pipes ready for the canvas, they are massive!!!! Maybe too big?

Sneak peak (Posted 20th April 2013)

Here is songbirds cracked eye, I have made a lot of progress but want to keep my cards close to my chest with this one, more progress pictures will be up closer to completion

difficult!! (Posted 17th March 2013)

this costume is so hard to start without decent reference pictures! ive pre ordered the songbird edition of the game so i will have a excellent figure to use as a reference. ive also pre ordered the artbook. but its taking so damm long for the game to be released!!! hurry up!! :)