Black Aluminum Dragon Tail With Chrome Spikes And A Spade Tip. It Also Has An Underbelly In Standard

Black aluminum dragon tail with chrome spikes and a spade tip. It also has an underbelly in standard aluminum.

The base pattern for this was clean and simple, but the details were nice. The spikes down the spine accentuate the surface and catch the light nicely. They each attach onto the scales with a screw, which I use thread-lock solution on to help ensure they don't loosen. This pattern has become my standard arrangement of spikes. Though I can only get 2 sizes of these spikes, I feel like this arrangement does a good job of giving the impression of a gradual decrease of size from the top to the bottom.

The other fun detail on this tail was the spade tip. It's made of leather, which I laser-cut out to get an accurate pattern, stain, and sew together by hand. It attaches via 3 lobster clasps, so it can be removed or swapped out.

I'm going to post another set of photos with close-ups and details of this tail, because I have a few more photos. If I have a chance before I ship this out to the commissioner, I'll try to get photos with this outside somewhere pretty.

If you're curious about these dragon tails I make, feel free to check out my commission information page about them and drop me a message!

A goth-punk set of spiked collar and armbands I made for a themed party/LARP. They're made of 1 inch wide leather bands, stained black, with mirror-finish nickel-plated spikes, buckles and rivets. The cone spikes are sized at 1 inch, 1/2 inch, and short.

I think they look cool, but I don't really know if I'll have much chance to wear them. I should maybe convince some friends to all mob to a goth club or something.

I enjoyed making them, but I think I likely won't work very hard to sell them or similar pieces. They aren't very much in genre with most of my other stuff, and they're not super original or anything. I feel like there isn't much reason for someone to go to me to make these rather than just going to Hot Topic or wherever. Of course, I could be convinced otherwise. And I might play around with more inventive designs in this sort of vein.

I made a simple mask for people who wear glasses. Finally! I was worried that the horizontal pieces below the eyes wouldn't work out, but it turns out that they're totally cool and seem to conform to the shape of different people's faces pretty well!

I'm super excited. This one wasn't even laser-cut, I just cut it carefully by hand late at night to see if it would work. But I did draw up the design in CAD, and next time I'm in the laser shop I'm making like 5 of these.

Anyway, I'm so excited about this that I just had to put it up on Etsy already. I'll get fresh photos up pretty soon. If someone buys it quickly, they'll get a fresh, non-hand-cut-late-at-night one. Here it is!

A scale hat-band I delivered today. Due to it needing to be rather precisely sized, I ended up meeting with the client and adjusting it to fit his hat with him there. I was a bit annoyed at how yellow the lighting in the coffee shop was, though.

This is just a spade tip to go along with a dragon tail. This one was ordered by someone who wants to make their own tail, similar to the ones I make, and wanted me to make a tip for the tail. I hope the project goes well for them.

I'm showing two slightly different angles, one with more reflections than the other. As usual, it's laser-cut leather which I stitched together by hand. It was finished with a bronze-colored acrylic paint, and is rather shiny. Also a bit brighter than I'd expected.

For more info on dragon tail commissions, check out my wall of text informational page on them!

I had made this spiral weave necklace on a whim to try out the weave, but in the last week I've found that I really like how it wears. It's nice and hefty. Sturdy and powerful, without being a huge dominant feature on your neck.

So I decided to actually put it up for order on my Etsy site. I don't have a whole lot of necklaces showing there. Here it is!