Detail Shots Of The Previous Scale Dragon Tail. There's A Bit Of Laser-engraving On Two Scales--the Name

Detail shots of the previous scale dragon tail. There's a bit of laser-engraving on two scales--the name of the character this tail is representing, plus an insignia the commissioner uses. I use the same laser cutters to do this engraving as I use to cut my leather designs.

Also showing some close-up shots of the spade tip. This one was a diamond-shaped tip. It's made of leather, which I laser-cut, stain, and sew together by hand. In between the two exterior layers are more leather pieces shaped to give the final tip a bit of dimensionality and bulk.

You can also see the way in which the spade tip gets attached with three lobster clasps, which means the tips are easily removable. Those last photos were taken before I attached the spikes in.

Just a quick photo of armor pieces I realized I hadn't posted. It's 3 different types of bracers I prepared for the convention I was vending at a couple weekends ago. The dragon-scaled one in the middle is a design that I originally did some time ago, but made a fresh copy of for the convention, which sold pretty promptly. The one on the right was a plain one that I did as a quick test of buckling these on instead of lacing them. And the one on the left was a new design that I'm currently referring to as dragon-rider bracers.

This is a scale harness that I'll be bringing to Nauticon in a couple weeks.

Nauticon is a convention that I'm excited to be selling things at. And if I don't come back from it with entertaining stories, something will be very wrong. It is a 3-day long, 21-plus, viking themed fandom convention in P-Town. (For people not from the Boston area, Provincetown is a very gay resort town at the tip of Cape Cod.) I expect it to be glorious. If you're free May 2-4, I heartily encourage you to attend.

I have a couple more harnesses that I'll probably be posting pictures of in the next couple days. Once the convention is over I'll probably put them up for order on my Etsy page. (I'm waiting because if I posted them now and they sold immediately, I would really want to remake them before the convention.)

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!

I made a couple new leather notebook covers. The first one I made was a bit overly fancy, with a bunch of stitch-work on the covers, so these are more straightforward. I'm using Moleskine notebooks for the insides because they're nice, and they're freely available.

The Celtic knot pattern is cut all the way through to expose the cardstock of the blank journal inside. It's up for sale over on my Etsy shop.

The interrobang is engraved into the surface of the leather. This one I made just for myself. (The interrobang is definitely my favorite punctuation mark.) As photographed the notebook has been in and out of my pocket and backpack for a couple weeks. So it's holding up pretty nicely.

I'm liking this concept, and would like to make more if it looks like they'll sell. If people have any requests for different types of patterns to do on these, let me know!

Here's the most recent tail commission I completed. Brown (anodized aluminum) background with black (anodized aluminum) mottled stripes, and standard silvery aluminum on the underside. It measures 32 inches long, and has a lobster clasp at the tip for attaching things to.

I decided to take some progress photos of this as I was building it, so I have a nice sequence that I'll be uploading soon. It won't be a full tutorial, but maybe it'll be some help for people who keep asking me for instructions.

For more information on these dragon tails I make, check out my commission info page.