Leah D’Andrea (Chloe Seachord of the Apparition Abolishers) demonstrates her new mechanical steampunk wings at the Gadgeteer’s Showcase during Dragon*Con 2012. The wing mechanism was fabricated by Chris Lee (Dr. Torque of the Abolishers). Leah won Best in Show at the Dragon*Con 2012 Masquerade Costume Contest. The wings are...
Here’s a short demo of Chloe’s new steampunk gear-driven wings being controlled from a custom iPhone app. The app is being developed by a great friend and colleague of the Abolishers, Eric Kremer, and so far it’s working perfectly. For the wings, there are two simple commands available: Deploy...
Looking forward to showing these off at Dragon*Con 2012!
Wanted to get a few more pics of the progress being made on Chloe’s new steampunk gear-driven wings.
With everything put back together after replacing the metal fan staves with wood versions, It was time for a motion test. I attached the innermost staves to the chassis. they will remain stationary, pointed down. The outermost staves on each side are attached to the large outer gears. These...
After deciding against using the metal sign holders as wing fan staves, I needed something else sturdy and attractive, but lightweight. Square profile hardwood dowels were my first choice. I removed all of the metal staves, and rounded off one end of each of the square dowels on the...
The original idea for the fan staves was to use steel yard sign holders. They have two loops at the end which looked cool, and they were stiff enough to support the weight of the fabric that ill be encasing them. I figured I would use eye bolts to...
The original concept for Chloe Seachord’s new set of wings came from fellow Abolisher Scott Gipson. He came up with three concepts, and this one, resembling folded paper fans was selected by Leah/Chloe as her favorite. I set out to fabricate his idea as closely as possible. I started...
