Here's The Most Recent Tail Commission I Completed. Brown (anodized Aluminum) Background With Black (anodized

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.

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.

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.

Just showing off a new color that I found. I've been using some interference acrylic paints to get an iridescent sort of color on certain pieces. (The paint is made with tiny flecks of mica in it.) I have a green and a blue version of it, and they work nicely painted over black. (I primarily use it on the bubble-wave cuff I make, because I think of it as an oceanic sort of design.)

I've not been super excited about the paint when used over blue or green, though. But last time I was making a big pile of bracelets for a craft fair I decided to try the interference blue over purple. And it was fantastic.

So I'm going to start offering this as a standard color. Iridescent purple.

I made a fresh pair of dragon-scaled leather bracers. I was happy about these because I recently had an idea for a way to speed up the forming and staining process, and it worked! This pair was much faster to make than previous sets! In fact, the difference in speed was enough that I decided to reduce the price. Also, the color turned out smoother than the earlier sets I made, but that could have just been a factor of the particular leather and stain.

I've been working on this scale maille shirt commission for a while, and it's finally starting to look like something. When finished it'll be about mid-thigh length. Currently I've got it closing in the front with a few clasps, but I'm likely to adjust it so it clasps on the side where it's less visible.

This is the largest commission I've made so far, and I'm excited about it. I made a scale shirt for myself way back in 2008, and I'm happy that someone finally ordered one.