Little renaissance faire in the neighborhood today! Got to wear my armor set!
Armored Dragon Designs
@armoreddragon.bsky.social
Leather and chainmail costume accessories Things for sale at: www.etsy.com/shop/thearmoreddragon/ Elsewhere at: https://armoreddragon.carrd.co/
A collection of canine muzzle masks that I've made! I had to remake the Etsy listing for this due to Bullshit™, would very much appreciate if folks helped juice the SEO ranking by clicking the link. (And cross your fingers with me that this problem doesn't recur.) www.etsy.com/listing/4612...
Estimated for Summer/Fall 2027 dispatch! Further info included in the usual locations ;3 Show me all your ideas!! I love to see them. We always get WAY more submissions than we're able to take on in the time frame, it's always worth mentioning if you've submitted unsuccessfully in previous rounds!
Artists QP with your BLUE art! 💙 #Blue #BlueSkyArtists #Leatherwork Blue wave let's gooooo!
Artists QP with your BLUE art! 💙 #Blue #BlueSkyArtists #paws #fursuitmaker (PS TRANS RIGHTS WIN FIGHTS 🏳️⚧️)
Go vote! Bite back, eat the rich, don’t let the bastards win!
Tried to make something horny for myself. Sadly I messed up the measurements in an obvious way that I shoulda predicted, so it’s way too small.
🚨 Alright, y'all waited patiently for this~ 👀💦 Custom gear orders are officially open! The form will be up for the next two weeks, closing at MIDNIGHT Central Time, Monday night, Nov 9th. Slots are limited, but not first come first serve, so take your time! www.cognitoforms.com/BigCatDenCra...
Threw together a paper muzzle mask for a Halloween party this last weekend! The theme was “Dress as the scariest thing at your work,” and, not knowing how to dress as “window details,” my fallback was: Rhinoceros! (It’s the 3D modeling program I use for both my day and night job.)
Custom mask for a client, the design I'm told is based on Chancellor from the board game Oath. I like how the moon waxes and wanes depending on the viewing angle. I also just added in meshes over the orifices to occlude the observer, will get photos of that in the morning once the light is back.
raaaaage Etsy removed another of my listings with poor justification and again rejected the appeal without comment.
Etsy rejected my appeal without explanation. To the best of my understanding everything in the listing complied with their policies. Tipping the scales again towards needing to get a standalone website built. I really dot wanna but I’m getting tired.
Wheeee had to write a groveling email to Etsy support because they deactivated one of my listings when I’m positive it didn’t violate the policy they said it did. I’m betting what happened is an ai decided a mannequin torso was a real butt and was too sexy.
I wanted to make a spooky muzzle for the event I'm vending at in 2 days and, like a fool, I decided none of my existing muzzle designs were quite right for the job. Soooo it was back to the CAD mines with me again. I'm trying to speedrun this entire thing today, send me luck.
Got skin? We can help with that. I saved up a lot of ragged edges and scarred patches from several different hides of leather, and pieced them together into this bespoke nightmare. It could be at your door in time for Halloween! This is a threat! www.etsy.com/listing/1097...
"Just a couple adjustments!" I said. "Some minor tweaks to the pattern!" I told myself. Five hours later and there was only one panel that I hadn't completely rebuilt. Thankfully in the light of the morning I still like it, so next I just gotta spend another like 5 hours redoing the pattern to cut.
Working on a pair of dragon wings! These will become part of a personal project, but as per usual if they turn out well I hope I can make more for people. Sadly now I gotta stop for the night while the dye dries and fills my room with alcohol smell.
Does your dog need a bone? Made the denim one as a sewing test (the sewing machine's motor subsequently blew up and I gotta fix it RIP). Then the leather one was a time trial test. For now, I'll have these at the night market I'm vending at this Wednesday. Boston, at Jacque's Cabaret.
I'm so proud to announce that I will be hosting my first event in Boston. I Am happy that my talent as a photographer has allowed me to uplift others! I am a proud pup. Please come and support me and my vendors! @fangedproductions.gay @armoreddragon.bsky.social @synecdochestudios.bsky.social
Wheeee had to write a groveling email to Etsy support because they deactivated one of my listings when I’m positive it didn’t violate the policy they said it did. I’m betting what happened is an ai decided a mannequin torso was a real butt and was too sexy.
I’ve been making swatches for all the dyes I have and man, this is only like half of them I have too many colors. (Actually like 2x as many paint chips as dyes because I wanted examples for two levels of dilution. Some of the dyes are so strong that they come out nearly black when used straight.)
Leather dog bone! Finished stitching this up last night. The zig-zag stitches in the middle are because the leather had a couple scars there and I thought it would be fun to highlight them.
Recently hung a set of modular display shelves that I'd made a number of years ago. Back when I worked at a laser cutting shop, I'd been working on a number of furniture projects. I ended up focusing on costumes after leaving the shop, but I am still very fond of the pieces I made.
A pair of fallen leaves masks I made last week (I think, time is fake). One is fresh with the greens of summer, the other is turning to autumn. As always, made of leather, designed by me, cut with a laser, hand dyed, and available on my Etsy: www.etsy.com/listing/6429...
Dragon scale bracelet that I just mailed out.
Anyway here’s what I was working on when the sewing machine let out the magic smoke. A harder project than I’d expected it to be.
The sewing machine I just picked up has started making a bit of a sad scraping noise from the motor side of the casing, and also giving off a noticeable burning smell. A repair place said they would expect $150 just for the motor if that’s what blew, plus the repair time. Sadface.
I’m loving how this looks but holey flatcones batman this took 4 hours. Would have been a lot faster if the packs of spikes I got off amazon hadn’t had an actual 25% failure rate. I counted.