#Wings of Fire

[bogcreacher]

marine snow

[seagulltheseawing]

not proud of this one but whatever

[mothpawbs]

it's the post i talked about making with seawing armor!! i was planning to do a third drawing with weapons, but i'm not super into it so maybe some other time

design notes under the cut!!

so first thing's first, i know very little about armor design. i did research and stuff, an attempt was made here XD

seawings mainly use materials found in/around the sea. metal is pretty limited to use in armor, weapons, and tools, especially during the war.

as such, seawings probably wouldn't know a ton about metallurgy, especially with the fact that they don't have fire. this generation's blacksmiths were likely informed by allied tribes, being mudwings (formerly) and some sandwings.

design is based off of ancient greek armor, mixed with some art nouveau styling. there's a bit more emphasis on aesthetics than practicality, a holdover from pre-war times.

materials are limited to things that won't degrade in saltwater (at least not quickly). bronze armor with glass-enameled elements, shark leather (or seaweed in lower ranks) straps, and titanium fastenings.

even though they won't degrade quickly, these materials will still oxidize. soldiers are expected to keep their armor presentable and in working order.

armor is made to be light, flexible, and limit use of glowscales, teeth, claws, and wings as little as possible. for these reasons, soldiers only wear a helm and spaulders unless in active battle, at which point noncoms would have a chestplate, and officers would have a chestplate and mail on the gills and belly. the gills are not usually covered, as their plating makes them the toughest part of the seawing naturally.

while there are armor gaps for use of glowscales, these are small and not the most practical. instead, seawing soldiers have been using a limited version of aquatic, made primarily of hand signals, for centuries.

because fabrics such as sashes would be impractical for seawings, rank is denoted using colored enamel portions on the armor. higher ranking officers, especially royalty, may also have custom armor, though this is a bad idea as it would make one a huge target in battle. regardless, some don special armor as is tradition.

[mybestfriendmysoulmate]

My heart

[trunswicked]

Hive Queens of Pantala (names under the cut!)

[zondearts]

Commission for @flashjonny-blog

[kitedraws-wof]

I had a vision, andersite, diorite and their adopted sister granite

[im-tired1124]

PREACH

Arc 3 is th ebest arc WHO SAID THAT

[the-reel-albacat]

Queen Scarlet my beloved <3

I love her so much she is so evil

[wings-of-fire-confessions]

I stan Albatross and Darkstalker. Honestly valid reasons for doing what they did and it makes me seethe when someone is like “Arctic didn’t deserve that :(“ fuck you I give Darkstalker a pass to kill all IceWings for every Arctic defender there is.

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[bogcreacher]

[seagulltheseawing]

my name is edwin edwin edwin

[mothpawbs]

here's a page of autumn sketches! started as a few quick doodles, and then i started exploring her personal items and what she looked like as a young dragonet :)

[sartcastix]

MY ENGLISH TEACHER LET ME FINISH COLORING IT IN CLASS 🙏🙏🙏 there were only Crayola pencils but I tried my best

[ravewing]

ok this is genuinely such a non-issue but something that lowk peeves me in the wof fandom is when people say "hot take!!! make fluffy icewings" like. this hasnt been a hot take in years?? this is a piping cold negative kelvin take ??????

like obviously theres nothing wrong with drawing icewings with fur or skywings with feathers—i dabble in the former with certain designs, but at the end of the day, it quite literally is not a hot take. 75% of the icewing fanart i see has them with fur. it's an interesting concept, sure; but it is not a unique one, it isn't revolutionary, and it certainly isn't a hot take.

another thing i want to say is—stop limiting yourselves to only ever-so-slightly deviating from canon!! the best wof designs ive seen on this app are the ones that offer something new; the people who create intricate traditional clothing pertaining to each tribe, the people who draw their dragons with heavily inspired elements from real animals, the people who aren't afraid to give their characters extra tails or six horns or bizarre colors and patterns, the people who create evolutionary adaptations and subspecies within tribes—you get the gist.

and canon-complaint designs are super cool as well!! by no means am i saying to stop making ocs that adhere to wof's in-series standards.

what i mean is this: have fun with your designs and stop fixating on trying to follow a "hot take" that has been reiterated time and time again. make your ocs the way you want to do so, but i prithee, enough with the fabricating of hot takes that have been repeated ad nauseam. it's okay if you give your icewings antlers or fur, nobody is going to come for you.