This mock-up of my swandog fursuit wings took me a week to make (from cardboard, superglue, pins, paint, screws, bolts and elastic), after studying swan wings from every position and angle...The actual (full-sized) wings will be curved more (I couldn't curve the cardboard without creasing it), and will open/close via a hidden string-pulley system. The primaries/pinfeathers will fan out a bit when the wings are fully-spread, similar to the way a Japanese fan works. (I had to make 3 separate pairs of wingtips to demonstrate that effect in the mock-up.) See the diagram here: http://swandog.deviantart.com/art/P.....s-V-1-69304424 and my other mock-up here: http://swandog.deviantart.com/art/F.....ck-up-69336880

I'm going to attempt to make the full-size wings myself rather than commission them, because no one was willing to tackle this complex commission when I first approached various fursuit makers about it, and even if I did manage to find someone who was willing, I doubt I could afford what they would charge for them, plus I doubt that they would make them exactly as I imagine them to be. So now I just have to figure out how to make the hidden wing armature/pulley system, and what materials I should use for it (something lightweight but very strong).

The armature itself will be shaped like the actual unfeathered wing arms of a swan (again, I did my research), with the wrist area being the only moving joint, where you see the screw/bolt in the photos. I'll be posting a mock-up of this and possible concept drawings later. To anyone else making their own fursuit wings, I just want to encourage you to make a similar mock-up first (whether jointed or not), and to do your wing anatomy research; all this will really help you to visualize everything better, to work out all the kinks, and to make a much more realistic wing design. :)

Btw, if anyone else wants to make wings like these, be they large or small (since most angel wings are based off swan wings, for example, see: http://syrinxfox.deviantart.com/art.....-Swan-76612787 and http://kamakru.deviantart.com/art/F.....kiko-144041275 ), here are some refs for you...

Topside of wing:
http://www2.ups.edu/biology/museum/.....Wwing12713.jpg
http://www2.ups.edu/biology/museum/.....Wwing21719.jpg

Underside of wing:
http://www2.ups.edu/biology/museum/.....wing12713a.jpg
http://www2.ups.edu/biology/museum/.....wing21719a.jpg

And the separate feathers of the wings...

Primaries:
http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas....._primary_adult
http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas....._primary_adult

Secondaries:
http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas.....econdary_adult
http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas.....econdary_adult

How the feathers fan out: http://swandogstudio.com/fursuit/wingscollage.jpg

How the feathers connect to the arm:

http://syrinxfox.deviantart.com/art.....ngs-3-91125521
http://syrinxfox.deviantart.com/art.....ngs-2-91125487
http://swandogstudio.com/fursuit/wingdiagram1.jpg
http://swandogstudio.com/fursuit/wingdiagram2.jpg

And lastly, just some generic good refs to have:

http://theantimonyelement.deviantar.....rial-150844565
http://nambroth.deviantart.com/art/.....Wings-96309379
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxJQmtCyi3M

Hope this helps! :)