Thread: Fire Breathing Dragon

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I'm currently building a large dragon costume. So far its wings open/close, the head and move side to side, and the mouth can open/close.

What I'd like to do is make the dragon appear to breath fire.

Any recommendations on how to achieve this?

depends do you want the fire to move or do you want just a flame?

I want a moving flame. If "fire" doesn't work, then some way to get billows of "smoke" would be a good alternative.

No clue, but i love your design so far and am interested to see it completed. Is that PVC pipe that you flattened somehow to join it together for a pivot?

Yes, the entire skeleton is PVC. I softened the sections of the wings where the screws would go with a heat gun, and then flattened them by clamping a piece of 2x4 down on top of the pipe until it hardened. It took a good chunk of the evening to do all of the joints, but the flattened surfaces seem to make it more stable.

I'll be posting more pictures when I'm further along.

Magic.

No, seriously, look into magic supplies.

Smoke in a can comes to mind. But, I've seen hand held fog devices as well.

I would have no clue where to begin to tell you what you need. Other then real magic, I got nothing. =]

for smoke dry ice in the mouth?

Ambitious!!! I would think some LEDS ( Red, Yellow, maybe 1 or 2 Blues ) hidden behind the teeth. Somewhere on here I saw something done with ( the lights ) & a dehumidifier I think it was, it looked really good. A dollar store hand held fan to blow it out. I know everything but the kitchen sink, but if you get the smallest you can find & distribute the weight maybe over the shoulders with tubes. I found some dragon head hand puppets I wanted to make something like this for my porch.

If you can manage some simple electronics you could wire up a fan and some LEDs to a hand held button to turn it on and off. After that you can attach some strips of satin fabric in reds, yellows and oranges to make flames that start and stop when you want them to.

A dry ice fogger will just pour out fog and it will drift down around you creating a potential health hazard. Gas from dry ice is not something you should be breathing in all night.

If you can find a reliable mini fogger that won't overheat and melt the head then you could try that and see how well you like it. Check out this site:
http://looksolutionsusa.com/minifogmachines.shtml