[Cryptorchild]

Does anyone know how to either make or locate fish or lizard scales?

 

[Oak Lane Cemetery]

You can use the plastic netting that some produce like onions come in as a stencil. Paint your prop a dark color, wrap the netting tightly around it, then spray paint or airbrush over it in the color/design you want. Once removed the netting will leave a diamond shaped scale like pattern behind.

 

[a_granger]

What kind of application are you looking to use it for?

 

[Cryptorchild]

Plastic netting... Clever idea. Thank you Nightfisher!

I am making a reptilian wallcrawler with flesh-like wings.

 

[Sharonr3106]

What about using fake crocodile skin fabric like the stuff below? You can get it in all sorts of colors, in our craft store you can get quite cheaply in off cuts but depends how much you need

 

[Beaver State Rich]

For wings a stretchy nylon or spandex style fabric with a pre-printed pattern would be great. I'm sure a fabric store would have a ton of different patterns in this fabric type. Someone is making it as I see folks wearing similar patterns in yoga pants all over the place.

 

[Cryptorchild]

very good ideas! Thank you guys...