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im gona have to say black leather bat wings that retract and take the form of your back for convenience, like it has a few joints so they can unfold to a wingspan double my arm span and fold back and make a leathery shield for my back :thumbsup:

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....What? No, I'm saying they would fold inward, you know, contract. Not vanish entirely. Ever see a bird land? They don't keep their wings spread. They tuck them in. Bats, too. Or a better example, seeing as the wings would be in the same place, is a dragon. The wings fold in to keep out of the way of normal activity. Same idea here.

 

Sadly, a human is not a bird or a bat. Those creatures are natural flyers, and have bodies constructed so that their wings can be folded in. A human is not a natural flyer, so we would need much bigger wings to fly, and those wings would not be folded in that easily. Look at this dragon, for instance:

 

 

 

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Now, would these wings be able to carry a dragon? If you ask me, I wouldn't say that looks likely, and still, the dragon can't fold the wings entirely.

 

 

 

A better example? :oops: OK...

 

 

 

The white-tailed eagle has a wingspan of about 200 cm, and a weight of about 5 kg. If we now use very rough mathematics, and look away from the fact that there are probably other factors that are important, a person with the weight of 70 kg would need a wingspan of 28 metres, that's 14 metres(about 45 feet) per wing, and not too easy to fold. And let's not forget the height of these wings, we will probably have a few meters there too. This is not really accurate, but I hope you get the idea.

 

I think it's safe to assume that if we were born with having wings, the rest of our our body would be structured however differently to make folding and flying easier. Otherwise wings wouldn't work anyway. And you can tell from your dragon that they're not folded all the way; the joint isn't completely bent, if we're to assume it would bend the same as a knee or an elbow would.

 

 

 

All I'm saying is that wings would be able to fold in. Even 45 feets could probably fold enough, given the amount of space of jjust skin between bones of the wing, to only stick out a few feet at most, and not really cause a problem.

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levitation, for only one reason. it's quieter than wings, none of that noisy flapping. i could drop silently onto my prey.

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Superman's hovering is so much better, having wings would just be inconvenient in comparison. Also superman goes insanely fast and can hover.

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Superman's hovering is so much better, having wings would just be inconvenient in comparison. Also superman goes insanely fast and can hover.

 

 

 

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I would go for something likesome sort of levitating armour.

 

 

 

I would also go for wings like tyrael from diablo. I don't even know if those wings allow him to hover (hes very steady), but they are really cool looking being so big and there good weapons to. Think the bad guy from spiderman 2. Tyrael wings are made up of whips that can throw people around, that and Tyrael must be near 15 ft tall so that would hive him maybe a 40 - 50ft wingspan.

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Wings types consist of:

 

"angel" type, large feathered bird wings, each wing is probably as tall as you are. Can fold.

 

 

 

Demon,bat,pterodactyl: leathery wings thin and thus, show your veins/aterries. Most likely similarly sized as angel wings, perhaps smaller. Also can fold

 

 

 

Fairy, dragonfly: extremely thin, Unlikely to fold at all. 2-4 wings, typically smaller then the angel/demon wings

 

 

 

Mercury boots <3: I've always thought that would be the coolest thing ever...

 

 

 

Edit - just tried to find a pic and saw it's actually a make of boot... I actually meant like leather ankle boots with tiny wings on either side, like Mercury as in the messenger

 

 

 

But if not, then white angel wings 8-)

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Wings types consist of:

 

"angel" type, large feathered bird wings, each wing is probably as tall as you are. Can fold.

 

 

 

Demon,bat,pterodactyl: leathery wings thin and thus, show your veins/aterries. Most likely similarly sized as angel wings, perhaps smaller. Also can fold

 

 

 

Fairy, dragonfly: extremely thin, Unlikely to fold at all. 2-4 wings, typically smaller then the angel/demon wings

 

 

Where do mine fall in that? :P

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Wings types consist of:

 

"angel" type, large feathered bird wings, each wing is probably as tall as you are. Can fold.

 

 

 

Demon,bat,pterodactyl: leathery wings thin and thus, show your veins/aterries. Most likely similarly sized as angel wings, perhaps smaller. Also can fold

 

 

 

Fairy, dragonfly: extremely thin, Unlikely to fold at all. 2-4 wings, typically smaller then the angel/demon wings

 

 

 

Mercury boots <3: I've always thought that would be the coolest thing ever...

 

 

 

Edit - just tried to find a pic and saw it's actually a make of boot... I actually meant like leather ankle boots with tiny wings on either side, like Mercury as in the messenger

 

 

 

But if not, then white angel wings 8-)

 

 

 

 

 

he has a winged helmet. I never figured the boots to be practical.

 

 

 

i dunno, dragonfly wings would be cool too.. but Id probably stick with angel wings.

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Mercury boots <3: I've always thought that would be the coolest thing ever...

 

 

 

Edit - just tried to find a pic and saw it's actually a make of boot... I actually meant like leather ankle boots with tiny wings on either side, like Mercury as in the messenger

 

 

 

But if not, then white angel wings 8-)

 

 

 

 

 

he has a winged helmet. I never figured the boots to be practical.

 

 

 

 

 

 

But a winged helmet would just fly off, leaving you on the ground, or enable you to hang yourself... Winged boots you could like walk in the air, just like normal but higher up :)

 

 

 

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