The traditional high temperature resistant coating with high emissivity have the characteristics of large rigidity and obvious brittleness. In order to change these properties in essence, we successfully have produced a kind of scaly and flexible coating with high emissivity and high temperature resistance inspired by structure of the snakeskin in nature. We combine slurry method with sol-gel method, and use silica sol as solvent, MoSi₂ as emittance agent and borosilicate glass as high temperature binder. Compared with the dense coating with the same composition, surface density and sintering process, the scaly coating have high flexibility while ensuring high emittance agent content and emissivity. The mechanical properties, including contact damage resistance, thermal shock resistance and bending strength, have been improved in varying degrees.