The Steampunk Empire - The Crossroads of the Aether. Steampunk gun. Hey, this is a prop for my steampunk costume that I'm working on in stages. I already posted the goggles here and I won't post anything else until it's all done. I just wanted to go ahead and show the gun, because I'm really proud of it, even though there are tons of guns like it posted all over the rest of the internet. Here it is: And here it is before, sitting on our old really ugly kitchen table that has since been replaced: So, yeah, basically I repainted a Nerf gun. There's lots of different kind of paint on it: base coat of black spray paint, then copper spray paint, gold and silver paint pens, metallic sharpies, metallic acrylics, and watered down black acrylic to make it look old and dirty.
Steampunk Rocketeer costume, plus BF's Rorschach. More pics soon. - OCCASIONS AND HOLIDAYS. This year, my first idea for a costume was to be a post-apocalyptic survivor, but I decided this would be too obscure for people to understand, plus I picked up some items on a shopping trip that make me change my mind to... a steampunk rocketeer! First off, the jetpack. I assembled and painted most of it the day of Hallowe'en (very late for me) out of four two-litre Coke bottles, some scrap cardboard, bottle caps, a dismantled computer joystick and shower head, and some gears from vintage traveling alarm clocks. I put it all together with a little papier mache and lot of masking tape, hot glue, and spray paint. I was pretty much inhaling those fumes for about 12 hours. It worked out better than imagined, especially looking at all the unassembled parts and wondering how on earth I was going to put it all together.
BTW, that is my boyfriend as Rorschach, and my friend as Little Dead Riding Hood. Rorschach got his mask online and the jacket at a thirft store. Anyways. . ~ Schnoogles. Steampunk K-9 - MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS. Steampunk Vampire Hunter. So last night was the Vampire Ball in PDX, I agreed to help Noxenlux in her vending booth. But we needed outfits.
So about 3 months ago we agreed to do a steampunk theme. Since we were going to a Vampire ball i decided to dress as a vampire hunter. Here is my version. Is handmade to match the rest of the outfit. My Boyfriend made me a steampunk vampire detector, of course he made is special to fit my arm. We also customized a Nerf Maverick to match the vampire detector. Here is the holster to match the rest of the The costume went over very well even though i was down in the dealers room all night. More pictures including the vampire killer ammo are available here: xoxoGothfox Designs. Steampunk netbook (img heavy) - MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS. I got a cute little Lenovo ideapad a year ago with the intent to redecorate it like the baddest-ass steampunk netbook you ever did saw.
After a couple aborted efforts with veneer and some gold leafing, I switched to wood-grained vinyl, a sweet gear-patterned decal that I found on etsy, and added some silver-leafed gears and dichroic glass cabs. It didn't turn out quite as I'd hoped, but I learned a lot while I did this and have some great ideas for what I'm going to do for the next iteration...and, oh, there will be more steampunkish netbooks coming out of my studio! But I'll admit, my little Magpie is quite cute and inspiring to work on. Completed book - lid: Completed book - inside! The "Before" photo - with a Diet Coke can so you can get a sense of scale, here.
The keys, when I was making them. Profile-view of the finished book: Thanks for looking! Steampunk Sidearm! (nerf mod) - TOYS, DOLLS AND PLAYTHINGS. Tadaa! She started life as a Nerf Nitefinder. I took her all apart, primed her up, then spent a week or so painting and detailing and ect. Plastic-friendly primer, and a whole bunch of acrylic paint! Then I buffed it up with some Rub'n'Buff in something like spanish copper - Rub'n'Buff is my new favorite favorite when it comes to steampunking.
Then I took the Amaryllisroze's method of doing rivets - aka puff paint. Long time no Steam Punk (Here is some, and a lot of pictures!) [Updated Again] - JEWELRY AND TRINKETS. First are two more unisex pieces, starting with a larger ring than my previous one: I call it "Grinding Gears". The base for the ring is actually an old one of mine that said b*tch (no asterisk, though) from a cheap jewelry store. I roughed it up a bit with the grinding tool and found this pinkish nickle under the layer of silver toned metal. I then shined up the areas I distressed to get the streaked look. I then set some watch movement parts and gears into the front of the ring.
And the second is a necklace: The base is a gold tone key that I wrapped some florist's wire around along with a spring-type bracelet I had. This one might also fall into a more unisex category: This is the backing to a large pocket watch that had some remaining gears and such still attached. Next is another locket, this time with detail only on the front and the inside empty for pictures: This one, "Serrated Seconds", is made on a small locket that I bought at Michael's in a three pack.
Steam Punk Bracer (Pic Heavy)