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Finishing the steampunk airship diarama
Putting together the box that houses the airship for the dirama was easy, because I didn’t put it together! True to form, I repurposed an old dresser drawer and painted it. If you do a project like...
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Steampunk Whitetail Deer Mount
If you’ve had any opportunity to attend a steampunk convention or gathering, you’ve undoubtedly seen at least a few ‘punks in their turn-of-the-century safari outfit, complete with modded weapon and...
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Steampunk deer antlers
Now I’ll show how I constructed the antlers for the steampunk deer head. I originally wanted to make one antler look natural, while the other look like a steampunk cyborg replacement of copper pipe....
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Adding “flesh” to the steampunk deer head
Now that provisions for the antlers are in place, I can start to “flesh out” the deer head. I began by filling the void areas in the wooden armature with wads of newspaper, then going over that with...
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Facial detail on steampunk deer head
Starting to add facial details like building up the shape for eyes and nose is what I’ll talk about now. Before I added paper to “flesh out” the neck of the deer, I had put some recycled wood cross...
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More facial detail
Now that I’ve fleshed out the “real” antler, I need to add the rest of the flesh thickness to the deer head before I apply the papier-mâché. Fleshing out the face The nose still hasn’t been defined...
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Adding nostrils and mouth
As I add the papier-mâché to the outside of the steampunk deer head, I need to detail the nostrils and mouth on the steampunk deer head. As I said before, using masking tape to shape something in is...
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Steampunk deer ears
Adding the defining elements to the steampunk deer is where the fun begins! Since the deer will have a steampunk cyborg aesthetic, part of it will be “natural” and part will be mechanical. I’ll start...
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My first gallery/art store display!
As a quick post (I know I’m a bit delinquent in posting this past few weeks), I’d like to invite all my interwebs peeps to come and check out my steampunk airship display at The Artisan’s Bench in...
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Steampunked ear on the deer head
OK, now that the Grand Opening is done at The Artisan’s Bench, I’ll get back to posting progress on the steampunk deer head mount. I said last time that I would show how I started putting together the...
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The mechanical cyborg steampunk eye
First of all…an apology for not posting in so long, but after the show at the Artisan’s Bench, things got hectic. I not only got a couple orders for commissioned airship pieces, but I’ve been preparing...
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The mechanical cyborg steampunk eye (cont.)
Well life sort of got in the way and it’s been awhile since I last posted…sorry! To continue with the mechanical cyborg steampunk eye, I’m going to show what I applied beneath the eye before I attach...
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The battery compartment
As mentioned, the battery needs a believable housing and I started with a mint container, then cut it in half and created a lip so that a slide-on top was possible. Mint container as a battery...
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Adding “fur” to the deer head
Latex “fur” I first showed this technique when I posted the progress on my papier-mâché giraffe. It’s a relatively simple way that I came up with to add the illusion of fur on my sculptures, but have...
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Painting the fur on the deer head
Last time, I said I’d show how I painted the fur on the steampunk deer head. Remember that there is a tooled latex over the mâché which gives the illusion of fur, and with the addition of realistic...
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Adding steampunk accessories
Now, I’m wrapping up the steampunk deer head so I can post some airship stuff! To do this, I start adding the accessories that turn this sculpture from typical deer head into a steampunk sensation! In...
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Small steampunk gunship #1
This is a 12″ steampunk airship that I built originally for the 2012 World Steam Expo in Dearborn Michigan. I actually built four of them, but this one and one other are the only two I have photos for....
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Small steampunk gunship #2
Another of the 12″ steampunk airships that I built for the 2012 World Steam Expo in Dearborn Michigan. Similar in shape and design, but with some modification. Like my other airships, it uses...
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Artsmith Craftworks goes Hollywood!
I had a really great thing happen just before Christmas… On the 23rd of December, in the late afternoon, I got a call from California. I almost ignored it because a lot of times, random calls from...
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Artsmith Craftworks goes Hollywood (part 2)
I got up early on Christmas Eve day and did some calculations for crate sizes based on my airships’ dimensions. I then needed supplies and luckily, my brother was able to help, so off we went to get...
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