Steampunk Modelled by the Artist

These photos were taken by me after I got home from a friend's Steampunk themed costume party this past Sat. night.  The makeup, costume, and steampunk accessories were all done by me.

-I put these photos through a Sepia filter in Photoshop.

Steampunk: Wings WIP -part 6

More updates on the wings...

Now, as a preface...I'm one of those insane artistic people who just 'can't' leave something alone....can't deal with simplicity.  Unfortunately, this can either go really well or really badly and totally fuck up a project...the unfortunate part being that I'm never exactly sure which way it's going to go 'till I'm finished.

With that said....I really like my steampunk wings (can't decide if I want them to be 'fairy steampunk wings' or just steampunk wings....), but I'm starting to feel like they need 'more'. "More what?", you might be asking....in reply, I say..."Well, more...'something'...."    I don't know if I need another small set of wings to attach to this or not...or if it's totally fine as-is.  I would LOVE some feedback from anyone and everyone actually reading this. Please do comment and tell me what you think.   

These aren't actually connected, yet...but this is the plan for it:

-I really do like this with the tack heads...and the texture effect with the various spray paints...but I feel like it's still missing 'something'. I want to glue on some flat-backed marbles as simply decoration...but otherwise...not sure.

I've been playing around with the idea of somehow incorporating 'electroluminescent wire' into the wing-pack....recently thinking of outlining the wings in it..:

-outlining might give me more of that 'something' I'm looking for...   I'm also wanting to make more faux metal paneling out of the foam and line the edges of the wings in that...for two reasons: 1 -the raw edges of the metal are a bad idea exposed as they are and 2...would look better.

Any thoughts?

Steampunk: Wing Pack WIP -part 4

Got some detail shots of the wing pack:

-using some brass model paint and, literally, my fingertips I applied some smudged paint over the upraised ridges and details for a rubbed/polished affect on the aged faux brass metal.

 -on this piece of the pack, which is the top middle, I used acetone and some cloth to remove the top layer of matte black spray paint to show the faux 'brass metal' underneath. Really happy with the effect here. I had to be really careful 'cause I was in danger of going through the brass paint layer to the black paint and even the red plastic underneath.

 -these are the screw holes from where I removed the top half of the remote control boat toy from the bottom half seen here.  I'm 'hoping' to be able to attach leather straps to these holes and create a harness so this can easily and comfortably be worn on my back with the wings.

 -Really liking the turbine cylinder parts on this piece...really cool. I want to do something more with them, but not sure what...yet.

-I really feel like rubbing the model paint on with my fingertips and blending it in looks so much better than doing it with a paint brush or any other implement.












I was talking about trying to insert some straps into the screw holes somehow....really not sure how I'm going to accomplish this part just yet. I've got a rivet kit from Tandy Leather, but not sure if any of the rivets are long enough to accommodate the layer or two of leather plus stretching through the plastic tube for the screw...

Here's some measurement pics to illustrate the size I'm working with:

-I've thought about putting a metal ring through this part and then attaching a grommeted length of leather strap to the ring...but I really don't like that option a whole lot. I'm really attached to the idea of riveting the leather strap straight to this piece and I don't want to have to put any extra holes into this piece, either.


I've had it suggested that I could glue the leather strap to the plastic underside...but that sounds more like a precarious temporary fix. I'm wanting whatever I end up doing to be a sure permanent thing. It's got some weight on it and I'm not comfortable trusting that to glue.:/

And here's an idea of how it'll look together once I've got the wings attached:

I've got more plans for this pack...it's not going to be plain/bare like this. I want lights and tubes of glowing green liquid, etc.   It's an uneven surface so I can only do so much to it...but go some ideas all the same.:)

And the harness system of straps I want to create around this pack will look something like this from the front:

-minus the feathers...maybe.


Thoughts?