29 Apr 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 fast and stable, then going over that with papier-mâché strengthens it. I use folded newspaper… Continue reading Adding nostrils and mouth
Month: April 2015
18″ Steampunk airship 003
22 Apr Today’s post is a mid-range size steampunk airship. This dirigible has a more “grunge” gondola with the propeller mounted on it instead of on the airship envelope like others I’ve done. It also has a pillar mount rather than the more Victorian looking netted suspension and the fins are a plate copper design.… Continue reading 18″ Steampunk airship 003
More facial detail
18 Apr 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 yet, but that is a surface detail I’ll add later. I just wanted to get the… Continue reading More facial detail
Facial detail on steampunk deer head
11 Apr 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 pieces in the head to widen the base. Part of the reason for this… Continue reading Facial detail on steampunk deer head
Adding “flesh” to the steampunk deer head
05 Apr 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 rolled newspaper, which I fl;attened out a bit and trimmed to fit. I taped those… Continue reading Adding “flesh” to the steampunk deer head
Steampunk deer antlers
01 Apr 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. The problem is, the price of copper is so high right now, that it would have cost $50 just… Continue reading Steampunk deer antlers