13 Feb When people see my airships online or see photos of them in other places, they nearly always ask me how large they are. Often the photos I’ve taken have no way to show scale and since they are quite detailed, it’s difficult to tell how large they are. In the video below, I… Continue reading How large are my steampunk airships?
Category: Dr. Steampunk Airships
What inspires my steampunk airships?
09 Feb I get asked often what inspires the airships that I build. How do I come up with ideas? What kinds of materials do I use and how do I choose what found object becomes what part of my airship build? In the video below, I talk about that process. In future videos, I’ll… Continue reading What inspires my steampunk airships?
Adding the stabilizer fins
07 Feb In building the stabilizer fins for the steampunk diarama airship, I first had to choose a shape. On other ships, I’ve made them rounded, but I like the feeling of a scalloped fin. I’ve also made different scalloped fins before, with some being a solid fin with ribs and others having a support… Continue reading Adding the stabilizer fins
Steampunk Airship Diarama
10 Jan I have done many airships and those of you familiar with my work may have seen them at World Steam Expo, which is sadly, no more :-(. This project is one that I wanted to approach a little differently. I still wanted to do an airship, but one that was the same style… Continue reading Steampunk Airship Diarama
Airships in Chicago
14 Dec Early in November, I got a call from a man named David Krause of Big Works, Inc. Seems David, or “Big” as he is called, was hired to stage a corporate holiday party in Chicago. The theme of the party was to be steampunk and he found my website and wanted to commission… Continue reading Airships in Chicago
The mechanical cyborg steampunk eye (cont.)
Posts Tagged ‘Antique’ The mechanical cyborg steampunk eye (cont.) 25 Aug 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 it. My goal for the steampunk deer… Continue reading The mechanical cyborg steampunk eye (cont.)
Google’s Airships Take Flight
Google airships fly! 11 Apr Back in November, I told you about building two commissioned steampunk airships for a production designer in Chicago. The build went very well and my client was very happy with the results. He drove from Chicago to my home near Flint, Michigan to personally pick up the airships so they… Continue reading Google’s Airships Take Flight
Adding the stabilizer fins
Adding the stabilizer fins 07 Feb In building the stabilizer fins for the steampunk diarama airship, I first had to choose a shape. On other ships, I’ve made them rounded, but I like the feeling of a scalloped fin. I’ve also made different scalloped fins before, with some being a solid fin with ribs and… Continue reading Adding the stabilizer fins
Happy Collectors
I love happy collectors! 22 Jan When I get a phone call, a text or a comment on this blog with inquiries about my work, I obviously get very excited. Here is an opportunity to make someone happy by building the steampunk airship of their dreams. Sometimes they have some parameters for the build, but… Continue reading Happy Collectors
Vent tubes
Vent tubes 03 Aug So in case you were wondering how to make a cool and convincing steampunk vent tube that you would see on something mechanical, coal-fired, steam-powered or something lighter-than-air…say like…an AIRSHIP, here’s how I do it. I have a bunch of medical surplus tubing connectors. They use these to connect rubber hoses… Continue reading Vent tubes