18 Nov
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 order to speed things up, I’m going to post a bunch of pictures in succession with captions, so here they are…
Nostril tube, eye LED and left ear mount
Close up showing ear in place
Addition of lens piece and battery
Detail of steampunk ear
Now I make the plaque that the deer head mounts to so we can hang it on the wall.
Mounting plaque
And now the finished deer head, mounted for display.
Finished steampunk deer head mount
This has been a fun project and I hope you liked seeing how you can repurpose everyday objects into cool pieces of artwork. I’d love to hear from you and find out what you think of these pieces!No Comments
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28 Oct
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 painting, the deer mount itself begins to look quite convincing.
Base coats of paint
Base coat on eye
After basecoating everything, I went in and dry brushed white over the fur, then went back in with a light wash of brown to give the illusion of highlighted top fur.
Further color development
After the brown fur is painted, the white areas are put in and the “natural” antler is doppled to look like natural horn.
White areas covered
Natural antler detail
Next post, I’ll show some of the steampunk accessories on the deer head as we get close to wrapping this project up…see you then!No Comments
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Adding “fur” to the deer head
04 Sep 
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 it be rigid and easy to paint. It involves using a simple latex caulk and tooling it to have little ridges or striations that resemble fur.
“Fur” around the ear
For the “natural” antler, I used the same latex, but didn’t tool it to look like fur. Instead, I smoothed it to look like the bumpy antler would look.
Latex on the antler
Latex smoothed out on the antler
Next time, I’ll show the beginning stages on painting the deer head. Can’t wait!!