20 Mar The next step in creating the large zeppelin fins is to add the appearance of rivets. This doesn’t need to be actual metal pierced through metal, but rather, just look like it. I experimented with a number of things before I realized that what I needed was already on my shelf and I’d… Continue reading adding rivets
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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
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
Adding steampunk accessories
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,… Continue reading Adding steampunk accessories
Adding nostrils and mouth
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
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