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 Painting the fur on the deer head
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Painting the fur on the deer head
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… Continue reading Painting the fur on the deer head
Steampunked ear on the deer head
14 Jun OK, now that the Grand Opening is done at The Artisan’s Bench, I’ll get back to posting progress on the steampunk deer head mount. I said last time that I would show how I started putting together the steampunk ear. I did the “live” ear last post, which was corrugated cardboard covered in… Continue reading Steampunked ear on the deer head
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