Nebkon is this week and I'm scrambling to put together my costumes. My 7 costume is mostly relying on getting the bird skull done... which I have mixed feelings on right now. I used Crayola Model Magic which is an air dry clay that almost feels like you're modeling with marshmallow topping stuff. It's light weight... I'm just concerned about ( Read more... )

This might be fitting for the type of design I was working on... it's a mismatch of half the stuff listed.

Your result for The Steampunk Style Test...

The Ragamuffin

11% Elegant, 31% Technological, 17% Historical, 48% Adventurous and 80% Playful!


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I'm doomed I tell you, doomed. Dad fell sick on Monday and hasn't been to work since. It's the type of sick where they stumble to the bathroom and don't return for at least 20 minutes. Last night mom and I were talking about it and she mentioned how she never gets sick. During my lunch break today mom called to suggest I scavenge for my own food ( Read more... )

I began work on a Steampunk costume today. I would love to have it done for Nebraskon, but I have my doubts. If I just can't get it done, I at least want to get the cyberfalls I want to wear with it done and just wear that with street clothes ( Read more... )

Not much to share, but I'm happy with the progress I've been making on my Steampunk-ey. Shirt is done (though I may have mentioned that) and last night work was started on the corset. Lydia is coming up with the battle plan for tackling the bustle. I can't wait. Part of me hopes there is extra material from the bustle so I can make something extra ( Read more... )

I'm going to stand by my review of Keeping Mum as being in my top ten favorite movies... possibly even top 5. How many movies do you get Mr. Bean reading the bible like a smutty romance novel, Patrick Swazey in banana hammock and Professor McGonagall offing anyone who gets in her way? Yea... good times. Anyway, I was watching that again while ( Read more... )

A while ago, someone on steamfashion linked a shop they had bought watch parts from. Last night, I decided to go ahead and place an order (on my top hat, I wanted some flowers and some gears on stems around where my mechanical ear would stick out). I noticed when checking out, that it added NE sales tax... which meant the seller was local. Anyway, ( Read more... )

So I was sitting at the table in the break room, trying to plot and plan my future Steampunk outfit when an idea hit me. Since Steampunk is all about brass and crackpot inventors often pop up... and the costume I am toying with is sort of a wind-up doll... I was thinking how amazing it'd be to have mechanical ears and a tail. Not covered in fur, ( Read more... )

So during lunch I worked on a design for my steampunk outfit. It needs a bit of tweaking (footgear especially and the lack of headgear). Anyway, here it is. What's gray will be black. I'm still deciding whether what's colored in purple will be an antique pink or what. I may make the lace or ruffle on the skirt green... I'm hoping I can find a ( Read more... )

Last night, Lydia and I poured through her books, trying to find fun articles of clothing for a steampunk outfit. After much thought, I think I will have to keep my two separate ideas as separate. One was to do an explorer/air ship captain type outfit, the other was sort of a mechanical doll type thing (with wind-up key in back). I have a design I ( Read more... )