Creating the Airship Camille

[radegund_lj]

Behind the cut is a long and picture-intensive description of how I built the steampunk airship Camille.

Comments

[ydnic]

Are you coming to Dragon*Con this year? If so, I'd love to be able to use the airship (when you're not wearing it) as a prop in the Alt History track room.

If not, I guess I'd better start on building my own *grin*

[radegund_lj]

I am coming, but I will be flying down from Massachusetts and am pretty sure there's no way I can get it on the airplane. Sadly the airship doesn't actually fly. :(

[ydnic]

That's the next mod to it, correct? ;)

OK, then my husband and I are going to work on making an airship for display--hopefully you'll get to check out our version of it in 99 days or so...(I'd do the wearable thing, but it's not practical with all the stuff I have to do at Con....)

[radegund_lj]

I have wondered if you could make a framework light enough that you could fill the inside of the airship with helium balloons and have it float. :)

I'd be willing to talk about the airship project at D*C if you want. I look forward to seeing your take on the airship! :D

[ydnic]

Ack! While going through my emails I found this one and have suddenly realized that neither my husband nor I have taken step 1 toward building an airship for me *frowns*

Oh well, perhaps next year. Do be sure to look me up at the Alt History Track, though! :)