Skirts and Feathers

So in attempts to start on my steampunk outfit, I had my mama bear search through the bowels of our garage to find an old homecoming skirt she had made for me. Surprisingly it still fits. I'm going to ruche the front up so that my feet can be seen then leave the rest as is. I'm super excited about this. I loved this skirt when she made it for me originally and I'm really excited that I can give it a new life. It's taffeta a fabric that fits the steampunk time frame :)


Yesterday I wanted to kill some time and not study (like I was supposed to). I decided to start working on the hair piece I want to use until I make my headset or when I don't want to wear my headset. I took a peacock feather and wrapped some thin brass wire I found at JoAnn Fabrics. The wire is supposed to be used in jewelry making, but it works for what I want. This wire is kind of hard to see, you might want to click the picture to enlarge it.

Haha, success!

My rifle is coming along! Here's with most of the paint job done, the studs, and the knife switches!

Switches!!

The knife switches I ordered came in! How exciting. I'm going to mount them on my rifle. They're going to look very spiffy :)

The gun is coming along!

Last night I primed my rifle. When the primer dried, it dried clear with a rough texture. It looked like this:

It isn't shiny anymore (that and I sanded the crap out of it). I then spray painted it black. Like this:


I discovered I'm not that good with spray paint. I should have hand painted it black, but oh well. I'll hopefully be starting the actual paint job soon. I'm anxious to see how this will turn out.

And Carbon.

We can't forget Carbon.

My Headgear

This is the headset that I want to make for my steampunk character. It's for communication and also a wireless detonator for bombs. I need some parts and will be hitting up some thrift stores soon.

Addition to the family

I decided that my character would have three cats: Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen. They are all while and can only be told apart by their collars. Purple, blue, and green repsectfully. Oxygen is the only female and is the definition of a lap cat. Hydrogen behaves himself where Nitrogen is always running off being bad. He usually has to be leashed. They look like this:


Hydrogen and Oxygen are the ones who are cuddling.