Steampunk Cosplay from SteamCon 2012

SmallRiniLady and I attended SteamCon this weekend in Bellevue, WA. There were many fabulous things to see, and most of the attendees dressed up in Steampunk costumes, ranging from historical Victorian wear to fanciful, unique characters. I wish I could have taken pictures of them all!

SmallRiniLady as a marionette doll

Wind-up porcelain doll

Walter and Victoria's fabulous mini-crossbows!

Make-up of Death!

Very realistic-looking fox puppet!
His puppeteer had a really cute Steampunk outfit too, love those stripes.

Cosplay group photo-shoot - the more the merrier!

Eric the vampire, befitting the Victorian Monsters theme.

Mouse lady with a cage of wee mice!

SmallRiniLady will have more pics up later, so come back and check for more Steampunk cosplay!

Steampunk LollyPop

For a Lolita Steampunk Cosplay, I wanted a Lolita prop.  ~giggle~ a LOLLYPOP.

So let's see how to make a steampunk version of a lollypop.

Instead of getting the expensive steampunk gears at the craft store, I went to the original source, the Hardware Store! I went through the different buckets of bulk goods and picked up random pieces that I thuoght would look cool together, including a long screw to use as a handle.

Alcohol ink will dry to metal, and not rub off but it will if you spill a happy hour drink on it.  It's just randomly dab it all over the metal pieces to give it an non uniformed colouring.

Than using industrial super glue I randomly arranged them into a lollypop shape.  

 

The glue isn't ment for metal, so after many uses, some of the joints did get lose, so a little extra glue helped them stay put.

Architecture Inspiration from NY

It was a wind-swept sort of day!

Architecture is not just about pretty shapes and dimensions. It tells a story! 

The Statue of Liberty has its own story. The pedestal was built on a pre-existing base from a fort so the architecture is from two different time periods. Plus, the statue was built in France while the pedestal was built in America.

The audio tour told us all about the story while we toured the island. Next stop was Ellis Island.

I hear Roosevelt used to hang out here. Beautiful weathered copper patina dome.

Ellis Island - this is one of the first places immigrants congregated after reaching the New World. They had to go through all sorts of tests before they were allowed to continue on to New York. Some were sent home back across the Atlantic.

Central Park! Remember this place from The Angels Take Manhattan?

This beautiful old church and graveyard survived 9/11.

The 9/11 Memorial site.

Disappearing into the clouds...

Wrought iron fences! I think this was in Greenwich Village.

Classic NY... fire escapes!

A cute and simple harvest window box idea.

19 1/2! In the Village

Love this blue door. Pin-worthy!

Sneak Peak for 2012 Steamcon

Yay, Steamcon is in two weeks.  It's the Steampunk convention here in the Seattle area.  This year because it's the Halloween weekend the theme is Victorian Monsters.

Here's a peak at my costume in works.

-SmallRiniLady