This is a full length craft foam armor tutorial to show how we went from concept to finished product for the Steampunk Banshee costume. There will be pictures of every step. Hopefully you can use these tips to make your own craft foam pieces, or just get a fun behind-the-scenes look at the creative process!…
Chapter 13. – Behind the Scenes: Ghost of the Geisha
Hello! Today I want to share the behind the scenes of the Geisha Ghost chapter with you! Geisha Ghost Costume Geisha Ghost is a malevolent figure that Alisa Kester based off of a Japanese style ghost called an Onryo. This ghost character haunts a Japanese Bathhouse that the Monster Hunting Tour visits. It is up…
Read Chapter 13. – The Ghost of the Geisha
Welcome to A Steampunk Guide to Hunting Monsters! Read Chapter 13. – The Ghost of the Geisha for free online by clicking on the picture below. The Hunt is On! While in a Japanese hotel/bathhouse the monster hunters accidentally awaken a vengeful ghost, but Philomena finds to whole bathing in public issue too indelicate to notice a spirit…
Chapter 12. – Behind the Scenes
The spider chapter used a lot of greenscreen work, as well as having a real submarine set built by Caenaan and Myself. Here are some behind the scenes images of costumes, set-building and models being silly: Costuming Philomena A few years back Alisa made herself an Asian influenced Steampunk Swimsuit based on the Victorian Style…
Updates and New Patreon
What’s happening in the world of steampunk monsters? Well, I’ve been busily finishing the book, photos and layout so that I can release the final half of the book chapter by chapter in a timely manner! I fell a little behind, and now am catching up. I am also trying to prepare print volumes! Which…
Read Chapter 12. – Attack of the Aquatic Arachnids
Welcome to A Steampunk Guide to Hunting Monsters! Read Chapter 12. – Attack of the Aquatic Arachnids for free online by clicking on the picture below. The Hunt is On! While traveling across the Pacific Ocean on a mechanical island, the monster hunting tour is attacked by a cluster of giant spiders! Caught between badminton and peril,…
Chapter 11. – Behind the Scenes
Brin Merkley returns as Philomena Dashwood and joins Bert Malcom as Thunder Boy in the latest chapter of A Steampunk Guide to Hunting Monsters, The Terror of the Troll Toll. Here is a look behind the scenes! Photographing the Heroes This chapter feature a series of adventure photos which utilize green screens which were replaced…
Read Chapter 11. – The Terror of the Troll Toll
Welcome to A Steampunk Guide to Hunting Monsters! Read Chapter 11. – The Terror of the Troll Toll for free online by clicking on the picture below. The Hunt is On! Philomena wanders away from the tour with Thunderboy only to get captured and sold in slavery to a troll. Forced to build a bridge alongside Chinese laborers,…
Chapter 10. – Behind the Scenes
In this week’s chapter of A Steampunk Guide to Hunting Monsters, The Werebeast of the Wild West, our hero, Percy, is hired by a group of ladies to protect their Wild West town from a werewolf. I wanted to share a behind-the-scenes look at the costumes, props and photography of the chapter! Percy’s Costume Here is…
Steampunk Axe – How to Make a Craft Foam Weapon – Tutorial
Today I want to share a tutorial of the process I used to create a Steampunk Axe out of Craft Foam. This axe was made to look like a broken gear fused with a wrench. It is wrapped with railroad ties, metal ties that hold train cars shut. 1. I started with a thick craft…
News Article – What a Cool Mustache Will Get You!
Jeremy Fornier-Hanlon, the male lead for “A Steampunk Guide to Hunting Monsters”, has written an article for Capilano University’s student newspaper describing his experiences shooting for the book. You can read it on the Capilano Courier website! Jeremy describes a typical day and shares some info about my thoughts behind costuming this book. He also…
Read Chapter 10. – The Were-beast of the Wild West
Welcome to A Steampunk Guide to Hunting Monsters! Read Chapter 10. – The Were-beast of the Wild West for free online by clicking on the picture below. The Hunt is On! When Percy shows an act of bravado in a Wild West town, he is hired by the townspeople to hunt down an elusive were-beast. Philomena begrudgingly…
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