Craft Foam Armor Tutorial – Steampunk Banshee

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 9. – Behind the Scenes

After a long illness, I’m finally back to posting on steampunkmonsters.com. Today I would like to share with you my behind the scenes work for A Steampunk Guide to Hunting Monsters, Chapter 9. An Institute for the Insane! Making the Mad Doctor The basic concept behind our Insane Asylum is that the inmates have taken…

Chapter 8. – Behind the Scenes

Chapter 8 of A Steampunk Guide to Monsters, A Blob on a Boat, is one of my favorite chapters and features many funny images. I would like to show you some behind-the-scenes photos, costumes, sketches, and making-of photos. Making the Blob The blob is a miniature model that I built. First I created a sketch…

Steampunk Your Toy Guns – Tutorial!

It’s time for a tutorial! Our monster hunters need a lot of weapons for their tour, but good looking weapons are hard to find. But you can Steampunk your own toy guns, and now I’d like to show you how! Here are the tools I used on these guns: Toy Guns Toilet Brush Holder Plastic Flower…

Genie – Using Worbla to Make a Steampunk Genie

Where did this tutorial disappear to, you ask? Well, when I had to redo the website it went away when I switched web hosts, but now I am happy to announce that it is back up! I worked on this single costume, day in and day out and documented my whole process as a tutorial for people…

Turning a Burger King Crown Into an Awesome Steampunk Crown

While I was sitting outside spray painting my crown, my neighbor came out onto the porch. He looked at what I was doing. “I’m making a crown,” I said. “You know you could just go down to Burger King and get one,” he said. “I did,” I replied. Using a free Burger King Crow, I made…