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Zeraph · 09-16-2010, 04:25 PM

I got invited to a Halloween party with a steampunk theme! I'm really excited as I've always wanted to make a steampunk outfit anyway. I'm rather limited in budget though, probably wouldn't want to spend more than 30-40$. Anyone have any tips? I figured there would be a website for this but there either isn't or my google-fu is weak. The websites I found were prefab costumes that didn't even look very cool.

So far I've got combat boots, and an old duster that I already own, so the expensive pieces are out of the way. I'm going to get cheap welding goggles and a nerf gun and spray paint it silver. Not sure what else. Maybe fingerless gloves?

I'm not sure where to get old looking pants and a shirt. Maybe Savers... Maybe get a vest?

A good steampunk costume is in the details, help!

Fremen · 09-16-2010, 04:51 PM

Can you integrate some brass or copper pieces in your costume?
Or am I thinking of Clockwork?

Also, you definitely need some goggles.

ASU2003 · 09-16-2010, 04:52 PM

Mental Meatloaf: Late to the party

Steampunk Emporium -- Steampunk Clothing from Gentleman's Emporium

Are you going for more of a fantasy steampunk look or a conservative steampunk look?

Baraka_Guru · 09-16-2010, 05:44 PM

No matter what you end up with, you've *got* to have a pocket watch.

BadNick · 09-16-2010, 05:46 PM

If you can layer various mechanical junk of the appropriate kind, it can give a cool steampunk look. Like gears, insides of old clocks. I like the glasses here with just a bunch of screws, the others are cool but harder to replicate:

ASU2003's link has a cool guitar...so even a toy plastic guitar could be jazzed up with parts from the hardware store to be steampunkish:

This has some cool steampunk objects:

YouTube - Steampunk in Oxford

Zeraph · 09-17-2010, 10:39 AM

More fantasy steampunk I think.

Some of those those things would be way too hard to make but give me some ideas, thanks. I'm going to make a big list of little things I can add and just find whatever I can.

Clockwork is pretty similar to steampunk I think. If not the same.

MSD · 09-18-2010, 04:17 PM

Go to Home Depot and find a can of Rustoleum hammered brass finish spraypaint. That and hammered silver made for a kickass Pyramid Head helmet a few years ago, nice aged looking finish to it. Get a big pack of plastic gears, paint them, and glue them to stuff. Grab some goggles like

these

and spray the frames.

Redjake · 09-18-2010, 05:41 PM

Etsy - Your place to buy and sell all things handmade, vintage, and supplies

search for steam punk!

MSD · 09-19-2010, 01:45 PM

Also, Google 'steampunk nerf maverick' for ideas.

09-16-2010, 04:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
Zeraph Banned Location: The Cosmos	Tips for steampunk costume I got invited to a Halloween party with a steampunk theme! I'm really excited as I've always wanted to make a steampunk outfit anyway. I'm rather limited in budget though, probably wouldn't want to spend more than 30-40$. Anyone have any tips? I figured there would be a website for this but there either isn't or my google-fu is weak. The websites I found were prefab costumes that didn't even look very cool. So far I've got combat boots, and an old duster that I already own, so the expensive pieces are out of the way. I'm going to get cheap welding goggles and a nerf gun and spray paint it silver. Not sure what else. Maybe fingerless gloves? I'm not sure where to get old looking pants and a shirt. Maybe Savers... Maybe get a vest? A good steampunk costume is in the details, help!

09-16-2010, 04:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Fremen With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much Location: left side of my couch, East Texas	Can you integrate some brass or copper pieces in your costume? Or am I thinking of Clockwork? Also, you definitely need some goggles. __________________ Google

09-16-2010, 05:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	No matter what you end up with, you've got to have a pocket watch. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

09-18-2010, 04:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	Go to Home Depot and find a can of Rustoleum hammered brass finish spraypaint. That and hammered silver made for a kickass Pyramid Head helmet a few years ago, nice aged looking finish to it. Get a big pack of plastic gears, paint them, and glue them to stuff. Grab some goggles like these these and spray the frames.

09-18-2010, 05:41 PM	#8 (permalink)
Redjake I'm a family man - I run a family business. Location: Wilson, NC	Etsy - Your place to buy and sell all things handmade, vintage, and supplies search for steam punk! __________________ Off the record, on the q.t., and very hush-hush.

09-16-2010, 04:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
ASU2003 immoral minority Location: Back in Ohio	Mental Meatloaf: Late to the party Steampunk Emporium -- Steampunk Clothing from Gentleman's Emporium Are you going for more of a fantasy steampunk look or a conservative steampunk look?

09-17-2010, 10:39 AM	#6 (permalink)
Zeraph Banned Location: The Cosmos	More fantasy steampunk I think. Some of those those things would be way too hard to make but give me some ideas, thanks. I'm going to make a big list of little things I can add and just find whatever I can. Clockwork is pretty similar to steampunk I think. If not the same.

09-19-2010, 01:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	Also, Google 'steampunk nerf maverick' for ideas.