Steampunk Wedding Bouquet Holder.

What can you make when you have a plastic conical yarn spool, a nickel plated bud vase, a brass finial from a mug tree, the bottom section of a copper jug, some copper tube and some brass pieces from an old barometer?

Why a steampunk wedding bouquet holder of course.

It was a commission from a friend, I think it turned out very well, I'm certainly pleased with it. It's one of those creations that you really don't want to part with.

The bottom section of the copper jug I mentioned became a base or holder so that the bouquet holder could be left standing on it's own during or after the wedding ceremony.

Steampunk Crossbow Nerf Rebelle Fair Fortune

I'm a big fan of the Nerf Rebelle range of weapons, but in particular the Rebelle Charmed Dauntless Blaster and the Rebelle Fair Fortune crossbow. For me personally the present a pretty easy way to get some good Steampunk weapons. Basically remove logos, sand and paint. I've painted many Dauntless Blasters but this is the first Crossbow I've painted, It has lots of details just waiting for some dry brushing.

I'm really pleased with the result.

Metallic Paint Effect For Steampunk

Here's a photo of a plaster bust I painted.

I used a simple paint technique which could be useful for all sorts of projects,especially steampunk ones.

Step one.
Paint the object all over with matt black paint, acrylic or emulsion/latex paint should be fine.

Step two.
Use a dark green paint to paint mainly the low areas of the object, using the same type of paints as in step one.

Step Three.
Using a good quality metallic paint colour of your choice, very lightly paint the high spots on the object

That’s it, couldn't be easier.