Introduction to Steam Demon Art : My first Steampunk Airship

My Steampunk Airship

First I had to plan out and create my gondola...
For the ship itself I used a tylenol box. I had to shorten the box as it was too long for my dirigible. My ship is 1.5 inches tall and 3.5 inches long... Which fits my dirigible which is 8.5 inches long, propeller and all.
Then I placed different stuff onto my ship, looking for the perfect design. I settled on some plastic pieces that I had saved.
I wanted cannons... so the plastic cover from a pack of batteries became my cannon port, with skewer sticks made into cannons...

For my dirigible I decided on a small gatorade bottle. Painting on plastic bottles presents a problem of its own... First wash the bottle... then score it with sandpaper all over. For some projects this might be a problem, but for steampunk it's fine, good in fact because the scratches add a nice texture when painted. For the paint, I just use regular craft paint with elmers glue added. This works well, but for added adhesion you can always make a mix of paint, glue and cornstarch. But adding cornstarch creates a new problem, because no glue wants to stick to this mixture, so I try not to use the cornstarch if possible.

Planning stage

Ship building

I decided to add some cannons on the sides as well. I did this with toothpicks and beads. Chains on the mask and barrels on the foredeck (more beads) and a gear for the helm

Earbud cushions make great decorations... and more barrel (beads) on the back...

My Airship came out pretty good.

I added a skull & crossbones... and a old piece of metal (I think it was some kind of cabinet door thing) anyways, it made a great push bumper for my dirigible.

My propeller is made from one of the baby's apple sauce squeezers... Even though it only has 2 blades (I would have prefered 4) I like it and the bit of green showing inside looks like wires.