Steampunk Red Rich (and Blue Rich and Green Rich)

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Nov 132013
 

Wednesday confirmed! It’s Mash-up time!

We’re getting close to the end of the steampunk theme. This week is the last of the main cast. Let’s get to it, okay?

In a number of the steampunk cosplay pictures I looked through, there were people with steampunk prosthetic arms. I knew I wanted to try that on someone and that that someone would most likely be Red Rich. I don’t know what made him the preferred candidate, but he was. When it comes to the more generic mashup themes, I like to feature Red Rich in his three colours. It’s not super difficult (although predictably it does take much longer). I use two layers (colour and shading) for the things that won’t change from one costume to the next and then two layers for each colour. I hide and show the appropriate layers and save the picture three times. Usually, Blue Rich turns out to be my favorite version, but this time, I like Red Rich the best. What about you? Which one is your favorite? You can click on each individually to take a closer look at them.

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There you have him folks! So with the main cast out of the way, who will be featured in the last steampunk mashup installment? You’ll have to come back next Wednesday to find out!

Steampunk Sass

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Nov 062013
 

It’s Wednesday and I’m having a hard time waking up. Maybe a mash-up will do the trick!

There may be some of you out there who don’t really dig the whole steampunk esthetic. Well sorry to you guys, we’re not quite done yet!

This week is Sass’s turn. I always look forward to drawing Sass because she has the most “human” proportions of all the characters making it easier to pose her. That said, I really struggled with finding an interesting pose until I found a picture of a steampunk girl leaning on a device of some sort with tubing protruding from it. I couldn’t quite get it to look like she was leaning with any weight, but just having her paw on the pipework was good. I was flipping through some steampunk fashion pictures and came upon these boots that I thought were pretty neat. I couldn’t really do them justice, but I used the fact that they were asymmetrical for Sass’s paw-wear. Going back to her original design, Sass is the only steampunk design with the character clearly holstering a weapon, a knife/dagger in this case.

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Well that’s it for this week! Next week is Red Rich!

Steampunk Barnaby

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Oct 302013
 

Is it Wednesday already or is it only Wednesday? You decide while I talk mash-up!

It’s week seven in our ten week look at the world of steampunk. If ever there was a picture that I feel you should click on to take a closer look at, it’s this one! So, you know…click on it! Pictures like this one are the reason I only produce one mash-up per week nowadays…it took me all week to finish.

Barnaby’s Steampunk Lock Master look started with the hat. I was looking through some steampunk fashion pics and fell upon this hat that featured a giant key and a couple of locks. I liked it a lot and decided to expand on the theme with locks throughout the design and with the giant lock accessory he’s holding. His look is more punkish than some of the others in the set who are dressed more to the nines. It really helps Barnaby stand out. Finally, it didn’t take all that long to top my Zoë picture…

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Next week is Sass’ turn to steampunk it up! See you next Wednesday for that!

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Steampunk Nektara

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Oct 232013
 

It’s still kinda dark out and it’s 7am. It’s sad. Let’s brighten things up with a mash-up!

Steampunk still rules baby!

Here’s Nektara as a steampunk flautist or flutist depending on your preferred pronunciation or even just flute player. I had no idea what kind of details to add to the design. I went back to Nektara’s roots and gave her back her flute. The rest fell into place. I also struggled with Nektara’s hair. I really wanted to give her those bangs but I couldn’t find a way to put her goggles, let alone a hat, on her head. I solved the problem by dropping the hat and putting the goggles around her neck. I have no idea if a flautist (my preferred pronunciation) has need for a metronome, but it was a musical doohickey that I could realistically imagine being “steampunkified” Finally, I went with the treble clef instead of just notes as the musical motif because I thought they were fancier. Overall, I think she turned out great!

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Next week is Barnaby. The single longest-to-produce image yet! See you next Wednesday for that!

Steampunk Big Oonch

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Oct 162013
 

It’s Wednesday morning and I can’t wake up! I know! Let’s put up a mash-up! That should do the trick!

If you expected anything other than more steampunk this week, then you haven’t been paying attention! (So many exclamation marks this week.) With that said, it’s time to begin. Click on the picture to see it blown up.

I’ve been alternating boy-girl-boy-girl, so the pattern dictated that this week feature a boy. I chose Big Oonch to follow up Zoë. After how well Zoë turned out, I was worried I wouldn’t be able to do anything that I liked nearly as much. I’m happy to say that I like how Oonch turned out. I went with a leather pilot’s helmet for his headwear. Was there any doubt that he’d be wearing his goggles over his eyes? I’m not really sure what the doohickey he’s holding up is supposed to do (or the doodad he’s reaching for on his shoulder strap that matter)…I just added details until I was satisfied. I don’t know how effective brass-toed boots are, but they seemed more steampunkish!

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So that’s it for this week. Next week is Nektara’s turn! See you then!

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