Steampunk Costume

Ok, so their are already plenty of Steampunk inspired outfits and accessories and Instructables out there. But I decided why not make my own as a way to document my hard work and this way people looking in can see all the steps it takes to make a full costume all in one place. I have looked at a ton of Instructables on this topic to work on my outfit, so as I work on steps that were inspired by other Instructables I will give the appropriate links!

Step 1 Decisions, decisions

This step can be done in many ways. Take a look online on Google images or look at all the interesting Instructables, or hey, why not even sketch up your own ideas. Basically this step is for you to plan out how you want your outfit/costume to look. I looked online a million times doing Google searches on "Steampunk Fashion", "Steampunk clothing", "Steampunk tops", "Steampunk skirts". Honestly, I really did not know exactly what I wanted other then that I wanted a skirt and an under bust corset. But I did not really know what else or what type of skirt. Long, short? After enough searching, I decided to take all the elements of the outfits I liked online and sketch out my own design.

Comments

[Zombie Princess]

Super awesome! Totally gonna make this! :)

[kretzlord]

awesome outfit!

[sailormoon22491]

Thank you!! I worked so hard on it and i am so excited about the outcome. i am so glade u and everyone else thinks its as awsome as i think it is! <3

[kretzlord]

now you just need some fold-out wings of epicness!!!

[veeguy]

I'd give you candy, little girl!

[sailormoon22491]

haha thats kinda creepy, but i like candy so its all good. but only if its reese's!

[Deth]

Very cool costume and detailed ible. :)

[sailormoon22491]

Thank you, it was a lot of fun to make the costume, and just as much fun documenting it for everyone!

[uptight]

shure that you need a cute, stylish and pretty model to complete this costume

[fadeddeath]

Nice work!
On a side note, "Representing Long Island FTW!"

[sailormoon22491]

Hmmm how did you know I was from Long island? lol

[fadeddeath]

Could I possible be a little stalkerish. . . Just Kidding!!!
The Sea Wolves shirt gave it away.
I used to be a student at SBU I decided I didn't want to major in anything they had to offer. That was back in 2003-2005 though.

[sailormoon22491]

OH HAHAHAHA That makes a lot of sense. That didnt even cross my mind as a way of figuring out that I lived on long island. I thought maybe somewhere on my profile it said long island new york or somthing lol

What major did you want that they didnt have?

[fadeddeath]

When I started there I was going for Computer Science but it was a little too dry for me. Then I switched to Geology but couldn't see myself staring at rocks for the rest of my life. Astronomy was next but staring up at the sky was starting to hurt my neck. I tried an Anthropology / Sociology combo but didn't like either. Lastly I went the American History route but figured outside of teaching there isn't much to do with that one. That was 4 semesters but at least I managed to meet all of the DEC requirements for just about anything and most of those credits transferred with me.

I said screw it and went to Briarcliffe in Patchogue and ended up getting a degree in Networking and Internet Technology, my original love. I though Computer Science would be fun at SBU but it was all programming and none of the fun stuff.