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High-functioning Shapeshifter
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 Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 8:14 pm
I'm relatively new to steampunk, having just discovered how easily it blends with my Victorian-goth wardrobe, and have been having all sorts of fun searching through thrift stores for new items to add to my steampunk outfits. I recently completed an outfit for an explorer (white blouse, olive green corduroy pants, black corset, brown jacket, bowler hat, compass, and black leather boots) and have decided to try making a sort of Victorian vampire hunter outfit based on a white shirt, black corset, khaki and olive green layered skirts, and brown leather boots. So far I have an off-white sash to tie around my waist, a brown leather belt with brass decorations, and a crucifix or two, but other than that, I feel at a loss as to what else to add. I'm thinking maybe a test tube or two filled with "holy water" (tap water, most likely) and a wooden stake, but I don't quite know what else to add. Help and advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:57 am
A hunter of the undead, in these moderne times, would likely make use of more advanced armament than solely the traditional holy water and wooden stake (yet I must concede that no practitioner of that estimable profession should be without them). An ultraviolet ray-gun, for instance, would toast that bloodsucking vermin to a viscid puddle of black and smoldering smut on the flagstones, when the light of natural dawn is yet hours away. Surprise, fiend!
Making steampunk stuff is fun, and it doesn't have to be too costly. Toy pistols can be painted brass-colored and affixed with all manner of copper wires, tubes, plumbing parts, etc. Thrift store chandelier parts are an excellent source of steamishly elegant curlicues and filigrees with which to give your hardware that distinctive quasi-Victorian feel. Just have fun with it and use your imagination!
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