Demonstrating how the helmet works will be the professor's able lab assistant, Sgt. Stubbs (pictured above), on whom the professor has relied for many years.
Showing posts with label dream helmet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dream helmet. Show all posts
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Sgt. Stubbs, Lab Assistant
My latest steampunk project, Professor Tauruscat's Dream Helmet, will be on display at the Museum of Curiosities, part of the 2011 Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition.
Demonstrating how the helmet works will be the professor's able lab assistant, Sgt. Stubbs (pictured above), on whom the professor has relied for many years.
Demonstrating how the helmet works will be the professor's able lab assistant, Sgt. Stubbs (pictured above), on whom the professor has relied for many years.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Tauruscat: All Hooked Up
I have taken my replica of Professor Tauruscat's dream helmet from the shelf and dusted it off. Although it has been six months since I last worked on it, I have a good excuse. I've been busy! My leatherwork has been much in demand——and I am grateful for that——to the point of where my wife and I are making a living from it. Huzzah!
In my last missive on the helmet I had completed the insulators which attach to the crest, seen in the photo above. Next step was to cut the crest trim out of 2-3 oz leather and attach it to the bottom of the crest.
Here is the bottom view when the trim is mostly screwed in place. I then set the crest in place and bolted it to the leather helmet.
At that point I could attach the connecting hoses to both the insulators on the crest and the sensors all around the helmet.
Finally I can see what this crazy helmet is going to look like. Now a few blinking lights to give it life, and some aether collectors on the back to power it, and I'll be wearing it proudly to the Nova Albion con coming in March.
For those of you who may have missed the beginning of this saga (or forgotten due to it being almost a year ago) you may read it here from the beginning.
In my last missive on the helmet I had completed the insulators which attach to the crest, seen in the photo above. Next step was to cut the crest trim out of 2-3 oz leather and attach it to the bottom of the crest.
Here is the bottom view when the trim is mostly screwed in place. I then set the crest in place and bolted it to the leather helmet.
At that point I could attach the connecting hoses to both the insulators on the crest and the sensors all around the helmet.
Finally I can see what this crazy helmet is going to look like. Now a few blinking lights to give it life, and some aether collectors on the back to power it, and I'll be wearing it proudly to the Nova Albion con coming in March.For those of you who may have missed the beginning of this saga (or forgotten due to it being almost a year ago) you may read it here from the beginning.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Tauruscat: Ready for Dying
All stitched together, the Tauruscat dream helmet, aka thinking cap, is ready for some color.
I have chosen two colors of wood stain to do the deed, a fruitwood base, and over that a brown mahogany.
I have chosen two colors of wood stain to do the deed, a fruitwood base, and over that a brown mahogany. Monday, February 15, 2010
Tauruscat: Design Possibilities
After careful perusal of some of the Professor's scribbles and notes I've been sketching design ideas for how his helmet may have looked.
Below is a Bavarian helmet from the time that Professor Tauruscat would have been designing his "dream helmet", and which I have reason to believe from his notes was the basic shape that he started with.
Below is a Bavarian helmet from the time that Professor Tauruscat would have been designing his "dream helmet", and which I have reason to believe from his notes was the basic shape that he started with.
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