Now I'll make the patterns for the leather pieces (which will support the three cold cast parts). I begin by marking where the seams wi...

I have built the beak with the same sort of relief decoration as the eyepieces. This is the beak in progress with the lasered relief appliq...

I've made the eyepiece cap ( the ring that keeps the lens in place ) with a decorative design similar to the eyepiece itself. Here— le...

With the eyepieces done I move on to sculpting the mask in clay. I place the two eyepieces onto the face form and start adding plasticene,...

After staring at the eyepiece prototype for a few hours I have decided that the foam relief is too pronounced, so I've replaced it with ...

Continuing with the Ichabod eyepiece, I seal the outside with Bondo™ auto body putty so that the mold material won't leak in between th...

I have decided to create a third version of the plague doctor mask, in addition to the classic historical style, and the steampunked Dr. Beu...

Photo by David Bedno I am pleased to announce that the Banwell contingency at the Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition won the Conquering Hord...

...and here is the result! Marcus G Photography

We are hard at work on the electronics of the helmet. Here is a peak into the guts of it.

My latest steampunk project, Professor Tauruscat's Dream Hel met , will be on display at the Museum of Curiosities , part of the 2011 No...

In less than a month Nova Albion , this year's northern California steampunk convention will be taking place in Santa Clara, March 25 - ...

Here is the front plate stained and antiqued and in place on the front of the helmet. The colors look better now, don't they? And the UR...

My son Erin is designing the electronic components of Professor Tauruscat's helmet , and has included an ultrasonic range finder as a sw...

Last March I posted about my top hat being purchased for the NBC show The Cape . Well, last Sunday in episode three Kozmo it appeared in th...