Mini Steampunk Torso

I picked this up from the car boot for 50p.

Then when I got home I realised why it was only 50p.  There was a whacking crack on the bottom of the stem to the base.

So I fixed the base with some clay. 

One dry, I painted it all with black powertex.

Then I added a zip to the back part.

I added some mini embellishments to the back.

And then painted everything black.

I added some embellishments on the front.

Next I painted the torso with berry acrylic paint.  It's a deep purple.

I coloured the embellishments with pewter treasure gold.

I highlighted all the elements on the back with brushed iron alchemy wax.

View from the left side.

View from the front.

View from the right side.

And finally the view from the back.

Steampunk Style Polystyrene Torso

 

I picked up this fab little torso / mannequin for a bargain price of £5.

I covered it in a layer of black powertex.

And covered the back too.

I cut up pieces of leather and stuck them on. Once dry I added gems to the corners of each piece to look like studs.

I added eyelets to two long pieces of leather on each side and used some leather lace to criss cross them over.

Then I coated all the leather in a layer of black powertex and left it to dry.

I used resin to make the cogs and painted them in black powertex.

Next I added a chunky zip.

Then I decided to fill the front in with leather.

 

And around the zip on the back with more pieces of leather.

Next I started placing steampunk elements on the back.

I glued them on with black powertex and then gave everything a coat.

I made some more steampunk pieces from moulds.  I used stoneart clay on some and the dragonfly is from resin, but I took it out of the mould before it had completely cured so that I could shape it to fit the mannequin.

Then I added more to the front and attached the belt.

I painted them in black powertex.

I put a series of cogs on the arm holes.

I decided to add wings to the back.

And finally I gave everything another coat of black powertex.

Next I used various different metallic pigments and varnishes to colour the pieces. The reason the gold looks a bit hap-hazard is because the different leathers have different textures.

Close up of the front, the dragonfly is silver so it really stands out, but there is no sun today, so it's not a great photo.

And from the back, coloured all the pieces inside the zips with the same colour.

View from the side.

And then the other side.

And off-set to the right.

And finally to the left.

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Steampunk Torso

 

The 1kg bottle of powertex is just for scale to show the size of the torso which I covered in cling film.

I cut up small squares of denim from an old pair of jeans, covered it in black powertex and moulded it over the torso.

Once completely dry (after about 3 days as the denim was quite thick), I cut all the way up the back in the middle to get it off the torso.

I then attached a zip with powertex to the left and side, once dried I attached the other side to the right.

Once dried and put back together I decided to add some colour. I went for blue as I'd initially used pieces of denim.

I mounted it on a piece of wood and added metal embellishments.

And from the other side.

And finally from the front.  I added a couple of buckles onto pieces of leather and added some metal studs.