Tips for steampunk costume
 

I got invited to a Halloween party with a steampunk theme! I'm really excited as I've always wanted to make a steampunk outfit anyway. I'm rather limited in budget though, probably wouldn't want to spend more than 30-40$. Anyone have any tips? I figured there would be a website for this but there either isn't or my google-fu is weak. The websites I found were prefab costumes that didn't even look very cool.

So far I've got combat boots, and an old duster that I already own, so the expensive pieces are out of the way. I'm going to get cheap welding goggles and a nerf gun and spray paint it silver. Not sure what else. Maybe fingerless gloves?

I'm not sure where to get old looking pants and a shirt. Maybe Savers... Maybe get a vest?

A good steampunk costume is in the details, help!

Can you integrate some brass or copper pieces in your costume?
Or am I thinking of Clockwork?

Also, you definitely need some goggles.

Mental Meatloaf: Late to the party

Steampunk Emporium -- Steampunk Clothing from Gentleman's Emporium

Are you going for more of a fantasy steampunk look or a conservative steampunk look?

No matter what you end up with, you've *got* to have a pocket watch.

If you can layer various mechanical junk of the appropriate kind, it can give a cool steampunk look. Like gears, insides of old clocks. I like the glasses here with just a bunch of screws, the others are cool but harder to replicate:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...unkglasses.jpghttp://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...unkgoggles.jpg

ASU2003's link has a cool guitar...so even a toy plastic guitar could be jazzed up with parts from the hardware store to be steampunkish:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...punkguitar.jpg

This has some cool steampunk objects:

More fantasy steampunk I think.

Some of those those things would be way too hard to make but give me some ideas, thanks. I'm going to make a big list of little things I can add and just find whatever I can.

Clockwork is pretty similar to steampunk I think. If not the same.

Go to Home Depot and find a can of Rustoleum hammered brass finish spraypaint. That and hammered silver made for a kickass Pyramid Head helmet a few years ago, nice aged looking finish to it. Get a big pack of plastic gears, paint them, and glue them to stuff. Grab some goggles like and spray the frames.

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search for steam punk!

Also, Google 'steampunk nerf maverick' for ideas.