Steampunk retro advert tower

**DARKVIEW** · 26-05-2011, 12:13 PM

Thought ld share this finished model l made, wanted to create something a bit different from the usual steampunk made gadgets etc so l remember seeing old victorian advert posts in Paris and London so came up with this, its about 12'' high and is in 2 parts (the main pillar clips off to show victorian mechanisms). l will put other detailed macro pictures up if anyone would like to see more.

**DARKVIEW** · 26-05-2011, 12:17 PM

Damn! could someone move this thread to Dragon's Domain - Image Gallery, sorry!

CR · 26-05-2011, 01:31 PM

Moved!

**Captain Sci-Fi** · 26-05-2011, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DARKVIEW

Thought ld share this finished model l made, wanted to create something a bit different from the usual steampunk made gadgets etc so l remember seeing old victorian advert posts in Paris and London so came up with this, its about 12'' high and is in 2 parts (the main pillar clips off to show victorian mechanisms). l will put other detailed macro pictures up if anyone would like to see more.

Are you kidding?

More, more please....

**DARKVIEW** · 26-05-2011, 02:18 PM

Thanks CR, more pictures soon ;-)

**DARKVIEW** · 27-05-2011, 09:22 AM

thanks, yes l studied lots of these kinda things, heres some more studio shots to show details etc, any questions just let me know.

birdie · 31-05-2011, 10:47 PM

Very purty!

CR · 01-06-2011, 07:44 AM

So, is the tower supposed to rotate, or the crown atop it? Either way, it looks real, and functional. Nice work!

**Captain Sci-Fi** · 01-06-2011, 08:43 AM

That patina is just perfect all bronze and aged brass I could stare at it for hours.

There are just a couple of things that you could do, but I am sure it would be just "gilding the lily"

Change the posters to show versions of your other work maybe the Betty and Garter Guns for example.

And lastly add lengths of blackened cast iron chain between the posts on the base. I imagine this column to be between 10 and 12 feet in height so something to reflect that scale would be perfect.

Add a brass makers plate with some really grand message:
"Messers Darkview and Co. of London by Royal Appointment" perhaps?

More please.

**Howard** · 01-06-2011, 05:46 PM

Agreed - I'd love to see a tutorial, as to how to achieve that effect, having build a couple of Steampunky builds in the past.

I love the gates in the first pic, Darkview - they'd look great at the bottom of the drive.

**DARKVIEW** · 14-06-2011, 08:23 AM

Thanks Captain and Howard, yes designed the gates myself H, l am adding more posters from time to time with stuff lve done plus Alicein Sunderland and Grandville covers ;-) like the message idea on a brass plate, need to get a perspex case at some point for it plus another for the angel statue which you can see below, l will at some point put together 'in the making' presentation etc ;-)

**DARKVIEW** · 21-06-2011, 11:45 AM

Hi all, l've added some more posters, including my Bettie Blunder and Vipo Raptus guns, also added a brass chain thanks to Captain Sci-fi's input, cheers dude, when l first did the post l envisaged them to be force field poles but l warmed to captians idea for a chain link, l hunted around loads of second hand shops to get the quality of brass chain from old 70's lady necklaces ;-).

**Captain Sci-Fi** · 21-06-2011, 12:32 PM

Quite magnificent design and perfect execution, I so wish I could do work like this....

CR · 21-06-2011, 04:51 PM

Neat! I keep forgetting that this thing is a miniature!

**Howard** · 22-06-2011, 08:25 AM

Indeed. The attention to detail is astonishing, matched only by the imagination which produced the idea from the onset.
I'd love to know how you produced the raised filigree.

**Captain Sci-Fi** · 22-06-2011, 09:55 AM

I would make it from either net curtain or doilies, there are some amazing designs and once coated with thin PVA who would know?

I think you could try that for scale iron work fences or oak door straps, that kind of thing.

I don't have a clue what Dark actually used but his eye is sublime for this kind of detail.

I realised when I first looked at this project that what sold this for me was the cobble stone dais, it's perfectly in keeping with my idea of Victorian engineering and the quality of that era.

**DARKVIEW** · 22-06-2011, 02:42 PM

cheers fellas, the raised filigree are pattern sheets you get in old craft shops (for use of card makers l guess) you peel them off and l customed the pattern here and there. Just up from the cobbles, the base is a CD round 10 case ;-)

**Captain Sci-Fi** · 22-06-2011, 03:30 PM

And that's the clever art of the thing, the raised detail looks like it was always meant to be there - superb!

**DARKVIEW** · 23-06-2011, 05:43 PM

Since l do lots of stuff based on recycling to a point 60 percent l'd think . . . l've created a logo based on my work ....

**Howard** · 23-06-2011, 06:47 PM

That's a great logo!

Thanks for the info, Darkview - it's much appreciated.
I'll have to investigate craft shops at some point, when I get a spare moment, which at this rate will be late next year!

26-05-2011, 12:13 PM	#1
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26-05-2011, 12:17 PM	#2
DARKVIEW Deputy Commander Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Newcastle Posts: 768	Damn! could someone move this thread to Dragon's Domain - Image Gallery, sorry! __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Official website: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. darkview quality prints to buy from New York: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

26-05-2011, 01:31 PM	#3
CR Science Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: wandering the universe Posts: 5,471	Moved! __________________ I really need to get a new sig...

26-05-2011, 02:18 PM	#5
DARKVIEW Deputy Commander Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Newcastle Posts: 768	Thanks CR, more pictures soon ;-) __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Official website: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. darkview quality prints to buy from New York: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

27-05-2011, 09:22 AM	#6
DARKVIEW Deputy Commander Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Newcastle Posts: 768	thanks, yes l studied lots of these kinda things, heres some more studio shots to show details etc, any questions just let me know. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Official website: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. darkview quality prints to buy from New York: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by DARKVIEW; 27-05-2011 at 09:25 AM.

31-05-2011, 10:47 PM	#7
birdie Chef Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 22	Very purty!

01-06-2011, 07:44 AM	#8
CR Science Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: wandering the universe Posts: 5,471	So, is the tower supposed to rotate, or the crown atop it? Either way, it looks real, and functional. Nice work! __________________ I really need to get a new sig...

01-06-2011, 08:43 AM	#9
Captain Sci-Fi Commander Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: South Glos, UK Posts: 4,326	That patina is just perfect all bronze and aged brass I could stare at it for hours. There are just a couple of things that you could do, but I am sure it would be just "gilding the lily" Change the posters to show versions of your other work maybe the Betty and Garter Guns for example. And lastly add lengths of blackened cast iron chain between the posts on the base. I imagine this column to be between 10 and 12 feet in height so something to reflect that scale would be perfect. Add a brass makers plate with some really grand message: "Messers Darkview and Co. of London by Royal Appointment" perhaps? More please.

01-06-2011, 05:46 PM	#10
Howard Deputy Commander Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seaford, East Sussex. Posts: 822	Agreed - I'd love to see a tutorial, as to how to achieve that effect, having build a couple of Steampunky builds in the past. I love the gates in the first pic, Darkview - they'd look great at the bottom of the drive.

14-06-2011, 08:23 AM	#11
DARKVIEW Deputy Commander Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Newcastle Posts: 768	Thanks Captain and Howard, yes designed the gates myself H, l am adding more posters from time to time with stuff lve done plus Alicein Sunderland and Grandville covers ;-) like the message idea on a brass plate, need to get a perspex case at some point for it plus another for the angel statue which you can see below, l will at some point put together 'in the making' presentation etc ;-) __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Official website: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. darkview quality prints to buy from New York: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by DARKVIEW; 14-06-2011 at 08:35 AM.

21-06-2011, 11:45 AM	#12
DARKVIEW Deputy Commander Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Newcastle Posts: 768	Hi all, l've added some more posters, including my Bettie Blunder and Vipo Raptus guns, also added a brass chain thanks to Captain Sci-fi's input, cheers dude, when l first did the post l envisaged them to be force field poles but l warmed to captians idea for a chain link, l hunted around loads of second hand shops to get the quality of brass chain from old 70's lady necklaces ;-). __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Official website: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. darkview quality prints to buy from New York: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

21-06-2011, 12:32 PM	#13
Captain Sci-Fi Commander Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: South Glos, UK Posts: 4,326	Quite magnificent design and perfect execution, I so wish I could do work like this....

21-06-2011, 04:51 PM	#14
CR Science Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: wandering the universe Posts: 5,471	Neat! I keep forgetting that this thing is a miniature! __________________ I really need to get a new sig...

22-06-2011, 08:25 AM	#15
Howard Deputy Commander Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seaford, East Sussex. Posts: 822	Indeed. The attention to detail is astonishing, matched only by the imagination which produced the idea from the onset. I'd love to know how you produced the raised filigree.

22-06-2011, 09:55 AM	#16
Captain Sci-Fi Commander Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: South Glos, UK Posts: 4,326	Filigree details I would make it from either net curtain or doilies, there are some amazing designs and once coated with thin PVA who would know? I think you could try that for scale iron work fences or oak door straps, that kind of thing. I don't have a clue what Dark actually used but his eye is sublime for this kind of detail. I realised when I first looked at this project that what sold this for me was the cobble stone dais, it's perfectly in keeping with my idea of Victorian engineering and the quality of that era.

22-06-2011, 02:42 PM	#17
DARKVIEW Deputy Commander Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Newcastle Posts: 768	cheers fellas, the raised filigree are pattern sheets you get in old craft shops (for use of card makers l guess) you peel them off and l customed the pattern here and there. Just up from the cobbles, the base is a CD round 10 case ;-) __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Official website: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. darkview quality prints to buy from New York: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

22-06-2011, 03:30 PM	#18
Captain Sci-Fi Commander Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: South Glos, UK Posts: 4,326	And that's the clever art of the thing, the raised detail looks like it was always meant to be there - superb!

23-06-2011, 05:43 PM	#19
DARKVIEW Deputy Commander Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Newcastle Posts: 768	Since l do lots of stuff based on recycling to a point 60 percent l'd think . . . l've created a logo based on my work .... __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Official website: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. darkview quality prints to buy from New York: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by DARKVIEW; 23-06-2011 at 05:53 PM.

23-06-2011, 06:47 PM	#20
Howard Deputy Commander Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seaford, East Sussex. Posts: 822	That's a great logo! Thanks for the info, Darkview - it's much appreciated. I'll have to investigate craft shops at some point, when I get a spare moment, which at this rate will be late next year!

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