A while ago I decided that for Halloween I wanted to dress up as some sort of steampunk something. Which, of course, means really cool goggles. I am a bit short on funds, but I have a ton of crafty stuff, and I like to think that given enough time I can make just about anything. After looking at a bunch of examples online, I thought "I can do this" and today was my day off, so why not do it now?
I started with some PVC plumbing parts that I found at my local hardware store and superglued on some metal electrical thingies (I don't know the technical names for any of these). I thought the metal things looked kind of like gears.
Next, I spray painted it all with a brown metallic paint. (Note: I paid a little extra for spray paint that sticks to everything, including plastic. If you make your own, watch out for that because not all spray paint sticks to plastic.)
After the paint was dry, I didn't think it looked metallic enough, so I painted over it with gold paint to make it shinier.
Next, I found a scrap piece of leather, laid my pieces out on the back of it, and drew an outline of where to cut with a Sharpie.
Then I cut out the leather, and glued it on to the eye parts using more superglue. I also added on some more shiny parts for decoration.
And this is another view of it almost done. At this point, all I had to do was add on a strap and the glass part. For the strap I just used black elastic. The glass part though was a more difficult. I found some thin plexiglass and managed to cut pieces that were mostly round. It didn't matter too much if they weren't perfect because the PVC pieces would cover the edges. I just used more superglue and glued the plexiglass on the inside of the eye pieces.
And it's all done! I think they turned out amazingly well. Now I just need to get the rest of my costume in order.
I started with some PVC plumbing parts that I found at my local hardware store and superglued on some metal electrical thingies (I don't know the technical names for any of these). I thought the metal things looked kind of like gears.
Next, I spray painted it all with a brown metallic paint. (Note: I paid a little extra for spray paint that sticks to everything, including plastic. If you make your own, watch out for that because not all spray paint sticks to plastic.)
After the paint was dry, I didn't think it looked metallic enough, so I painted over it with gold paint to make it shinier.
Next, I found a scrap piece of leather, laid my pieces out on the back of it, and drew an outline of where to cut with a Sharpie.
Then I cut out the leather, and glued it on to the eye parts using more superglue. I also added on some more shiny parts for decoration.
And this is another view of it almost done. At this point, all I had to do was add on a strap and the glass part. For the strap I just used black elastic. The glass part though was a more difficult. I found some thin plexiglass and managed to cut pieces that were mostly round. It didn't matter too much if they weren't perfect because the PVC pieces would cover the edges. I just used more superglue and glued the plexiglass on the inside of the eye pieces.
And it's all done! I think they turned out amazingly well. Now I just need to get the rest of my costume in order.
