My costumes get more and more complex each year. I'm ready to move onto more structural elements.

Steampunk is such a great look for stylish Victorian gothic and mechanical structures all in one costume.

I've been a bit awed by the cosplay world. There are some pretty amazing costuming wizards out there!

What I haven't found is much in the way of resources in order to get to that level of sophistication. Anyone have any good links on things like foam construction/casting, lightweight metal rigging or other mechanical looking constructs, plus all of the distressed finishing work done with airbrushes and other means.

Some tempting ideas are in these images:

www.majic13.com/art/img/st...paceman.jpg

www.faidutti.com/mars/371pilote.jpg

www.faidutti.com/mars/371saboteur.jpg

As a side, i found this tidy little steampunk blog, Brass Goggles, that looks good if a little light weight. I love the make your own goggles post:

ccgi.firewyre.force9.co.uk/brassgoggles/