Steampunk Aquaria from Toy-Dispenser Bubbles and Bases

[Rigel]

About what it says in the title. Junk to jewels! Took some little gumball-machine toy dispenser bubbles, some scrap bits, and some GW Bitz that my friendly l.g.s let me fish out of the Sprue Heap. 

 

 

The goal was to make some baroque domed aquaria in the steampunk and dieselpunk line--the sort you might see in a Hellboy comic or Victorian science fiction.

 

 

 

One is good, but now I've got the urge to make more!

This one used a Reaper base and a Wizkids base to make the stand. Some Ork canisters provided plumbing:

 

 

They would be good museum pieces, space characters, or simply curiosities in The Fisherman's Rest:

 

 

 

Next up: Bombshell brains and craft-store jewelry domes, plus a dollhouse candlestick and the Bitz to make a brain-in-a-jar!

 

[snitchythedog]

Very clever and fits the genera that you are working for perfectly. 

[Dan S]

So cool, great ingenuity! 

[Chaoswolf]

I agree; really cool stuff you've made!

[Rigel]

Thanks, all! Glad you like them! 

More work on the Brain Jars:

 

 

 

 

 

[Glitterwolf]

That's just awesome!

Great idea, love it!

[Iridil]

FANTASTIC!

[Rigel]

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE
My work uses glass capillary tubes that come in clear plastic cylinder tubes.
The tubes that GreenStuffWorld rollers come in would work just as well. Put s lick of algae-colored wash on...

 

 

A little paint on some clear plastic cellophane....

 

 

and some reindeer moss...

 

 

...and presto! glue the moss at the bottom of the tubes and insert the painted plastic inside along with other figures as desired.

 

Note: the same technique in miniature works for paintbrush protectors!

 

 

Maybe I should give the tube tanks a brass base too. 

 

[snitchythedog]

Clever.