As a steampunk, my goggle collection is reasonably vast and varied. However, I don’t have a lot of money to get posh ones so buying cheap mass produced ones for around a fiver (£5) and giving them a wee makeover is how I get goggles for different outfits.
These started out that way. They are plastic and were given to me by my steampunk craft buddy. (There is a “Before photo” at the end).
I Started out with the idea of making them “dress goggles”. You know... keep them clean, smart, new and shiny looking. But after finishing them I realised that wasn’t very “me”.
They looked cool but I didn’t really like them. So I grunged them up with fake oil, grime and rust. I like them better this way 😂
I started by taking the goggles apart then painting everything with black gesso. I also painted the wee gears and the two little Finnabair frames with the gesso.
Then I coloured them using Finnabair paints and a water mister. Let it dry and brushed over the highlights with silver wax. I also brushed silver over the goggle parts as well as some purple wax.
I reassembled the goggles and they looked cool.
But... for me, there needs to be wear and ageing on them. So I added a few patches of rust and gave the goggles a wash of black watery paint.
That did it for me. Maybe once upon a time, they were my dress goggles then came an apocalypse and now they have “lived some” lol

