hats two types

Hello all, been messing with a few hats. R.T asked about methods so thought i would try a few out. first ones were made from card then flocked, they seem to look bulky on figures. The top hat in the pic was slightly fanned out at the top which helps with the look. Second lot are just card with rivets done with a cocktail stick and wood glue, I quite like the look of the second type, hope you like them

Oh I’m just loving your two homemade hats RD. very well put together.

Fantastic RD Love your hats , bowlers ,pork pie , top hats , they all look fantastic mate
just leave the mercury alone , don't want you being a mad hatter !

You sir are a bonafide genius

Rogue-Trooper wrote:

You sir are a bonafide genius!

I concur with this assessment!  

I was just saying on another topic that I was wishing there were a steampunk-specific hints-and-tricks topic on the forum, and now I click through to see this!

Cardstock and glue, mostly, eh?

How do you get the curve to the brim?

How do you create the rivets, or what do you use as rivets? Am I reading that correctly: cocktail stick (toothpick here in the States) to dab on drops of wood glue (which has a bit of body to it so the drops hold their shape)?

Coincidentally, I ended up reading just yesterday, while looking for something completely different, about top hats from the 1870s-1890s period, and it was mentioned how top hats from that era have a tapered or "narrow waisted" shape to the crown, which differentiates them from the straight-sided "stovepipe" hats (often described as an Abe Lincoln hat, here in the States) of the 1860s. I believe the narrow-waisted crown survives as the standard top hat shape for formal wear today.

Wow great job on those hats!

Fantastic work on these hats!!!

Love those goggles!

That first hat makes me think of the Beefeater's hat

Stunning work Rich! They look amazing

Thanks for the nice comments all, you are correct with the glue SCU-HQ and once the hat is assembled you just bend the rim to shape. I will have a look for some small washers tomorrow for the goggles, had probs making them it's not easy cutting them from card

Fantastic to see Steam-Punk represented in kitbashing! Such a fun genre!
Great work!

Reddragon wrote:

Thanks for the nice comments all, you are correct with the glue SCU-HQ and once the hat is assembled you just bend the rim to shape. I will have a look for some small washers tomorrow for the goggles, had probs making them it's not easy cutting them from card  

Brilliant idea using washers for the goggles!

Great pic Rich!

I’m really liking the picture you’v created.

Great costume for the figure, and the "tintype" processing looks quite authentic.

Awesome pic!

Fantastic Steampunk shot!!!

Have you thought of entering it in the contest? We seem to have a good one going this month.