steamy.

so,
i keep doing what i do.
and one of the things i do is propping up these props, neighbors.
that's no joke.
now, i've said it before, but it bears repeating, anyway-
nerf guns have been a steampunk staple for a little minute.
i guess that's just a thing that happens.
however,
i don't really know about what's the norm.
sure, you can image search about a hundred different ones.
sure,
they all basically look similar.
sure,
i don't give any sh!ts about any of that,
or about what's acceptable to the canon of hand-cannons, or whatever.
i just make cool things when the mood takes me.
and i've been moody taking it to the limits of tolerable temper-tantrum
for a few weeks in a row.
that's actually the bad news.
what's the good news?
that's easy-
slowly, but surely,
i'm getting even better at the things i undertake,
and entertaining thoughts about pseudo-scientific fictional tinkering
as plausible invention activation, in the nerdiest toy gun modification activation.
y'know?
i want what it is to make sense,
even though it's make-believe.
awwwwww.
c'mon.
duders,
just check the teleport:

mmmhmmm.
that's what's up.
a steampunk flamethrower.
germ-x and food dye in a travel bottle sealed with liquid plastics,
simulating the sump and storage for the napthol fire juice;
air-hose couplings for pilot light protuberances;
a toy stethoscope and a sink strainer for an exhaust port,
epoxy rivets everywhere;
a vanilla bottle and a meat thermometer for the air-mix regulator;
wall-levels for fluid level indicators- that one looks especially expert;
and that big cast-iron pump box is two new-work electrical boxes glued together.
yup.
plus,
there're plenty of odds and ends and nubs and nibs that make it better.
more pieces means more awesomeness.
that's real.
even though what it is is so faux.
at any rate, it started out like this:

i guess i might be onto something, huh?
i hope so.
i've got lots more to do,
and no good reason to do it,
other than letting that expert craft-costume stuff overflow out into the real world.
maybe i'll make a movie?
maybe you'll be in it?
y'wanna play dress-up with me?
you might be invited;
never quiet, never soft.....