I want to make a steampunk airship with a suspended crew cabin sort of thing.
Although I am quite happy to make the suspended cabin out of foamcard and plasticard, I am not sure about the best way to go about the airship.
There are fine examples of work on these pages, a couple of which are below.
I think this was made by Admiral Benbow, what is the airship made of?
This was made by Bullshott, looks like a rugby ball to me...
This is by Thorwin, a classic shape
Is it work starting with a plastic 2 litre bottle? If so, what is the best way to cover it? One idea I have is to glue wire in lines down the length of a 2 litre bottle, then cover it with fabric. Painting it with thinned down PVA should then give it some strength and pick out the wire to look like ridges. I can make cones for either end to make it look less like a drinks bottle!
What do you think, picking the brains of you lot may inspire me even more.