The material for this frame is various sizes of mild steel flat stock and angle. All pieces were burned out with a torch, then rough welded together. I added many spar points and drilled the frame to accept strands of picture wire to reflect the rigging of the airship in the image. I them went over the entire frame with a heavy wire wheel.

One thing I love about Mr. Martiniere’s work is how he combines so many different elements together, like architectural elements, people, animals and other creatures, and futuristic details along with ancient or medieval elements. For “Dragons of Babel” I’ve used burned out and rough welded flat stock and angle. For the buildings I’ve used various sizes of square stock. The little pewter figure with the faceted crystal sphere was by Gallo.

For Bright of the Sky I layered some mild steel flat stock around a central frame of angle and rough welded them together. I then used a torch to gut out sections of the inside perimeter and bent them outward. I also burned all the outer edges of the frame and then went over the entire piece with a heavy wire wheel.