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This is partially based on my Storm Goggles, which are made with a pair of incense burner lids. I got these goggles as an add-on to a hat I wanted for another project. They were a cheap pair of plastic goggles, but I never let anything go to waste, so I took them into my workshop, aka the spare bathroom, and went to work. First I gave them a coating of brass paint; while still wait, I splatter-spray from a distance with British green metallic enamel, metallic purple enamel, bronze lacquer, and another coat of brass; this insures that they all blend in. I then took a chisel and knocked out the lenses and added more coats inside and out, as well as several layers of a clear matte acrylic finisher to hold it all together. Next I took my new drill and drilled holes all around the edge, where the lenses used to be. Originally I was going to have the wire go around and over the tops, but in the end decided to keep it inside where the lenses went. I took a braided copper wire, one single long piece for each side, started in the middle and wound them around and around and through, wrapping the ends around the nosepiece and curling them up there. I then used a wire-wrapping technique to crimp the wire into those little lightning-bolt like designs to tighten it, and added some padding to the inside nose-piece, which I colored with a copper leaf pen. I also painted the buckles, and added some neat little brads to hold them together. At present I am still mulling over how to do the backing fully, but have a fastener there normally used to hold together over-large clothing. Like most of my goggles, these are designed to go over glasses.

I like to show here that even the cheapest of props can be altered into something neat.

Here are my original Storm Goggles:

Description
This is partially based on my Storm Goggles, which are made with a pair of incense burner lids. I got these goggles as an add-on to a hat I wanted for another project. They were a cheap pair of plastic goggles, but I never let anything go to waste, so I took them into my workshop, aka the spare bathroom, and went to work. First I gave them a coating of brass paint; while still wait, I splatter-spray from a distance with British green metallic enamel, metallic purple enamel, bronze lacquer, and another coat of brass; this insures that they all blend in. I then took a chisel and knocked out the lenses and added more coats inside and out, as well as several layers of a clear matte acrylic finisher to hold it all together. Next I took my new drill and drilled holes all around the edge, where the lenses used to be. Originally I was going to have the wire go around and over the tops, but in the end decided to keep it inside where the lenses went. I took a braided copper wire, one single long piece for each side, started in the middle and wound them around and around and through, wrapping the ends around the nosepiece and curling them up there. I then used a wire-wrapping technique to crimp the wire into those little lightning-bolt like designs to tighten it, and added some padding to the inside nose-piece, which I colored with a copper leaf pen. I also painted the buckles, and added some neat little brads to hold them together. At present I am still mulling over how to do the backing fully, but have a fastener there normally used to hold together over-large clothing. Like most of my goggles, these are designed to go over glasses.

I like to show here that even the cheapest of props can be altered into something neat.

Here are my original Storm Goggles: