Quik Nemo's Costume

For this year's Book Day celebration I was asked to make a diving suit mask for Captain Nemo's costume from the book 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Since I already had a large sphere to make it, I immediately said yes.

Historical Period:

The novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne was published in 1870, during the 19th century, specifically within the Victorian era and the Second Industrial Revolution. This period was marked by rapid advances in science, engineering, and exploration. Although the story is science fiction, it reflects the technological curiosity and inventiveness of the time. Captain Nemo's diving suit and mask are fictional but inspired by real 19th-century diving equipment, such as the closed diving helmets used by navies and engineers.

used prompt for chatgpt: Hello, I am uploading a tutorial on how to make a diving mask based on the book 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, it is the one Captain Nemo wore on his expeditions to the bottom of the sea. I need to know what historical period it belongs to.

To make the diving suit mask, we will need the following materials:

- A sphere (I've used the same one for several instructables)

- Newspaper

- Flour-based glue

- Gold paint, copper color paint

- Brushes

- Betún de Judea

- Cardboard from a cereal box

- Cardboard from cardboard boxes.

- pinclothes

- PVA glue

1.- We begin by covering the sphere with several layers of newspaper; we use flour-based glue for this. Then with cut along side, take de sphere and joint both sides with more newspaper.

2.- For the details of the gate we cut circles out of cardboard from a cardboard box, cut them out and joined them to achieve a semi-spherical shape. We fasten with the pin clothes .

We also mark and cut the grates. For the rods, we roll newspaper.

My cat Ludmila couldn't stop messing around

3.-. I couldn't take photos of this so I drew it

For the neck i made two cardboard discs and reinforce them with newspaper. a round bowl will work for the circle

Then glued some long strips of cardboard to make the oval effect (with the shape of the shoulders). For this, I used my stapler and brother, I put the cardboard on him, and cut out what was left over. Cover everything with newspaper

4.- We joined the neck and the cardboard details with PVA glue and gave it a couple more layers of newspaper strips. We use flour-based glue for this.

5.- To paint we use gold acrylic paint for the accessories, copper paint for the dial and neck. Then we apply Judea bitumen and give it the "aged" effect.

It should be allowed to ventilate since the Judea bitumen is very stinky.

And we are ready for the costume. Here is Alejandro dressed in white overalls, a belt and trekking shoes. It was a sensation.