First, your steampunk Monitor v1.0 is a very good first attempt but I think it can easily be made better in version v2.0 : ).

1. The clasps (top and bottom center) are in current common use and having no apparent function beyond decoration are kind of a non steampunk feature. You have to use uncommon hardware so if it's used as decoration it appears to be a decoration and not a leftover clasp.

2. The brass corner pieces with open nail holes are also a recognizable hardware piece in wide common usage and for that reason alone are not right for a steampunk piece. The appearance of this particular piece would definitely be improved by gluing a couple of brass screw heads over the holes though and you should do that thing.

The v2.0 monitor though, that'll need a source for a wide variety of brass and copper fittings and I think I have just the place. IF San Diego Hardware in it's present location off the 15 in north Clairemont is as it was downtown for something like 80 years they have a huge selection of the things. I believe that were Vitaly to go there and poke through the hardware drawers he'd come away inspired.

3. The brackets that hold the frame are way too spindly and not decorative enough for the steampunk aesthetic. Again, I imagine SD Hardware will offer some alternatives.

4. The paint. Not a good color. Not very metallic in appearance. We used to use this epoxy based spray paint to paint our Dream Police helmets. We'd get it at high performance autoparts stores. They had chrome, copper, brass and black. The copper and brass looked real and the shine was terrific. I think the modern equivelent would be better than what you used on v1.0.

Call me when you go to SD Hardware. I'd like to go.

Sas