Archive for September, 2006

Steam Man, and other Victorian Robots

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006

It’s true I should have posted this earlier, but sometimes I’m frugal and save a little for a dry spell. Well, the dry spell hasn’t hit – but I shall post it anyway! Big Red Hair keeps a marvelous record of all the robotic and mechanical men (that should have been) from the [...]

Tesla Statue

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006

Dear Mr Tesla,
I’m deeply sorry for missing your birthday on the 10th of July, and the unveiling of your second monument at the Niagara Falls. I must say, however, how dashing you look for someone of the grand old age of 150, standing atop your alternating current motor there, and scribbling in the mud [...]

Norrtälje – A Custom Bike!

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006

Well now – what manner of beast is this?! This curious transportation device almost defies description, but it’s close enough to the Steampunk style to set my eyes alight. When Mr S. Addison first sent me this link, I was taken aback – a top hat and tails wearing ‘biker’ on a black [...]

Daisy Kutter, The Last Train – Comic

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

MikeST found this lovely comic called Daisy Kutter, The Last Train, by Kazu Kibuishi. It looks like a delightfully stylised twist on the Western Steampunk genre – with a worn young lady gunslinger (with phenomenally quirky hair), her Sheriff friend, and most wonderfully – mechanical machines walking the Wild West streets. The art [...]

Rule of Rose – PS2

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

Rule of Rose for the PS2 was pointed out to me by the Steampunk fan of the Kotaku blog, Eliza Gauger. She has a wonderful description of it, so I’ll leave it to her:

“Imagine that Lord of the Flies was written by Lewis Carroll, adapted for stage by Jules Verne, scored by Paul Mercer [...]

Painted Cog Skirt

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

Some time ago, it was all the rage in the crafty-making side of the internet to do stencil painting on T-shirts. Well, t-shirts aren’t particularly Steampunk and no-one seemed to be doing any painting on skirts – so I decided to correct that. Thus, above you can see the fruits of my labours. [...]

New Wallpapers

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

Just a couple of new wallpapers – maybe one of them will take your fancy.

You will find them on the Wallpaper page on the right.

Steam powered Gameboy

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

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I do apologise – I should have posted this earlier. While it’s not the most Steampunk of items, there’s a certain quirky charm in powering something as high tech as a gameboy using a model steam engine. Made me wonder what else that uses 2AA batteries could be powered…

Tin Soldier: Victorian Science Fiction Wargames

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

Tin Soldier, a company specialising in wargame miniatures and papercraft models, has a whole section devoted to Victorian Science Fiction (another of Steampunk’s nom de plume). Some time ago, they offered up a few of their paper based models for free (such as the above model) as a taster session, but unfortunately we’ve missed [...]

The Cabestan Watch

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

Beautiful, isnt’ it. This went around the web a while ago, but it’s such a lovely piece, and so very Steampunk that it had to get posted. Thanks to Doktor A for reminding me! Created by Vianney Halter and the DMC Group (not that DMC, no) this beautiful piece of artwork will [...]