Well, it’s coming up on the time for costumes and all manner of silliness, so I thought it would be a good time to post up Ray Beethoven, Steampunk-age world explorer! Created in 2002 by John Beckwith, and polished up and brought out to win prizes in 2003 for a *con, Ray Beethoven is a really fantastic character and costume. I have a sneaking suspicion that Ray may have been a character for a Sons of Aether game, but I may well be getting the costumes confused (he’s made quite a few!). Anyway – fantastic costume, beautifully made and I can only hope it will inspire a few more Victorian-Steampunk Inventors this year! (Another Mr Snyder link – thanks.)