Archive for June, 2007

Edgar and the Voyagers! Steampunk Cartoons.

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

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Mr Hayden – thank you so much!  I do indeed like all things Steampunk and this set of two animation shorts is really rather good silly Steampunk fun.  Edgar and the Voyagers was apparently a cartoon done for a contest, but I’ve yet to find out any more about it so far.  There’s two episodes [...]

Steampunk ‘Problem Light’ by Mr Kovacich

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Mr Kovacich sent word of a terribly useful device that he has given the Steampunk treatment – a “Problem Light” (as seen on The Venture Brothers).  Obviously, a Problem Light is a light that goes on when there is a problem.  Any problem.  And it doesn’t actually tell you what the problem is, just that [...]

19th Century Lycanthropy Research Case

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Ah, another stunning relic discovered by the reader who goes by the unnerving nom de plume of Cthulhu Spawn.  This one is the life’s work of a broken hearted widower, a man who’s wife was unnaturally snatched from this world and torn from him by those beasts that walk with human strides when the moon [...]

A Different Steampunk Star Wars

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Mr Marcel E Mercado sent word that he’d redone his MySpace page in a much more Steampunk fashion – and indeed, it’s easily the nicest looking MySpace page that I have seen (though it still tries to play music).  However, taking a gander through Mr Mercado’s work (he is an artist of no small talent) [...]

Monday, June 18th, 2007

The terribly nice Mr Branwyn of Street Tech blog has done a photograph article for Wired Magazine, featuring some of the most wonderful Steampunk things currently out there.  It’s almost a ‘top ten’ (or perhaps a top 17) of lovely Steampunk items and ideas – the perfect example of a shortcut for any very visual [...]

Animated Engine Diagrams by Keveney

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

There’s something strangely hypnotic in the cyclic movement of an engine, be it steam, CO2, Stirling or internal combustion.  Over at Keveney.com there’s some very lovely animated illustrations of lots of engine types, showing just how they work in beautiful clarity.  I found it most enlightening, especially for the above CO2 engine, and the two [...]

Warmo-Kapolis, SketchUp Enabled Steampunk City

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

Recently I’ve been brushing up my Google SketchUp skills, and every so often I’ll see if there are any more models appearing under the search word Steampunk.  What a surprise when I found the work of Mr Zapan!  He’s been most prolific and churning out more than half a dozen very Steampunk looking structures such [...]

Clockers – Steampunk Hackers

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

Clockers – Clock the Planet. Imagine a heavily clockworked British Empire, where brilliant rebels construct cunning automata to do their bidding before fleeing the scenes of their crimes. Where clockwork monkeys run riot in cotton mills, and Big Ben is the ultimate in clockwork challenges. Where Clockers can be a force of [...]

AM – Trade Site of Reproduction and Exotic-Sourced Items

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

Ms Stafford wrote to point out a site probably best used for inspiration – the AM company. While for trade only (and for finding dealers near you – which usually means that it’s well beyond my personal pursestrings will stretch) it has some very nice items to ogle. From the Victorian era bronze [...]

Three Rings Design – Nautilus Inspired Office

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

Thank you all!  *chuckles*  Today Wired did a photo feature on the offices of Three Rings Design, those responsible for YoHoHo Puzzle Pirates and the significantly more Steampunk, Bang! Howdy games.  For a long while now, the design company Because We Can has been doing a complete Nautilus themed makeover of their offices – and [...]