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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 (with a cliffhanger!) following the troubles of Edgar – your average highly intelligent adventurous 13 year old who’s lost his parents and goes out to find them with his trusty manservant and team of Russian marines.  Episode 1, Episode 2 and the trailer. Quite silly, but quite good fun and only about 3 minutes a pop.  Shame there’s no more, really – I’d have liked to have followed the adventures of Edgar, Lux and friends.  Thank you, Mr Hayden.

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 a problem exists.  Terribly helpful.  chuckles

Still, the Flickr set is almost tutorial-like in its thoroughness so if you wish to make a problem light too, then you could do much worse than taking a gander at how Mr Kovacich did this one.  It does amuse me, the concept, and I’m fairly sure if I had one, I’d be a bit confused as to whether I should turn it on or not!  Thank you, Mr Kovacich, and for future reference I actually prefer people to submit their own work – they know it best, after all.  smiles

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 is less than bloated.

Driven by a need to understand these creatures that ruined his life, the man spent the rest of his waking days desperately trying to unravel their mystery – made visible in sketches of their physiology, samples of their blood and infected saliva, maps showing suspected locations, kills and patterns of migration, microscope slides, canine teeth, silver bullets, a book of psalms (perhaps of some comfort to him) and even a bottled specimen of an unborn lycanthrope.

It is a work of passion, of detail and obsession – and that’s just the creator of this, a most convincing and delectable ‘prop’!  Once again, Mr Spawn has put this relic of a darker-Steampunk up for collectors of the pseupernatural to bid for on Ebay.

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) and I find that he has created his own series of Steampunk Star Wars images such as my favourite droid above!  Oh, and C3P0.  chuckles

Wonderful use of the glowing valves there, and you might want to take a gander at the other ones over at ImagineFX – recruitment posters for jodpur wearing Rebellion soldiers, brass masked Lord Vader, a heavily adorned Emperor and more.  Rather an unusual take, but the droids are easily my favourite.  Lovely work, Mr Mercado – you’ve got Steampunk down to a tee.

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 friends you may have who ask you “What is Steampunk?”  Of course, more and more wonderously whimsical Steampunk things appear every day, so this is by no means a be all and end all of that most controversial of questions!  *chuckles*  I do like the word, ‘whimsical’.
From the works of Von Slatt, Datamancer and Crabfu, to the good efforts of the Neverwas Haul team and the Steampunk Magazine and more.  Much of it has been on Brass Goggles before, but oh if it doesn’t deserve another look to freshen the memory of some excellent creations.  Very well done, Mr Branwyn and thankyou.  Thanks also to Mr Hart, Tyrell and Vega for ensuring that this did not slip my notice – you are very kind.

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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 cylinder Stirling engine.  Round and round and round they go, some beautiful in their simplicity, others baffling with their eccentric rotation!  Certainly helps me understand them though, so a treasure indeed.  Thank you, Mr Duppi!

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 as the Pnumatorium above for the fictional city of Warmo-Kapolis (French language, English autotranslation here).  Very good of him to upload them to the Warehouse for others to use, too. Warmo-Kapolis is a city created by Captain Citrus Alplack for use in a French-language live action roleplay game, but they intend to integrate this with the models (designed by the captain and created by Mr Zapan) and Google Earth to create something significantly more 3d than I’m used to.  For more information, you’d be advised to look to the site of the LARP game itself.  It’s certainly Steampunk-Fantasy, and I do like the various buildings that spring up to deal with their fantastical power source, vaporite.

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 mischief, rebellion or deadly intent.

Ms Chronographia Von Strangehours has friends who have friends, who wrote a clockwork Steampunk version of that somewhat fantastical film Hackers. There’s scripts to read, and indeed some have done a reading of the script! I’ve not yet listened to it myself, but I read it and found it a rousing adventure with a lovely setting twist. I’ve have to listen some time, but it seems it would work well live-actioned too. Very well done to those involved, and thank you Ms Strangehours – most arctic.

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 pocket sextant above, to childrens journals (with built in compass) to models of the Hindenburg, to bronze anchor lights. Probably best I don’t know the prices, really. Thank you, Ms Stafford – it’s given me food for thought!

[Edit:  Updated on the 18th June, as the original page seems to have moved to a new address.  Hopefully the links now work.]

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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 oh it looks marvellous!

Some real treats – giant plush tentacles for lounging on (seen in the right of the photograph above), velvet covered chairs, an octopus adorned bar, custom and individually designed desks (cheaper than office cubes!) and faux hatches in the ceiling.  Utterly inspired.  I remember being told about this as a work in progress in February and promptly asking my managers why WE don’t have an office so marvellous.

I must thank: utek, Tyrell, Dr Oolon Sputnik, IceSixxx, Daniel Lehtovirta, Rob Roy, Jorge, Rob McComber, Wayne D., Kordite, Andy Archer, Ian MidWinter, Spoonman, Richard from S.F. and Virgil Disgrace!  Special thanks to Richard from SF, as he was the one who pointed it out in February, and actually knows the lovely people at Because We Can.