Comments on: The (Steam Powered) Empire Strikes Back http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200807/the-steam-powered-empire-strikes-back/ The lighter side of Steampunk Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:23:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: arkonbey http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200807/the-steam-powered-empire-strikes-back/#comment-179468 arkonbey Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:35:21 +0000 http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/?p=937#comment-179468 <p>Yes, these are very nice sculptures, that is undeniable.</p> <p>HOWEVER, please, please, PLEASE stop with the re-imagining of Star Wars and any other modern 'universe' as steampunk. This sort of lack of originality is a discredit to Verne and Welles visionaries of their ilk that we admire.</p> <p>Start from scratch, come up with your own ideas. Sure you can be a bit derivative (like Oppel's Airborn), but don't just re-imagine.</p> Yes, these are very nice sculptures, that is undeniable.

HOWEVER, please, please, PLEASE stop with the re-imagining of Star Wars and any other modern ‘universe’ as steampunk. This sort of lack of originality is a discredit to Verne and Welles visionaries of their ilk that we admire.

Start from scratch, come up with your own ideas. Sure you can be a bit derivative (like Oppel’s Airborn), but don’t just re-imagine.

]]> By: Beau http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200807/the-steam-powered-empire-strikes-back/#comment-179447 Beau Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:17:22 +0000 http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/?p=937#comment-179447 <p>Man, this guy's work is absolutely incredible. What I wouldn't give to own one of these figures! I hope that eventually he expands his Victorian Avengers line as well, it has a lot of promise.</p> Man, this guy’s work is absolutely incredible. What I wouldn’t give to own one of these figures! I hope that eventually he expands his Victorian Avengers line as well, it has a lot of promise.

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