The Minnesota STAR Awards, which recognize excellence in event planning and execution (kind of meta, no?), have chosen a Steampunk theme for this year’s event. If anyone in the Minneapolis, MN area goes, please send us a report!
Hand made from savaged Arbutus, Western Red Cedar, and Black Walnut, these articulated Steamy Icarus wings are a beautiful handmade addition to any dirigible captain’s safety gear:
And they’re not just static decoration, either:
Created by Thin Gypsy Thief and available for purchase on Etsy.
[via Boing Boing]
The venerable Jake von Slatt, curator of The Steampunk Workshop, is advertising for writers to produce longer-form content for their site.
I asked Stella to cover Teslacon since I couldn’t go and she has a wonderful write up after the break.
See her pictures Here:
Lost Souls of the Asylum is a Steampunk compilation forged in the bowels of our very own forum. As seen Here , after submissions, editing, and publishing you may now aquire this fine collection. The Asylum is in reference to the Asylum Steampunk Convention that takes place in the UK And you can find out more information about it on it’s main website.
As you can tell by the forum chain, this operation was choreographed by our own Arkwright. I wanted to spotlight this work as a tremendous undertaking and a wonderful opportunity for budding authors.
Arkwright tells the forum in post 137, there are plans for another volume.
The book is available online along with the previous two volumes of The Asylum Chronicles from http://thelastline.yolasite.com/online-store.php
Well we had sex, so naturally the second great human obsession, Chocolate, had to be represented. This has many Steampunk applications for the Steampunk Baker. I’ve watched friends spend hours making gears out of Fondant. Now you could just get a real gear (don’t forget to wash it and sanitize it), and make solid chocolate gears! Click here to start casting.
An interesting Kickstarter project aiming to produce a book exploring how Victorian ideas about sex and sexuality inform our modern ideas about sex and sexuality. And, of course, they’re using the Steampunk angle as a way to have a bit of fun with it:
You can find more about the project on A Steampunk’s Guide to Sex Kickstarter page
Gaslamp Games, creators of the enjoyable rogue-like Dungeons of Dredmor, have just revealed their new game to the world today and it is all about building steampunk cities in a dangerous world filled with monsters, elder gods, insane people and evil. – [Violent Gamer]
Here’s just two images from the game – one art, one is supposedly actual gameplay; click either for the full article with more screen shots. Or, view Gaslamp Games’ press release.
And the gameplay shot:
This just in from the Oatmeal. Let me say that it’s about time! I’m off to go feed some Pigeons.
-Sprocket out.
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/tesla_museum_1m
This is nearly pornographic in its splendor:
A wonderful “visible” mechanical timepiece worthy of adding to a Steampunk outfit: the Devon Steampunk watch.
[via BoingBoing]
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