Make recently posted about the Freak Vehicles pages over at Modern Mechanix - and oh, it’s times like this when you realise that when people say that truth is stranger than fiction, they were probably talking about the curious and downright inventive forms of transport that turn of the 20th Century inventors dreamed up. [...]

Mr McEwen writes to say that he and his ladyfriend are working on the early stages of a Steampunk themed silent film, for the lady’s art class. Presently they are doing some costume tests, as you can see from their Flickr pool, but I’m very much looking forward to seeing what the finished film [...]

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Mr Epp, Mr Björn, Mr Ian, Mr Klaus, Mr Park, and posters over at the frequently interesting Clockworkers Guild LJ, have all brought The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello to my attention.  Oh - and it looks such an indulgent treat, it must be said.  Some of the recommendations say that it is unsettling, [...]

Mr Hildebrandt has taken the plunge and created a site for all of his contraptions and creations - an excellent way to keep all of his work together in one place. He’s called it Jake of All Trades, and his most recent addition to it, is an 19th Century style patent document mockup, complete [...]

Now, isn’t the above a perfectly lovely looking grimoire? With that metal latch and embossed gold pattern, down to the little brass corners, it looks like its a book that has some really important things in it - well, much to many people’s surprise I’m sure - its actually a modded flatbed scanner!
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Mr Branitar pointed out these very nice and chunky wargame/roleplay miniatures from Terraform Battlefield Scenery - there’s a good dozen or so interchangable low-tech steam walkers, tracked vehicles and quadropedic war machines that tower over the standard infantry models. The one above is called Frank ‘N Steam (I kid you not) and is possibly [...]

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The Steam Ship Master, is a 1922’s wooden hulled tugboat that apparently is the only one of its kind in North America still in its original setup.  It looks a lovely machine, and the views in this six minute video of the engine room are very mechanical and curiously quiet - I always forget that [...]

A while ago, Mr Ryan recommended the above shop, Astragal Press. With smallish but very specialised sections of books on antique tools, crafts, horse drawn carriages and sleighs, steam engines and blacksmithing (amongst others) I’m sure the more hands-on of Steampunk fans could find something here to help with their projects. Personally, I’m [...]

Mr Svensson dropped me a line to remind me that I hadn’t yet posted about the wealth of informative links to be found over at Phil Masters’ Steampunk Links page. Predating Brass Goggles by a very significant amount, Mr Masters page is a treasure trove of links concerning 19th Century costume, technology and Castle [...]

Ms Atherton and Mr Andy W, have pointed out the pretty amazing concept designs for a short film called Once Upon a Christmas Village, by Dreamballoon. Done by Mr Stølen, also known as the Anachronaut, the film itself is apparently not Steampunk, but certain elements of the designs done by Mr Stølen, most certainly [...]