Archive for April, 2008

Cup of Brown Joy - Tea-Rap

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Odd as it may seem, this video is surprisingly catchy - it shows the irrepressible Mr Elemental waxing lyrical about his preferred beverage, tea. Clad in his pith helmet and more than a little wide-eyed from rather a lot of caffine, and accompanied by a gyrating lady and his phonograph-spinning butler, he comes across [...]

Larklight Movie gets Director and Budget

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

I’m rather a big fan of the young person’s series of Steampunk books by Messers Reeve and Wyatt, known as the Larklight trilogy, so it is with great excitement and no small amount of crossing of extremities that I hear that the filming for the first book in the series, Larklight, has been given the [...]

Sillof’s Star Wars Through A Steampunk Lens

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Mr Sillof, who has been featured here before due to his magnificient Gaslight Justice League custom action figures, has outdone himself with his Steampunk Star Wars custom figures (only some of which can be seen above - the ‘baddies’ are just as well realised). Made some time ago, but held back for a convention [...]

Steampunk Magazine Issue #4 and the Gaslamp Bazaar

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

While many (if not most of you) are aware that Issue 4 of the Steampunk Magazine has been out for a while now, I do want to mention it here on the site!  The Steampunk Magazine continues to publish thought provoking (and action instilling) articles on things of interest to a wide variety of Steampunk [...]

Help Required for Running Brass Goggles

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Dear all,
With recent outages of Brass Goggles and the Steampunk Forum (for which I am sincerely sorry for) and my lack of regular posts in the last few months, I finally admit that while I struggle alone - I could really do with some help.
So I thought I better ask here first - because I [...]

Dirk Valentine and the Fortress of Steam Game

Friday, April 4th, 2008

The year is 1897 and the world has been beleaguered by the machinations of the evil Baron Battenberg.  Five long years the few free countries of the world have fought against the Baron and his steam powered war machines, but now Britain has been struck a terrible blow - the evil Baron has kidnapped Queen [...]

Acanthusleaf

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Urk!  I thought I was done for the evening, but I could not resist posting about this cunning creation by Acanthusleaf Design studio over at the Clockworkers Guild LJ group!  It’s a ring, as you can see, based on the one from the book by Diana Scarisbrick, Historic Rings.  It’s based on a 17th Century [...]

Remnants of Skystone, Upcoming Flash MMO

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Anyone for a Steampunk MMO?  Upcoming from the Flipline developer, and slated for release on the Kongregate site (known for free to play, Flash based games), Remnants of Skystone is a very Steampunk multiplayer game featuring character creation (look for gas masks, spats, goggles, brass cuffs and the most stunning facial hair I’ve yet seen [...]

Elektra Belle Epoque Coffee Machine

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Those who can look at the above coffee temple and not see a Steampunk automaton staring back at them, are possessed of a different frequency of mind than I posess.  While it looks very much as though it should be able to create and serve the coffee under its own mysterious power, it’s actually the Elektra [...]

Dinosaur Safari and Picnic, 5th of April, Crystal Palace Park

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

If you find yourself in London this weekend, you may be interested in attending a meetup of those of the Steampunk persuasion at Crystal Palace Park.  There will be thunder lizards to observe, (though the only shooting should be done with light capturing devices - rayguns, pistols, harpoons, portable tesla cannons and shock-canes etc are forbidden, [...]