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« Reply #1375 on: January 14, 2012, 02:16:27 pm » |
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Hello gentle folks,
I'm a French artist living in Norway, I've been living there for 13 years, on an archipelago above the Arctic circle. I hope my English is good enough for you. I was born a true eccentric and I love everything that has to do with the 19th century. I especially love alternate Victorian worlds. If I had big financial means, I would certainly invest in recreating what haunts my imagination but I don't, so instead I paint and work with ceramic, trying to capture the enchanted spirit of old times.
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Katie
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« Reply #1376 on: January 16, 2012, 12:54:23 am » |
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Good evening from Pennsylvania, everybody!
I just got started in the Steampunk hobby - hopefully I won't completely embarrass myself in this forum, being new to it and all. I discovered the Brass Goggles board today and I already can't leave, haha.. So many fantastic and creative designs here I'm almost positive my eyes are sparkling...
I'm 22, originally from Dallas TX, but moved here up north about three years back. I was homeschooled all my life and my favorite subject was history, particularly studying the 19th century. I used to craft aaalll the tiiime (cosplay, sculpey, woodworking, and the such) but that kind of tapered off when I started working a fulltime job. Now that I'm settled in a bit more in PA, and working a part time job, I feel the itch coming back to create. I found out about the Steampunk/Diesel-punk/NeoVictorian genre through DeviantArt and was fascinated. The idea of alternate history has quickly escalated to being my new thing!
Hoping to find out more about the marvelous lifestyle, and meet folks as well. Please don't hesitate to message me or get to know me - I'm a tad shy but warm up quickly. Thank you for reading and it's lovely to be here!
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« Reply #1377 on: January 16, 2012, 08:18:13 pm » |
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Hi guys. Obviously, I'm new here... have pretty much always made stuff, even for a living with cnc's, however since a bit of a health issue I've been forced to look to other things to pass the time  Have always liked the thinking behind Steampunk (and Dieselpunk too) so finally decided to get stuck in. In the past, anything I have done would be more along the lines of turning this:  to this:  but now want to start to get involved a whole lot more. I have a small workshop in the garage (lathe, mill, laser thingie) and so am looking forward to being inspired by all the fine kit I see on this site. Maybe I can even inspire a little myself  Arthur |
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« Reply #1378 on: January 16, 2012, 11:43:32 pm » |
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Welcome aboard Arthur. From another Arthur.
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« Reply #1379 on: January 17, 2012, 02:36:49 am » |
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Welcome, everyone. There's plenty to see and do. If you have questions, post them. Hardly anyone on here bites...hard anyway. |
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Gustaf Danielsson
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« Reply #1380 on: January 17, 2012, 03:21:44 am » |
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Hello everyone,
I joined the site and the steampunk movement very recently, but I've been a long time steampunker at heart. Science, art, history, and fantasy - all my passions in one place. I have jumped in with both feet, and I have many projects going on at once. I will hopefully be posting some pics of my first works soon.
In the meantime, I must get back to the Arctic to collect some more crystals from the meteorite crater. My supply is running low, and the trolls are running mad! More details when I return.
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« Reply #1381 on: January 18, 2012, 02:05:28 pm » |
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Hello! Longtime lurker, first-time poster. I'm interested in steampunk; I like the æsthetic, and I'm very fond of making things. I created this account while looking for information on making hats (about which there are some incredibly great tutorials here), and got drawn into reading lots of other forum threads. I like mathematics, science, history, reading (anything), origami, sewing, fiddling with things to see how they work—and hats.
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« Reply #1382 on: January 19, 2012, 04:52:26 pm » |
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« Reply #1383 on: January 19, 2012, 07:45:17 pm » |
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Hello! I'm Faldor, occasional photographer and filmmaker. I've got some Steampunk themed projects in the work and figured I'd swing by to have a chat.
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Miss Phoebe Stallybrass
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« Reply #1384 on: January 20, 2012, 10:29:49 pm » |
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Hello and good day to all. Your pardon--I've not much to say yet. I've only just begun to peruse the forum, but I quite like it already. Hope the user name's not too twee.
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« Reply #1385 on: January 20, 2012, 10:31:51 pm » |
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Is there such a thing as "too twee" in the Steampunk world??
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Miss Phoebe Stallybrass
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« Reply #1386 on: January 20, 2012, 11:41:31 pm » |
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In my experience, it's always possible to be too twee for anything (some venues just take more effort than others). As I am gifted with a high tolerance for "cute," inadvertent tweeness is a constant fear of mine.
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Katiaandcake
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What do you mean, it's escaped AGAIN?
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« Reply #1387 on: January 21, 2012, 08:12:46 pm » |
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*clears throat* HELLO! I'm Katia! I enjoy making many many many things. Some of which fall apart but ah well! such is life. I'm very happy to join this forum. I hope to learn many things and maybe find some other steampunkers around my area? Maybe? ...Ok probably not. Western Mass is boring! Well, the Berkshires anyways. Anyways, I hope you all will not get sick of me too quickly.
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« Reply #1388 on: January 22, 2012, 08:09:19 am » |
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Would someone be so kind as to define 'twee' for me? I'm unfamiliar with the term...
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« Reply #1389 on: January 22, 2012, 11:11:39 am » |
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Essentially, it's the exact opposite of you.  Twee
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« Reply #1390 on: January 22, 2012, 09:01:25 pm » |
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Hi, everybody.  I'm from Spain, reader every day, writer since 2006 and Steampunker since 2009. I'm member of The Golden Gear: Steampunk Spanish Forum, and thanks to this forum I'm more and more Steampunker every day. This year, I helped to the people of the SteamCon in Barcelona. I made the competition of steampunk tales with the organization. And I'm now working on gather together a lot of tales in order to make the first Steampunk Anthology. Greetings to all of you, guys. P.S. Sorry if you don't understand my words. I'm from the Old World, sorry. |
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« Reply #1391 on: January 23, 2012, 03:39:37 pm » |
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Former lurker Captain Lister Maylin reporting for duty.
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« Reply #1392 on: January 25, 2012, 12:29:32 am » |
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Essentially, it's the exact opposite of you. Twee
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Miss Ariel Enfield
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« Reply #1393 on: January 25, 2012, 04:30:54 am » |
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Hello all! Saw your forum and thought I might like to join in. I've liked steampunk-esque goings on for a long time now, remember the Space 1889 RPG anyone? I was a wee snip of a lass back then! My main passion in life is motorcycles. Riding them (roads optional), repairing them, maintaining them, building them, altering them, looking at them, drooling all over them...you get the picture. I have recently developed a passion for the classic and vintage motorcycles and will one day own a pre-war Ariel of my own and cover as much of the world's surface on it as it will agree to. My passion for motorcycles has lead me inevitably to the beauty of engineering and the functional avenues of steampunk appeal to me a lot so that's why I'm here, to explore the wilds and plumb the depths, so to speak. Be gentle, my fittings are of heat-brittle glass! |
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"When I first saw a motorcycle, I got a message from it," she said. "It was a feeling – the kind of thing that makes a person burst into tears hearing a piece of music or standing awestruck in front of a fine work of art." - Theresa Wallach
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« Reply #1394 on: January 25, 2012, 08:15:14 am » |
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I gave up motorcycles after the incident of the multiple fractures - our local A&E call them 'donor mobiles'!
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« Reply #1395 on: January 25, 2012, 05:38:08 pm » |
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Greetings and salutations
My business partner led me to your excellent forum, and I look forward to putting my two cents in occasionally (that would be tuppence in England, 1.50 in US at the moment...) I am a published writer, a kettle korn cook, a follower of steampunk, fashion designer and general artisan, and in my leftover time ( after all, there are 168 hours in a week) I run a farmer's market located on about 10 acres of certified organic land in Washington state. Our main crops at the moment are mud, clay, and alpaca droppings :-) ; However, we will soon be utilizing square foot gardening and Victorian gardening and farming methods. I am low tech other than the computer of course.
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« Reply #1396 on: January 25, 2012, 07:00:46 pm » |
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I gave up motorcycles after the incident of the multiple fractures - our local A&E call them 'donor mobiles'!
Sorry to hear it put you off. I'm a nurse so I know what you mean about some of the soul-less gloom-merchants you get in the profession, donorcycles is the phrase I've heard. Had quite few broken bones myself, only eight of the twelve on motorbikes though and that was from one incident where a rather large bike fell on me whilst I was trickling along (v embarrassing) And a dislocated shoulder from a previous crash too. But that's what you get for learning road sense on a bike before a car I suppose! For me the positives outweigh the negatives hugely. Strange, you tell people you ride horses, everyone is fine, tell them you enjoy rock-climbing, again everyone is fine, but tell them you ride a motorbike, that means you're definitely going to die in a very violent way and they feel its their responsibility to point it out. Whether they actually know you or not. Don't you find that a little odd? I ride and horses are far more dangerous if you ask me, especially if you're riding one you don't really know very well. |
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« Reply #1397 on: January 25, 2012, 07:13:03 pm » |
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But that's what you get for learning road sense on a bike before a car I suppose!
But it does then make you a far safer car driver, as bikers tend to have learned to be aware of all possible hazards on and around the road while car drivers tend to keep their eyes almost entirely on the road ahead. I rode more than 25,000 miles before I got my first car; I never had a bad accident or broke any bones thankfully and have entirely wasted my car insurance over the last 30 years. Not a single prang to claim my money back and I blame it all on learning road sense on a bike. |
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C.S. Lewis - "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
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« Reply #1398 on: January 26, 2012, 12:11:19 am » |
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A horse is the only thing I haven't fallen off!
I don't have a problem with folks riding bikes.
I do have a problem with yobbos & hoons who don't know how a) ride properly, or b) drive properly.
Every now & then I think it would be nice to ride again, then I think of the 7.5 months not being able to walk, & decide it is much better to watch! After 22+ years on bikes didn't feel that I had anything to prove, so bought my first car & got a driver's licence!!
The car accident I had 18 months after the bike was purely a fluke!!!
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« Reply #1399 on: January 26, 2012, 01:59:51 am » |
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After playing the flying hippy game one too many times I gave up on bikes myself. Seeing thousands of dollars of uninsurable bike that took hundreds of hours of sweat being hauled off on a trailer was too much for me.
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