Okay, here goes.....
I'm not a mad scientist (yet), more like a crazed engineer. Professionally I'm a mechanical designer, which is a 1/4 step down from mechanical engineer.
Before I continue, I want to give all the members and admin here big props.
1) Ya'll have some great costumes. I'm very impressed.
2) What impresses me most about this board is the way ya'll get along. I lurked for a few days, looking at various topics, before introducing myself. I've never seen a board where everyone gets along soo darn well. I actually couldn't find a big disagreement on here that resulted in calling of names, hurt feelings, and all the other B.S. you put up with on other groups. It's amazing, or the admin is great at babysitting and hiding the bad stuff....
Looking forward to join in chatting with this great group of people!
Back to where I was...
I've been interested in this for a long while now. Influences that turned me onto S.P.? Biggest one was probably Stumbleupon showing me cooler and cooler SP Things.....Datamancer's website and the steampunk worshop website are probably my favorite two to go to. Until I found this board ofcourse

Anime: Steamboy, Big O, Howl's Moving Castle, Fullmetal Alchemist....probably a few others I'm forgetting..
Movie/TV: Doctor Who (Gotta love the alternate earth where there's zeppelins EVERYWHERE!), Brotherhood of the Wolf, Wild Wild West
Online Comic: Girl Genius of course!!! I'm a big fan of Webcomics, and this has to be the best drawn one I've seen....Also check out FreakAngels.....
I'm already heavily active in a medieval recreation group. Through it I have learned to do calligraphy and illumination (using only period pigments, and have the knowledge to cut my own quills from feathers).
Also picked up pewter casting (currently carving my own molds from soapstone, but can also do imprints for re-productions) which is fun stuff. For that I use lead free Britannia currently (safer than having lead fumes...though if I get a gas mask........). Also have a forge with a hand-crank blower...just need to round up some blacksmith tools for metal forging.....and would love to play with casting bronze, brass, aluminum, and silver. I also dabble with leather work, like hand stitched my own leather vest....it's been
almost done for 4 years now....should probably dig that out and finish it.
By and by, my handle is a play on my mundane first name.....till I chose a s.p. name....
About all I can think of...ask if I forgot to mention anything..
Ohh...like I'm a Male in NW Indiana
Thank you all for your time
