Greetings fine Ladies and Gentlemen,
First and foremost, I would like to thank you all for keeping this board stocked with so much information on such an interesting bit of the human condition.
Secondly, I'm going to start my introduction by saying that I'm not a hardcore steampunk. I'm here to learn and communicate, and I do plan on getting together a steampunk outfit. I love the victorianification of modern machines, and I find the machines of the past indescribably beautiful. This being said, I don't think you'll find me very adept at all of this steampunk-ish-ness. I apologize for my wannabe lack of knowledge, and any stupid questions I may present. Summarily, I'm new at this, don't hate the newbie.
Thirdly, the actual introduction. My real name's not Sydney Granger, this is my username, and I'd appreciate it if you just referred to me as thus. It's simply my steampunk persona. The rest of this will be factual. I live in the small rural county of Pike, state of Indiana, country of the United States of America. I've been costuming since I was about 7 when my parents shelled out a whole bunch of money to get me set up with a historically accurate set of clothes from the French and Indian War period. I'm still semi-active with that. In addition I'm a Jedi costumer, and a member of The Jedi Assembly, again, semi-active. My most recent costume is in the superhero genre. I have put together a golden age Sandman (DC comics Sandman, mind you) costume with slightly more muted colors to fit in with the dream/sleep/shadows theme. I've been somewhat obsessed with Steampunk for about 3 months now, owing to the fact that I was going to build a cyberpunk costume for a con that I shall be attending this weekend, and happened onto a footnote somewhere about steampunk. I instantly fell in love with the aesthetic of it all. I plan to portray a character that is mainly a tinkerer, not so much a mad scientist but a builder of things, that fights against a tyrannical imperial government.
So there you have it, my introduction. Thank you for reading, and here's hoping to speaking to all of you again.