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Hail to the king, baby! Clifton created and wore this costume of Army of Darkness‘s Ash Williams to DragonCon:
Being relatively new to cosplay and having almost no experience with sewing, I knew that the most difficult aspect of creating my steampunk costume would not be its design, but its construction. Fortunately, my girlfriend taught me the basics of using a sewing machine and reading patterns, and with her help, I created the vest and ascot, and modified the pants and shirt. I was also fairly inexperienced with prop making, but with a lot of time, effort, and only minor injuries, I was able to create the props the way I envisioned them. The base of the chainsaw is an actual Homerunner XL chainsaw (as used in the movie) that I purchased from eBay. I gutted the casing, took apart the engine, and then heavily modified the shell and blade with actual copper tubing, spare parts from a bike shop, and a variety of parts I found while thrifting.
Link via Nerdcore | Photo: L Jinto
CatherinetteRings, an Etsy seller from Montreal, made this music box that looks like a robotic spider. When wound, it plays “Frère Jacques.” I think that taxidermed eye really sets it apart from other steampunk spider music boxes.
Link via Boing Boing
Steampunk ascetics glorifies the Victorian age though creating retro futuristic technology. This computer terminal goes all the way. See link for full gallery. Link
Professor CaT Pardus took a Nerf Maverick revolver and made it all steampunk-y. Despite the heavy modifications, the “Dreameater” remains fully functional for all your Nerf defensive needs.
I really like the little details that Pardus included, particularly the dials on the side and the curled work in the trigger. You can view several more pictures and a video at the link.
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The car that was built for the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is up for auction at eBay.
Built on a custom ladder frame chassis, many old world forms of car building were employed, and modern technology stepped in to create a vehicle which was both accurate enough to fool veteran and classic car experts, when held under the scrutiny of 70mm cinema cameras, and durable enough to withstand everything from driving in sand, cobbled streets and down staircases. The bonnet is crafted of polished aluminum; the boat deck is hand-crafted of red and white cedar built by boat builders in Buckinghamshire, and the array of brass fittings were obtained from Edwardian cars. Even the alloy dashboard plate is from a British World War I fighter plane! The car weighs approximately 2 tons and measures 17 1/2 feet in length and is powered by a Ford 3 litre V-6 engine mated to an automatic transmission.
Other vehicles were built for the film to be used for special effects, but this particular car was the only one that actually worked. And it only has 44 miles on it. However, bidding has started at a million dollars. Link -via the Presurfer
Toy modder Jonathan Kuriscak made an intricately detailed steampunk Iron Man figure, along with Tony Stark. You can view several more pictures at the link.
Really, giving Stark a big handlebar mustache was a great decision and should probably be used in the next Iron Man movie, regardless of time period.
Previously by Jonathan Kuriscak: Star Wars Bounty Hunters from World War II
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Instructables user lizzomarek made an amazing model of the castle from the anime movie Howl’s Moving Castle. It’s made in the Japanese pottery tradition of raku-yaki and given a steampunk flair. There’s a really neat video about halfway down the page at the link showing the castle, still glowing red hot, coming out of the kiln.
Previously: Two models of Howl’s Moving Castle in paper
Yes, we’ve seen steampunk mice before, but none that come with a pre-installed brain! Builder Peter Balch notes that “Every self-respecting Victorian Scientist needs a brain in a jar.” I couldn’t have said it better myself. You can see in-process photos at the link as well as an explanation of how he built it.
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UK artist Tom Hardwidge makes intricate steampunk insect sculptures he calls Arthrobots from recycled materials, including deactivated ammunition and watch parts. Some of these delicate artworks are for sale!
Link | Artist’s site -Thanks, John!
The Way Station is a steampunk-themed bar that just opened in Brooklyn. It features a toilet room shaped like a TARDIS. Although it may look small, the owners assure customers that it’s bigger on the inside.
Link via io9 | Bar Website | Photo: Kimberly Fenwick
Chet Phillips, who created the Literary Pets trading card set, has completed another set of art cards. This one, called the Order of Nefarious Villains, portrays twenty different evil Victorian and steampunk masterminds ready to do battle with the forces of good. Some of their characteristics are reminiscent of evil villains you already know. Link -Thanks, Chet!
Sure, anyone can hack together a clumsy steampunk costume. But when professional prop makers, costume designers, and photographers come together, you get a high-grade product like this. Full credit to David Ashby Linda Hamilton, Christa Wood, and Matt Nicholson for their marvelous creation.
Link | deviantART Gallery | Photo: Matt Nicholson
Here are more scenes from the Edwardian Ball and World’s Faire 2011 last month in San Francisco, where the man with the Goldfish Bowl Helmet caught our attention. The Los Angeles version is scheduled for March 5th. -Thanks, Mark Day!
Comments Off The Edwardian Ball is an annual art fair and dance focused around steampunk and goth styles in reflection the work of artist Edward Gorey. The most recent one took place just a few days ago in San Francisco. One costumed attendant was spotted wearing a helmet that looked convincingly like a fishbowl with life fish inside.
via Crackajack | Official Website
UPDATE 1/28/11: Commenter Laurasita clarifies the term “Edwardian”. It refers to artist Edward Gorey, not King Edward VII.
Simon Lanson’s record player is an odd juxtaposition of technologies. It’s powered by a tiny steam engine and controlled by an Arduino processor. In the above video, it plays “God Save the Queen” by The Sex Pistols.
Software engineer Skytee made a steampunk-style bandwidth meter. He (she?) calls it the TorrentMeter:
I got a 1908 voltmeter in a brass housing, about 20cm (8in) in diameter. It had a resistor made from a wire wick. The gauge’s internal resistance without that is now about 67 ohms, eats up 150mA when the handle is at full scale, and wants about 10V. That’s too much to be driven directly by a micro controller. A switching amplifier, made from a couple parts, shall help.
Atlantis- An Inconvenient Truth, an animation created and produced by Christopher Hempel, Martin Kohler, Christian Stadach and Simon Prager, won the Team Entry Excellence Award at the CG Society Steampunk Challenge last year. It’s a steam powered retelling of the legend of Atlantis.
This man won the Marvel comics cosplay competition at the New York Comic Con. Speaking of which, here‘s an interesting line: “Steampunk is when goths discover brown.” (via) Do you agree?
Link via DVICE | Photo: Judy Stephens
Craftsman Chris Schaie made a custom door that looks like a hatch from the submarine Nautilius in Jules Verne’s novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. This brass and wood piece includes an iris peephole and a hand wheel that unlocks the door. Two videos at the link show how this amazing machine works.
Link via Super Punch | Artist’s Website | Photo: Chris Schaie
Peter Montgomery made a name for himself in Glendale, California with his over-the-top Halloween decorations. This year, he plans to build a steampunk drill emerging from the earth! This picture is the concept art. Montgomery is trying to raise the necessary funds through Kickstarter, and will give credit and other prizes to those who donate. Also see pictures and videos of his Halloween creations from years past. Link -Thanks, Will!
This steampunk iphone dock, designed by artist Scott Freeland, is fully functional and has the retro look I love. It is hand-sculpted and hand-cast in urethane resin and is for sale on Etsy.
Link – via Book of Joe
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Artist Sarah Calvillo made a steampunk version of Mr. Potato Head. Calvillo works in a wide variety of media, so she also made a vintage-looking wanted poster, offering a reward for the capture of this ungentlemanly spud. At the link, you can view photos of it, as well process photos for the figurine.
Link via GearFuse | Artist’s Website
The Encline Designs team has created this cool steampunk model of Optimus Prime, the Autobot leader in the Transformers universe, which transforms from robot to steam train.
The model features functional lights and wheels that roll, and a detachable trailer that Optimus uses as a secondary weapon, similar to the trailer in his well-known firetruck mode.
Perfect for Ye Olde Ghostbusters, here’s the steampunk proton pack, as photographed by Mighty Selbor [Flickr] at Comic Con a few years ago.
Walyou has the larger pic (check out the neutrona wand!) Link
See also: The League of S.T.E.A.M (Supernatural and Troublesome Ectoplasmic Apparition Management)
Ivan Mavrovic of Mental Design makes awesome steampunk designs of pens, jewelries, watches and more – but I’m very impressed with his steampunk cell phones: the one above is a working Nokia 2330!
Techi has more pics: Link | More at Ivan’s blog
La Machine has created a gorgeous floating greenhouse that is definitely more for looks than function.
La Machine, the French production company based in Nantes France, and famous for La Princesse,, a 50-foot mechanical spider has done it again. This times its a flying greenhouse.
You can see their prior project, La Princesse, here.
Cake Central is having a steampunk cake competition, with three pages of entries you can browse. I love this ornate wedding cake! Link -Thanks, Jackie!
Actually, it’s a leg covering, but I think that the artist’s goal was to create the impression of a functional, steampunk-style artificial leg. deviantART user Skinz-N-Hydez made this 13-14 pound leg and his gallery is filled with similarly wearable works of leather and brass.
A few months ago, we featured Bruce and Melanie Rosenbaum’s amazing steampunk house. The Rosenbaums have continued to steam up their residence, most recently with this fully-functional desk:
Everything decked in for the Command Desk compilation is authentic Victorian antique. Then be it the inverted Chapel organ pipes mounted on the wall behind the setup, or the all-in-one workstation desk completed in 3 monitors, printer, scanner and webcam, of course the keyboard and other peripherals included. The Victorian Organ Command Desk besides the aforementioned, has a iPhone doc, horn speakers on either side, USB and card media readers, a scanner under the keyboard, a clock face flanked in 6 LCD digital picture frame displays and a pair of coach lamps with neon flicker bulbs for all that ambience required.
More pictures at the link.
Link via Geekologie | Photo: Steampunk Workshop
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CasCity forum user Hedley Lamarr accessorized his black powder revolver with a scope and light for extra coolness and accuracy. I think that the gun is a Colt Single Action Army, which came into use in 1873.
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