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Beyond Victoriana | A Multicultural Perspective on Steampunk Steampunk gun Hey, this is a prop for my steampunk costume that I'm working on in stages. I already posted the goggles here and I won't post anything else until it's all done. I just wanted to go ahead and show the gun, because I'm really proud of it, even though there are tons of guns like it posted all over the rest of the internet. Here it is: And here it is before, sitting on our old really ugly kitchen table that has since been replaced: So, yeah, basically I repainted a Nerf gun. There's lots of different kind of paint on it: base coat of black spray paint, then copper spray paint, gold and silver paint pens, metallic sharpies, metallic acrylics, and watered down black acrylic to make it look old and dirty.

The Steampunk Review Gadgets | Steampunk Costume - Page 4 Steampunk enthusiast, Sangdrax, just posted a video of his monocle project. Very cool, such amazing details. Plus, the gears are battery powered, how cool is that? He’s putting these together for an upcoming con. Wouldn’t you like to take a ride on this steampunk Segway? This steampunk “Legway” was made by bdring, who posted a nice tutorial on Instructables.com. A self balancing, human powered, steampunk styled, Segway. This is very, very classy. This steampunk rifle not only looks gorgeous, but it actually works! It’s for sale on Ebay and the current bid is $250.00. Fashioned from copper, brass, antique pine and assorted lamp parts. Here’s a video of the steampunk gun in action. [Macabre151 via BoingBoing] Wow, check out this really cool mechanical steampunk hand! Using wires that will connect to rings on his fingers, the hand can open and close fairly realisticly. Check out these incredible steampunk guitars! [via WebUrbanist] Wow, this steampunk iPhone case looks seriously awesome.

Aliette de Bodard » Blog Archive » Aztec steampunk So, I’ve recently noticed I started writing Aztec steampunk (“Memories in Bronze, Feathers and Blood”, up at Beneath Ceaseless Skies, “Age of Miracles, Age of Wonders” forthcoming in Interzone, and “Prayers of Forges and Furnaces”, which I haven’t sold yet). I’ve had several people mentioning how it’s a bit odd to be mixing Aztecs with the steampunk aesthetic, and that set me wondering about where I was coming from when I was writing that kind of stuff. Insofar as I can express it, it goes like this. Those steampunk stories I’ve read (and I’ll say right here and now that I haven’t read that many of them and don’t consider myself a steampunk expert, not by a large margin) derive a strong appeal as sensaofwunda stories with a retro feel: you have goggles and all sort of tech from dirigibles to odd-shaped machines involving steam and brass; there are explorers and archaelogists, wealthy spinsters and anarchists, mechanical men and proto-computers. I’m not criticising.

Steampunk Rocketeer costume, plus BF's Rorschach. More pics soon. - OCCASIONS AND HOLIDAYS This year, my first idea for a costume was to be a post-apocalyptic survivor, but I decided this would be too obscure for people to understand, plus I picked up some items on a shopping trip that make me change my mind to... a steampunk rocketeer! First off, the jetpack. I assembled and painted most of it the day of Hallowe'en (very late for me) out of four two-litre Coke bottles, some scrap cardboard, bottle caps, a dismantled computer joystick and shower head, and some gears from vintage traveling alarm clocks. I put it all together with a little papier mache and lot of masking tape, hot glue, and spray paint. I was pretty much inhaling those fumes for about 12 hours. BTW, that is my boyfriend as Rorschach, and my friend as Little Dead Riding Hood. Anyways. Thanks so much for looking and please tell me what you think! ~ Schnoogles *EDIT* More photos The bare bones: The pants. Headgear. Whole shebang: Jetpack closeup. And on my back, before adjusting the straps:

Steampunk Magazine Alrededor del Mundo “Steampunk” Steam Garden: Tokyo, Japan steampunk party at Christon Cafe Shinjuku. Japanese cosplay fashion event. | LA CARMINA. Japanese Street Fashion The concept of Steampunk is only beginning to gain recognition in Japan, even though there have been many works that incorporate the aesthetic, such as Katsuhiro Otomo’s anime film Steamboy. My Tokyo-based friends Kenny Creation and Luke Chaos have been passionate about Steampunk for some time, and last year, they founded the event Steam Garden. (Photo above by Aki Saito) On March 10th, I went to their fourth event, themed “Celtic Fantasy.” Each event has a different theme, revolving around a past era. This time, the code word was Celtic Fantasy. Kenny Creation DJ-ed possibly the most original set I’ve ever heard… it was exclusively bagpipe music! In between sets, there were mesmerizing performances by motion capture and stunt performer Kaori Kawabuchi (Final Fantasy 13), live music on a variety of period instruments from medieval group Homonculus… … steamcore music and tribal fire dance from Chaos Royale VS Lyon. With the dapper “philosopher” of Steam Garden, Luke. And Japanese Lolitas.

Steampunk Vampire Hunter So last night was the Vampire Ball in PDX, I agreed to help Noxenlux in her vending booth. But we needed outfits. So about 3 months ago we agreed to do a steampunk theme. is handmade to match the rest of the outfit. My Boyfriend made me a steampunk vampire detector, of course he made is special to fit my arm. We also customized a Nerf Maverick to match the vampire detector. Here is the holster to match the rest of the The costume went over very well even though i was down in the dealers room all night. More pictures including the vampire killer ammo are available here: xoxoGothfox Designs

angelinell Мобильный LiveInternet Интересные факты о викингах | belorys_kh - Дневник belorys_kh | Викинги — раннесредневековые скандинавские мореходы, в VIII—XI веках совершавшие морские походы от Винланда до Биармии и от Каспия до Северной Африки. В основной массе это были свободные крестьяне датского, норвежского и шведского происхождения, которых толкали за пределы родных стран перенаселение и жажда лёгкой наживы. По религии — в подавляющем большинстве язычники. Шведские викинги, как правило, путешествовали на восток и фигурировали в древнерусских и византийских источниках под именем варягов. Норвежские и датские викинги двигались в своём большинстве на запад и известны по латинским источникам под именем норманнов. Взгляд на викингов изнутри этого общества дают скандинавские саги, однако подходить к этому источнику следует с осторожностью ввиду поздней даты их составления. Викинги не являлись представителями одного народа, это была разношерстная группа воинов, путешественников и торговцев под руководством вождя. Дикие и грязные Большие блондины Викинги пили из черепов Рогатые шлемы

queering steampunk UPDATED: Donate now at to get this off the ground! One of the really wonderful things about Steampunk is that it, more than any other sub-culture, seems to want to teach us things. I have always been very interested in the technology of the 19th Century, it's been a passion since a very young age. this passion is certainly part of what got me interested in Steampunk in the first place. However, as I delved deeper into the history of technology I got really interested in other aspects of how the world changed during the Industrial Revolution. In particular I became interested in the Women's Movement, which began in the late 19th century, feminism, and gender theory. Chasing down this rabbit hole has lead me to books like Marilyn French's Beyond Power, which is currently blowing my mind and has the feel of one of those books that forever changes to way you view the world. And that brings me to the subject of today's post. Cheers! Jake.

steampunk netbook (img heavy) - MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS I got a cute little Lenovo ideapad a year ago with the intent to redecorate it like the baddest-ass steampunk netbook you ever did saw. After a couple aborted efforts with veneer and some gold leafing, I switched to wood-grained vinyl, a sweet gear-patterned decal that I found on etsy, and added some silver-leafed gears and dichroic glass cabs. It didn't turn out quite as I'd hoped, but I learned a lot while I did this and have some great ideas for what I'm going to do for the next iteration...and, oh, there will be more steampunkish netbooks coming out of my studio! But I'll admit, my little Magpie is quite cute and inspiring to work on. Completed book - lid: Completed book - inside! The "Before" photo - with a Diet Coke can so you can get a sense of scale, here. The keys, when I was making them. Profile-view of the finished book: Thanks for looking!