Awesome Steampunk

Musician Arthur van Poppel has invented a variety of odd vehicles for his one-man-band act, but our favorite has to be The Nautilus, a steampunk craft inspired by Jules Verne. Plus, it shoots flames.

Lord Broadforce seems to be a cruel soldier, but when it comes to aliens, he’s quite the expert. A short film from the Media Design School, based on WETA Workshop’s Dr Grordbort universe.

One of the highlights from Burning Man 2011, Duane Flatmo’s mechanical cephalapod shoots flames from its 8 tentacles, and fear into the hearts of anyone who dare to cross its path.

Animated steampunk music video of Lovett’s song Eye of the Storm, from his debut album Highway Collection. Written and directed by Christopher Alender. Watch the making of video here.

The unassuming exterior of this house in Sharon, Massachusetts belies the awesome steampunk interior design and furniture inside. It was redesigned by steampunk specialists ModVic.

These beautiful hand-painted steampunk guns look spanking good chap, especially alongside your Comptometer. They also are great for cosplay when you need to blast away your dreadful foes.

If you have any question what this whole “steampunk” thing is all about, we bring you this simple informational diagram which should set things straight once and for all.

We have few details about this concept bike, called the Black Widow and created by Solifague Design, but no matter – we admire the dramatic color combo and excellent steampunk style anyway.

League of STEAM’s Fool’s Gold will have you swearing off Lucky Charms: steampunk tech meets leprechaun magic, and the results are definitely not all butterflies and rainbows.

Daniel Valdez’s Steampunk Professor X. Wheelchair is epic: made with a 150 year-old rocking chair, it’s powered with Arduino/Adafruit and has chilled vodka and cranberry juice on tap.

Steampunk technology may seem full of hot air, but it’s actually filled with something else: this Aether Monitor (available in brass or silver) will keep your Airship (and your fantasies) afloat.

The “A” stands for alternate reality in Ryan Nagata’s 1945A, shot on a $2,000 budget; in it, the Nazis spring a lumbering diesel-punk surprise on the Allies just before the end of WW2.

Death metal band Madder Mortem’s video for Where Dream & Day Collide is a sci-fi mashup that’s too good to pass up; it’s a delicious blend of steampunk, fantasy, Avatar, and The Matrix.

Outland Armour strikes back with Steampunk Star Wars, which debuted at Dragon Con 2009; top picks go to a WWI-styled Vader and an epically armored Boba Fett. (galleries: 1, 2).

A zaptastic addition to Dr. Grordbort’s steampunk arsenal, the Pearce 75 Ray Gun a man-sized raygun made completely out of metal; it’s limited to 400 pieces and includes a gun stand.

This Watchers trailer finally shows off Dark Void’s baddies; not only did we have a hard time stomaching how alien they are, but so did they: watch for the inside-out moment at 0:35.

Available 10/27/09: epic launch trailer aside, we have high hopes for Nostalgia, a steampunk RPG for the DS; it’s developed by the same team that brought us FF III and IV for the DS.

Sam Van Olffen’s WW2 Dieselpunk reimagines Allied and Axis leaders with steampunk bodies and armies; Stalinator may be steely, but Churchill Omnicron looks ready to kick Nazi ass.

Filmed with the RED ONE, Riese is a dystopic steampunk web series about a girl and her wolf; it’s also a sci-fi who’s who with a cast from Stargate, BSG, Smallville and Sanctuary.

The Comptometer is a functioning steampunk controller for mixing and editing video, but the best part is the sales rep’s presentation above: he doesn’t break character at any point.

Now available for Victorian men and women: Dr. Grordbort’s Victory is a steampunk-themed book that delves into the backstories and mythos behind Weta’s collectible ray-gun line.

Written by Scott Westerfeld with drawings by Keith Thompson, Leviathan is steampunk with a twist: set in WWI, the Germans use steam-driven machines while the British use organic tech.

There was no way we couldn’t post Gold4JetPack.com: sure, it’s a goofy pre-order ad for Dark Void that spoofs Cash4Gold.com, but most importantly, it mentions the word Awesomer.