Righteous Bison Raygun
Dr. Grordbort is back with The Righteous Bison; WETA’s latest raygun prop is their slickest yet, with a sharp, rakish profile, steampunk accents and a gothic-style engraved handle.
Dr. Grordbort is back with The Righteous Bison; WETA’s latest raygun prop is their slickest yet, with a sharp, rakish profile, steampunk accents and a gothic-style engraved handle.
The classic duel has gone the way of the dodo, but A Gentlemen’s Duel updates the age-old tradition with 50′ tall steam-powered mechas; it’s an animated short film by Blur Studio.
With burnished steel, brushed brass, textile cables and tube bulbs aplenty, Frank Buchwald’s Machine Lights are a steampunkers’ dream come true; each is unique and made to order.
It’s been rumored that Disney is working on a steampunk game, but above is our first peek at the tentatively named Epic Mickey; it’s from websites of concept artists tied to the project.
Created by Guangzhou student Johann Pu, Water Brain is a gorgeous 15 minute short film remarkable not only for its surprisingly moving story, but for its Chinese take on steampunk.
Even if you’re not a green thumb, Tim Witteveen’s Botanical Vasulum is a sight to behold; it’s a steampunk-style terrarium with solar-powered LED bulb and magnifying glass. Thanks, Luis!
Though still a work in progress, Tom Banwell’s leather Underground Explorer Helmet is perfect for steampunk spelunkers; it includes a respirator, headlamp and oxygen canister.
Ultra-lux Titanic watch creator Romain Jerom is back with Steampunk a la Grande; it features a bezel studded with 80 hand-applied rivets and four bolts that resemble watertight hatches.
Art director Adam Miller gives us the lowdown on the steampunk style of Damnation; it’s definitely more hard-edged, more mechanical and less ornate than your typical Victorian fare.
The Japanese debut trailer for End of Eternity is out, not that language matters — there’s no speech, just lots of gorgeous visuals that really show off the game’s steampunk overtones.
Get your mad scientist groove on with these custom steampunk goggles; they feature a five lens system that includes a large flip down magnifier and two smaller flip downs on either side.
Set in an alternate reality 1914, War of the Worlds: Goliath is a steampunk fan’s dream, with humans piloting steam-powered tripods and 1500 foot zeppelins made with Martian tech.
Outland Armour does some of the best steampunk cosplaying/costuming around, traveling as an entourage to various conventions; our fave is the bionic chick with the gatling arm.
Retrowerk’s Steampunk Watches come straight out of a Jules Verne novel, with worn steel and brass cases and a telescopic lever system; some include compasses and glow in the dark.
Lifelong inventor Dan (aka Tinkerbots) of San Diego has a sweet collection of ray guns that are pure heaven for steampunk and retro sci-fi fans; he assembles them from found objects.
Atomisers have come a long way since the days of the Blunderbuss and Death Ray; the Victorious Mongoose 1902a is for stylish steampunkers who prefer a pocket-sized ray pistol.
V&A Steamworks’ Steampunk Lego Robots are detailed yet actually work, with motorized claws and gun mounts; also checkout their Batmobile-esque Steam Carriage.
An affordable version of The Unnatural Selector, Dr. Grordbort’s Wave Disrupter only measures 3″ yet shows an amazing amount of detail; it’s limited to a run of 900 pieces.
If NASA existed in Victorian england, astronauts would likely don something like this Steampunk Spacesuit; it’s made with a garden propagator and sports illuminated gauges.
If you’re a steampunk fan, Gatheryn is your MMO: think Jules Verne mixed with the casual atmosphere of Second Life, which means lots of wrought iron and no PVPing when it launches in 2009.
No doubt intended to augment the Moon Hater, Adrian Florea’s Hephaestus Crawler is a steampunk LEGO crawler with a cannon; it walks on eight legs like Theo Jansen’s kinetic walkers.
The Space Wreck is a t-shirt you’ll need to inspect closely; it sports an exploded, armor-plated sailing ship cruising the cosmos (for lusty three-armed space wenches, no doubt).
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