The Sexiness of Steampunk
 

Oh, to be more talented than I am...

http://steampunkworkshop.com/lcd.shtml

I love you, computer screen!

Heck - look at that keyboard!

Oh my that is too f'ing cool for words.

Yes, it really is a whole shebang kinda deal. Love the Jules Verne-iness of it all.

That is sweet! I love the rocker arm controls.

Man, that keyboard is drool-worthy. Gorgeous!

How would you do the mouse?

Maybe make it look like an ink blotter?

Would probably work best on a cordless optical mouse.

I've had quite a few drool-moments on this site. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this style!

Speaking of keyboards. My assistant jumbled all of her letter key buttons so nothing actually corresponds to its letter. It's a total mindf*ck. I can't use her computer at all. Too confusing. (I guess that was the point...) :D

Very cool stuff.

Wicked awesome!

Yeah, I've been to this site before. Someone who knew I longed for an office of modern equipment done exclusively in H.G. Wells/Jules Verne style turned me on to it.


Now to raise the $90K I'll need to buy the custom furnishings and customize all the equipment.

Um.... I wonder if anybody around here MODS computer (and stereo equipment too)? Hmmm....

Well, yeah, but Not Afraid has been pretty busy lately so I am not sure if she has time to work on something like this.

Couldn't you just see the leather wingback chair and everything?

Steampuck as a genre doesn't really appeal to me, but I must say that would be an awesome monitor to have (the keypboard is cool to look at but as a very fast touch typist it doesn't look like something I'd want to actually use.)

It's been awhile since I had my copper plate computer (with matching mouse, monitor and keyboard).

The next build of the Atomic Cookie Blast Furnace is gonna have a very different look- if I didn't already start buying stuff, I might go back to the steampunk genre.

Have you come across this before?

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/06/13...pired-off.html

http://www.wired.com/culture/design/...=1&slideView=6



If I worked there, I'd never want to go home. Think of the increased productivity!

For pure visual aesthetics, I lust after this ensemble:

Another great Steampunk site - it even has a Steampunk Name Generator!

That's cool, but too much like 2-dimensional set design and could be much improved upon - e.g. forget that flat cut-out representation of piping - put in some real brass tubing to replace the painted conduit already on the walls - I think the look is much cooler when made to actually be functional as well as decorative.

Ah man, it seems most of these steam punk sites are blocked

.

Mmmmm.


And, my steampunk name is Verd Davenport.

Sweet!

Ok, I've been oblivious to this whole "steampunk" thing, but after checking out some of the sites, I think I'm totally in love. :snap:

I shall create my own Steam Punk name:

Sebastian Von Hedon

Even the Steampunk Name Generator recognizes my future:

President Messalina Featherstone

Your steampunk name is ... Princess Orpha Banks

My name is the Honourable Edmund Lisney. Hmmm ok! It's almost Disney, but not quite :)

I like the steampunk genre aesthetically but can't think of anything besides William Gibson's "The Difference Engine" that was a good thing in the genre (I mean, besides elements of Jules Verne's writing). I saw an anime called "Steamboy" which had some great steampunk visuals, but fell flat in the plot department.

Cool!

Not sure if comic books are your bag, but Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentleman is a good example.

And aspects of The Golden Compass - Lyra's Oxford - were very steampunk inspired. And the book is fantastic.

Have you seen Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water.

Or The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello?

Thanks EH and GD I'll have to check out those recommendations. The only one of those I've had a chance to peruse was "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", which had a good concept, but lousy execution (in the film version... I am sure the comics are more entertaining).

The movie looked good but was complete crap. The comics are very, very well written.

I liked the steampunk elements in The Golden Compass but mostly because they were pretty minimal and mostly in the background. The movie version of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a good example of it as well but the movie thoroughly sucks (but not because of the steampunk).

While not strictly steampunk, I think my favorite title is Diamond Age.

Speaking of steampunk.... Did anyone here watch The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne? Michael Praed was smokin hot as Phineas Fogg.

I was curious about other Steampunk items and found the following:



Watch


Laptop


Actually, I like this watch better:




OK, THIS I wouln't mind having:

Kevy...
 

your entire post has me salivating. Sexy steampunk, indeed!

Or catch it at the Edison while enjoying a vintage cocktail

Even better!

This guy is my new hero.

Is it wrong to misquote someone?

Kevy, I can EASILY do that with vinyl wrap.

This woodworker knows the difference between vinyl and a hand-rubbed cocobolo (which that appears to be).

Hmm, doesn't look like real wood to me.

The company that makes that rig is called Wood Contours. They are based in Thousand Oaks, but their web site totally blows. However, I remember previously seeing that unit and knew that it was wood.

In looking for more info, I ran across this article from the New York Times: How to Soften the Edges of Technology.

How would you like to have a computer that looks like this:



Or this:



I see Coaster Matt getting this one:



These are all from Suissa Computers.

I want one that looks like this

:blush:

Mine, too. Day-um. Golly, I want that clockwork necklace.

Hee hee

One of the pictures on the article Kevy linked (namely the Sangaku case) gave me a nice idea... what about doing a computer case in the Arts & Crafts style, using wood, a router, and opaque colored plastic? Sort of something that would fit in at Storyteller's Cafe, you know?

Oooh... or even wood and stained glass. I used to do the kind of stained glass where you applied the color with eyedroppers and outlined the image in something called liquid leading. That would be totally easy to do!

Check out this one:

Pendant

Or, this one:

Necklace

I'm absolutely drooling over this one:

Brooch

And, this would look awesome on just about any wall:

Clock

You people are MEAN!

Those are beautiful!

I'm tempted to buy a bag of vintage clock parts and make the jewelry myself, and then give it to friends too. :)

You mean something like this?

Of course, I had to go to Etsy and find MORE stuff.....

Well, I think we should have a steampunk jewelry-making party!

Kevy, I've got a whole drawer full of pics of a Suissa computer Revolution... :)

I think the next Atomic Cookie Blast Furnace is gonna be in a wood case - from Spotswood Custom Computer Cases

Oooooh!!! Now THAT would be fun! :snap:

I think I might make a trip to Bohemian Crystal at the fabric district first though. They have a ton of jewelry parts for dirt cheap (including some cameos and a gob of assorted brassy things), and I'm betting that the jewelry district might even have some clock gears by the pound or something.

So, first we need a trip downtown, then a night for making the goods! :D

Oh, and apparently, that gear clock is also available at Target:
Clock

And who would have thought that JCPenney actually has something cool:
Clock Set

Pretty !!!! :D

Interesting. Those are basically kick (bass) drums used as computer cabinets.

This person makes cool things one can wear:

http://porkshanks.livejournal.com/

F'ing awesome. Though I appreciate the keyboard more than the monitor myself.

Though I do find myself conflicted with design for designs stake, adding nothing practical in the execution and in many ways impacting the functionality of the original design detrimentally. Hmm internal conflict on this one will not be quickly resolved.

Retrofitting in reverse is certainly a form over function enterprise, but as works of techno-art I stand impressed. It will be interesting to see how the movement progresses. Perhaps some of the I.D. issues will be tackled to improve the overall functionality.

A can of Mr. Pibb sitting on my USB beverage cooler kind of spoils the mood of a steampunk case and monitor. :)

So mod the beverage cooler :)

I just recently reconnected with a friend from years ago via LJ, and he's involved in local steampunk/victoriana stuff. Yay croquet this spring! Now I just need something to wear...

Yes, I would like one of those as well. ;)

The Steampunk name generator hates me...

Pastor Gaylord Keeler

WTF?!?

You sound like one of my Mayflower relatives. ;)

Heh, we always catch the same NPR stories! Makes sense, since our relatives were both on the Mayflower...

It's not steampunk, but there's a pretty art deco mod here.

Sweet!

OMG, that's gorgeous.


Sigh, I wish I could afford Steampunk.

And I wish I was talented enough to steampunk my own boring crap. :)

you could. not everything has to be high dollar hand fitted brass and machined bronze fittings.

I think you could do a lot with simpler materials and a few creative ideas

Sorry, but precious metals and fantastic woods are the essence of Steampunk creations. You can't do it with tin and plywood.

Not necessarily steampunk, but servicing a similar interest...VINTAGE SCIENCE. Thank you Flickr!

From Tref's thread on abandoned buildings, I poked around the site and found a place in Ryhope, England that EH needs to raid:



I found this place here.

Be still my quivering heart and loins!

Dare I say....LoT Commune?

A guy talks about his steampunk projects. I'd watch through to the end.

I'd be interested in seeing the H. G. Wells sketchbook that he mentions. Keep it brassy!

Hehe. Authenticity!

after seeing (and napping in the loving shade of) the steampunk treehouse, I think I can effectively disagree with that statement. it was raw, rusted, funky and beautiful. no precious metals or exotic woods anywhere to be seen

Let there be steampunk lights.

Steampunk in a way. I love the idea of this.

Holy Jules Verne, Batman!!

I love the idea of a tunnel from New York to London just for this viewing device

the story of the telectroscope

even the drawings are cool

:snap:

I think it would be awesome to have these in the Tomorrowland section of each Disney park around the world.

O my god I just found this page and the T-shirts are so cool.:p

http://www.printfection.com/retro-future

Quick someone PM my wife about this I want one of everything for Yule :D ;) :)

Oooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shiny! Me wants!

In looking through the latest Pyramid Collection catalog, we saw this:

I guess I took too long to edit the above

In looking through the latest Pyramid Collection catalog, we saw these:




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And although not Steampunky, a couple of other pieces that we liked:













































I like this one especially because of the model:


Sorry - I hadn't intended on posting half of their catalog. I just really like their stuff.
(Susan says I was just insisting on displaying my gay-ness.)

Ah, Pyramid Collection. I could easily blow $3,000 in one order from there.

And you'll look lovely in it, Kevy!

Oh. My. Want.

ok, thats just awesome. I could wear that daily


...uh, the earpiece...not the dress :p

And here I was trying to picture you in the great outfit!! I think it would be lovely on you:evil:

sorry. not worth shaving my legs for something Id wear once.

:rolleyes:

It would be cooler if the gears actually turned.

The energy required to accomplish that would require a much larger battery.

Yeah, I'm a wet blanket

And boy would it suck if something got caught in the gears.

Since when does steampunk require batteries? You'd just need more coal.

But on a bluetooth, wouldn't some watch parts (what is the name for inner workings, I'm drawing a blank) work using a deftly disguised watch battery? Like faked bits of coal as Alex mentioned? I wish I were mechanical, this could be a fun project!

That earpiece is just a cosmetic piece, though.

If you were mechanical, you would be a robot

Or a pencil.

Well, I was giving credit for human form.

A friend just introduced me to this band:

Abney Park

NICE!!!

And they played in LA last night. Ouch.

They also played at the Edison for NYE

This isn't quite as steampunky, but I bet it could be. Just scored a copy of this pattern for $3.99

Steampunk house

Oooooooo.... Ahhhhhhh.... Ohhhhhhhh....

drool

Wow, that appears to be done surprisingly tastefully.

oh, if only I could inherit the El Mio house .... and twenty-six million dollars. Steampunk heaven it would be.

That computer desk....now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about! :snap: This is Steampunk at its finest.

yeah, I think I just found color palates and design ideas for the new interior of my house.

I'm so loving that

I actually really like the Victorian Steampunk House! While I love Steampunk style, I'm finding it a bit contrived, but they did a good job with the house and it certainly fits well with the architecture.

finally got to see the SP ratrod (blocked at work for whatever reason). the video worries me a might (like when the front grill fell off...and frankly, it sounds like shyte) as Im hoping its 'a project in progress'. some interesting bits on it, but I honestly envision something a bit more raw myself. and surely not modern V8 powered.
flathead maybe.

but yeah, its surely not lacking creativity

I like the kitchen a lot. Not sure if I like the lamp shades over the island, tho. I think I'd have chosen something else.

I totally see Chris in that kitchen... wearing brass goggles...

This made me check out the 360 view this time, and yeah, not sure what they were thinking with the stained glass. Did you see that sink?? Looks like the microwave is on the to-do list.

lol! The 360 thing made me dizzier than a bearded Sloan watching Cloverfield! Is the sink brass? I'm thinking that would be a pain to maintain. Yeah, the microwave should have metal whistles, gauges and cranks on it.

Sink looks like copper, don't think it takes much maintenance but I could be wrong.

Hmm, I thought the creamy color of the sink was more like porcelain or something.

Man we need to recalibrate that laptop monitor.

My dream computer case- A Doomsday Device

OMG. Want!

Lady Clankington is freaking HAWT!!!

But whose hand is that on her shoulder - kinda freaky. (Yeah, you can make out the person standing next to her, but I didn't notice that at first and I am sure others took pause as well).

That is pretty freaking cool!

did you mean the toy, the girl, or both?

I bet both :evil:

You know it! :evil:

Steampunk Skeletal t-shirt

I don't recall if this has been posted previously, but how about a Steampunk Laptop?



Heck, there's a whole bunch of Steampunk posts from that site here.

Steampunk Solitaire for iPhone/Pod/Pad

I have not played this game. It may totally suck. But it's free, possibly for a limited time, and I thought I'd at least make y'all aware of it.

If you like vampires and steampunk, I have a book series for you! The author is Gail Carriger, and the first book is called Soulless. The byline is "A novel of vampires, werewolves, and parasols." It has a plucky lady of impeccable manners, a handsome werewolf, high society vampires, and is set in an alternate steampunkish Victorian London. It's a delightfully frothy read!

Any gay characters of significance?

You mean, "significant Others?"

Not so far. I'm only a short ways into the first book.

Manoa Valley Theatre here is doing a version of 'Around the World in 80 Days' and the set, costumes and advertising are all steampunk. It's wonderful.

I'm intrigued.

I'm starting in on the 3rd book. They are very enjoyable. A comedy of manners with dark undercurrents.

It also reminds one that a well equipped parasol can be most efficacious when one finds oneself in bothersome circumstances concerning danger to ones dignity.

And yes, SM, there are... eh-em... gentlemen of peculiar sensibilities; as well as an eccentric inventorix with a scandalous predilection for men's clothing. (and if that's not bad enough, she's French!)

This is (to me) about as sexy as it gets. Mostly safe for work (nothing is showing), but hidden just in case.

Just doesn't do it for me. I know it makes me less male but I can't help looking at that and saying "Ah, she squished her liver down into her leg somewhere in an attempt to mutilate herself to my liking..."

Then once I get past that I wonder why her ray gun apparently needs one extra bullet.

I don't know, I like a lady who can breathe (helps better for the screaming bits).

Octochair. http://thesteampunkhome.blogspot.com...teampunk+Home)

It looks like the young lady in Kevy's pic had her ribs removed!

The funny thing is, I had not paid much attention to the over-cinching of the corset. I was so enamored with her face and the overall look.

Interesting, but I think I'd have Lovecraftian nightmares if I had that in my home.

If anything could make steampunk jump the shark, it just might be Steampunk Palin. Ugh.

I just watched David Lynch's Dune again, for the first time in many years (It was actually a decent fan-edit using footage from the "TV version" to bolster the theatrical release, but I digress).

Two things occurred to me:
- The costume and set design are so amazingly steampunk. It was really a pleasure to look at them.
- The movie was much stupider than I remembered.

Worms. Spice. Is there a connection?

I have those kinds of nightmares anyway. Hee!

possibly the worst thing Ive ever seen Steampunked.


I breathlessly await someone to prove me wrong

The concept is just stupid. Palin loves oil.

Lynch's Dune is an aesethically beautiful movie best watched with the sound off.

This is what the set looks like for "Around the World in 80 Days" here:

Speaking of the sexiness of steampunk... This reads kinda steampunky to me (the faucet and the background), and it's definitely sexy:

Oh, and these are fun.

Some awesome prints here

Steampunk chopper

nice. now thats more like it.

Now, just put Sarah Palin on it........

Why ruin it like that?

not even if she were dressed like this

well....ok, maybe

Saw this for all the steampunker's - A Convention!

http://www.gaslightgathering.org/

My next dirigible:



More pics here

Yeah, wow.

Sign me up for a flight. Yes, over the Alps would be nice.














When do we depart?

I demand passage on your maiden voyage!

Clock fan how-to

For Lisa

That's freekin adorable. Chris now wants to build Thurston a personal zeppelin.

Now? Let's be honest, he's always wanted to, that image just gave him the courage to say so outloud.

Aww.

Around the world in 80 pugs!

WANT! That's enough to make me want to get back into Tarot.

hmm....I like those. let us know when you see them available please

Bwaha, which leads to the Not Remotely Steampunk tag at Regretsy. Oh dear.

OMG!!!! That clock on the mantle at about 30 seconds... My parents had that exact same clock when I was growing up!!! It's a Seth Thomas ca 1850. My brother has it now.

It might be considered so in Fernly. It's not really a happening place.

I'm going to label the Volvo Steampunk and sell it for big bucks.

My favorite Steampunk description came from Fej via who knows.....Steampunk is what happens when Goths discover brown.

This might be a touch over engineered

But it is glorious!

You say that like its a bad thing

in the time it took him to crank that open and pour, he could have walked to the nearest bar with less effort.

Yes, but how would that be entertaining? I love how the guy keeps a (almost) straight face while demonstrating this marvel of inefficiency. The girl oohing and aahing is icing on the cake.

Watch the video again, and assume the guy knows his device is ridiculous.

Not quite Steampunk, but BioShock influenced this amazing PC.

Just found out there's a "Steampunk 101" panel at WonderCon on Sunday :)

Ooh, I like this Deco thing. Time for Steampunk to evolve!