Steam, the Hunt, begins tomorrow!

| February 28, 2011

The Steam Hunt for 2011 will begin tomorrow, and last the entire month of March!  For those not involved in SL, hunts in Second Life are endeavors in which a group of merchants band together and provide special items for participating individuals (and ideally the individuals will find something of their liking at said stores).  Some enjoy items that are outstanding (and free), others enjoy the hunt, yet others simply with to involve themselves a bit more with SL Steampunk!

 

An example of a Steam Hunt treasure!
Regardless of one’s motivation, there are plenty of established stores, and a number of new Steampunk stores on this year’s hunt, so if one has a penchant for seeing a wider variety of SL Steampunk items and designers, do take a moment (or a bit longer) to indulge in this year’s hunt!
Ladies’ attire from the Steam Hunt – the “Victorian Spy”,
by Snowpaws
To keep up to date with the goings on with the Steam Hunt, do pay a visit to their main page, located at: http://steamthehunt.blogspot.com/, or pay a visit to Virtually Classic Fashions, where Miss Carver provides a more in-depth review of selected items from the hunt, at: http://seabreezegal.blogspot.com/

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New Dr. Who MMORG to be deisgned by Three Rings (the company with the amazing Nemo-Submersible office)

| February 28, 2011

What a proper meeting room should look like (more or less)…
Heard about a new Dr. Who MMORG which the BBC will be working with a company named Three Rings will begin work later this year (projected, at least).  I can’t say I am exceptionally knowledgeable about the Dr. Who genre, but the name of the company did ring a bell.  In fact, they received quite a bit of press a few years ago with their innovative Nautical Steampunk offices in San Francisco!
A screened photo of their glass wall divider (love the tentacles on the left!)

I will keep the debate on canon regarding the Dr. Who discussion to the appropriate boards and websites… however, I’ll certainly take the opportunity to post a few more photos of this amazing business establishment’s decor!  For more reviews and updates on their locale (which still remains the same), please visit…

http://www.becausewecan.org/SuperEco_press

http://www.wired.com/culture/design/multimedia/2007/06/gallery_nemo_office

http://www.nextgadgets.net/atlantis-inspired-steampunk-office-with-custom-desks/

Their plaque, commemorating their company (in brass, of course)!

…. and for the Dr. Who enthiasts who visit the SPT, here are a few locations of interest regarding the upcoming MMORG….

http://news.drwho-online.co.uk/#Doctor-Who-Worlds-in-Time-Multiplayer-Game

http://blogs.forbes.com/davidewalt/2011/02/24/doctor-whos-first-multiplayer-game-worlds-in-time/?partner=yahootix

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/33215/BBC_Three_Rings_Creating_FreeToPlay_Dr_Who_Online_Game.php

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Penny Farthing Bicycle Races!

| February 25, 2011

Via Wondermark comes a great collection of photos of the Penny Farthing Championships in Evandale, Tasmania. Here’s just a taste:

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Steampunk Events: 25th to 27th of February, 2011

| February 25, 2011

AnachroCon, the Southern Steampunk gathering of impressive measure, will be taking place this weekend in Atlanta, GA!  This event is quite literally jam-packed with presentations, specialty program track, a cavalcade of vendors and fan tables, and much, much more!  For further information, please visit their homepage (while on the road to the convention), at: http://www.anachrocon.com/home-2/

In conjunction with AnachroCon, the Artifice Club will be hosting a Gaslamp Gala @ 7pm (tonight)!  With exceptional music and additional entertainment, the Gaslamp Gala is certain to be an outstanding introduction to AnachroCon!  For further details, please see their online location, at: http://theartificeclub.weebly.com/the-gaslamp-gala.html

In Second Life, the legendary builder Nemo will be in attendance at the Steampunk Flea market this Saturday, the 26th!  As the event manager, Mr. Kuperpunk explained…
 ”…we start our great Steampunk Fleamarket next to Kafe Kruemelkram in Second Life. The best and most famous SL Steampunk Designers and Artists will present their works on a victorian market on drifting platforms in the harbour of Kafe Kruemelkram. One of them is Sextan Shepherd. well known for his amazing steampunk city “Nemo” which was reported about not only in SecondLife but in the real world as well.” 

To pay a visit, please follow this SLurl to arrive at the Flea market: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ataria/56/160/23

(and my thanks for the patience of all readers as I attempt to catch up with the “projects in progress”!)

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The Dominion Dispatch, Issue Three, is on the Virtual Bookstands!

| February 24, 2011

Issue Three of the Dominion Dispatch hit the pavement today, and its a quality production replete from Steampunk Canada, replete with outstanding articles.  Between its pages, you’ll find a wide selection of fiction and non-fiction book reviews, Steampunk movie previews, attire development, and a preview of the Canadian National Steampunk Exhibition!  As one can gather, I certianly recommened that one takes a moment with a bit of your favorite coffee or tea, and indulge the latest issue of this work!  Issue three can be located here: http://www.steampunkcanada.ca/publications/DominionDispatch1_3.pdf
Additional information regarding previous issues of the Dominion Dispatch can be located at the Steampunk Canada homepage, located here: http://www.steampunkcanada.ca/dominiondispatch.htm

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Ed’s Office Tour

| February 24, 2011

Ed Skoudis is an information security geek with a good sense of humor. He’s recently completed his office, and is sharing it with us:

I’ve long been a reader of your Steampunk Home blog, and it has greatly inspired me. You’ve posted amazing articles over the years, and have really helped me refine my sense of fun and style. Inspired by your work, I conducted a massive office redesign and implementation for my workplace, which is located above my garage. The whole project took about 6 months… I got so many ideas for items in my office from your blog. I’m sure you’ll see various things you’ve linked to over the years throughout the office.

I’m so glad The Steampunk Home helped Ed “refine his sense of fun and style,” because that’s exactly what I try to do here. Style shouldn’t be pretentious, it should be fun. It isn’t just for designers or cool kids — you can apply the same otaku and analysis to your abode as you do to coding, or gaming, or whatever your passion is.

He sets the tone from the first approach, up a darkened set of stairs (complete with a runner and stair rods), to a Van De Graaff generator on the landing.


I’ve recently come to the realization that most of the steampunk style lies in accessories and light fixtures (layered on top of an old fashioned background), and I think you can see that from Ed’s room.


Lumen disk with some of the security books Ed has written.

Meters and robots and Dr. Who references, oh my!
The main light fixture is all pipes

What Ed describes as “a science experiment from the 1880′s gone wrong”

What I didn’t realize was that secret rooms are becoming a mainstay of steampunk design. (Although it doesn’t surprise me — what good mad scientist doesn’t hide her laboratory?) First, Holly Black’s Library, now Ed’s office.

The Secret Room is where Ed hides his minions — and if you are going to have minions, wouldn’t you get better work out of them if you provide them with a workspace as resplendent as this one?



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Help finish "Monty and the Runaway Furnace" Movie… (and a few website updates)!

| February 23, 2011

Came across this unique production which is currently being filmed, but unfortunately… they are having some issues with the last few scenes.  As nothing says Steampunk more than a steam boiler, I thought it would be quite appropriate to attempt to assist with their request to help complete their production!  For more details regarding Monty and the Runaway Furnace, please do visit their main location, at: http://www.montyandthefurnace.com/ , then consider a visit to their Kickstart aether location, at: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1729475697/monty-and-the-runaway-furnace
(Via her DeviantArt webpage) - do pay her a visit!
Now, onto the aforementioned website changes… I’ve added some new tabs under the header, to take advantage of Bloggers’ added functionality.  As such, I’ve been able to shoe-horn in a few more topics, and am in the process of bringing them up-to-speed, to your patience is appreciated!  The new categories are as follows…
Steampunk Facebook Pages – I’m moving the listing for the Steampunk Facebook Pages a bit higher.  Its current location is a bit … buried, shall we say, so with the growth of more Steampunk Facebook locations, I’m hoping to make it a bit easier to reach.  Again, if you happen to have (or know of) a Steampunk Facebook page, please do let me know, and I’ll add it as soon as possible!
Steampunk Esty Endeavors – The small artisans who travail making many of the good works seen by adherents of the Steampunk community can always use more accolades, so this will be my small effort to present links to their stores.  I’m thinking this will be a longer term project, as there are many Steampunk Esty stores, but one has to start somewhere!  If your Esty endeavor has a Steampunk focus, please do drop a line to TheSteampunkTribune@yahoo.com, and lets see if we can add your endeavor to the list!
Second Life Steampunk – As many know, I started this small yellow journal with Second Life Steampunk efforts.  Though I penned the old Steampunk Travelogue, I thought that a current listing of existing Steampunk locations, beyond the mish-mash (imo) which Second Life search presents, would be appropriate.  If you happen to know of a Steampunk sim that’s not listed, again, please do bend my elbow about it!
Steampunk Wonders of the World - This an occasionally visited topic, with a thread on Brass Goggles from 2007, and my own attempt to make a listing of the same topic on 2010.  As this is a longer term project, if you can think of something in RL (no, not Second Life), which may fit the bill as a Steampunk Wonder, please head on over to the page, and feel free to make a recommendation – ty!


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Romance! Edited Transcript

| February 23, 2011

Jasper Kiergarten: Hello everyone! Ladies and Gentlemen, Viv, Serafina, Jed and I are pleased to welcome you to the February edition of the Aether Salon – Romance!. I would like to thank each and every one of you for joining us today.As many of you know, the Aether Salon meets to discuss steam and Victorian topics on the third Sunday of each month, in Palisades and Academy, New Babbage. This is

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Romance! Unedited Transcript

| February 22, 2011

[13:55] Rowan Derryth waves plurkily[13:56] Icarus Ghost smiles.[13:56] Viv Trafalgar: I think that PP is a great source of wisdom and wit…[13:56] Bodhisatva Paperclip: Waits patiently for a chair :)[13:56] Simeon Bookmite: Mr Kiergaeten?[13:56] Serafina Puchkina chuckles at Miss Rowan’s adverb[13:56] Viv Trafalgar: and of course those same folks would attend Salon[13:56] Tepic Harlequin: i

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a very fleeting post

| February 22, 2011

There's much too much going on in the world right now for a proper entry. But here are some quick bits:

 

It's not too late to celebrate the Great Language Learning Month!

 

Felix Vallotton's art deserves much wider recognition. Beautiful stuff.

 

The good doctor of the Steampunk Tribune has opened the Steampunk Bazaar! Go look, you can spend hours there.

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Concept art preview of Steampunk Tooth Faeries, of the film production from the "Mr. Wicked Mr. Danior"!

| February 22, 2011


Detail of the fairy’s mechanical appendages



The other day I was fortunate enough to receive an email from Mr. Ben Mart, the director of the Wicked Mr. Danior, who kindly provided as yet unreleased concept art (by Mr. Chris Down) from his cinematographic endeavor.  As he extrapolated regarding the conceptual work…


The Wicked Mr Danior is proud to present inconjuntion with The Steampunk Tribune, the world’s first preview of our steampunk’d tooth fairies by Chris Down 2009,(www.chrisdown.co.uk) Chris is one of the leading UK Fairy Artists, originally trained as an engineer he (thankfully), turned to drawing the fantasy and fairy kingdom’s. We wish to thank him for the superb designs.


Concept art detail of the fairy’s face and back



Our tooth fairies differ from other steampunk fairies, as our tooth fairies ain’t “born” mechanical but natural and have been steampunk’d, adopted by the crazed tinder dwarf, Mr Monroe. As you can see the wings are used as the power source to drive the tools that help manufacture Danior’s world famous dentures. On a intellectual basis I conotate this tooth fairy production line as a metaphor for the start of Industrail Revolution and how the rural workers and childern were forced economical and though brutal laws(the Inclosure Acts) into factories and mills in the new industrial cities of  northern England.


Mechanical design detail


We are now developing this film project and we’re raising further development funds through our indiegogo campaign. If you wish to contribute towards out steam punk fairytale we offer a  selection of perks from concept art to tooth fairy jewelry.  please follow link below   

http://www.indiegogo.com/The-Wicked-Mr-Danior


Additional mechanical detail, and an image of a free fairy! 



Also you can follow us on facebook and our blogsite

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Wicked-Mr-Danior/155109691207270
http://thewickedmrdanior.blogspot.com/

Finally we wish to welcome Joe Slatter (from The Dark Power) to the team as Prop Master and the Architect to our steam punk dentist chair.


Most certainly looking forward to more details regarding the Wicked Mr. Danior – I’ll keep you posted as more details become available!

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The incredible Super-Steampunk artwork of Mr. Chet Phillips

| February 21, 2011

Via IO9, I came across the most outstanding artwork of Mr. Chet Phillips, who has (now) two sets of Steampunk Super-Individuals!  Originally he had a set of the “Union of Superlative Heroes” trading card set, and had now gone and produced a new set, titled the “Order of Nefarious Villains”!  Excellent art and background appropriate to the era, these cards are gems!

I would heartily recommend a visit to Mr. C. Phillips’s website, where you can obtain copies of both decks, so do pay a visit to his website, at: http://www.chetart.com/, and his Esty site, at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/chetart, which has an extensive collection of his art – do enjoy!

“The Purple Jester” (aka, the Joker”), from his latest work!

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