A self balancing, human powered, steampunk styled, Segway. All you need is a brave self balancing human. This is the ultimate green vehicle for all you eco conscious steampunkers. Is that an oxymoron? I made this out of mostly found materials. This was my first steampunk styled build.
These costumes are made by Twin Roses Designs. They have an awesome selection of custom costumes, with an entire category dedicated to Victorian fashion.
The Steampunk Santa Claus costume includes:
Steampunk Santa Hat: Based on early 20th century aviator hats, this hat is made from red pleather and completely lined with white velboa short pile faux fur.
Steampunk Santa Coat: Based on a 1910 pattern for a military trench coat, this unlined organic cotton chili pepper colored double-breasted coat features 12 gold tone metal buttons, back vent, two large external pockets, and buttons and tabs at each sleeve. White velboa short pile faux fur makes up the uniquely styled collar and the facings in each cuff and inside each side of the center front. The Steampunk Santa coat is shown here with cuffs turned back to show the facings.
Santa Breeches: Made from chili pepper colored organic cotton twill to match the coat above, these unlined button fly breeches are based on 1910 military style breeches with wide thighs, and are slender at the calf and ankles – just right for fitting into spats or gaiters!
Gaiters (or spats): Made from black pleather, these 1910 style gaiters are fully lined with cotton twill, and snap up the side with eleven nickel snaps.
Here’s an amazing look into a custom steampunk house owned by Bruce Rosenbaum, who specializes in Victorian style restorations.
I can’t get over how cool this is! He has steampunk gadgets and furniture throughout his home, including copper dog bowls and water filtration system, a steampunk entertainment system, telephone, thermometer, and numerous pieces of clever artwork. I can’t help but thinkg that this house would be a great place to film a movie.
Visit SteampunkWorkshop to view all the photos and read about the home tour.
Here’s a great way to add steampunky goodness to your Halloween party. Make a steampunk Jack O’Lantern!
Instructables has a step-by-step tutorial to guide you through the process. There’s a lot more to it than simply stretching a pair of goggles onto the pumpkin.
It’s complete with a fog machine controlled by the ioBridge IO-204 and lit by BlinkM RGB LEDs. The fog shoots out of its ears when motion is detected by a Passive Infrared sensor.
Seriously? Fog shoots out the ears when someone walks by? That is so very, very cool. Great job!
Congratulations to these fine looking steampunk newlyweds! What could be better than a steampunk wedding?
How about this 100% edible steampunk cake? Amazing! What a work of art. And again – the doors, gears, & rivets, EVERYTHING is made of delicious fondant and is entirely edible.
Sigh, this is making my goggles fog up. My steam engine is officially blown.
What a cool steampunk mononcle! Instructables.com has a detailed 13-step tutorial on how to make one yourself.
Like with any other project, we need to start somewhere. Usually I start sketching my ideas, to have some kind of blueprint to follow. This time I decide to do everything following only my creative talent (if we can call it a talent).
Materials needed:
- a 1.5 liter plastic bottle, the harder the better;
- an old leather purse (true or fake, no matter), ready to be dismantled;
- all-purpose glue, like mastic;
- an old pocket watch, not precious, not working and not reparable (maybe also not yours…);
- a piece of cardboard;
- a sheet of transparent plastic;
- elastic;
- 2 small metal hangers;
- gold, copper or bronze permanent marker;
- some uninsulated copper wire, medium thickness.
Instead of a purse and a watch you can use any kind of leather object big enough to provide the required amount of material, and any other mechanical device that can be reduced to a lot of cogs.
The copper wire should be uninsulated for showing the color. If you have a wire with transparent insulation, it will preserve the natural color of copper, otherwise it can develop an ugly oxide patina.
Optional materials:
- acrylic paint, any color you like;
- fixative or transparent varnish.
The paint is needed only if the leather’s color is wrong for your intentions. For a steampunkish style, you can use black, dark brown, dark bordeaux, anthracite or wet sand color paint. It’s up only to you.
So if you could watch a movie at any theater in the world…which one would you choose?
I think my vote would have to be this very cool, Captain Nemo-style home theater. Only problem is, I think I’d be investigating the theater’s Steampunk goodness whilst the movie went unwatched.
Olly Klassen, who had loved the movie “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” as a child, was inspired to build his home cinema in a similar fashion to the Nautilus.
Check out his site to see “before” and “after” photos. Amazing job, Olly!
