Cave racing, across the universe
As has been previously blogged here I made a cave racer and asked Jas Nagra to make a variant. As a few people expressed interest in doing their own I posted a couple more and marked the blue one with the design criterion. Well it is now developing into a little league with various racers popping up so I created a flickr group to collect the racers.
EDIT: Some clearer guidelines
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April 14th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Interesting… This might be a new theme all its own.
April 14th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
All good building trends deserve a Flickr group of their own, and this is indeed a good trend. My favorites so far are your flaming Art Deco racer and Tim’s Italian racer.
April 14th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
spelunkpunk
April 14th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Hang Racing… very fast… very dangerous… Only the truly brave or villainous place their fates behind these machines. Only Death rides behind them… cue dramatic music.
April 14th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
I like ’spelunkpunk’. The pilots are definitely crazy, suicidal or just plain rash.
April 14th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
It took April Fools Day to get me to reply to ANYTHING online. That reply was on Brothers Brick, now, I have to say, I have been inspired to build because of a posting and I’ll have something to add to this genre before the week is out I promise.
April 14th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Excellent. Glad to see you getting into the fun
Look forward to seeing what you come up with.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:10 am
These are pretty cool looking, I might have to try it sometime. Steampunk though? Seems a bit of a stretch to categorize them as such.
April 15th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Heh, no Spelunkpunk. It’s pure wit actually. I’m going to to start calling it that.
April 15th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
DekoPuma> I agree it’s a bit of a stretch to call them steampunk but for want of a better category I figured it fit enough. Steampunk encompasses quite a broad range of aesthetics.
April 16th, 2008 at 5:11 am
I really can’t believe how my little contest has rocketed off and spawned all these little variations. They just keep getting more creative and more colorful. It is really kind of flattering to me, so I can only imagine how cool it must be for you.
TPM
April 16th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Yeah it’s pretty amazing. I had a suspicion it might after Jas’ was so well received but wasn’t quite prepared for what went next, even before I blogged it. Thanks so much for giving me the idea in the first place.
Tim