I didn’t think that Horace Cheng could improve on the wonderful flaptters (from Hayao Miyazaki’s Laputa: Castle in the Sky) we featured here a couple of years ago, but Horace proves me wrong with a “version 2″:
Though I kind of miss the grill, the overall shape is much better, and the chain works rather well […]
You’d think the steampunk walker has been done to death (and perhaps it has), but occasionally I see something new I just have to blog. Today, that’s Simon Tzidik’s “Steam Prancer,” which uses whips for its feet:
Adrian Florea takes the flyers of World War II as inspiration for his latest fighter:
The angled wings, the rear stabilizers, the chrome helmets… Fantastic. Here it is from another angle:
Like several of the LEGO fans we feature here, Alex Eylar (Flickr) is one of those builders whose work we could feature just about every time he posts something. Alex’s latest creations are a rootin’ tootin’ pair of Wild West battle-critters.
The Bullfrog has a very large saw blade:
The Huckleberry skitters along on the tips […]
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 […]
Sometimes, it’s the description that makes me laugh. Here’s Doctor Sinister in his own words: “With the AirHorse beneath you, friends will marvel at your elegance and will envy your good fortune.” Ha!
Lots more pictures on Tabletown.
While I’ve been busy attending literary events and the first Seattle Mariners game of the season, Brent was building more crazy flying contraptions.
First up, Professor Abraham Adams aboard Nimbus. Notice the electrical sparklies that apparently power this strange vehicle:
And his arch-rival, Doc Ed Jefferson (with son George) aboard Franklin’s Kite:
Check out this nifty little steampunk triplane.
Talk about swooshable!
Update (April 2): April Fools!
Mark Stafford’s invention of the theme called science fantasy looks like a combination of castle, steampunk, and science fiction. The result is a city called Sproket. The scene depicts the city plaza under invasion by pirates while guards and citizens respond in defense.
Check out the two walkers from the scene.
Jamie “Morgan19″ Spencer is on quite a roll with his custom steampunk creations. Sure, Jamie uses paint to achieve some of the gold coloring, but it’s so darn shiny and cool that even purists have got to give these beauties a closer look.
His most recent creation is a firefighting robot titled “Dühnlist, Flameward […]
Tim Zarki goes airborne with his latest two creations, a pair of steamilicious flyers.
Technically, the “Royal Defense Steam Hornet” is not in fact powered by steam (look closely):
“The Probably Most Definitely Dangerous Flying Machine” probably most definitely is:
Build a high-powered engine
Attach the engine to a long chain.
Attach a very small platform to the chain.
Stand on the platform.
Start the engine.
Hang on for dear life.
Behold Scott Whitesell’s “Redheaded Stepchild” driven by the intrepid Jesse “Flash” Tasker:
And a second racer, the Radial Ripper:
Following on his now-world-famous — and allegedly first — steampunk Dardenbahst, master customizer Jamie “Morgan19″ Spencer presents his second steampunk creation, full of shiny gold custom parts and lots of gears and chains. Behold the “Kriegerhund, Sentinel of the Deutsches Reich”:
Of course, what creation from Jamie would be complete without a detailed schematic?
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The 50 brick or less steampunk contest on Reasonably Clever has just ended. While we’ve blogged a few of the earlier entires, there’s plenty of great submissions towards the end. Here are some of my favorites:
Created by Nannan, Jarek, Chris, Jordan, and Adrian respectively.
Tim Zarki takes *punk in a different direction with this “rocketpunk” contraption, flown by the inimitable Baron de la Croix.
Who needs steam when you have solid propellant and can go a hundred times faster?
Jamie “Morgan19″ Spencer’s first venture into steampunk resulted in a beast of a machine called the Dardenbahst, Workhorse of the Deutsches Reich. The most appealing parts of this model are the custom spray painted metallic gold parts (using Krylon’s metallic gold spray) and the detailed mechanisms that suggest functional form. The minifigs too deserve a […]
Horace Cheng enters the Reasonably Clever steampunk contest with “Motte” — and he gives the world a lovely animated GIF to sit up here and cycle at the top of the page. Yay!
I can’t stop laughing, so I’ll just let Tim Goddard tell you all about his new bot himself:
“Wash day blues? Let Wash’O’bot wash, dry and iron your cloak for you!”
Ha! Excellent.
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