We all have those dreams — flying around in our sleep. The ironwork supporting Nathan Proudlove’s Mistral II steampunk aircraft carrier is inspired by Gustave Eiffel’s architectural masterpiece, topped with a lovely pavilion reminiscent of the Palais d’Industrie from the 1855 Paris World’s Fair.
Naturally, the crow’s nest hangs down, and the flight deck is primed [...]
The Wunderkammer or cabinet of curiosities existed since the Renaissance to collect intriguing man-made and natural artifacts. Guy Himber (V&A Steamworks) does the same in LEGO with his rendition of wunderkammer in a steampunk style, collecting artifacts from various builders.
Felix Greco (gipmetro) is excited about the upcoming release of the LEGO Atlantis sets, as am I. As sets trickle into stores, Felix may be the first to build a creation of his own design — this lovely submersible:
The submersible is accompanied in its undersea endeavors by a certain Artimus Rhodes:
Nathan Proudlove says his latest steampunk creation was inspired by Dark Cloud 2, a Christina Aguilera song, and the steam spider by Crabfu Steamworks.
In contrast to a lot of steampunk creations of the past, Nathan includes big splotches of color. The big flywheel gives it the classic steampunk touch, but the turquoise boiler and accents [...]
A good amount of my day yesterday was spent talking about the US Air Force and LEGO steampunk with a cousin-in-law who is coming out of his dark ages. So it seemed fortuitous that Rod Gillies (2 Much Caffeine) posted pictures of his steam jet powered P2 Thunderbolt of the US Air Cavalry, circa 1906. [...]
The LEGO steampunk 100-Piece Challenge just ended, and Drew (dover) came in right under the wire with this colorful contraption.
I’m not entirely certain what that dark blue piece is, but knowing Drew, it could be anything from Duplo to Galidor.
V&A Steamworks has released yet another incredibly detailed clockwork sea-creature into the ocean depths. This one wants to sting you.
Crimson Wolf uses great techniques and parts for this Steampunk creation. I particularly like the parts used on the windows:
It probably helps that I’m a sucker for sepia tones in photography, but I like that the treatment on this gives it a sort of “old-timey” flair.
You can check out more entries for the 100-Part [...]
Over on flickr, The Magic Tuba Pixie has posted this fantastic underwater scene. I absolutely love the detailing under the dome on the jellyfish. The customization on the minifig is also excellent. The breathing apparatus is excellent.
With a gap between LEGO creations of almost two years, it’s great to see something new from Chris Malloy (porschecm2). His Iron Golem is both sinister and adorably, simultaneously mechanical and biological.
The Chinese hats from the Adventurers Orient Expedition theme add a nice riveted look over the robot’s joints.
Sounds like it should a horrible mashup of bandwagon themes, but it’s actually one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while. Nathan Proudlove built this steampunk battle bug for this year’s BrickCon in Seattle. Way to bring it.
Looking forward to seeing it in person.
Jordan Schwartz finished a three month project on making a “steam-powered, schooner-shaped paddleboat.” Although there are many classic sea vessels and pirate ships, a large-sized steampunk ship is quite a delicacy. You can see this great build in person if you’re coming to BrickFair later this month.
Kevin Fedde Crimson Wolf, built this artificial steam powered intellect (ASPI) for the Flickr Steampunk group’s 100 piece challenge, and I just love it.
Guy Himber (V&A Steamworks) recently kicked off a series of LEGO creations that each incorporate a Knights Kingdom II shield.
Guy started with a clockwork lionfish (above) and followed it with an eagle ray (below).
As always, Guy combines SYSTEM, Duplo, and Bionicle elements in new and interesting ways.
I put off blogging this lovely floating rock/steampunk city by Kevin Fedde (Crimson Wolf) because Nannan had just just blogged his Field of Dreams.
It’s like a lovely steampunk version of 10193 Medieval Market Village:
Since then, Kevin has also posted a very cool dune buggy from Red Faction: Guerilla.
The red backdrop adds a lot to the [...]
This steampunk airship by Daniel García (Evo) may have the most unique shape I’ve seen in quite a while.
As cool as the airships that look like, well, ships are, there’s nothing to say that they have to look like ocean-going vessels with propellors or balloons tacked on. With underslung cannons and a prow that goes [...]
It’s not often that a creation makes me laugh out loud, but this steampunk vessel by, Rod Gillies, did just that. I love that oversized gun, reminds me of the cannons that Lego is always putting in their rowboats.
This Steampunk time machine by Erik Smit is a thing of beauty and a joy in every dimension. The use of floating boat hulls is truly inspired.