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
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. :-D
His most recent creation is a firefighting robot titled “Dühnlist, Flameward of the Deutsches Reich”:
The requisite Morgan19 schematic:
Finally, BuySteampunk.com is holding a contest in which you can actually win a copy of Jamie’s Kriegerhund . The site also has a great interview with Jamie as well.
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:
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?
See more on MOCPages or Brickshelf.
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 closer look for their unique decals.
As usual, there is the accompanying signature m19 schematic from the talented graphic designer.
