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!
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Wash’O’bot!!!
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.
Horace Cheng roundup for March 5, 2008
With three fantastic creations in a row, Horace Cheng (Flickr) gets his own roundup post. :-)
A Daihatsu Midget inspired by hitahita-05:
Wildschwein, a steampunk version of the droid tank from Star Wars:
H.A.F.S. Cataphract:
Steam-powered cuirassier by Adrian Florea
Reasonably Clever is holding a LEGO challenge to build a steampunk creation in 50 pieces or less.
Adrian Florea joins the fun with a 44-piece cuirassier (Wikipedia in case, like me, you had no idea what that was).
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother takes heart again
Literary LEGO will attract my attention every time, but check out the footprints in this vignette by Sir Nadroj (Flickr):
Now, if only I liked Longfellow’s poem as much as I like Sir Nadroj’s LEGO version of “A Psalm of Life.” Oh well, I blame Modernism.
While we’re at it, Sir Nadroj’s “whistle-punk” lumber mill also deserves a highlight:
Matt Armstrong micros Rocko’s steampunk TIE fighter
Rocko’s steampunk TIE fighter has inspired Matt Armstrong to make his own micro version:
Okay, so the colors aren’t exactly the same, but the one-piece steam makes up for it.
Belated Jedi Steamfighter by Zach Clapsadle
You know how it goes. You build something for a contest, but you don’t get around to finishing it on time or taking pictures. Well, in the case of Zach Clapsadle‘s Jedi Steamfighter, the lateness doesn’t detract from the awesomeness.
Zach says he wanted to create a complete hyperdrive ring. Yowza! Let’s hope he comes back to this project and does that.
Thwaak roundup for February 18, 2008
Brent just keeps churning out fantastic creations. Enough words. Here’s the LEGO.
My favorite, an air barge powered by eggbeater-shaped propellers called Weal:
Phaeton Carriage and Iron Wasp:
Shrine of Etward:
See more in Brent’s Flickr photostream.
Brent’s Irradiant Dragon
After a sojourn through some great Black Fantasy and achieving fame with his Victorian Shuttle Tyderium, Brent is back to his punky magical ways with Irradiant Dragon. As much as I’ve enjoyed everything he’s built in the intervening weeks, it’s nice to see Brent go back to his “roots” (which appear to be yellow).
Incidentally, this is a good excuse to show everyone exactly how talented Brent actually is. Here’s the entirety of his LEGO collection:
If Brent can do what he does with just a few bins of LEGO, it just proves you don’t need an infinite supply of bricks to do amazing things.
Last minute Steam Wars highlights
The Steam Wars contest is wrapping up tonight. Check out some of the great last minute entries showing up.
Nelson Yrizarry (BigDaddy) enters with his steampunk version of Grievous’ Wheel Bike:
Motian with his steamfied take on the Slave I:
Adrian Florea with a steampunk’d AT-TE cleverly named the AT-sTEam:
ACPin‘s steampunk Sail Barge:
ARC-17 Steamfighter from Thire:
There’s plenty of entries in this exciting contest. Click here to see them all! Good luck to the skillful builders out there, the judges will have a tough time!
All-Terrain Steam Transport by Kaitimar
The lightest speeder in the outer rim!
A while ago I mentioned the speeder Matt Forcum has been working on, and I’m pleased to report that he’s finished it:
The speeder is instantly recognizable, and yet the balloon gives it a unique steampunk twist. What strikes me most, though, is the way the driver is dressed. This thing can’t possibly go much faster than 10 miles per hour, and yet he’s all decked out in a mask and goggles! It’s that type of humor — whimsy, I guess — that makes for good steampunk.
For more pics, check out the full photoset on Flickr.