The Traveler's Steampunk Blog

Musings from a travelling Steampunk

Hobbies and Jobs for Steampunks

Traveler | 5. September 2010

Granted, the topic of this post pushes against the boundaries of what is healthy quite violently, but I guess more than a few of us have thought about really appropriate jobs and hobbies for Steampunks (and obviously Dieselpunks). It is all a question about how far you want to carry your lifestyle. The trouble is, [...]

LZ 10 Schwaben

Traveler | 12. August 2010

Since my current place of residence, Augsburg, is situated in the region of Swabia, German: Schwaben, so it is only good and proper I do a little article on LZ 10 Schwaben, the first Zeppelin in commercial use: LZ 10 Schwaben was not only the first commercially used Zeppelin, it was also the first passenger [...]

Dieselpunk Alice with Guns and Zeppelins

Traveler | 28. Juli 2010

Right, next year the director of Watchmen and 300 has a new project. This one is Sucker Punch and IMDB has the following very short statement concerning the plot: A young girl is institutionalized by her wicked stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her [...]

Some more on the Ratte

Traveler | 26. Juli 2010

While skimming across the waves of the Æthernet in my relentless search for blogging-material I came across yet another artist’s impression of the Landkreuzer Ratte: Excellent work, Cudos to Von Brrr. Von Brrr also has a number of other impressions of experimental vehicles in his gallery, so take a look. And another thing which makes me [...]

Zeppelin Music

Traveler | 24. Juli 2010

I should have done this article a long time ago. I had the idea a couple of times but for some reason I never got round doing it, i.e. putting it on my Steampunk Blog. So here we go, a collection of music and (provisional, in some cases) music videos, all in some connection to [...]

Happy Birthday, Count Zeppelin

Traveler | 8. Juli 2010

Steampunk Holiday July 8th, 1838, Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin is born in Konstanz, Grand Duchy of Baden. And as we all know, if it was not for him, one of the most iconic elements of Steampunk technology would not exist. So today, we raise our glasses to Count Zeppelin! People who looked [...]

Zeppelin Artwork

Traveler | 4. Juli 2010

Via my friend Nick’s blog I found the following magnificient artwork by Remton. Please pay him a visit his page on Deviant Art. It is titled “Luftflotte” and this says it all: Just notice the details, the woman (possibly a pilot) is wearing a headband with an Iron Cross and the Zeppelin (very futuristic, I [...]

Unapologetic Patriotism in Germany

Traveler | 3. Juli 2010

A while ago, I ranted about Germans being completely devoid of patriotic feelings. Well, it seems we are changing. Right now the FIFA Word Cup is on (I guess you noticed…) and Germany is once again all coloured black, red and gold, people are going around with painted faces, flags ties around their shoulders etc. [...]

Something awesome this Way comes

Traveler | 18. Juni 2010

And there’s even a Red Baron triplane operating from a flying aircraft carrier! This is Epic High Tech Steampunk! Findout more at War of the Worlds: Goliath And I once again have to thank Timo, my second pair of eyes on the internet. People who looked at this item also looked at… Dieselpunk Alice with [...]

A different kind of Zeppelin

Traveler | 25. Mai 2010

In this post I posted an image of the classic Maybach Zeppelin. It seems there is a new. more moderen, less classic version out: I guess this Zeppelin is beyond what most of us can afford. It still looks slightly Dieselpunk, despite its modernity. And no, I am not dreaming of owning this Maybach Zeppelin. [...]