The Traveler's Steampunk Blog

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Fun Friday – Furry Edition

| 26. August 2011

Who would have thought it… I am posting an update concerning Steampunk and Furries… The ætherweb really has information on everything… Well, I asked for information about Steampunk and Furries, in case someone could prove me wrong on my previous assertion that there is not too much overlap and guess what happened? The esteemed Mr. [...]

Hej, Polsko Steampunks

| 25. August 2011

Jak dowiedzieliśmy sie niedawno, Steampunk jest bardzo EDIT: popularny w Polsce (was, erroniously: popularna w Polska). And because I do not speak Polish (except for a few things like “dzień dobry” and “Piwo prosze”) I had to use Google Translate to get the title and the first sentence. I appologize for any mistakes in there, [...]

Too hot to blog

| 22. August 2011

It is really rather hot today.  Summer has finally arrived here – with a vengeance. So I cannot really spend much time on my blog. Later on, I shall also see if maybe a lion or a widebeest can be spotted on the horizon, during sunset… You know the kind of cheesy image you usually [...]

Steampunk Apparel Sale!

| 19. August 2011

We interrupt our regular program for a quick commercial break: My friend Anda, I featured her before, is having a sale at her Etsy shop, over here. Just let me quickly remind you of the quality of her work with a few exampes of her craftswomanship: Right now, she is hosting a clear-out sale to [...]

Abe Lincoln with Assault Rifle on Grizzly

| 16. August 2011

Personally  I think the politicans of the recent decades lack a certain something. But then maybe the presidents we consider heroic and badass today were just regular guys and acquired an aura of the superhuman through the course of history. Well, recently I came across the marvelous artwork of SharpWriter on DeviantArt and  he has [...]

Space 1889 the Series

| 14. August 2011

Back in the late 1980′s when I first regularly delved into the vast multiverse of Role Playing Games I came across Space 1889. It then held little interest for me. I was predominantly into Shadowrun (First Edition) and Dungeons & Dragons (the original boxed sets which went up to level 36). In my local RPG [...]

Art Deco Internet Propaganda

| 12. August 2011

Let us again speculate about parallel realities, different histories and fictional timelines. Go deep into Dieselpunk and think what would have happened if the Second World War had never happened, Stalin would not have happened and the world would be in an eternal slightly dangerous version of the 1930′s. And then the internet comes along [...]

Claudia Christian Goes Steampunk

| 12. Juni 2011

Remember Claudia Christian a.k.a. Commander Ivanova of Babylon 5? She is now involved in a Steampunk project. Yes, you got that right. Another Sci-Fi icon has picked up the Steampunk banner. The project in question is Æther Dancer, an independent production by a crew based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. But there is one catch: Since [...]

TGIF and Fun on Friday

| 10. Juni 2011

Well, it has been a while since I stated this but today I exclaim: TGIF! And since we all need to have a laugh once in a while I thought I share this little geeky gem with you: Roll a D6 from Connor Anderson on Vimeo. Yes, some role players out there have far too [...]

Inspirational Art

| 3. Juni 2011

Another find from the ætherweb. I have no idea who the artist is, I take no credit for it and if somebody knows, I am happy to provide a link to the artist’s site. This piece of photographic art is only marginally steampunk, at least there are very beautiful old typewriters in it. But I [...]