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Steampunk R&D

A community of makers and crafters who are fond of gears, brass, and steam

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Sep 14, 2012

Adventure Time is one of the best TV shows for kids that's currently on the air. It's so good that it has real appeal for adults, too. Just do a Google image search for "Adventure Time costume" and yo ...

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Sep 13, 2012

President Andrew Jackson was a pretty rough guy. He routinely fought in duels, and even used to beat people with a stick. That's not very funny. However, Cracked.com makes it pretty entertaining in th ...

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Sep 13, 2012

Penny Dreadful Productions has made a series of short web videos to highlight their costume-making abilities, all of which take place in a world of their own creation, called "Remnant". These videos a ...

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Sep 13, 2012

I've heard many steampunks look at a prop and say, "but does it work?" Well, this ring certainly works. The gears are all calibrated to turn when the edges of the ring are turned, creating fascinating ...

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Sep 13, 2012

Who doesn't love a good alliteration? These postcards were painted in Paris between 1899 and 1910 and were supposed to imagine what Paris would be like in the year 2000. I think they were all right on ...

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Sep 13, 2012

Anthrax (the band, not the disease) remains one of my favorite bands, so I was really happy to see that Dan Spitz, the former guitarist of Anthrax, is now a master watchmaker, supposedly one of the be ...

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Sep 12, 2012

I guess it's a sex-themed night, but a few well-known people in the steampunk world are trying to put together a "Steampunk's Guide to Sex", including plain Victorian sexual practices as well as the s ...

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Sep 11, 2012

A man named Tom Hardwidge has taken it upon himself to create an army of steampunk insects from a bunch of different found materials, including bullets and pocket watches. He's made a ton of them—and ...

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Sep 11, 2012

You may or may not have heard of alt-rock band Panic! at the Disco, but a year and a half ago they released a single called "The Ballad of Mona Lisa", which had an accompanying music video that was St ...

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Sep 11, 2012

Threadless is a great site for anyone who wants to buy some steampunk t-shirts. For example, this bizarre shirt: Or maybe this one is more your speed: You can browse their site and come across all kin ...