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Started by Sticky Fingers, November 21, 2011, 12:57:11 PM

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Sticky Fingers

November 21, 2011, 12:57:11 PM
There ya go then:

1/72, for those who want to know. I'm trying to go for the steampunk-look here, and I hope i'm succeeding.

Cheers, thanks for looking.

ChernayaAkula

#1
November 21, 2011, 03:50:23 PM
From my point of view you are succeeding, as "steampunk" was my first thought upon seeing this!  :thumbsup:

Of course, when reading about long legs, I was thinking of something else (and, no, I'm not talking about long-range aircraft)!  ;D
Cheers,
Moritz

Must, then, my projects bend to the iron yoke of a mechanical system? Is my soaring spirit to be chained down to the snail's pace of matter?

Weaver

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November 21, 2011, 04:30:56 PM
Yes I was thinking about ostriches too....... ;)

Nice one Sticky - this looks very promising... :thumbsup:
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NARSES2

#3
November 22, 2011, 02:42:26 AM
Always found the steampunk genre fascinating.

A general question though. When did the term "Steampunk" come into general aceptance ? Back when I was a kid in the 50/60's there was some Victorian sci fi stuff, very little, but some and it wasn't called "Steampunk"
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Sticky Fingers

#4
November 22, 2011, 04:06:06 AM
I think, since it's quite the opposite of 'Cyberpunk' it would be an 80's / 90's phrase? Dunno, really. I'm a Frankensteiner, not a linguistic  ;D

Doc Yo

#5
November 22, 2011, 07:34:20 AM
  you're a credit to your avatar. This looks like a very promising build-keep us posted, please.

Weaver

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November 22, 2011, 12:34:09 PM
Quote from: NARSES2 on November 22, 2011, 02:42:26 AM
Always found the steampunk genre fascinating.

A general question though. When did the term "Steampunk" come into general aceptance ? Back when I was a kid in the 50/60's there was some Victorian sci fi stuff, very little, but some and it wasn't called "Steampunk"

According to Wikipedia, the term "cyberpunk" was coined around 1980 to characterise dystopian, near-future sci-fi in which IT and it's effects are a pervasive and transformative force, not just set-dressing. In the process the "xxxxx-punk" naming form was established. Other types of alternative reality sci-fi then used the xxxx-punk naming convention as convenient shorthand, with "steampunk" being coined around 1987. Other types are biopunk (near-future, but based around bio-technology rather than information technology) and dieselpunk (like steampunk, but based on 1920s/1930s tech rather than late 19th century).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

NARSES2

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November 23, 2011, 03:21:48 AM
Ta
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arkon

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November 23, 2011, 03:36:19 PM
imperial at-st for less devolped worlds?
cool
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