Any steampunk heroes/villains out there?
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Absinth_Incubus,
Posted on: 2008-08-08 24:58 in Multi-Media Fan Creations
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Looking great there! Now I want to play my Steampunkian girls again...
BTW, there is a Victorian-era themed SG on Protector, the SPI. And yes, it is fun to have a bunch of them running around 
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Really? Who runs it?? How can I contact them?
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Aptly put.
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I have no less than 12 Steampunk Characters.
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I have no less than 12 Steampunk Characters.
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That's because you are a Redname, and Redname = freaks. 
Also, first before the first person to post after me.
TL
So can someone define a steampunk character for me?
Like is it just someone who uses the steampunk options for the creator or is it more then that?
I don't normally do this, but Wikipedia summed it up perfectly.
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Steampunk is a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date. Other examples of steampunk contain alternate history-style presentations of "the path not taken" of such technology as dirigibles or analog computers; these frequently are presented in an idealized light, or a presumption of functionality.
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So can someone define a steampunk character for me?
Like is it just someone who uses the steampunk options for the creator or is it more then that?
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I've always seen it defined at Victorian era Sci-fi...robots, fantastic devices, etc, all pretty much bronze and powered by steam. Think the Clockwork and you're on the right track.
Not sure where the "punk" part comes in.
TL
Oh thanks, that sums it up just right!
No characters that are powered by steam though but was curious. I guess TA could fall into that sci-fi, fantasy armor, robot genre but from the description he doesn't quite fit no?
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So can someone define a steampunk character for me?
Like is it just someone who uses the steampunk options for the creator or is it more then that?
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The steampunk genre, contrary to what some ppl. may claim is NOT of dystopic ideals. It's high adventure, clockwork/steam driven apparatus used in every day life and war. It's also about embracing Romanticism to the fullest (not romance but Romance with a capital R as in the social/literary movement). With elements from HG Wells, Jules Verne and historical fiction thrown in for good measure. Most of it set in Europe like England or France but it's set in the United States (such as the genre "weird west" to some degree")
The are even bands that have a "steampunk/victorian/edwardian" feel to them like Abney Park (Road?)or Rasputina
Examples -
- Wild Wild West (the bad guy and the giant mechanical spider).
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic to some degree.
- the old RPG Castle Falkenstein
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y4u8sWO1Kk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHeRlBDwY2k
Yeah the movie Wild wild west sums it up for me, thanks!
So would the movie Rocketeer fall into this category as well?
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I have no less than 12 Steampunk Characters.
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Quoted due to awesomeness of Kos.
*obligatory pics or it didn't happen* 
Also, as a former 'Digital Jockey' for an online MMO-gamer centric 'radio station' that I won't name, I used to play a LOT Abney Park on my time slot. Until recently they were very much more 'Dark' or 'Goth'-esque. I'm interested in the new direction (Captain) Robert has taken. (Hells I want to make a kilt like they have listed for purchase on their site. However with a bit more leather)
Rasputina definitely borrows from the Victorian era yet I'd be hesitant to pidgeon hole them under 'steampunk' as well.
However, both groups are pure aural sex and I encourage anyone who hasn't listened to them to do so. Your ears will thank me.
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Rocketeer is more pulp or golden age. 1920's and 30's. Steampunk is specifically based on 19th century tech. Here's a couple of jetpacks that are more steampunk styled. jetpack jetpack 2
For a good reference, Nemesis and his boys are very steampunk.
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Damn I want some more steampunk options like those packs there. /drool
Hell just boots would be a start.. though the jump boots are nice to help fill in that costume hole.
I use steam AND clockwork driven concepts for my steampunk oriented toons.
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The Queen's Menagerie
Also, see the movie Steamboy.
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Steampunk is the idea that steam power and "clockwork" mechanics could somehow be harnessed to create advanced technology. At it's fringes, stuff like imagining that Charles Babbage managed to turn the Differential Engine into a real supercomputer counts as Steampunk.
And if you're not already aware of them, you should find the Girl Genius comic website.
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And if you're not already aware of them, you should find the Girl Genius comic website.
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love that series ! it stars a smart , funny and adventourus girl hero
and shes not there just to provide eye candy .
I hope this isn't against forum rules, but theres a contest for steampunk art on Deviant here. Since it's being run by one of the giants, there will likely be a lot entries with of neat stuff to look at if she posts all the entries, might want to keep and eye peeled if you like the stuff.
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Here's Steamshot, an old British Big Game Hunter spun out of his time and dimension by his friend, Charles Babbage, and the scientist's young protege, H.G.Wells. He carries with him the Sullivan & Drake Gemini Mark VI Automated Ammunition Adjusting (AAA) Steam Rifle (with all the most pertinent upgrades, of course).
It was fun getting him that rifle at level 1, lemme tell you. I really do need to work up a full Virtueverse page for him, though.
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as an avid steampunk/pulp fan and a new recruit into pulp's sg,
i must say that steamshot is one of, if not THE best depiction i've seen so far, that there my friend is one bad@$$ toon, gj, gj indeed. and i'll pop some screenies up here once i get home
(edit) ok, that link in my post, completely accidental, i was just using an expletive to emphasize my point and whamo! a linky, i ain't touching it though. 
Oh yeah, that was the time that girl got her whatchamacallit stuck in that guys dooblickitz and then what his name did that thing with the lizards and it cleared right up.
screw your joke, i want "FREEM"
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Steampunk Duel
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That is awesome.
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BWAHAHA....
indeed
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I've tried getting into steampunk, but I just can't find much of interest.
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