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wow it seems this appeals to lots of us 'closet' steampunkers :wave:

now if i was 30 years younger i'd be wearing that stuff :p

I'm inspired to make things for the gentleman of the Beacons...up in his steampunk tower ;)

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Wow I love that witch too...thanks for sharing that picture!

A community build or project would be fun! I rented the movie Dr Jekyl Mr Hyde with Robert Downy Jr. ....its very steampunk~esque. Im attracted to the gothic aspects of steampunk,and the idea of using something old in a new, interesting way.

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looky looky what i found :wub:

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=htt...%26tbs%3Disch:1

theres a really fab spooky house in her pics too :laughbounce:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cauldroncraft...57621921145619/

Bendantia is one of my Etsy teammates and her work is absolutely wonderful. She's a very sweet lady too. Her Etsy store, Cauldron Crafts, is here and she tends to do something steampunk fairly often.

Deb

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We had a Steampunk night at the Gothic club here in Gainesville a few years back when I was still single. Lots of fun and creativity. Never thought of building a dh with that theme, but excellent idea.

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spent sometime over the weekend making Steampunk stuff for the Beacon ...the gentleman of the house is a bit of a Steampunker :popcorn:

was fun to do but i had to stop myself from Steampunking everything in sight :D

best pic i could get sorry...my photographic skills are sometimes a bit tragic :woohoo:

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Oh cool Linda! Very nice stuff!

That's funny, I was looking for my watch parts that I bought months ago to do something steampunk with (cuz I was in the mood too)!

I however, put them in one of those "safe places" and now I can't find them. *sigh*

I'll be joining you soon...that is if I can find them all :D

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I love it! Isn't it fun? I started my first steampunk bed this week and am thinking that this is going to be an addiction inside of an addiction.

Deb

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Yep, apparently time IS on our side, Monica :)

The website I found for the movie version time machine is www.comet-miniatures.com - they have some great kits, although more than I can comfortably spend right now.

I'm so intrigued by the steampunk look...never tried it, but I think I will give it a whirl on my handmade greeting cards :) - and of course, the mini applications are endless... :banana:

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I haven't gotten that far yet Monica - but I do know that I will try to have working lights on it now that I'm not afraid of LED's any longer :) - have soldering tool, will travel :banana: Guess I will have to try and solder up those teeny tiny "cages" that surround the lights on top of control panel. :hug:

If I look a bit deeper, I bet I can come up with a way to motorize the disk...just depends how elaborate I'm willing to go, I guess. Next thing ya know, I'll be building the "tantalus box" the mini version was enclosed in in the movie :( Course, that would look uber-cool all steampunked out, dontcha think??? :)

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Oh cool Brae! How do you find this stuff? lol

:) Just call me the Second Assistant Consultant. I don't know where it comes from - but you mentioned spinning, and I thought, "PINWHEELS!" So, I googled it and found that crafty site. :banana:

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Ok, here's a pic or 2 of the disk so far...not perfect, but it will do I think. The hardest part for me was finding the "shape" in plastic that would work...I finally decided on the lid from a plastic Chinese take-out container (DH is a fool for Chinese take-out and I had oodles of the lids, so...) I just cut it down to the size I thought would work (approx. 5-1/2") I spray painted it with brown "Fusion" paint first, then went over it with Krylon metallic champagne color spray paint. The copper pieces are Gallery Glass Redi-Lead strips that I brushed with copper paint. (those redi-lead strips are God's gift to miniaturists, I tell ya! LOVE them!) I still want to add "somethin' to the back of it to try and make the back appear more rounded, although not sure what that would be... :)

Anyway, that's my progress so far... (not very steampunk-y, but seeing as the Time Machine is in this thread...here it is)

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