Author Topic: Anyone like steampunk? (Read 5896 times)

balvenie · « **on:** October 22, 2018, 09:12:27 PM »

Sorry that I don't know how to post a better link than a Twitter address but I just had to let you blokes see this. The Tweeter is @Steampunk_T RT and the pic I'm crazy about was posted 16 August, so you have some scrolling down to do.

tris · « **Reply #1 on:** October 23, 2018, 01:19:34 AM »

Lets say I'm "intrigued"

Its the mechanical stuff that grabs my interest - but I'm not sure about some of the masks!!

Every year, our county City Lincoln has a Steampunk Festival - I just need to get up there sometime!

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/steampunk-lincoln.html

balvenie · « **Reply #2 on:** October 23, 2018, 04:50:22 AM »

They're colourful people Tris

But it was the tank that got my attention at first. The retweet that i saw first made it look like one of my mother's Willow pattern china plates. Clicking on the original tweet revealed a motorcycle

so you people had to be informed

tris · « **Reply #3 on:** October 23, 2018, 06:11:15 AM »

I don't do "Tweetage" Balvenie so I have no clue what your link shows

Maybe an expert will be along soon to enlighten Luddites like me

cloudbase · « **Reply #4 on:** October 23, 2018, 02:47:56 PM »

I spent a fair portion of my adult life in the engine rooms of steamships. That fake wannabe stuff just doesn't do it for me.

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #5 on:** October 23, 2018, 03:40:59 PM »

Ooooo Look at me! I've bought some funky clothing and stuff! Whatever floats your boat I guess <shrug>

Tom H · « **Reply #6 on:** October 23, 2018, 04:03:31 PM »

I think I'm starting to understand this. It's like Mad Max crossed with 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.

Tom

Rainrider · « **Reply #7 on:** October 23, 2018, 04:28:42 PM »

I'm guessing this is the image in question:

https://mobile.twitter.com/Steampunk_T/status/1029888314877399040/photo/1

Daniel Kalal · « **Reply #8 on:** October 23, 2018, 04:33:05 PM »

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #9 on:** October 23, 2018, 05:50:22 PM »

I'm looking for the :hurl: emoticon..

RinkRat II · « **Reply #10 on:** October 23, 2018, 06:37:49 PM »

OCC Custom for VanDeKamp's Bakery??

Paul B

rodekyll · « **Reply #11 on:** October 23, 2018, 07:05:15 PM »

The only thing I see steampunk about the picture is the account name. The bike is more of a porcelin living room lamp theme. Not to detract from the effort.

Moto · « **Reply #12 on:** October 23, 2018, 07:13:50 PM »

Delft is what it is.

Turin · « **Reply #13 on:** October 23, 2018, 07:30:19 PM »

My grandmother has dishes like that. The paint is kinda neat.

I don't get the steampunk thing. There is nothing "punk" about that.

It's more Renaissance fair meets Sanford and Son.

oldbike54 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 23, 2018, 08:02:28 PM »

Not my style , still I can appreciate the patience and work it takes . Guessing my grandmother would have liked the paint work .

Dusty

normzone · « **Reply #15 on:** October 24, 2018, 12:03:19 AM »

Quote from: tris on October 23, 2018, 01:19:34 AM

Its the mechanical stuff that grabs my interest - but I'm not sure about some of the masks!!

(and)

" It's more Renaissance fair meets Sanford and Son "

Points taken - that said, as facial recognition software and authoritarian public monitoring come further into use, increased fashions in masks and odd makeup patterns may be the case.

If we were to indulge in all that copper and valves, it would either distill on the move or provide other useful outputs

balvenie · « **Reply #16 on:** October 24, 2018, 06:01:50 AM »

Thank you Daniel and rainrider

balvenie · « **Reply #17 on:** October 24, 2018, 06:04:05 AM »

And I Love the comments

mechanicsavant · « **Reply #18 on:** October 24, 2018, 07:54:23 AM »

I found Cptn. Nemo intriguing as a kid,but never made it a lifestyle!

tris · « **Reply #19 on:** October 24, 2018, 08:15:37 AM »

...... that or Wild Wild West

acguzzi · « **Reply #20 on:** October 24, 2018, 08:30:33 PM »

I had a nice steam punk helmet a few years back, and then I crashed.

Sheepdog · « **Reply #21 on:** October 25, 2018, 08:14:46 AM »

Steampunk is retro futurism...a sub genre of sci-fi/fantasy. The motorcycle shown above is reminiscent of a bottle of Vandermint...

Lannis · « **Reply #22 on:** October 25, 2018, 12:11:17 PM »

What I like is that whenever someone decides to join a movement to BE FREE! BE YOURSELF! DON'T ADHERE TO NORMS! DON'T LET THE MAN TELL YOU WHAT TO DO! .... like Bikers! or Steampunk! ...

there turns out to be rules and a uniform. Guess we can't help it ....

Lannis