Saturday, February 11, 2012
Fans of steampunk / Victorian sci fi / VSF will be glad to hear that Steampunk magazine has released its first issue in two years. Issue #8 is available for free as a download, or in a relatively inexpensive printed edition.
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Friday, February 03, 2012
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
Eyecandy: Steampunk Wild West Town for Malifaux
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Friday, August 06, 2010
The Toposolitario site has a nice selection of paper models of mecha suitable for steampunk, pulp or wierd WWII games.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
J Womack has produced the first issue of the Aethergraph, a Victorian Science Fiction / Steampunk Fanzine. It looks good.
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Sunday, May 30, 2010
Photos I took at the World Steam Expo 2010 in Dearborn, Michigan. Lots of Victorian Science Fiction and Steampunk goodness here.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Toposolitario has uploaded a terrific free paper model of a steam mecha. It comes in several colors and varieties and would fit in with a steampunk, Weird WWI or Weird WWII theme.
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Tor, the publishing company, has an interesting collection of articles on Steampunk and the genre’s ethos.
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Saturday, May 09, 2009
Alex Broeckel is a terrific artist whose illustrations are a real source of inspiration for steampunkers.
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Thursday, May 07, 2009
Voyages Extraordinaire is a photography blog with a steampunk theme. Some of the photos were for me quite inspirational.
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Poll #3:
Cast your vote and then join the discussion to tell us why.
Miniature Wargaming is part of the "adventure games" hobby, which includes r ole p laying and board games. Wargamers recreate battles on the tabletop with toy soldiers, like a more complicated game of chess. Models range in height from 6mm to 28mm tall, with 15mm and 25mm being the most popular. There also is a growing interest in toy soldiers and military models, such as the 1/32 and 1/35 scale plastic soldiers from Conte, and Marx.
The most popular miniature wargames are fantasy and science fiction based, such as Warhammer, Warhammer 40K, Warmachine and The Lord of the Rings. World War II games such as Flames of War and Axis and Allies are new favorites. Other favorite historical periods include Napoleonics, the American Civil War, and ancients, such as Romans or Greeks. Other gamers enjoy miniature naval wargames, recreating battles like Trafalgar, Jutland and the Coral Sea.
Hobbyists research historical periods and paint their tiny soldiers in accurate uniforms. Others develop "historically realistic" rules sets or build scale battlefield terrain using model railroad techniques.
For pictures, visit the gallery.
Some of the bigger hobby companies are Games Workshop, which produces Warhammer, Wargames Foundry and Old Glory Miniatures. Wizards of the Coast produces several lines of pre-painted miniatures games, such as the Star Wars and Dungeons and Dragons miniatures games, and a historical game with pre-painted miniatures: The new Axis and Allies game. Wizkids produces a fantasy collectable miniatures game, such as the Mage Knight and Heroclick fantasy games, the science fiction games MechWarrior and Rocketmen, as well as the quasi-historical Pirates of the Spanish Main.
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