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Archive for the ‘Gear’ Category
Go Forth! Design a Raygun!
If you are anything unlike me (though perhaps like the Rev. Cpt. Flint or the Lady KL) then you wake up on any given morning and think “I wish I had some motivation other than mad science and/or sheer boredom to create a ray gun.” Well my good people, now you do! The somewhat insane [...]
I Do Say, Are Those Working Gears on Your Finger?
First off, thank you to my good compatriot Keith Kaye for bringing this lovely item to light. He is a wealth information for such things. Formalities aside, if you are, and I am vaguely afraid you may be, anything like mine-self I’m sure you’ve woken up thinking, or walked into a room thinking, or simply [...]
Vintage Clothing, Militaria, Devices and Gadgets for the Historical Steampunk
Steampunk fashion and culture can be DIY, modded, recreated, adapted, changed or created from the ground up. As a fashion and device aesthetic, it can come from or be any time period. Military clothing, badges, devices and gadgets are perfect for collecting or showing off. It’s even better when they’re actual historical pieces. World War [...]















