Iysk Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 It seems pretty diverse, but I don't have a lot of brown. I've noticed a couple things in the airships I've seen but I want to know if it is really necessary: *Browns included *A zeppelin or propellers *Cannons *Lots of tubing Is this needed? I'm curious as to how they are powered (knowing they are fictional), as I'd like to have a bathroom and kitchen. Quote
MstrOfPppts Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Steampunk is fiction where everything, well most things are powered by steam. So yes the tubing and plumbing is necessary if you want to make a nice steampunk presentation. For air vessels zeppelins and helicopter like rotors are also necessary, since it's the only way one can imagine the thing flies. Steampunk is meant to be a historic universe with steam doing the job of electricity. Brown color? It's also a must. I myself have a big lack of that color, that's why I don't doo steampunk stuff. As said it's an historic universe, where most things are built of wood and brown is the best color to represent it. Of course different metals are also used, but since golden and chrome pieces are even rarer than brown (ordinary gray looks more like stone) people use brown as the main steampunk color. And about cannons. Every historic universe has wars, so yes they can be included but are not that mandatory. You can always create a civilian type of vehicle or building... Quote
Iysk Posted May 10, 2011 Author Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) Yeah, I figured... I'm considering using a light gray hull and building with brown on top I am lack in brown parts, but would the use of the nougat and tan work well with the wood look? I'd have to use black too... Edited May 10, 2011 by Iysk Quote
Peppermint_M Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 If you don't know the tropes of steampunk, why are you building it? But as I used to build it myself... Steampunk doesn't have to be a specific colour, but you do have to get the grand and over the top victorian stylings to it. There does need to be plumbing but that is about it. Victorins had paint too you know, so colour is permissable. Look at victorian inventions and vehicles to get the general idea of the syling. Tan would be raw wood, but darker shades would do well, (stained or varnished). Really, if you look up steampunk art, artwork for Verne and Wells books and other such things, you will know what to build. Quote
Capn Frank Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Brown color? It's also a must. I myself have a big lack of that color, that's why I don't doo steampunk stuff. As said it's an historic universe, where most things are built of wood and brown is the best color to represent it. Of course different metals are also used, but since golden and chrome pieces are even rarer than brown (ordinary gray looks more like stone) people use brown as the main steampunk color. [/quotE] I don't see a problem with using more bley than brown (or rown). I consider the latest bleys to be more steel colored than stone colored. You could use your limited brown to accent the exterior of the MOC and maybe even use some black to represent iron. Quote
B-Lister Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 Grays, browns, and metallics (copper and brass being the most popular), hoses, gears, vents, etc. You don't have to have a ton of brown but it helps. Seems if you have sets from the era of Rock Raiders/Western/Adventurers, you tend to have the assortment of parts required for Steampunk MOCs. Quote
-zenn Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 (edited) I'd think it all depends on the time setting, as long as they are steam-powered somehow. It could for instance be set in the future where they only progressed to steam and not further. Or a grimmy 1800's London vibe. Or a wonderfull fantasy rich present-day steampunk setting. With all kinds of crazy gadgets, contraptions and gizmos included! It's still your imagination what makes it work. But with most build I come across they use Brown (wood), Black (steel, boilers, gears), Light grays (tubing, pipes, valves) and Gold (accents). I would defintely take a look at some movies; 20,000 leages under the sea (1997), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003), Around the world in 80 days (2004), City of Ember (2008), The City of Lost Children (1995)[French], Dark City (1998), League of Extraodinary Gentlemen (2003), The Time Machine (2002), Van Hellsing (2004), Treasure Planet (2002), Wild Wild West (1999). I would also take a look at the Steampunk lego group over at Flickr for some inspiration. I did all of the above for one of mine Steampunk inspired builds. Edited February 5, 2012 by -zenn Quote
CptMugwash Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 Medium blue looks nice as an alternative to brown, aslong as you can pull it off also nougat, tan, etc. Gold, bronze, copper for accents, the lil 2x2 gold domes are nice for small boilers for small mocs, attach them using a small axle, other useful pieces are tiles with valves and gauges on, taps, pumps (pneumatic T piece), technic steering wheels, gears, ribbed and rigid hoses, these are good for levers, normal ones will do fine and so on and so on, use your imagination, mocpages and flickr are good for steampunk inspiration, also , I'd suggest bricklink, but set yourself a limit. You've got plenty of ideas and stuff, give it and go and post it up here, see what you can come up with. Quote
B-Lister Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 For airships, there IS a blimp balloon piece from the Adventurers theme. It is rare, and expensive, but looks good in pairs. Quote
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