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Post by popuptoaster on Nov 15, 2005 11:19:26 GMT -5
hi guys, im new, didnt even know paper models existed let alone starships till about 20 minutes ago!
Anyway, i played homeworld and homeworld 2 and i am printing out a couple of models as i type.
good site, congrats and i shall hopefully have a good collection soon.
Anyone know if there are any steam-punk style paper model starships or mechs available anywhere?
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Post by TheGlove on Nov 15, 2005 11:28:53 GMT -5
erm, what do you mean by steam punk?
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Post by Nerath on Nov 15, 2005 19:33:54 GMT -5
Steam punk is a genre of fiction (be it writing or movies or art) that involves futuristic technology but placed in a Victorian-era setting. Though they don't have the "punk" element, really, you can consider Jules Verne a kind of "steam punk" author. Old era, super-futuristic technology.
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Post by TheGlove on Nov 16, 2005 8:43:06 GMT -5
erm, isn't that cyberpunk?
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Post by Nerath on Nov 16, 2005 21:23:58 GMT -5
Steampunk is a subcategory of cyberpunk. Cyberpunk can take place in any era; basically, it's a type of literature where the author portrays a societal breakdown (or some similar or related concept) while using technology and futurustic science to demonstrate that. Steampunk is cyberpunk, but in the Victorian era specifically.
And to answer the question, I don't believe we have any steampunk. What did you have in mind?
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Post by popuptoaster on Nov 18, 2005 9:18:11 GMT -5
thanks for the replies guys, i wasn't really after specific steam punk models, i just particulally like that style of cast iron, big rivets, wood and victorian drawing room style interiors for starships.
I play Space 1889 as a tabletop RPG though so some "Ether flyers" would be great as paper models, they are space ships that use a "solar boiler" to make steam to drive an "ether propeller" and have the look of the old iron clad battleships, with 4 pounder cannons and gatling guns as weapons. Using hydrogen (as the zeppelins did) or "Martian liftwood) to get em up into orbit.
Good description of the genre by the Nerath.
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Post by TheGlove on Nov 18, 2005 21:26:13 GMT -5
Try Dystopia for HL2
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Post by Enterprise-E on Nov 19, 2005 5:22:55 GMT -5
Sounds similar to me in style to BattleFleet Gothic. i maybe wrong though... BFG has traditional scifi technology involved i think.
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