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Steampunk-themed army

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:04 pm
by jmatthew
This army is directly opposed to my army of semi-futuristic Brikthuhlu cultists. They are the bravest and proudest in the empire's service and will stop at nothing to eradicate any last vestiges of the magics that were once so prominent in the land and to pursue a bold new world that revolves around science.

this is an open-air steam-powered walking troop carrier, loaded with twin anti-personnel guns, a swinging blade and a massive siege cannon.
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this is a steam-powered walker with several guns, and a belly-mounted canon.
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any self-respecting steampunk army would be incomplete without a steam-powered flying machine
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and of course, rocketteers
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obviously, the best thing about steam-powered armies is that steam engines are highly combustible. I can't wait to put it to use.

Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:02 am
by Zahru
Yay steampunk! Me like it.

Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:10 am
by jmatthew
haha thank you! this whole army stemmed from the rocketteer, and the song by the same name by Foxy Shazam.

and from anime.

Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:54 am
by benkim123
great steampunk army

Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:00 am
by pesgores
That's very awesome.

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:56 pm
by Jaye Tea
That Gun on the first one is awesome,

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:36 pm
by Shadow Metagross
It is nice but, in my experience, Steam Punk is usually brown and has a lot of pipes and greebles, for example Zac Baker's Hedgehog Mech, Or Chris Doyle's Falcon of the Millennium.

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:13 am
by tahthing
sadly non of thease would work since they have no smoke-box,boiler,firebox or water and fuel storage.
but this is brikwars, there really awosome looks make them exist,
brik-wars is a place where gravity is optional so steam engines without fuel or water or a boiler or a firebox can exist even tought completely impossible

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:58 am
by OneEye589
tahthing wrote:sadly non of thease would work since they have no smoke-box,boiler,firebox or water and fuel storage.
but this is brikwars, there really awosome looks make them exist,
brik-wars is a place where gravity is optional so steam engines without fuel or water or a boiler or a firebox can exist even tought completely impossible
Is the movie "Steamboy" about steam punk? There are always exceptions, as seen in that movie.

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:09 am
by jmatthew
steamboy is steampunk, but not as much as its name would suggest. still, it is a fantastic movie.

for the sake of simplicity, and my lack of bricks of the appropriate colors and types, all these models have "implied" boilers, etc. each of the models has a specific "engine-area," and i just say that all those devices are condensed into those areas. you can see it beneath the smoke stacks on both walkers and in the rear on the flyer.

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:01 am
by pesgores
Steampunk LEGO® has become the most amazing form of MOCing. It always looks great.

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:16 am
by tahthing
no what im saying is there not enough water or fuel areas with the current storage and boilers they wouldent be able to move!
with steam it truely is size=power.
if it did work even with its titchy power it would take 1 step and stop since it has no water storage.

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:42 am
by OneEye589
tahthing wrote:no what im saying is there not enough water or fuel areas with the current storage and boilers they wouldent be able to move!
with steam it truely is size=power.
if it did work even with its titchy power it would take 1 step and stop since it has no water storage.
And I was asking if you had seen Steamboy, because in that movie they have an amazing exception to that rule.

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:45 am
by Elmagnifico
While browsing Google Images, I spotted this baby. I can't take credit for it, but it strikes me as classic Lego Steampunk.

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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:27 am
by pesgores
Gold bricks!