December 1, 2013 · 9:40 pm
May 5, 2013 · 5:46 am
1820:Mechanical Robot Caterpillar
“Made by Swiss watchmaker Henri Maillardet for sale to aristocratic Chinese buyers. The gold, enamel, jewel and pearl-set automaton mimics the caterpillar’s crawl with a clockwork powered mechanism which drives a pair of gilt-metal knurled wheels.
“It was titled ‘the Ethiopian caterpillar’ when Maillardet, in partnership with watchmaker Jaquet Droz, organized an exhibition to show off his miniaturised automata in London.”
– Daily Mail
January 26, 2013 · 5:29 pm
In my third edition of Steampunk Airship Crew, you once again get to figure out who you will hire as your crew for the third Airship in your growing fleet of dirigibles. Are you an air pirate? A conqueror? A defender? A traveler and explorer? A sky trader? Smuggler? It is up to you what to do with your ship, but crew members are hard to come by and may or may not fit your expectations. You can’t hire them all, so who would you pick out of the following applicants?
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Sniper
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Four Female Friends, ready for anything.
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Boba Copper and Darth Steam.
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Always prepared explorer.
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Decorate warhero and trusty pilot.
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Archer extraordinaire and war veteran.
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Heavy weapons expert.
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Heavy weapons and gas warfare expert.
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Sniper with religious fanaticism.
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Militaristic Combat specialist.
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Wild boarding crew.
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Double barreled toughness.
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Daring cyborg adventurer.
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Expert Seductress, con artist, and negotiator.
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Pirate boarding crew.
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Disembodied evil head.
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Have to take them all, Well-adjusted and happy merchants and travelers.
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Steam-powered explorer and guide.
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Trusted general of Her Majesty’s Airship Fleets.
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Mystic airship witch.
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All around skills, engineer, navigator, and rifle skills.
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Heavy weapons.
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Adventurer, hunter, and noble warrior.
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Intrepid Adventurer, half-man half brass.
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Pirate Vixen.
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Crazed inventor with bullet proof vest.
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Goth queen and mistress of dark secrets.
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Darwin’s exception, brilliant Captain Muggles
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Bizarre Scientist and Weapons Inventor
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“The Hand”, close combat smack down and Inventor.
November 28, 2012 · 4:17 pm
November 23, 2012 · 7:57 pm
These are all Steampunk/Clockpunk/Clockwork Bugs. I have too many for one post, so maybe next week I will post part two. Until then, please enjoy these wonderfully crafted items from people at various places with much more talent than I have. I must also put in a small plug, that clockwork bugs, much larger and deadlier than these, play an important role in The Travelers’ Club – Fire and Ash, on sale now on Kindle, Smashwords, local bookstores, and on this site, under STORE tab. I hear the author is very creative… 🙂
Filed under Animals, Humor and Observations, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged as clockpunk, clockpunk insects, clockwork, clockwork insects, michael bradley, steampunk, steampunk insects, the travelers' club - Fire and Ash, the travelers' club series