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Fashion Extravaganza at the Steampunk Symposium

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The weekend of April 27 – 29 at the Steampunk Empire Symposium in Cincinnati, OH, a few of the Abolishers (Molotov Clocktease, Dr. Torque and myself) were given the honor of hosting the Fashion Show on Saturday night.  Up to two members from each airship were invited to compete for Best In Show which would grant them a bit of Abolisher’s swag, a dainty golden trophy and the coveted point for the Airship games.  In addition to Best In Show, we offered up five equally awesome, but sadly not point-weilding, titles (and swag): Most Innovative, Best Showmanship, Best Introduction, Most Alluring/Dapper, and Most Elaborate.  We had seventeen entries, and all seventeen were so wonderful and fun that I wish I could have given them all awards, but then we would have run out of stickers and mustaches-on-sticks.  Sorry, guys!

After the contestants strutted their stuff on stage, we offered a viewing of five-minute silent film version of The Audition to give the judges time to calculate the points.  It took more than five minutes though, so we played Baby Got Brass to rave reviews! After that, we still needed a bit of time, so I opened the mic up to a few aspiring comediennes (at least I don’t remember any Gents stepping up to the mic) from the audience, but only after telling my favorite punchline.  Finally, the winners were in!

  • Best Concept: Suzy Q the Scarlet Seamstress
  • Best Showmanship: Henry Stubbs from the Airship Ace of Spades
  • Best Introduction: Bret “Sas-o-Frass” O’Dalaigh from the Airship Ace of Spades
  • Most Alluring: Odette Von Kasek from the Airship Passepartout
  • Most Elaborate: Lady Beatrix McCormick
  • Best in Show: The Human Locomotive who was immediately recruited into the Airship Passepartout

Judges were Dr. Mortimer J. Torque of the Abolishers, John Strangeway the Steampunk Boba Fett, and Alex Johns of The Ford Theatre Reunion.

I’m hoping soon that the the kind gentleman who captured the entire hour’s worth of Fashion on tape will be so kind as to share the footage.  I know I had a rip roaring good time as Hostess and can’t wait to do it again!

Work begins on Chloe Seachord’s new steampunk wings

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Today we received some parts that we had waterjet cut from 5052 aluminum by the awesome Big Blue Saw shop. These will be the base for the mechanism that will open and close Chloe’s v2.0 steampunk wings. The parts were designed and laid out by Chris Lee (a.k.a. Dr. Torque) using Inkscape, Illustrator, and Rhino 3D. They were exported as DXF files and uploaded to Big Blue Saw for cutting.

The whole assembly is about 14 inches across. The final wingspan will be about 7 feet. Stay tuned for updates as the build progresses.

Our expo banners hanging at Steampunk Empire Symposium #steamsymposium

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Aloysius was kind enough to let us display our expo banners in the atrium ballroom at the Steampunk Empire Symposium

Steampunk Rolls into Roswell, GA this Weekend

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Wendigo Head Preservation Device on display at Barrington Hall

Wendigo Head Preservation Device on display at Barrington Hall

Steampunk Rolls into Roswell this Weekend – Roswell, GA Patch.

The Steampunk fantasy world will come alive on the grounds of Barrington Hall this weekend, Saturday, April 28 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. With one foot in the past and one in the future, experience the lush and highly imaginative world of Steampunk with multimedia exhibits, demonstrations, music, live theatre and intriguing visuals.

Exhibitors include Penny Dreadful Productions, Apparition Abolishers, Daniel Valdez’s Steampunk Professor X and Company, Paige G. Smith, Dim Horizon Studios, Meghan Maude, and many more. Enjoy live music from Vauxhall Garden Variety Players, Ghosts Project, and Valentine Wolfe. Even Shakespeare goes Steampunk as the North Fulton Drama Club ensemble ”puts a gear on it” in their steam-powered version of The Tempest.