Steam Punk - Anyone heard of it?

I was introduced to it this weekend at DragonCon in ATL. Never heard of it before. It seemed to be the predominate theme of the constumed patrons theere this year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk

http://scottwegener.com/wp-content/u.../steampunk.jpg

Interesting stuff.

Totally! We have SteamCon here in Seattle :D I LOVE it! Clockwork and steam, it really reminds me of Miyazaki movies like Castle in the Sky and such. Don't have time/money to get into it, but I enjoy the costumes and tinkering with crafting things

Yep, have a couple friends heavy into it. I think it's really neat, and I've put together an outfit but I don't really "follow" the steampunk subculture, I just like the outfits.

I'm jealous you got to go to DragonCon, I've had to miss it the last few years.

I love steampunk! It's pretty much PURE awesome-sauce! I found out about it two years ago at a convention I go to every year. I have myself an all female crew, and already have put together my story for on how the crew met each other... well okay, I had a crew until half of them abandoned me for another captain, so guess who's out to get the crew..... -snarky evil grin appears on her face- But it's great! Best thing about it, you don't have to be from a "set" period of time! It's really great, I ended up going to a steampunk panel at an anime convention I once went to and they explained it wicked well on how steampunk works. Some costumes are really elaborate while others, mostly for men, it could be a simple pair of nice dress pants, simple button up shirt, and a "victorian" looking vest, add a top hat and cane, and you would be in the steampunk group.

Anyways, sorry for the rant, I'm just head over heels for steampunk. XD