I have been planning for a while now, at creating 2 or 3 characters heavily based on a steam punk theme and I was wondering what peoples thought were of steam punk and whether they thought it had a place in the 41st millennium?
And if you do, do you have any tips/resources/tricks that can produce nice steam punk effects without mind blowing cost or difficulty? I have to say that beyond Smog and Mauser earth by smart max (which even then are 1/35) I have struggled to surface decent 54mm models that will make a good basis, though I have found 1 in the andrea range.
If I continu to struggle I may end up making a 28mm warband or indeed a 1/48 warband as I have stumbled across severl good sites that offer interesting models in that range.
Anyway, thoughts ideas and indeed criticisms are all welcome :)
Rob
Ork bitz work (mega armored ork bits in particular). I had a few plans on using such bits for steam punkish projects, though mine was more about the steam punk aesthetic.
Convenant can provide a good base for a steam punk character
Also a combination of slick devin and other parts works well I have a duelist that I'm working on that is influenced by steam punk (he'll be getting some extras added to himself in time)
I think 40k is very steam punk as it is and therefore fits right in. The amount of John Blanche sketches that look like 17th century duke's with bionics is testament to that!
Why not try some of the Andrea historical ranges? They have minis from all eras with interesting period clothing that with a few tweaks could fit perfectly.
I am glad people are keen, I wasn't sure if the pistons and steam containers and victorian-style would be so well received, but pleasing that it is!
@ Kresten, I had a look through Historex's catalouge which had one or two good models, but I had forgot to look at andreas on website, will have a look, thanks for the reminder
@ Necris, personally the GW models don't really hold much appeal for me, I like a much more gentlemanly look, or creepy and sinister, but will certainly have a look for covenant on ebay perhaps :)
@ Alyster, Again I found that orks mechanics are a bit too crude for me and I'm trying to go for a very round and refined but still over the top victorian bionic look.
Having said that, thanks very much for the advice so far and it has given me some ideas of how to use varous bits that I will have to work on :)
Rob
His upper torso makes for a good base for an armoured figure, and the shoulders lead to a very function steamy extension, added to a bit steamy pack on his back you'll end up with something similar to a warmachine mini, I also think the judge has a lot of potential for diesel punk.
as said the Ork bits provide an awesome base and can be neatened up, unlike imperial tech orky tech is all pipes and gears on the outside where as imperial try and cover those bits up.
try looking at damnation minis http://www.coolminiornot.com/233511 (http://www.coolminiornot.com/233511)
Imperial technology isn't in itself very stempunky (it's more deiselpunk, if anything). But individual worlds could easily possess a steam-driven level of technology. After all, even modern power generating systems, including coal-fired and nuclear power stations basically just come down to new ways to creating steam to drive pistons.
Steampunk, then, is less a question of technology than it is of aesthetic, and as individual worlds in the Imperium can possess wildly different aesthetics in themselves, a bit of steampunk wouldn't be out of the question at all.
R.