{"id":368,"date":"2011-01-24T22:29:58","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T22:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steampunkopera.wordpress.com\/?p=44"},"modified":"2011-01-24T22:29:58","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T22:29:58","slug":"steampunk-action-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulshapera.com\/temp\/steampunk-action-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Steampunk Action Figures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mochalab.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-dolls-of-new-albion-a-steampunk-opera\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3133 aligncenter\" title=\"SO Blurb 31\" src=\"http:\/\/steampunkopera.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/so-blurb-31.jpg?resize=611%2C41\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"41\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s talk design for a moment.<\/p>\n<p>As far the show goes, the set and costume design is not in my area of expertise, and i will be leaving it to the professionals. I hope to give a juicy story and score for them and the director to run with, and then leave them to it. I&#8217;ll have done my design work in the instrumentation.<\/p>\n<p>Never the less, the design and aesthetic of steampunk is a crucial part of its allure. Today i thought we&#8217;d have some fun and look at some well known pop culture characters\u00a0re imagined\u00a0in a steampunk design.<\/p>\n<p>All of today&#8217;s figures are featured from\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sillof.com\/C-Steampunk-SW2.htm\">Sillof&#8217;s Workshop<\/a>. This guy makes wonderful, wonderful designs and figures and i highly recommend checking his site out.<\/p>\n<p>First: Star Wars<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"   \" title=\"star wars steampunk\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetoddity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/star-wars-steampunk.jpg?resize=600%2C238\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"238\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Star Wars Steampunk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Next up we have DC&#8217;s Justice League.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"    \" title=\"Steampunk Justice League\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gizmodo.com\/assets\/resources\/2008\/01\/steampunk_justice_league.JPG?resize=480%2C270\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steampunk Justice League<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I swear, this collection give me a nerdgasm.<\/p>\n<p>Now for the Marvel superheroes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3222\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3222\" style=\"width: 516px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/steampunkopera.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/v-avengers.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3222 \" title=\"steampunk avengers superheroes\" src=\"http:\/\/steampunkopera.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/v-avengers.jpg?resize=516%2C364\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steampunk Avengers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There&#8217;s plenty more stuff to gape at over at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sillof.com\/C-Steampunk-SW2.htm\">Sillof&#8217;s Workshop<\/a>, including character lines set in the 1940s, \u00a0Samurai Star Wars, \u00a0Terry Gilliam films, and so forth. Mr. Sillof, \u00a0(note: not his real name, but it&#8217;s all i have to work with) i salute you and perhaps i shall name one of the characters in the opera after you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s talk design for a moment. As far the show goes, the set and costume design is not in my area of expertise, and i will be leaving it to the professionals. 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