For those of you who don't know, steampunk is a kind of science fiction. Think Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, gears, goggles, Victorian-era dress, time machines, complicated and ingenious inventions, really cool hats, mad scientists, gentlemen adventurers, and steam. Lots of steam. Anyway, one cannot dress steampunk-style without some sort of weapon or tool. In the steampunk world, I'm fairly certain that lacking a type of apparatus is against some ancient law or other. Hence the title of this post.
I made the Most Excellent Apparatus of Cool out of an old plastic slide whistle, tinfoil, widgets found in the basement, and liberal amounts of bronze paint. I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out:
What does it do? I have no idea. That is why I called it The Most Excellent Apparatus of Cool: I don't know if it's a tool, weapon, or even if it's just a cleaning brush (however, I sincerely hope it's not the latter). I'm flirting with the idea of making it sonic, but I have no idea how to go about it and I'm not very good with electronics. (If you can think of some way to achieve this, by all means leave this spark of brilliance in a comment and be rewarded with the knowledge that you have my eternal gratitude).
I loved making the Apparatus so much that I have begun to keep spare widgets that I find around the house in a plastic box on my bookshelf, to use for future projects. My mom even promised me that when the vacuum cleaner breaks, I can have the pieces! Squee!
~Naddie
