Cool Steampunk Photos

Steampunk is a fascinating and interesting sub-culture that has sprung up as a sub-genre of speculative and science fiction, and can trace influences on it back to stories written by authors like H.G. Wells, and others.

For the uninitiated, think of the movie "The Wild, Wild West, starring Will Smith, and you get an general idea of what Steampunk focus is.

To make it simple and easy to understand, Steampunk is basically denoted by being set in a period of time when steam power was used around the world.

While the name was adopted sometime in the 1980s, the stories and culture behind it, as mentioned, go back to the 1800s.

For that reason you see many people involved in the culture and cosplay dressing in period costumes, accompanied by an endless array of imagined and workable gadgets, as well as some modern touches as well.

We'll look in this article at some general photos of fans of the culture, and some of the fashion and gadgets associated with it.

Here's another version of guys enjoying Steampunk gadgets. The Ghostbuster theme is great, and includes a lot of creative work.

This was a pretty interesting Steampunk contraption, made in the image of a butterfly. I guess you could call it Steampunk sculpture, for lack of a better description.

Female fans of Steampunk don't get left behind in the cosplay category, as they are right up their with the guys with fashion statements. That eye piece is very typical of Steampunk accessories, as are goggles of various sorts.

Another popular aspect of Steampunk fashion is the head gear with flaps. Sometimes it is aviation flaps, but other times it is a variety of hats including the flaps on them. The clothing choice below works very well with the overall theme.

This is a really cool Steampunk Stormtrooper piece. It is conducive to the expanding Steampunk culture, which has become somewhat of a lifestyle; similar to Goth in the sense of being a subculture of its own, and just as hard at times to define, as each person can express it in a different way, as in this sculpture.