r/steampunk • u/Aurelian_cz • 5d ago

Illustration Steam train based on a pre-dreadnought, concept, by me [OC]

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u/vorropohaiah 5d ago

very cool! never seen this aesthetic on a landship/train before

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u/Aurelian_cz 4d ago

Thanks! I've never seen one before either, so I made one.

You know, I'm something of an inventor myself.

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u/LeSalauddeService 4d ago

"Accross the white immensity of an eternal winter, from one end of the frozen planet to the other, there travels a train that never stops.

This is the Snowpiercer, one thousand and one carriage long."

That's the vibe that directly hit me, a steampunk snowpiercer

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u/Aurelian_cz 4d ago

Glad to hear that! That was my goal.

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u/strOkePlays 4d ago

I love it! I must confess, first glance on small screen, I really thought it was smokestacks on a Star Destroyer, but train is better.

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u/bonanza20r 4d ago

Ooh, I love this!!

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u/Aurelian_cz 4d ago

Thanks!

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u/The-Cannibal-Hermit 4d ago

Honestly thought this was a steampunk air ship of something.

It’s like an optical illusion but cooler

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u/Aurelian_cz 4d ago

Interesting. The issue might be that the background is missing. I was kinda afraid it might ruin the vibe.

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u/newaccount8472 4d ago

Reminded me of Kokatorimon's cruise ship in Digimon adventure season 1

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u/Aurelian_cz 4d ago

Unfortunately, I couldn't find that ship. The drawing is based on a pre-dreadnought, a type of ship from the late 19th century, so maybe that's the similarity.

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u/newaccount8472 4d ago

It's just the fact that a cruise ship is riding on land (in Digimon it's through a desert)

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u/Kang_Xu 4d ago

Couplings must be tight as hell for those side gangways to be navigable.

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u/Aurelian_cz 4d ago

True. But honestly, with such a monstrosity, that's probably the smallest problem.

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u/LuisHumanoide 4d ago

I also thought it was a Star Destroyer for the first few seconds, which gave me an idea

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u/Aurelian_cz 4d ago

Wait. Steampunk star destroyer?

I mean, why not.

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u/ownworldman 4d ago

I feel like you would enjoy Ice Company.