“Yeti Chill, when you want your food cold; FAST!”
- Radio advert
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This is the first ever view of the Steam Crow kitchenette.
It’s actually based on real vintage kitchenettes that I researched. I wanted this to be somewhat based in reality, and to make some sense to answer the question “How does everything fit in there?”
The answer: TIGHTLY
The reverse side of the kitchen would be the bunks. To the right is the cab, and to the left is the furnace. The loo would be in the back, too.
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True story:
I lived in a camping trailer (8×20) for 2 years during High School. 3 of us lived there, and it really isn’t much different than the Steam Crow in scale and functionality. In fact, the Crow is much taller than the trailer.
Jeeze, the more I think about it, the ‘Crow herself is probably subconsciously based on that old trailer; it’s color isn’t too far off.
Hope that you like it. Someday I’ll have to draw a floor plan diagram for you guys. (And me!)
- Daniel
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Steam Crow will once again grace the largest comic convention in North America, SDCC!
Here are the Steam Crow SDCC quick facts:
- Steam Crow/Monster Commute booth #4207
- Same spot as last year (for the first time)
- It’s our 5th appearance
- We started Steam Crow after attending SDCC 2004
- We’re across from Sony and Fox mega-booths
- We’re next to our friends Ben Walker!
Here’s a map of how to find us!
San Diego Comic-Con floor map
We’re bringing all manner of oddities to share with you:
New 8×10 Kawaii food prints:
- 16 different food designs
- $10 each or all 16 for $100 (Save $60)
- Super cute, ideal for kitchen or ?
- Easy to find cheap frames in 8×10
(There is no “Steam Crow” watermark on the front of the prints.
Feratu Friend resin cast toy/idol
- SDCC Exclusive
- Hand-cast by Daniel and Dawna in the Steam Crow kitchen
- Only 10 available (total) in antique copper finish
- Comes with 1 inch button
- Chunky cool
- Comes with a little poison bottle
- $50 each
10 SDCC exclusive Feratu Friends available
Monster Poster Prints
- 12×18 on 50 year archival satin film
- Cheap 12×18 frames are available at Aaron Brothers
- We’ll ship them to you, if you don’t want to carry them at the Con
- Frankenstein, Singing for the Brains, Doomtooth Toothpaste, Metropolis, Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde, Nosferatu
Steampunk Goggles
- We took some cool welding goggles and punked them up!
- Several different designs, with hand-cast resin details (that we made by hand) and hand painted details
- 19 pairs available
- Prices $25-$45 a pair
- Not intended for real eye protection anymore
- Don’t stare at the sun
We’ve been keeping these Feratu Friends resincast toys a secret for way too long.
I’ve been sculpting on them for what seems like months. Though they were started way back this spring, I ran into all kinds of casting troubles and foibles, which then was made worse when my original got knocked onto the floor by my son, shattering it.
A couple of months later my frustration abated, and I went back to salvaging the project, resulting in these 10 poison bearer idols, fresh and ready for the San Diego Comic-Con.
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- 10 available
(Permission is granted to use any of these images on your site.)
This first release in copper will be our SDCC exclusive and the first new resin cast from Steam Crow since 2005.
Each Friend idol stands 5 and a half inches tall, and is quite a hefty piece of cast resin. They’re hand painted in steampunk copper, and each one is unique with their own distressing, fault lines, and cracks.
Individual idols hold a tiny little poison flask (empty) which it butlers on a teeny tiny platter. They’re modeled on the Feratu bloodsuckers, from Steam Crow’s Monster Commute webcomic.
10 will be on sale at the Steam Crow Booth at the San Diego Comic-Con, #4207 for $50 each.
- Daniel
We’ve been doing the Phoenix Comicon for 5 years now, and it continues to grow at a faster and faster pace.
When we exhibited there in 2005 for the first time, there were only about 2600 attendees. It was still a good show, and we did well.
For comparison, the 2009 show had 7000 attendees, a dramatic increase. But that’s nothing with the 2010 show attracting just about 14,000 folks! Simply put, I can’t think of very many shows able to double their attendance in a single year.
We’d like to thank you for your support, as we did exceptionally well. We had planned for, and purchased, a single corner booth. Last minute, our neighbors backed out, and we had the opportunity to go massive with a 10 x 20 booth, the largest in our 5 year history.
It was a big challenge to get everything set up and expanded in one day. Dawna and I had to go shopping for supplies, and we actually bought out Lowes for some of their fittings.
Our helpers relax before the doors open…
Poor Dawna got sick on Sunday, so thankfully Jenni and Dirk (pictured above) stepped in and lent a hand. I was really busy with 3 hrs of panels on Sunday, so we really needed it.
Photo courtesy of Simon Jonathan
All of our panels (Get Your Steampunk On, Webcomics Academy, and Monster Abduction is REAL) were all really fun, and full of people. (A success.)
It was my first time doing the Monster Abduction one, and it went pretty well. I’ve got a lot of refinement to do, but it was great to have at least one under my belt, with an enthusiastic and friendly crowd. I’ll be taking this one on the road in the future, so you lookout.
Also a big thanks to DennMann Denny Riccelli of Get that Chicken and Lollygaggin Adventures for doing the Webcomics panel with me. He made it much more informative.
I was also interviewed by Mr. Brock Buttman again:
Another big round of thanks to the Staff and Volunteers of the Phoenix Comicon. You guys really outdid yourself this year, making this thing something great. This could have easily been a disaster, but instead it was pretty fantastic. I know that plans are undeway to improve the experience next year, and outdo 2010!
- Daniel
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