SEPTEMBER 2013
ANNIVERSARY ISSUE! STEAMGIRL PRESENTS
MISS
MORGANE JESSICA MYNX INTRODUCING
GENTLEMAN’S
CORNER THE COG
IS DEAD
SONGS IN THE KEY OF STEAM
JIN N TONIC BEAUTY, WITH A BITE!
Sean “Dr. Belegana” Makiney Editor-in-Chief
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appy Anniversary Steampunkers!
In this issue we celebrate by offering everyone a new and exciting article that we hope you will love and tell your friends about. GENTELMEN’S CORNER is our opportunity to open the magazine up to men’s fashion. This regular article will bring our readers what is cool and hot in the steampunk community as to what some of the best dressed men in our community are wearing. And hopefully give you inspiration for your own Steampunk attire. This month we have the very dapper and fashionable Tony Ballard-Smoot. His work has appeared in another fantastic Steampunk magazine, Gearhearts Steampunk Glamour Review. This handsome chap makes steampunk look good and we are very pleased to have him grace our pages for this first in Ladies of Steampunk’s history and hopefully many more to come. Speaking of many more to come, which is where you come in. If you know a fashionable steampunk man that you feel needs to be in our pages let them know. Or you can send us a note on our Facebook page and let us do the footwork. We are on the hunt and looking for some of the bestdressed handsome men in the steampunk and we know you have seen them out there. So, here we are... a year in and we have more to come. We are still working as hard as ever, more photo shoots, more magazines, and even an upcoming podcast is in the works... stay tuned. Take two and call me in the morning, Dr. Belegana
Sean “Dr. Carswell” McCaffrey Lead Art Director
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his issue, dear readers, marks our first year in publication! We here at Ladies of Steampunk are beyond elated. YOU make this magazine, and thanks to your endearing support we are still here, preparing for bigger and better! As mentioned in the August issue of Bronze Age, we are celebrating Halloween a bit early this month as the lovely Jin N Tonic returns, fangs bared! Several very talented individuals came together to make this shoot happen. I wish to give a huge thanks to Butterfly Frillies, Feathery Leathery, Firebird Fae, and Kraken Whip for lending their beautiful wares for her stunning costume. They made our vampire come to life! The gorgeous Carmina Holloway, whom you’ve met in our 2012 Calendar (Sherlock Holmes), returns to bring us a sexy interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe’s immortal poem “The Raven”. Of special note: if you’ve not yet read my colleague Dr. Belegana’s intro, you will also encounter something new within these pages... GENTLEMAN’S CORNER. Depending on how well it is received, we will expand to include articles and interviews, which will hopefully lead to a Gents of Steampunk Magazine at some point. We look forward to hearing your feedback. Well, that about does it for now, which means it’s back to the grindstone. We shall meet again next month as we celebrate Halloween officially. And, oh, have we got some devilish delights in store for you! Regards, Dr. Carswell
Copyright © 2013 Ladies of Steampunk, all rights reserved. All models depicted were 18 or older at the time of publication.
CONTRIBUTORS Muffy Morrigan Author/Contributor
Jenni Romero Author/Contributor
Jenna Lynn Wiredrawn Creations
Jeanne Makiney Wardrobe Misstres
FROM THE COVER Jin N Tonic
SPECIAL THANKS Cortlandt Hull
See more on page 26.
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The Cog is Dead
Jennifer Crowder Matthew R. Nicholson Dim Horizon Studio
Nicole Berg DreamOrchid
Celeste Roark The Steampunk Lovelies
CONTENTS
The Raven... 4 The Cog Is Dead... 9 Tai Chi Hero: A Review... 11 Steampunk Lovelies... 13 Jin N Tonic... 26 Lady Marie... 31 Miss Morgane...36 Paying It Forward... 42 The Sword of the West... 49 Gentleman’s Corner... 53 Captain Isabella... 60 Jessica Mynx... 62
Quoth the Photography: Sean McCaffrey Hair & makeup: Bad Penny Pendant: Dr. Brassy Steamington
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