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I'm currently writing an asia based culture in a steampunk novel. I was wondering what the chinese wore in the 20th century. The closest i think i can get is the cheongsam / Chi pao for women and I'm not entirely familiar with the mens fashion in that era I think they wore something called...

I know this is stolen from skulduggery pleasant but you could always use half armor, the mages in the story use gauntlets so their hand gestures become less limited. The gauntlet itself reaches the elbows and is enchanted to be stronger (hopefully that eliminates the need to learn how to move is...

So I'm trying to create a Asian steampunk My characters are mage detectives (think skuldugery pleasant) who have run out of money and instead have taken up jobs like coal mining instead to support costs.One day a their first paying client in a long time walks in and is assassinated after...

Thank you so much for your replies , all of you. Okay, so while I'm not about to start sticking gears to usb drives and call it steampunk I do have a lot of questions about the technology side to steampunk. I'm really lost on how far you can stretch technology. On one hand steampunk encourages...

I'm trying to write a story mixing both magic and steampunk elements. Engineers are common people without magic but are the ruling class in my world due to advancement in technology. The mages on the other hand are the ones that have a harder life due to their magic costing more energy to cast...