A little while ago, the eminently talented people over at ConceptArt set the topic of their regular forum challenge for character concept art as “Steampunk Airship Pilot“, and what varied and interesting results there were.  The above is a crop of my favourite, done by forum member Venasque, but there are captains to suit every style, I think.  Scroll past the first voting post to see larger versions of each of the entries – it’s a large thread with lots of pictures, but they’re very well done.

I do love the colours of the one above though – this is my Steampunk – this may or may not have anything to do with the large quantity of brass in the image, including the goggles.  Ahem.  Thank you Wandering Nomad, (and there may have been someone else, but my aethermail refuses to cooperate – I will edit it in once I find it, I do apologise.)