Back when I started this blog, Magic: the Gathering had just finished doing a Central Asian-themed set,
Tarkir, which I promptly
plundered for images to use with ATWC. Last month, they released
Kaladesh, which is
very nearly a clockpunk-Asia-themed set. (Its stylings are Arabic and Indian rather than Central Asian, though.) Given that there's not exactly a lot of clockpunk art around to start with, and almost all of it is draped with the trappings of Victoriana, this opens up an exciting new art-stealing opportunity!
The technology in
Kaladesh is magitech rather than clockpunk, but it has the same kind of filigee intricacy that I imagine as characterising the technology of 'Against The Wicked City'. This is technology as art, not technology as industry: each work of clockpunk tech in ATWC is the expression of a single craftsman's vision and talent, rather than some kind of mass-produced off-the-shelf item churned out by a factory somewhere. So, here are some examples...
![Image result for master trinketeer](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s2g0kRKh7xd9d89niGUbHe0h59iU9LqYMJdr7IWs40VMmI9cOqnwyLzBJa5hy4-lAaLqaDssGQS7MQm1jpEZVIaxm77b2nAdAo-rOp2nPslPBsgdWSNPhl00ZDe_uHTsHjenKAMOLCCoz46SuTLbjCFi8d_8I6gUKrRPR6=s0-d) |
This is very much how I imagine clockworker's workshops in ATWC - all polished brass and beautiful fiddly objects. |
![Image result for cultivators caravan mtg](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v2q8VAY4sltVSqQ6VbZk7CAjGXEXWfn1lfij77ILgZgWlQv909fnmNbiKZ33dyBJGMd2ie_U3qaLc46u1i29679aXwECvy1HlPDOguB1UuUi2XPNIvYXXpk1hBs6tAh0urpBDKIREIax-jm5PnHb1w5CMwWHbhCTCdmE7bXlebqzGQIn3NOUs=s0-d) |
And this, weird elongated back section aside, is pretty close to how I imagine bronze horses and the caravans they pull. |
![Image result for demolition stomper mtg](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uMOB1PJ6nW8Ln0QVmlGXI_nCHPHDXp-WQhppH7bQzke7t43BMcjOGSQYcHk0SR-mKeju7h0uvA-ktRMsIEUupeI3GSISwf17K6MpB3iusDXPhmIl_OtPzSmfIkGSMxLxaAu__d45nHQ8yXvZMDsg=s0-d) |
Apart from the open cockpit, this is pretty much a Steel Spider. |
![Image result for metalwork colossus mtg](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tspB1A2EUveFxuftycZgqiX95tdXwXEB3tt9YkEA1Ap9xcKkvkUdLOkNcFD8Tc18OwLiEGvy-lHeEDCj18ulr-PO0JYuJEemE1VZeg0mfZ-zGgtno3Q5qVjI_ZDM_i1auciT6l2tE=s0-d) |
This is a great image of a clockwork giant - handy as a deterrent, but only worth winding up if the city is actually being invaded! |
![Image result for chief of the foundry art mtg](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vU9sx0sdVo530svqHnR7H8ysXMFYZU57MQ96L11k0n9YLEd9hxnTsNtdgvJdPV1XJ8RndljdbNPBkRVbVV7vBGTbjaQtd40-MdgI6BKIfm2idIPcn7QPM0UBlsvVdSuKrGqytJKbLKkRbDlWE8GrTzQFud-F9rv0MiAe0PHu7AGQ=s0-d) |
A clockwork centaur-robot-centipede-lizard-thing. Love this guy. (This is the sort of thing that far-gone Steel Aspirants tend to turn themselves into.) |
![Image result for bastion mastodon aRT mtg](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsfMFNQUIAAnz6f.jpg) |
Someone or other in ATWC will have built clockwork elephants by now. |
![Image result for bastion mastodon aRT mtg](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_ugeSu5wHffNmJ1Ef9Kmo3NkqdA7W39nwzgfyQxPRfG8ydM9GJ_TpLIYxPydKSQHy4eCLcwVc0qxVNGAGGJ2rYU3u0NjNnxDSEuQvxfFhHopWwh1yGTvsHUg2CfiZh14z6f8nZqUQIHIcQsu2_h_pIPKA4Vmy7myTFHwiUrG-I=s0-d) |
And clockwork centipedes. |
![Image result for narnam cobra mtg art](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkF1W8ljcJkKJ3m5dp0jHPjm3bdmK0S43FVI5kqSZuty57AHDRbEJYNcxS96FT5EA8GZY0EhQoZTJnUpqAeOVC-z5SddIcbMI-2gqmOslyNJB79oLGsmKIiUYACIMiXjLFElkEQhgGnag/s320/Kaladesh-Narnam-Cobra-MtG.jpg) |
And clockwork snakes. (This one was probably commissioned by the Serpent Folk.) |
![Image result for hangarback walker mtg inventions art](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tJLWcQrotqEFYZuyCT2DSFalFjxbgoyrb8n1_RV_jdHX1VqF5KhlL8lJKDJLQtYaCaCbMIJF8mlRzGWUA_dw3in2HdahC8gMXJaUuD3ngcSPUAu3UPGb_nykM-eTVItYx5st317lfE0e3EErLhB_TuxzWVFVRIKG5-yajkMHMZY59Vyhxpith6XIVTZT_50Qc=s0-d) |
Giant clockwork walker with gyrocopters. Probably built mainly to show off. |
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