{"id":309,"date":"2011-12-29T17:18:52","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T17:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/blog\/?p=309"},"modified":"2015-09-15T12:02:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T11:02:33","slug":"steampunk-merlin-and-nimue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/2011\/12\/steampunk-merlin-and-nimue\/","title":{"rendered":"Steampunk Merlin and Nimue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are my digitally painted Steampunk versions of Merlin and the Lady of the Lake, Nimue. I&#8217;ve imagined them to be scientists; where in the myths they&#8217;re magicians and sorceresses. So Merlin is a time-travelling and time-viewing Dr. Tesla type and Nimue is a scientist specializing in regenerative technologies working in her submarine, like Captain Nemo in The Nautilus. Excalibur, a giant steam-sword (its blade heated by a complex steam engine) shows she&#8217;s capable of weapon-making.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mycenter\"><span class=\"image-share-wrap\"><span class=\"hidden-share\" style=\"width:24px;\"><a rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.willbeck.com%2Fartblog%2F2011%2F12%2Fsteampunk-merlin-and-nimue%2F&picture=http:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Steampunk-Merlin-and-Nimue.jpg\" onclick=\"newMyWindow(this.href); return false;\"><img title='Share this image if you like it!' width='24' height='24' src='https:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/cool-image-share\/img\/flat3d\/facebook.png' \/><\/a><a rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Steampunk%20Merlin%20and%20Nimue&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.willbeck.com%2Fartblog%2F2011%2F12%2Fsteampunk-merlin-and-nimue%2F&hashtags=steampunk%2Csteampunk%20King%20Arthur\" onclick=\"newMyWindow(this.href); return false;\"><img title='Share this image if you like it!' width='24' height='24' src='https:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/cool-image-share\/img\/flat3d\/twitter.png' \/><\/a><a rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.willbeck.com%2Fartblog%2F2011%2F12%2Fsteampunk-merlin-and-nimue%2F\" onclick=\"newMyWindow(this.href); return false;\"><img title='Share this image if you like it!' width='24' height='24' src='https:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/cool-image-share\/img\/flat3d\/google.png' \/><\/a><a rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.willbeck.com%2Fartblog%2F2011%2F12%2Fsteampunk-merlin-and-nimue%2F&media=http:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Steampunk-Merlin-and-Nimue.jpg&description=Here%20are%20my%20digitally%20painted%20Steampunk%20versions%20of%20Merlin%20and%20the%20Lady%20of%20the%20Lake%2C%20Nimue.%20I%26%23039%3Bve%20imagined%20them%20to%20be%20scientists%3B%20where%20in%20the%20myths%20they%26%23039%3Bre%20magicians%20and%20sorceresses.%20So%20Merlin%20is%20a%20time-travelling%20and%20time-viewing%20Dr.%20Tesla%20type%20and%20Nimue%20is%20a%20scientist%20specializing%20in...\" onclick=\"newMyWindow(this.href); return false;\"><img title='Share this image if you like it!' width='24' height='24' src='https:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/cool-image-share\/img\/flat3d\/pinterest.png' \/><\/a><a rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.willbeck.com%2Fartblog%2F2011%2F12%2Fsteampunk-merlin-and-nimue%2F&title=Steampunk%20Merlin%20and%20Nimue\" onclick=\"newMyWindow(this.href); return false;\"><img title='Share this image if you like it!' width='24' height='24' src='https:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/cool-image-share\/img\/flat3d\/reddit.png' \/><\/a><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Steampunk-Merlin-and-Nimue.jpg\"><img  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-196 cool-image-share\" title=\"Steampunk Merlin and Nimue\" src=\"http:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Steampunk-Merlin-and-Nimue.jpg\" alt=\"Steampunk Merlin and Nimue\" width=\"950\" height=\"671\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are my digitally painted Steampunk versions of Merlin and the Lady of the Lake, Nimue. I&#8217;ve imagined them to be scientists; where in the myths they&#8217;re magicians and sorceresses. So Merlin is a time-travelling and time-viewing Dr. Tesla type and Nimue is a scientist specializing in regenerative technologies working in her submarine, like Captain &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/2011\/12\/steampunk-merlin-and-nimue\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Steampunk Merlin and Nimue<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,6],"tags":[14,15],"class_list":["post-309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sketchbook-pages","category-steampunk","category-steampunk-king-arthur","tag-steampunk-3","tag-steampunk-king-arthur-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":970,"href":"https:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions\/970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willbeck.com\/artblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}