Here are a few of what I think are the best scene assets for Victorian steampunk renders and animations in Poser 9 / Poser 2012 / DAZ Studio 3d:

Old England room…

Steampunk Timelab (makes sure you get the Poser, and not the Vue, version), and a cool boiler which would suit the lab nicely…

The DAZ Store’s The Enigma could also fit in a Lab nicely…

The following three Meshbox scenes, and the trolley bus, are part of the larger Steampunk City Volume 1:

Meshbox Fantasy Crystal Palace…

Meshbox Charles Babbage’s Thinking Mansion…

Meshbox Baker Street Construction Set…

For a more interesting roofline, combine Baker Street with the NeverHome pack, available on the DAZ Content Store. Suitable street accessories for Baker Street, from smaller developers, would be the SteamPunk WheelChair, and the Steampunk Baby Pram and a free MIDI-powered Victorian street organ…

Also suitable for the street is the Steampunk Clockwork Trolley-Bus (yes, there were steam-powered trams, in the early days) which is almost a complete environment in itself…

The DAZ Store’s Rybolt Mechanical would nicely complement the Bot Shop…

And the DAZ Store has set of Steampunk Tools and Machinery for the lab (I found the textures on these are best in Poser)…

Good for simple posing of characters against are: DM’s Clock for Poser and DM’s Inertia for Poser and the DAZ Store’s Steampunk Empire…

That’s it for now. Clothing, goggles, headwear, and rifles/guns will be covered in a future post on this blog. I’ve also noticed that there’s a number of elements now that could called “valvepunk” or “Teslapunk” — I’ll also survey those in a future post.

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