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Landship Scorpios Youtube Revival



My name is Nathan Powell, also known as Lieutenant Nathaniel Flint of the Landship Scorpios.

I used to be very active in the New England Steampunk community. However, after a move and life responsibilities, I have grown out of all my steampunk stuff and have fallen out of the local community. Recent attempts to get back in have proven not good enough.

In the past few weeks I have came up with several ideas on how to get back into the community, and the biggest of which has been starting up my youtube channel. I have tried dipping into it all, but unfortunatley I am currently stunted by my lack of a good camera. So I am asking for help. I figured a goal of $400 could put me on the right path for a decent camera to start off with and maybe a microphone. 

What's wrong with your camera?

   My current camera still runs off of double-A batteries. It's old, it eats through batteries, and batteries are expensive and wasteful. I went through an ENTIRE case of AA Batteries doing my let's shovel video, and I purchased a new, more expensive pack of batteries for my begining of Rivet Wars videos and it's doing the same thing at a slightly lower rate. The camera just EATS through batteries. Besides that, it is an older model, so the format it converts video files into needs to go through a converter before it can be used by Hitfilm 4 Express and it has no capabilities for improvements (no microphone port, no attachment capabilities, low zoom).

It's better then nothing but I will be wasting tons of batteries (an average of two every 30 minutes) making filming at events or any longer shots (a day of filming) impossible. Even if I recycle all the batteries, it's extremely wasteful.

With a new camera, I'd be able to have a battery pack which would be rechargeable and would last longer (an hour, two maybe!). Even cheaper cameras are now built with amazing quality. I could truly improve my chances by a lot!

What do you plan to do?

I plan to start some youtube shows for Rivet Wars strategies and game shows as well as steampunk talks and how tos.  I would also love to do some writing how-tos.
Rivet Wars-  Gameplay, custom scenarios, talking about units, strategies, and even some cool news. Revitalize the community!

Steampunk Talks- Steampunk 101, Steampunk Music, Steampunk Books, Films, community spotlights, events, and discussing steampunk ideas.

Events/ Event Reviews- I plan to not only go to more events, but I would love to do more panels and talks and Rivet Wars demos. I'll try to attend more events in and around New Hampshire.

Writing Videos- Character Design, Importance of Settings, writing outlines, tips, tricks, a NanoWrimo! I will cover it all.

Why should I do writing panels and videos? Well, I want to continue my writing career after being published by Citizens of Antiford. I would like to prove I can be a writer by finishing a few books I have outstanding and using portions of the proceeds to get published.

I would also like to start doing more events again myself. Getting New Hampshire steampunks back meeting and helping to facilitate and grow other local communities like the Vermont Steampunk Society, the New England Meetups, and other such things.

Why should I give a _______?

Why should you give a dollar? Maybe not. If you're not interested and you don't care then why should you? You shouldn't. 

However, if you have an extra dollar and are looking to change someone's life, I sure would appreciate it. My thought process is there are hundreds of people who might see this every day? If each gave a dollar, I could really turn my life around and start doing good things in the Steampunk community again.

Goals

- $200
  Well we got to start somewhere. This will get me a good head start towards a new camera at least.

- $400
   We met the goal! Yay! This money will be going towards a new camera and camera equipment.

- $600
   Better Camera, Better equipment, general upgrades all around.
- $1,000
   This could get a good camera, tripod, memory cards, extra batteries, a mic, maybe a camera bag, some egg crating to make other recordings sound better. 

- $2,000
   What? How? I will be trying more youtube videos and going to more events. Temple Con and Conneticon will be on the list. Some upgrades to my costuming supplies to make better videos and look better at events.

- $3,000 +
   Ultimaye Costuming. I shall be revamping my WW1, Rivet Wars, and Flint cosplays. I will be going to more events and bigger events. Teslacon? Dragon Con? Templecon? Steampunk World's Fair?

Organizer

Nathan Powell
Organizer
Madbury, NH

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