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		Dieselpunk is like [[Steampunk]], but instead of the Industrial Revolution, we got both World Wars and period between them. Moreover, Dieselpunk is used far less in popular media than its brass and goggles counterpart.

		== Aesthetics ==
		[[Image:388036822935be4de70abc5f07b6969e.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|right]]
		If steampunk is all about brass, steam, blimps and clockwork robots, then dieselpunk is steel, gas masks, dark smoke, oil stains, tanks and dreadnoughts (of the naval kind, ''and'' [[Dreadnought\|the walking boxes kind]]).

		Whereas Steampunk borrows the fashions and aesthetics of the Victorians, Dieselpunk's primary aesthetic is Art Deco. Anything not related to machines will be very ritzy and flashy, jazz will be the dominant form of music and futurism will be the dominant form of architecture. Expect a lot of pressed and stamped metal. Thin, gilded veneers concealing oily machines (both literally and allegorically). Decopunk describes a setting which has all the flashy and the futuristic aesthetics found in parts of Dieselpunk, but none of the grime and realism that characterises most Dieselpunk works.

		The overall technology level hovers around 1935: we got machine guns, cars, piston planes (and jets, but they're bleeding-edge tech that isn't found outside the military or corporations), radios and black-and-white TV sets. Electronics are something of a gray area: they exist, but they can't be very advanced. You can expect radio, radars, alarms, simple encrypting/decrypting machines and so on, but no portable phones, detectors, transistors and computers (barring occasional [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC ENIAC]-styled vacuum tube monstrosities that take up ''at least'' an entire room). In a nutshell, if it looks like your great-granddad would like it, that's steampunk, if it looks like it belongs to your grandpa, that's dieselpunk, and if it looks like your dad used it, that's early [[Fallout\|Atompunk]], assuming you were born in the 80s.

		Also worth mentioning that there is a significant difference in mood: steampunk stories often lean on the romantical side of things, adventuring with the science of the future and all that. Dieselpunk, on the other hand, gets [[grimdark]]er with industrialized warfare, totalitarianism, and nihilism. Even without the shadow of "The Great War/s" looming over the setting, you have the social unrest of the Roaring 20's, the Great Depression, Gangland, and ruined continental Europe rebuilding in the background to temper your optimism. Steampunk is "The Time Machine" and "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea", Dieselpunk is "All Quiet On The Western Front" and "Catch-22".

		== In Tabletop ==
		[[Image:Martynas-latusinskas-cs-redesign-01.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right]]
		Much like in popular media, Dieselpunk only has a few tabletop titles to its oil-smeared name.
		* [[Crimson Skies]] is a board game from '98 which focused on 2-player aerial dog fighting with nice cardboard models and while it was decent, copies now are hard to find, unfortunately. The IP was since adapted into a video game, both in 2000 and 2003. Perhaps surprisingly, both titles are highly reviewed.
		* Age of Steel is an RPG released in current year+3 which promises a [[D6]]-system mixed with Dieselpunk and the [[Cthulhu Mythos]]. However, the core rulebook is only a paltry 123-pages.
		[[Image:Dust-Tactics-units.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right]]
		* Scythe was released in 2016 and is an alternate retelling of the 1920s featuring deadly walkers and [[Slavery\|serfdom]]. The strategy board game has garnered lots of awards and is getting several expansions as well as a digital release.
		* Dust Tactics is a board game from 2010 featuring an alternate take on WW2 where alien tech made walkers, [[Awesome\|minigun-wielding gorillas]], and tesla cannons possible. The game is for 2-4 players and has models representing American, [[Nazi\|German]], and Soviet units. The game since tried to expand into a full [[wargame]], but it failed to grab an audience. The game has since been unlisted from [[FFG]]'s website.

		== Examples ==
		[[Image:48526b03d18004c9837a57d9be8e7b85.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|right]]
		* [[Imperium\|Imperial technology]] (and, by extension, [[Chaos]] and [[Ork]] tech, since they like to loot their tech) is a Dieselpunk world that somehow developed space travel technology. Diesel isn't the only game in town, there is also [[Force Weapons\|Renai]][[Power Weapon\|ssance]] Fair and [[Lasgun\|cheap]] [[Titan\|80'ies]] [[Plasma\|sci]]-[[Melta\|fi]] [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|show]] ([[Power armor#Warhammer_40.2C000\|or]] [[Imperial Knight\|both]]), but the day to day tech that an average citizen sees is Dieselpunk design. The [[Imperial Guard]] literally runs on it, special mention goes to [[Death Korps of Krieg\|Kriegers]], [[Armageddon Steel Legion\|Armageddoners]], [[Mordian Iron Guard\|Mordians]], [[Valhalla]]ns and the entirety of the [[Schola Progenium\|Commissariat]].
		* Generally, every [[Communism\|Russian]] or Russian-equivalent faction in a sufficiently advanced setting is this; see [[Khador]], [[AT-43\|Red Bloc]]; good vidya examples are Soviets from [[Command_and_Conquer#Red_Alert_series\|Red Alert]] and China from [[Command_and_Conquer#Generals_series\|C&C:Generals]].
		** [[Nazi]]s and similarly themed factions tend to share this property whenever they're not too busy playing with occultism, eugenics, and Tesla weapons. Kinda understandable: would you [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bertha_(howitzer) look] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus at] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1500_Monster these] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefant penis] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Ger%C3%A4t compensators].
		* In /v/, examples are [[Fallout]] (albeit if you're inclined to split hairs, that's Atompunk (50'es to 70'es)), first two Bioshocks (Infinite is more steampunky), Dishonored (some will try to argue that Dishonored is more steampunk, we call these people idiots) and [[Wolfenstein]] (from "Return to" and onwards). Primorida also covers this aesthetic, though mixed with some very mother-of-pearl sculpting and hiding beneath the post-apocalyptic surface. The Hungarian shmup Sine Mora EX also deserves mention for its many stylish designs of planes, tanks, and warships. Although, it also has [[furries]] committing [[Exterminatus\|genocide]]. Make of that what you will.
		* Dieselpunk has also reared its head in Hollywood. The movies [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102803/?ref_=nv_sr_1 The Rocketeer] and [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346156/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Sky Captain and the World Tomorrow] are both aesthetically accurate but suffered mediocre reviews.
		* For [[weeaboo]]s goes the non-alchemy bits of Fullmetal Alchemist, half of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki Miyazaki's] creative output, [[Avatar: The Last Airbender\|Avatar's]] Fire Nation, most of The Legend of Korra, and the 2001 animated (pseudo-remake) Metropolis.
		* A new RTS game called Iron Harvest. Literally a dieselpunk WW2, in a world where we made humanoid mechsuits instead of tanks. Based off of the 1920+ universe.

		== Gallery ==
		<gallery>
		File:Rozalski 1.jpg
		File:Rozalski 2.jpg
		File:Rozalski 3.jpg
		File:Rozalski 4.jpg
		File:Aeade7f1296cb82235aea3499b2570c4 (1).jpg
		File:D71caff3447d9088a429172778694c43.jpg
		File:Luftflotte by remton.jpg
		File:Hassan-tabrizi-untitled-artwork-9.jpg
		File:0659723a582927b18d6802e2ee77b52a.jpg
		File:Dream 893jbcx9e1f.jpg
		</gallery>

		[[Category: Gamer Slang]] [[Category: Setting Aesthetics]]

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	Dieselpunk is like [[Steampunk]], but instead of the Industrial Revolution, we got both World Wars and period between them. Moreover, Dieselpunk is used far less in popular media than its brass and goggles counterpart.

	~~== Aesthetics ==~~
	~~[[Image:388036822935be4de70abc5f07b6969e.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|right]]~~
	If steampunk is all about brass, steam, blimps and clockwork robots, then dieselpunk is steel, gas masks, dark smoke, oil stains, tanks and dreadnoughts (of the naval kind, ''and'' [[Dreadnought\|the walking boxes kind]]).

	Whereas Steampunk borrows the fashions and aesthetics of the Victorians, Dieselpunk's primary aesthetic is Art Deco. Anything not related to machines will be very ritzy and flashy, jazz will be the dominant form of music and futurism will be the dominant form of architecture. Expect a lot of pressed and stamped metal. Thin, gilded veneers concealing oily machines (both literally and allegorically). Decopunk describes a setting which has all the flashy and the futuristic aesthetics found in parts of Dieselpunk, but none of the grime and realism that characterises most Dieselpunk works.

	The overall technology level hovers around 1935: we got machine guns, cars, piston planes (and jets, but they're bleeding-edge tech that isn't found outside the military or corporations), radios and black-and-white TV sets. Electronics are something of a gray area: they exist, but they can't be very advanced. You can expect radio, radars, alarms, simple encrypting/decrypting machines and so on, but no portable phones, detectors, transistors and computers (barring occasional [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC ENIAC]-styled vacuum tube monstrosities that take up ''at least'' an entire room). In a nutshell, if it looks like your great-granddad would like it, that's steampunk, if it looks like it belongs to your grandpa, that's dieselpunk, and if it looks like your dad used it, that's early [[Fallout\|Atompunk]], assuming you were born in the 80s.

	Also worth mentioning that there is a significant difference in mood: steampunk stories often lean on the romantical side of things, adventuring with the science of the future and all that. Dieselpunk, on the other hand, gets [[grimdark]]er with industrialized warfare, totalitarianism, and nihilism. Even without the shadow of "The Great War/s" looming over the setting, you have the social unrest of the Roaring 20's, the Great Depression, Gangland, and ruined continental Europe rebuilding in the background to temper your optimism. Steampunk is "The Time Machine" and "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea", Dieselpunk is "All Quiet On The Western Front" and "Catch-22".

	~~== In Tabletop ==~~
	~~[[Image:Martynas-latusinskas-cs-redesign-01.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right]]~~
	~~Much like in popular media, Dieselpunk only has a few tabletop titles to its oil-smeared name.~~
	* [[Crimson Skies]] is a board game from '98 which focused on 2-player aerial dog fighting with nice cardboard models and while it was decent, copies now are hard to find, unfortunately. The IP was since adapted into a video game, both in 2000 and 2003. Perhaps surprisingly, both titles are highly reviewed.
	* Age of Steel is an RPG released in current year+3 which promises a [[D6]]-system mixed with Dieselpunk and the [[Cthulhu Mythos]]. However, the core rulebook is only a paltry 123-pages.
	~~[[Image:Dust-Tactics-units.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right]]~~
	* Scythe was released in 2016 and is an alternate retelling of the 1920s featuring deadly walkers and [[Slavery\|serfdom]]. The strategy board game has garnered lots of awards and is getting several expansions as well as a digital release.
	* Dust Tactics is a board game from 2010 featuring an alternate take on WW2 where alien tech made walkers, [[Awesome\|minigun-wielding gorillas]], and tesla cannons possible. The game is for 2-4 players and has models representing American, [[Nazi\|German]], and Soviet units. The game since tried to expand into a full [[wargame]], but it failed to grab an audience. The game has since been unlisted from [[FFG]]'s website.

	~~== Examples ==~~
	~~[[Image:48526b03d18004c9837a57d9be8e7b85.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|right]]~~
	* [[Imperium\|Imperial technology]] (and, by extension, [[Chaos]] and [[Ork]] tech, since they like to loot their tech) is a Dieselpunk world that somehow developed space travel technology. Diesel isn't the only game in town, there is also [[Force Weapons\|Renai]][[Power Weapon\|ssance]] Fair and [[Lasgun\|cheap]] [[Titan\|80'ies]] [[Plasma\|sci]]-[[Melta\|fi]] [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|show]] ([[Power armor#Warhammer_40.2C000\|or]] [[Imperial Knight\|both]]), but the day to day tech that an average citizen sees is Dieselpunk design. The [[Imperial Guard]] literally runs on it, special mention goes to [[Death Korps of Krieg\|Kriegers]], [[Armageddon Steel Legion\|Armageddoners]], [[Mordian Iron Guard\|Mordians]], [[Valhalla]]ns and the entirety of the [[Schola Progenium\|Commissariat]].
	* Generally, every [[Communism\|Russian]] or Russian-equivalent faction in a sufficiently advanced setting is this; see [[Khador]], [[AT-43\|Red Bloc]]; good vidya examples are Soviets from [[Command_and_Conquer#Red_Alert_series\|Red Alert]] and China from [[Command_and_Conquer#Generals_series\|C&C:Generals]].
	** [[Nazi]]s and similarly themed factions tend to share this property whenever they're not too busy playing with occultism, eugenics, and Tesla weapons. Kinda understandable: would you [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bertha_(howitzer) look] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus at] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1500_Monster these] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefant penis] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Ger%C3%A4t compensators].
	* In /v/, examples are [[Fallout]] (albeit if you're inclined to split hairs, that's Atompunk (50'es to 70'es)), first two Bioshocks (Infinite is more steampunky), Dishonored (some will try to argue that Dishonored is more steampunk, we call these people idiots) and [[Wolfenstein]] (from "Return to" and onwards). Primorida also covers this aesthetic, though mixed with some very mother-of-pearl sculpting and hiding beneath the post-apocalyptic surface. The Hungarian shmup Sine Mora EX also deserves mention for its many stylish designs of planes, tanks, and warships. Although, it also has [[furries]] committing [[Exterminatus\|genocide]]. Make of that what you will.
	* Dieselpunk has also reared its head in Hollywood. The movies [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102803/?ref_=nv_sr_1 The Rocketeer] and [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346156/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Sky Captain and the World Tomorrow] are both aesthetically accurate but suffered mediocre reviews.
	* For [[weeaboo]]s goes the non-alchemy bits of Fullmetal Alchemist, half of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki Miyazaki's] creative output, [[Avatar: The Last Airbender\|Avatar's]] Fire Nation, most of The Legend of Korra, and the 2001 animated (pseudo-remake) Metropolis.
	* A new RTS game called Iron Harvest. Literally a dieselpunk WW2, in a world where we made humanoid mechsuits instead of tanks. Based off of the 1920+ universe.

	~~== Gallery ==~~
	~~<gallery>~~
	~~File:Rozalski 1.jpg~~
	~~File:Rozalski 2.jpg~~
	~~File:Rozalski 3.jpg~~
	~~File:Rozalski 4.jpg~~
	~~File:Aeade7f1296cb82235aea3499b2570c4 (1).jpg~~
	~~File:D71caff3447d9088a429172778694c43.jpg~~
	~~File:Luftflotte by remton.jpg~~
	~~File:Hassan-tabrizi-untitled-artwork-9.jpg~~
	~~File:0659723a582927b18d6802e2ee77b52a.jpg~~
	~~File:Dream 893jbcx9e1f.jpg~~
	~~</gallery>~~

	~~[[Category: Gamer Slang]] [[Category: Setting Aesthetics]]~~

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	* Generally, every [[Communism\|Russian]] or Russian-equivalent faction in a sufficiently advanced setting is this; see [[Khador]], [[AT-43\|Red Bloc]]; good vidya examples are Soviets from [[Command_and_Conquer#Red_Alert_series\|Red Alert]] and China from [[Command_and_Conquer#Generals_series\|C&C:Generals]].		* Generally, every [[Communism\|Russian]] or Russian-equivalent faction in a sufficiently advanced setting is this; see [[Khador]], [[AT-43\|Red Bloc]]; good vidya examples are Soviets from [[Command_and_Conquer#Red_Alert_series\|Red Alert]] and China from [[Command_and_Conquer#Generals_series\|C&C:Generals]].
	** [[Nazi]]s and similarly themed factions tend to share this property whenever they're not too busy playing with occultism, eugenics, and Tesla weapons. Kinda understandable: would you [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bertha_(howitzer) look] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus at] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1500_Monster these] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefant penis] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Ger%C3%A4t compensators].		** [[Nazi]]s and similarly themed factions tend to share this property whenever they're not too busy playing with occultism, eugenics, and Tesla weapons. Kinda understandable: would you [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bertha_(howitzer) look] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus at] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1500_Monster these] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefant penis] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Ger%C3%A4t compensators].
	* In /v/, examples are [[Fallout]] (albeit if you're inclined to split hairs, that's Atompunk (50'es to 70'es)), first two Bioshocks (Infinite is more steampunky), Dishonored and [[Wolfenstein]] (from "Return to" and onwards). Primorida also covers this aesthetic, though mixed with some very mother-of-pearl sculpting and hiding beneath the post-apocalyptic surface. The Hungarian shmup Sine Mora EX also deserves mention for its many stylish designs of planes, tanks, and warships. Although, it also has [[furries]] committing [[Exterminatus\|genocide]]. Make of that what you will.		* In /v/, examples are [[Fallout]] (albeit if you're inclined to split hairs, that's Atompunk (50'es to 70'es)), first two Bioshocks (Infinite is more steampunky), Dishonored (some will try to argue that Dishonored is more steampunk, we call these people idiots) and [[Wolfenstein]] (from "Return to" and onwards). Primorida also covers this aesthetic, though mixed with some very mother-of-pearl sculpting and hiding beneath the post-apocalyptic surface. The Hungarian shmup Sine Mora EX also deserves mention for its many stylish designs of planes, tanks, and warships. Although, it also has [[furries]] committing [[Exterminatus\|genocide]]. Make of that what you will.
	* Dieselpunk has also reared its head in Hollywood. The movies [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102803/?ref_=nv_sr_1 The Rocketeer] and [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346156/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Sky Captain and the World Tomorrow] are both aesthetically accurate but suffered mediocre reviews.		* Dieselpunk has also reared its head in Hollywood. The movies [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102803/?ref_=nv_sr_1 The Rocketeer] and [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346156/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Sky Captain and the World Tomorrow] are both aesthetically accurate but suffered mediocre reviews.
	* For [[weeaboo]]s goes the non-alchemy bits of Fullmetal Alchemist, half of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki Miyazaki's] creative output, [[Avatar: The Last Airbender\|Avatar's]] Fire Nation, most of The Legend of Korra, and the 2001 animated (pseudo-remake) Metropolis.		* For [[weeaboo]]s goes the non-alchemy bits of Fullmetal Alchemist, half of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki Miyazaki's] creative output, [[Avatar: The Last Airbender\|Avatar's]] Fire Nation, most of The Legend of Korra, and the 2001 animated (pseudo-remake) Metropolis.

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	Whereas Steampunk borrows the fashions and aesthetics of the Victorians, Dieselpunk's primary aesthetic is Art Deco. Anything not related to machines will be very ritzy and flashy, jazz will be the dominant form of music and futurism will be the dominant form of architecture. Expect a lot of pressed and stamped metal. Thin, gilded veneers concealing oily machines (both literally and allegorically). Decopunk describes a setting which has all the flashy and the futuristic aesthetics found in parts of Dieselpunk, but none of the grime and realism that characterises most Dieselpunk works.		Whereas Steampunk borrows the fashions and aesthetics of the Victorians, Dieselpunk's primary aesthetic is Art Deco. Anything not related to machines will be very ritzy and flashy, jazz will be the dominant form of music and futurism will be the dominant form of architecture. Expect a lot of pressed and stamped metal. Thin, gilded veneers concealing oily machines (both literally and allegorically). Decopunk describes a setting which has all the flashy and the futuristic aesthetics found in parts of Dieselpunk, but none of the grime and realism that characterises most Dieselpunk works.

	The overall technology level hovers around 1935: we got machine guns, cars, piston planes (and jets, but they're bleeding-edge tech that isn't found outside the military or corporations), radios and black-and-white TV sets. Electronics are something of a gray area: they exist, but they can't be very advanced. You can expect radio, radars, alarms, simple encrypting/decrypting machines and so on, but no portable phones, detectors, transistors and computers (barring occasional [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC ENIAC]-styled vacuum tube monstrosities that take up ''at least'' an entire room). In a nutshell, if it looks like your great-granddad would like it, that's steampunk, if it looks like it belongs to your grandpa, that's dieselpunk, and if it looks like your dad used it, that's early [[Fallout\|Atompunk]], assuming you~~'re about 40~~.		The overall technology level hovers around 1935: we got machine guns, cars, piston planes (and jets, but they're bleeding-edge tech that isn't found outside the military or corporations), radios and black-and-white TV sets. Electronics are something of a gray area: they exist, but they can't be very advanced. You can expect radio, radars, alarms, simple encrypting/decrypting machines and so on, but no portable phones, detectors, transistors and computers (barring occasional [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC ENIAC]-styled vacuum tube monstrosities that take up ''at least'' an entire room). In a nutshell, if it looks like your great-granddad would like it, that's steampunk, if it looks like it belongs to your grandpa, that's dieselpunk, and if it looks like your dad used it, that's early [[Fallout\|Atompunk]], assuming you were born in the 80s.

	Also worth mentioning that there is a significant difference in mood: steampunk stories often lean on the romantical side of things, adventuring with the science of the future and all that. Dieselpunk, on the other hand, gets [[grimdark]]er with industrialized warfare, totalitarianism, and nihilism. Even without the shadow of "The Great War/s" looming over the setting, you have the social unrest of the Roaring 20's, the Great Depression, Gangland, and ruined continental Europe rebuilding in the background to temper your optimism. Steampunk is "The Time Machine" and "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea", Dieselpunk is "All Quiet On The Western Front" and "Catch-22".		Also worth mentioning that there is a significant difference in mood: steampunk stories often lean on the romantical side of things, adventuring with the science of the future and all that. Dieselpunk, on the other hand, gets [[grimdark]]er with industrialized warfare, totalitarianism, and nihilism. Even without the shadow of "The Great War/s" looming over the setting, you have the social unrest of the Roaring 20's, the Great Depression, Gangland, and ruined continental Europe rebuilding in the background to temper your optimism. Steampunk is "The Time Machine" and "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea", Dieselpunk is "All Quiet On The Western Front" and "Catch-22".

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	Whereas Steampunk borrows the fashions and aesthetics of the Victorians, Dieselpunk's primary aesthetic is Art Deco. Anything not related to machines will be very ritzy and flashy, jazz will be the dominant form of music and futurism will be the dominant form of architecture. Expect a lot of pressed and stamped metal. Thin, gilded veneers concealing oily machines (both literally and allegorically). Decopunk describes a setting which has all the flashy and the futuristic aesthetics found in parts of Dieselpunk, but none of the grime and realism that characterises most Dieselpunk works.		Whereas Steampunk borrows the fashions and aesthetics of the Victorians, Dieselpunk's primary aesthetic is Art Deco. Anything not related to machines will be very ritzy and flashy, jazz will be the dominant form of music and futurism will be the dominant form of architecture. Expect a lot of pressed and stamped metal. Thin, gilded veneers concealing oily machines (both literally and allegorically). Decopunk describes a setting which has all the flashy and the futuristic aesthetics found in parts of Dieselpunk, but none of the grime and realism that characterises most Dieselpunk works.

	The overall technology level hovers around 1935: we got machine guns, cars, piston planes (and jets, but they're bleeding-edge tech that isn't found outside the military or corporations), radios and black-and-white TV sets. Electronics are something of a gray area: they exist, but they can't be very advanced. You can expect radio, radars, alarms, simple encrypting/decrypting machines and so on, but no portable phones, detectors, transistors and computers (barring occasional [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC ENIAC]-styled vacuum tube monstrosities that take up ''at least'' an entire room). In a nutshell, if it looks like your great-granddad would like it, that's steampunk, if it looks like it belongs to your grandpa, that's dieselpunk, and if it looks like your dad used it, that's early [[Fallout\|Atompunk]], assuming you're about 40 ~~(which you are, unless you're a newfag)~~.		The overall technology level hovers around 1935: we got machine guns, cars, piston planes (and jets, but they're bleeding-edge tech that isn't found outside the military or corporations), radios and black-and-white TV sets. Electronics are something of a gray area: they exist, but they can't be very advanced. You can expect radio, radars, alarms, simple encrypting/decrypting machines and so on, but no portable phones, detectors, transistors and computers (barring occasional [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC ENIAC]-styled vacuum tube monstrosities that take up ''at least'' an entire room). In a nutshell, if it looks like your great-granddad would like it, that's steampunk, if it looks like it belongs to your grandpa, that's dieselpunk, and if it looks like your dad used it, that's early [[Fallout\|Atompunk]], assuming you're about 40.

	Also worth mentioning that there is a significant difference in mood: steampunk stories often lean on the romantical side of things, adventuring with the science of the future and all that. Dieselpunk, on the other hand, gets [[grimdark]]er with industrialized warfare, totalitarianism, and nihilism. Even without the shadow of "The Great War/s" looming over the setting, you have the social unrest of the Roaring 20's, the Great Depression, Gangland, and ruined continental Europe rebuilding in the background to temper your optimism. Steampunk is "The Time Machine" and "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea", Dieselpunk is "All Quiet On The Western Front" and "Catch-22".		Also worth mentioning that there is a significant difference in mood: steampunk stories often lean on the romantical side of things, adventuring with the science of the future and all that. Dieselpunk, on the other hand, gets [[grimdark]]er with industrialized warfare, totalitarianism, and nihilism. Even without the shadow of "The Great War/s" looming over the setting, you have the social unrest of the Roaring 20's, the Great Depression, Gangland, and ruined continental Europe rebuilding in the background to temper your optimism. Steampunk is "The Time Machine" and "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea", Dieselpunk is "All Quiet On The Western Front" and "Catch-22".

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	* [[Imperium\|Imperial technology]] (and, by extension, [[Chaos]] and [[Ork]] tech, since they like to loot their tech) is ~~the embodiment of this~~. ~~Rule of thumb: if it doesn~~'t ~~look like it came out of~~ [[Force Weapons\|Renai]][[Power Weapon\|ssance]] Fair or [[Lasgun\|cheap]] [[Titan\|80'ies]] [[Plasma\|sci]]-[[Melta\|fi]] [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|show]] ([[Power armor#Warhammer_40.2C000\|or]] [[Imperial Knight\|both]]), ~~it's probably a~~ Dieselpunk design. The [[Imperial Guard]] is literally runs on it, special mention goes to [[Death Korps of Krieg\|Kriegers]], [[Armageddon Steel Legion\|Armageddoners]], [[Mordian Iron Guard\|Mordians]], [[Valhalla]]ns and the entirety of the [[Schola Progenium\|Commissariat]].		* [[Imperium\|Imperial technology]] (and, by extension, [[Chaos]] and [[Ork]] tech, since they like to loot their tech) is a Dieselpunk world that somehow developed space travel technology. Diesel isn't the only game in town, there is also [[Force Weapons\|Renai]][[Power Weapon\|ssance]] Fair and [[Lasgun\|cheap]] [[Titan\|80'ies]] [[Plasma\|sci]]-[[Melta\|fi]] [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|show]] ([[Power armor#Warhammer_40.2C000\|or]] [[Imperial Knight\|both]]), but the day to day tech that an average citizen sees is Dieselpunk design. The [[Imperial Guard]] literally runs on it, special mention goes to [[Death Korps of Krieg\|Kriegers]], [[Armageddon Steel Legion\|Armageddoners]], [[Mordian Iron Guard\|Mordians]], [[Valhalla]]ns and the entirety of the [[Schola Progenium\|Commissariat]].
	* Generally, every [[Communism\|Russian]] or Russian-equivalent faction in a sufficiently advanced setting is this; see [[Khador]], [[AT-43\|Red Bloc]]; good vidya examples are Soviets from [[Command_and_Conquer#Red_Alert_series\|Red Alert]] and China from [[Command_and_Conquer#Generals_series\|C&C:Generals]].		* Generally, every [[Communism\|Russian]] or Russian-equivalent faction in a sufficiently advanced setting is this; see [[Khador]], [[AT-43\|Red Bloc]]; good vidya examples are Soviets from [[Command_and_Conquer#Red_Alert_series\|Red Alert]] and China from [[Command_and_Conquer#Generals_series\|C&C:Generals]].
	** [[Nazi]]s and similarly themed factions tend to share this property whenever they're not too busy playing with occultism, eugenics, and Tesla weapons. Kinda understandable: would you [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bertha_(howitzer) look] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus at] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1500_Monster these] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefant penis] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Ger%C3%A4t compensators].		** [[Nazi]]s and similarly themed factions tend to share this property whenever they're not too busy playing with occultism, eugenics, and Tesla weapons. Kinda understandable: would you [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bertha_(howitzer) look] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus at] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1500_Monster these] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefant penis] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Ger%C3%A4t compensators].

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	Whereas Steampunk borrows the fashions and aesthetics of the Victorians, Dieselpunk's primary aesthetic is Art Deco. Anything not related to machines will be very ritzy and flashy, jazz will be the dominant form of music and futurism will be the dominant form of architecture. Expect a lot of pressed and stamped metal. Thin, gilded veneers concealing oily machines (both literally and allegorically). Decopunk describes a setting which has all the flashy and the futuristic aesthetics found in parts of Dieselpunk, but none of the grime and realism that characterises most Dieselpunk works.		Whereas Steampunk borrows the fashions and aesthetics of the Victorians, Dieselpunk's primary aesthetic is Art Deco. Anything not related to machines will be very ritzy and flashy, jazz will be the dominant form of music and futurism will be the dominant form of architecture. Expect a lot of pressed and stamped metal. Thin, gilded veneers concealing oily machines (both literally and allegorically). Decopunk describes a setting which has all the flashy and the futuristic aesthetics found in parts of Dieselpunk, but none of the grime and realism that characterises most Dieselpunk works.

	The overall technology level hovers around 1935: we got machine guns, cars, piston planes (and jets, but they're bleeding-edge tech that isn't found outside the military or corporations), radios and black-and-white TV sets. Electronics are something of a gray area: they exist, but they can't be very advanced. You can expect radio, radars, alarms, simple encrypting/decrypting machines and so on, but no portable phones, detectors, transistors and computers (barring occasional [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC ENIAC]-styled vacuum tube monstrosities that take up ''at least'' an entire room). In a nutshell, if it looks like your ~~grand~~-granddad would like it, that's steampunk, if it looks like it belongs to your grandpa, that's dieselpunk, and if it looks like your dad used it, that's early [[Fallout\|Atompunk]], assuming you're about 40 (which you are, unless you're a newfag).		The overall technology level hovers around 1935: we got machine guns, cars, piston planes (and jets, but they're bleeding-edge tech that isn't found outside the military or corporations), radios and black-and-white TV sets. Electronics are something of a gray area: they exist, but they can't be very advanced. You can expect radio, radars, alarms, simple encrypting/decrypting machines and so on, but no portable phones, detectors, transistors and computers (barring occasional [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC ENIAC]-styled vacuum tube monstrosities that take up ''at least'' an entire room). In a nutshell, if it looks like your great-granddad would like it, that's steampunk, if it looks like it belongs to your grandpa, that's dieselpunk, and if it looks like your dad used it, that's early [[Fallout\|Atompunk]], assuming you're about 40 (which you are, unless you're a newfag).

	Also worth mentioning that there is a significant difference in mood: steampunk stories often lean on the romantical side of things, adventuring with the science of the future and all that. Dieselpunk, on the other hand, gets [[grimdark]]er with industrialized warfare, totalitarianism, and nihilism. Even without the shadow of "The Great War/s" looming over the setting, you have the social unrest of the Roaring 20's, the Great Depression, Gangland, and ruined continental Europe rebuilding in the background to temper your optimism. Steampunk is "The Time Machine" and "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea", Dieselpunk is "All Quiet On The Western Front" and "Catch-22".		Also worth mentioning that there is a significant difference in mood: steampunk stories often lean on the romantical side of things, adventuring with the science of the future and all that. Dieselpunk, on the other hand, gets [[grimdark]]er with industrialized warfare, totalitarianism, and nihilism. Even without the shadow of "The Great War/s" looming over the setting, you have the social unrest of the Roaring 20's, the Great Depression, Gangland, and ruined continental Europe rebuilding in the background to temper your optimism. Steampunk is "The Time Machine" and "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea", Dieselpunk is "All Quiet On The Western Front" and "Catch-22".

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