Steampunk Airship Captain Portrait
Midjourney
Prompt
Waist-up portrait of an airship captain on the open deck of a steampunk vessel, brass-rimmed goggles pushed up onto a worn leather flight cap, long oiled coat with riveted shoulder plates, one gloved hand resting on a polished brass speaking tube, wind pulling at the collar, engine haze and rigging cables blurred behind, cool overcast sky light with a warm brass bounce coming up from the deck lamps, painted concept art --ar 3:4 --stylize 350
Settings
- Model
- Midjourney v7
- Aspect ratio
- 3:4
- Stylize
- 350
Steampunk Airship Captain Portrait is a Midjourney v7 prompt for a 3:4 character bust. Every brass element named has a job to do, which is what keeps steampunk from collapsing into gears glued decoratively onto clothing.
Last updated: July 2026 · written for Midjourney v7
Part of the Midjourney prompt library · see more fantasy prompts .
How to use this prompt
Steampunk fails in one specific way: cogs stuck to fabric as ornament. The fix is to name only hardware with a function — a speaking tube is for shouting orders, riveted shoulder plates take the weight of a harness, goggles belong on the eyes. That last one carries extra meaning here. "Pushed up onto the cap" describes a tool that has been used and set aside, which reads as a working captain rather than someone in costume. Cool sky light with a warm bounce from below is what keeps brass looking like metal; lit from a single source it flattens into painted yellow.
Variations to try
- Recast as a grounded engineer: soot-stained apron, welding visor up, a wrench through the belt
- Night version — deck lamps as the only light, rigging picked out against a dark cloud bank
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{
"title": "Steampunk Airship Captain Portrait",
"prompt": "Waist-up portrait of an airship captain on the open deck of a steampunk vessel, brass-rimmed goggles pushed up onto a worn leather flight cap, long oiled coat with riveted shoulder plates, one gloved hand resting on a polished brass speaking tube, wind pulling at the collar, engine haze and rigging cables blurred behind, cool overcast sky light with a warm brass bounce coming up from the deck lamps, painted concept art --ar 3:4 --stylize 350",
"model": "Midjourney",
"model_version": "v7",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "3:4",
"stylize": 350
},
"style_tags": [
"fantasy",
"cinematic"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"character-design",
"concept-art"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/midjourney/steampunk-airship-captain-portrait/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
