Steampunk Shrinking?

[Crash Ichimonji]

Originally Posted by vid

I'm actually curious how that would work. I think it would be cool if the science behind it was actual steam that caused the shrinking.

Gives new meaning to the term 'heat-shrink'. I still think Farscape's shrink-ray/gauntlet was a better idea...other than the fact that it also shrank clothing and seemed to only shrink humanoids down to a few inches tall with no real adjusting for sizes.

[gladewalker]

I'd call it "Letting off some Steam"

Hey, they used to use the "shrinking from steam room" theme a lot in old movies/cartoons.

[vid]

Originally Posted by gladewalker

Hey, they used to use the "shrinking from steam room" theme a lot in old movies/cartoons.

My point basically - mixing a shrinking chemical with pore-opening steam.

Another option is some kind of gravitational field-altering device that uses force to physically condense the body:

"Hold still - you're going to feel a little squeeze."