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Shawn Thorsson’s Incredible Space Marine Armor

Shawn Thorsson’s Incredible Space Marine Armor

Costumer crazy-man Shawn Thorsson wows the crowds at Maker Faire with his Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine armor.

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Charming Maker Faire Bay Area Video

Charming Maker Faire Bay Area Video

I love this silent Maker Faire video with a very twinkly, ethereal soundtrack. Really captures some of the wonder of the event.

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Dangerous Prototypes at Maker Faire Bay Area

Dangerous Prototypes at Maker Faire Bay Area

Our pals at Dangerous Prototypes put together these wonderful videos about Maker Faire Bay Area 2012. The first gives you a maker’s POV of being at the Faire, setting up, what to bring, etc. The second video offers a rundown of 13 projects that Ian of DP found at the Faire.

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Maker Faire Center Stage — Illustrated!

Maker Faire Center Stage — Illustrated!

A few weeks before Maker Faire, we got a call from Nora Herting, founder of ImageThink, a company that provides live “graphic facilitation” services to conferences and meetings.  Nora loves Maker Faire and she offered up a wonderful gift from her company:  the time of two great illustrators, Heather Willems and Lloyd Dangle (you might […]

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Thoughts on the 7th Annual Maker Faire

Thoughts on the 7th Annual Maker Faire

MAKE Editorial Director Gareth Branwyn shares some of his notes and takeaways from this weekend’s Maker Faire Bay Area.

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Space Marines Tower Over Maker Faire

Space Marines Tower Over Maker Faire

Master costume maker, Shawn Thorsson, wowed the crowds at Maker Faire again this year with his impressive Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine costumes. It was amazing, especially being a 40K player, to see these giant armor-clad, genetically-modified super humans patrolling the aisles of Expo Hall. Space Marines are HUGE!

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