I love this 2000 piece by artist Elizabeth Demaray: This is a view of a 10 ton 1957 Nike-Hercules Nuclear/Conventional Warhead, sitting on its launch pad. I have upholstered it in eighty-eight yards of light blue quilted satin. The piece involved softening and familiarizing this object by hand mapping it in its silo at the […]
Since we already entered into some weird weather front of Lego postings today, I figured I’d complete the conditions for a perfect storm. Here’s an amazing 1/8 scale Bugatti Veyron, with a working seven-speed transmission transmission (that includes reverse), brakes, independent suspension system, retractable roof and rear spoiler, and it’s remote controlled — all made […]
Adam Levermore shares a highly detailed tutorial for creating cool retro sci-fi posters. He covered everything from tips on how to digitally “sketch” the design to adding filters that give the graphics that perfect aged look. I love the end result!
Instructables user spookylean shows us how to make this cool little folding prop based on a weapon from the video game Batman: Arkham Asylum. He does it the labor-intensive but inexpensive way–cutting the profiles by hand from clear hardware store Plexiglas and then painting them black. I am too lazy for that and would probably just have them laser-cut from black plastic to start with. Embedded magnets lock it in the deployed position.
Hive 13 member Craig Smith found a way to combine two hobbies with his Drinkshield, which contains both an alcohol sensor and a bunch of LEDs.
These skull pedals look fantastic via n1s.
Check out this great tutorial on how to craft a gnome from Myrtle and Eunice. The step-by-step photos are incredibly detailed and the final result is so jolly! These gnomes have a real solidity to them that gets your fingers itching to play with them amongst the leaves in the garden. This would be so […]
