Astounding Dark Crystal Costume
Feast your eyes on this gorgeous Skeksis costume from Dark Crystal. Constructed by Xaerael (aka Neil Lockwood), it won the 2011 EuroCosplay competition. It took him a year to make and cost him nearly $2000.
Month: October 2012
How-To: Manual Rotocasting
I was under the impression, before seeing this video from intrepid propcaster James Bruton of Xrobots.co.uk, that rotocasting was only practical if you had a machine to automatically spin the mold on multiple axes, simultaneously, for several hours while the casting material sets up. Turns out that’s not the case.
15 Fantastic Project Enclosures
You spent weeks, even months, developing your circuit. Doodling. Drafting. Breadboarding. Perfboarding. Designing and etching that PCB. Your work deserves an outside worthy of all that hard work you put inside. If you’re looking for ideas, you need look no further. Something here is certain to inspire.
Food Preservation: A MAKE Google+ Hangout Oct. 31
This week’s Food Makers hangout on Google+ will air Oct. 31 at 2pm PT and will focus on food preservation and fermentation. Guests will include Cama Davis from the Portland Meat Collective, Camas Davis of Happy Girl Kitchen and Sandor Katz, author of the encyclopedic “Art of Fermentation” and reigning guru of all things fermented.
Crochet Pattern: Rainbow Striped Slippers
Our own Haley Pierson-Cox has a cozy pattern for making rainbow striped slippers.
Building the Millennium Falcon Piece by Piece
A group of makers in Tennessee have embarked on a mission to build a full-scale Millennium Falcon, to be over 100 feet long and 30 feet high when completed.
How-To: Soda Bottle Bell Jars
Display your favorite collections the old fashioned way with some upcycled soda bottle bell jars!
