Recreating the Goblin Masks from Troll 2
A look at the amazing goblin masks from the movie Troll 2.
Halloween
Skeleton Bodysuit
My preoccupation with bones knows no crafty bounds, so this skeleton bodysuit naturally had me drooling all the way over to the GoodHoodStore. Admittedly, this exact project is one of the primary reasons I own a computerized knitting machine. [via Street Anatomy] More: CRAFT Video: Skeleton Cardigan
Photo Booth mask is creepy, awesome
Rachel @ CRAFT points us to this rad mask that Mark Pernice made from a goofy Photo Booth picture. Positively ridiculous! Happy Friday. Using Apple’s Photo Booth application as inspiration, the idea was to take the 2D image that it manipulated and create a tangible face in a real environment, then in turn bring it […]
Adam Savage’s Blade Runner Blaster
Mythretirer Adam Savage has a post up this morning on that one Boingy blog about the latest in his lifelong series of personal replicas of Deckard’s handgun from Blade Runner. There’s more shots of the build as well as pictures of the original prop and two of Adam’s earlier replicas. The very first one uses the famous contoured handgrip from Italian toymaker Edison Giocattoli’s TG-105 ‘Super Thur’ ray gun, which also appeared in a prop from Joss Whedon’s Firefly.
How-To: Mad cyborg costume
Rawr! Instructables user poyecto_gir writes: I will teach you how to make props of a mechanical arm (the clamp can be activated by spring action or motorized action, I will show both possibilities), a face plate (the eye lights) and the battle vest (the chest plate lights too). And the best part? The props are […]
DIY special effects roundup
In honor of DIY Movie Making Month, I’ve been digging through the archives to de-blog some special-effects-related oldies-but-goodies from months past. Click on in!
Lego that makes you want to cry
And not in a good way. I have blogged about scary Lego before, but the capacity of the AFOL (“Adult Fan of Lego”) community to twist everybody’s favorite happy Danish building toy into Bosch- and/or Giger-esque abominations has pushed darker boundaries since then. This godawful* thing by prolific and talented builder Mike Foy is just called “The Void,” and, if I may suggest, belongs on the cover of some trendy modern edition of a very old and very evil book full of unspeakable things. [via The Brothers Brick]