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We Talk to the Mystery Maker Behind the 3D Printed Railgun

We Talk to the Mystery Maker Behind the 3D Printed Railgun

Make: talks to the man behind the homemade, portable railgun that the net has gone nuts over.

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Playing a Hypothetical Star Wars “X-Wings on Endor” Battle

Playing a Hypothetical Star Wars “X-Wings on Endor” Battle

Watch what happens when wargamers build a stunning Star Wars gaming table in a day and write their own rules for playing on it.

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Take a Mad Max: Fury Road-Inspired Watercolor Tutorial

Take a Mad Max: Fury Road-Inspired Watercolor Tutorial

I love this watercolor tutorial using a scene from Mad Max: Fury Road as the subject. Well-known artist/illustrator Scott C. (Scott Campbell) shows you how he uses reference shots from the film, does some preliminary sketches, composites the scene based on those sketches, and then, casually step-by-step, how he went about painting up the final […]

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This Incredible Halo Diorama Will Blow You Away

This Incredible Halo Diorama Will Blow You Away

Andrew Theo, a creative director in the entertainment business by day, has spent several years of his nights bringing the digital world of Halo to life. Dubbed Halo: Reclaim, this 4’×6′ hobby diorama took Theo two years to build, using the McFarlene Toys’ roughly 15mm scale Halo Micro Ops line for the soldiers and their […]

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This Isn’t a Drawing, This is a Physical Model

This Isn’t a Drawing, This is a Physical Model

You’d be forgiven for doing a double-take, a triple-take, or even insisting that this is a clever ‘shop job, but you’d be mistaken. This is a 1/12-scale version of a power suit model from the Starship Troopers anime series, done by Japanese modeler mumumuno53. To achieve this amazing effect, he relied on using a paper-colored […]

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Battle of Hoth Recreated on Gaming Table for Salute 2015

Battle of Hoth Recreated on Gaming Table for Salute 2015

The team over at the popular wargaming portal Beasts of War has been putting together a magnificent Battle of Hoth gaming table for this weekend’s Salute 2015 (the massive U.K. gaming convention). They ran a contest to create a set of game rules for the board and are bringing the winner, Grant Ennis, to Salute […]

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