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Superfan Builds Life-Size Iron Man Hulkbuster Suit

Superfan Builds Life-Size Iron Man Hulkbuster Suit

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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U.K. cosplayer and master fabricator James Bruton has done some amazing projects on his XRobots website, but he is outdoing himself on his Hulkbuster suit in homage to the upcoming Avengers 2: Age of Ultron film. On James’ site and YouTube channel, he’s been painstakingly documenting every step of his design and build process. Watching […]

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Illuminated 38” Paper Millennium Falcon Took 4 Years to Build

Illuminated 38” Paper Millennium Falcon Took 4 Years to Build

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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It took master papercraft modeler Bernard Szukiel four painstaking years of squinting over tiny snips of paper and peeling PVA glue off of his fingers to complete this stunning Millennium Falcon. The model is 38″ long and made of 99% paper. The other 1%? It’s the many feet of fiber optic cable and LEDs he […]

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Blast Off with this Homemade Atomic Age Rocket Camper

Blast Off with this Homemade Atomic Age Rocket Camper

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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When Alaskan resident Bill Guernsey got into a serious plane crash and broke his back and fractured seven ribs, he knew he was going to be laid up for a long, long time. But rather than let that get the best of him, he decided to use the time to finally design and then build […]

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Papercraft Stop-Motion Animation in Sci-Fi Music Video

Papercraft Stop-Motion Animation in Sci-Fi Music Video

By Andrew Salomone

Andrew Salomone

Artist, writer, and teacher who makes work about popular culture, technology, and traditional craft processes. http://www.andrewsalomone.com

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The new music video from French trio Ödland takes DIY special effects to a whole other world by using elaborately constructed papercraft settings for their cosmic stop-motion animations.

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