Stone Golem costume
It’s old news, but this awesome foam Golem suit from live action role players in New Zealand just caught my eye.
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Chillingworth the owl
I sent this link over to Becky for the CRAFT blog but I got jealous after she put it up and had to post it here, too. Chillingworth may be the coolest stuffed animal I have ever seen. He was made from an antique bodice by Ann Wood of Brooklyn.
How-To: “Operation” costume
You know, you kind of have to see it blown up to life-size before you realize just how creepy the “Operation” game really is. Outstanding costume build by Instructables user NavySWO91. It works just like the game!
Wooden hand crank iPhone dock automata
This wooden hand crank iPhone dock automata by Murtaza Lakdawala is equal parts form and function. Turn the crank and watch the gears mesh as the automata changes the iPhone’s orientation from portrait to landscape.
Hinged square-to-triangle dissection table
Those of you who appreciated my earlier post about Dudeney’s dissection will likely enjoy this table, commissioned by Joop Van Der Vaart from craftsman Jan de Koning, at Professor Greg N. Frederickson’s page at Purdue.
OMG Zelda prop sword
It’s made from reinforced resin and finished with automotive paints by Aaron of Fiberglassblades. That’s him in the Ryo Sanada getup below. Holy crap. Make: Halloween Contest 2009 Microchip Technology Inc. and MAKE have teamed up to present to you the Make: Halloween Contest 2009! Show us your embedded microcontroller Halloween projects and you could […]
Skateboard Tetris
True that San Francisco skaters have a reputation that precedes them with their home turf being some of the gnarliest urban streets in the country. Check out these 36 SF skaters on Freebords flexing mad skills with neon Tetris shapes mounted on their heads to awesome effect.