Shawn Thorsson’s Incredible Space Marine Armor
Costumer crazy-man Shawn Thorsson wows the crowds at Maker Faire with his Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine armor.
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War Games
Ogre “Designer’s Edition” Funded 2000% and Rising
A dice and cardboard wargame raising half a million on Kickstarter? The sixth edition of the classic wargame “Ogre” looks like it’s going to be awesome.
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Space Marine Helm Started as Paper Model
We featured the papercraft form for this Space Marine Terminator helmet from MAKE regular Shawn Thorsson in the Flickr pool roundup about a month ago. It was impressive, even then, just as a pepakura model. Seeing how it turned out, covered inside and out with layers of Bondo-based resin, sanded, polished, and skillfully painted, is […]
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Sweet FDM/FFF 3D Printed Wargaming Minis
Until I saw these recent Warhammer 40K designs from Thingiverse user 3dYeti, however, I thought good-looking gaming minis were beyond the capabilities of hobby-scale desktop FDM/FFF (Fused Deposition Modeling, which is a trademarked term AKA Fused Filament Fabrication, which is not legally encumbered) printers like those from MakerBot, MakerGear, Ultimaker, etc. Guess I was wrong!
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Top 10: Prop Weapons
I set out to write a generic “props” round-up, but quickly discovered that our props tag is pretty deep, and covers a wide range of subjects including haunt props and/or prop furniture, elaborate costumes, and display props. I narrowed my focus, then, to props a person might carry around as part of a costume, and found, even then, there was more cool stuff than I could fit into one roundup.
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Tabletop Gaming — Modeling Tips and Tricks
In the early aughts, I ran a popular and well-regarded tabletop wargame modeling and converting site called 40K Konversions. It was dedicated to all forms of modeling related to the Warhammer 40,000 universe. I went through my articles from the site and have put together some of the best tips and tricks that I published.
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The Terrain Modeling of Steve “Kamloopian” Delaney
Steve is probably an acquired taste and the pacing of his videos (which would make a turtle shout: “Hurry up!”) and the no-production production can be maddening (faster-forwarding is a huge help here), but his chops as a modeler are undeniable and the knowledge, tips, and tricks you acquire in sticking with him are invaluable.
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