Fancy your very own replica L.M. Ericsson’s 1892 model telephone? Despite being a replica it features push buttons – probably because kids these days couldn’t work out how to use the dialler. Good news, the generator crank works. You can really wind that baby up and confuse anyone watching you on your beautiful steampunk phone. […]
Three of the best Borderlands cosplays
As you might expect there’s been a bit of a fashion frenzy around Borderland cosplay. This post is an ultra-quick round up of some of the best. As usual with cosplay I’m blown away by the quality on display here. Borderlands’ Lilith cosplay Cosplayer and costume designer: Tarah-Rex Photographer: Shaylene Herbert Borderlands’ psycho cosplay Cosplayer: […]
Steampunkin – steampunk pumpkin
I have no artistic ability. My culinary skills are even worse. So I pay attention when Geek Crafts finds a clever, no-carve, pumpkin idea for Halloween. I pay especially close attention when that no carve idea is a steampunk one. How do you create a steampunk pumpkin? There are no instructions. The advice seems to […]
Picture this… Yoda as a human
This sculpture of Yoda as an old human was created by Andrea Eusebi. His blog has more pictures. The model uses sintafoam (polyuerethane resin) and is about 33 cm tall, which is pretty large. Despite the fantastic design and sculpting I think it’s the painting, that careful flesh tone and colouring, along with the whisps […]
Geek cute and rare Gamorrean Guard piggy bank
Remember the Gamorrean “pig” Guards from Return of the Jedi? The fur clad, green skinned warriors, first seen hanging around Jabba’s Palace? They’re actually from a jungle planet, Gamoor, in the Outer Rim. They’re a race of warriors. Except this one. This porcine fella is a defender of the coins. They’re also rare; produced for […]
Interview with Cavemaster’s Jeff Dee
Jeff Dee is a game designed based in Austin and the founder of UNIgames. Dee co-wrote and illustrated Fantasy Games Unlimited’s Villains and Vigilantes which has been described as the first complete superhero roleplaying game. In this interview Jeff has kindly agreed to talk about his latest game, co-written with Talzhemir Mrr, which may also […]
How do you read a .mobi attachment in Gmail on your Android Kindle app?
Now and then people email me .mobi attachments. This is a popular format for eBooks, .mobi files are quite small so they’re a popular alternative than shipping paper books around. My eBook reader is my Nexus 7 Android tablet. I have Amazon’s Kindle app on it which lets me resize text, sync across devices and, […]
The Justice League and The Avengers as chambara samurai
The word “Chambara” is used to describe a genre of movies in Japan with the focus on sword fighting. They’re very often samurai peroid pieces set somewhere between 1600 and 1868. Talented deviant artist Alex Mitchell must have wondered what some of America’s most famous superheroes; the Justice League and The Avengers would look like […]
Chocobo cake with edible models
How’s that for a cake? It’s the work of Barbarann Garrard (aka Cake Rhapsody). It’s even worth noting that the picture was snapped on an HTC smartphone. This cake looks as good as you see – no camera and lights tricks here. Any Final Fantasy geeks know the answer to this question? Which Final Fantasy […]
Eight Weeping Angels caught on Instagram
Weeping Angel Cherubs By Jonyboy271 Weeping Angel cowers in darkness By Sexy Tardis Evil dolphins and the Weeping Angel By Kyle Wronsky The Triffid and the Weeping Angel By Jill Engel Giant Weeping Angel By Pushie Luv Weeping Angels lining up By Gage Bedrosian Weeping Angel in the house By Anna Meyer Decaying Weeping Angels […]