Based in Massachusetts, Mamma Bones is an artist who does something different with knitting. She works in scales to create some fantastic armour. You can browser through her Etsy store full of goodies if you fancy any of this armour yourself and its easy to imagine that cosplayers, larpers and perhaps even a YouTube host […]
Archives for December 2016
10 ideas for new Ingress items
Ingress is the augmented reality game from Niantic that came before Pokemon. It’s less random, has only two factions and a great community. One of the clever things Niantic got right was to introduce sponsored items rather than adverts to the game play. The most powerful shield you can hope to deploy, right now, is […]
This incredible LEGO Bird of Prey has uncloaked
For the full experience check out Kevin J Walter’s Flickr stream. He first put together a proof of concept for this mighty Klingon LEGO spaceship using virtual bricks back in 2010. It has taken a good 6 years to put this complex build together and the result is surely worth the investment! I’m amazed at […]
Forging a steel d20
In this episode the vlogsmith Gil Ramirez forges a steel d20. There’s more skill to it than I imaged as Gil’s required to hammer each face of the die by hand. He’s keen of eye enough to do this without measurement or fancy tools either – though I doubt the die is as well balanced […]
Cthulhu hourglass of doom!
[I need!] Ever play in a game where people are given a time limit on how long they have to think about things? That can be pretty tough on the players. Add Cthulhu and lava to take it to the next level! Due in stock in just a few days and already open for pre-order […]
Corrupt next year: War in Christmas Village
War in Christmas Village is a successful Kickstarter with, at the time of writing, 16 days left go. Pick up a set of unpainted 28mm twisted holiday miniatures with a Christmas theme. Check out the campaign page here. [Back this Campaign] It takes a $25 pledge to get into the miniature range but that first […]
Star Wars set designer builds D&D gaming table
The AWEsome channel is branching out. We might know the channel for weapon builds like crafting Mjonir or even the more recent AWE Artist series which has hosted projects like this steampunk R2-D2 kettle but there are even more strings to their bow. AWE also builds works of collector art for superfans and this week […]
Call of Cthulhu’s Sandy Petersen sues PayPal
Petersen Entertainment LP has taken PayPal to court for withholding $57,000 in funds. The money due apparently relates to a Kickstarter for one of the 12 games the company has successfully funded. The complaint [PDF link] stats that Petersen has been fulfilling gamers’ orders despite PayPal withholding funds. This is good news for gamers as […]
Graceful Death Star LEGO stop motions
Stop motions are very demanding on your time. Each tiny movement means a change, a photograph and an ever-expanding animation. Imagine how long it would take to put together a stop motion animation of a LEGO Death Star coming together. Okay, that’s your starting point. Imagine you also need to animate each step so the […]
Lightsabres into halos
I’ve found it hard to blog about any of the celebrity deaths in 2016. There will be as many in 2017. We’ll keep loosing some amazing icons and incredible talent. It’s hard to blog about the news since it’s so widely covered, what can Geek Native add, and how can the site avoid the trap […]
