Bilbo Baggins’ magic sword was called Sting and it glowed blue whenever orcs came too close. That’s pretty useful when you’re a Hobbit. Over at Make.com Krista Peryer has the story of a new generation of Sting, a geek perfect sword, a sword called WarSting. WarString glows whenever it detects unsecured wifi networks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmjkUv5OtLM By […]
Adam Savage shows off his mecha-glove from Hellboy
This is an open-ended but very complex project. It’s also clearly a labour of love for Adam Savage. It’s based on a glove that’s seen briefly in the movie. He wants two gloves and explains this means he’ll try and build four. Why? In the process of building the gloves he fully expects to ruin […]
Game of Thrones: Buy your own Iron Throne
[On sale at Firebox] Blood has been spilt in the quest for the Iron Throne. What are you prepared to offer? If you’re prepared to offer £20,000 then there’s good news. You’ll qualify for free shipping and within 6 to 8 weeks Firebox will deliver to you one Iron Throne replica. It’s not iron but […]
Building the Halo Needler
Do you enjoy using the Needler in Halo? It’s a Covenant weapon that’s simply fantastic against lightly armoured targets. It’s pretty much fire and forget as the Type-33 weapon launches its crystalline projectiles against the foe which then explode on impact. The Covenant love it because it’s the sort of weapon that you can put […]
One impressive looking gauss rifle steampunk style
Patrick Priebe of Laser Gadgets has released a silent video teaser of the site’s latest creation. This time round there are no tricks like firing lasers or darts, this time we’re dealing with a prop that looks awesome. This is just a teaser for the brass, copper and rose-wood rifle. Laser Gadgets may make better […]
Exclusive Mass Effect 3 M-3 Predator full size replica
Think Geek have a fantastically designed, full size, M-3 Predator from Mass Effect 3. The model of the gun with red lights is limited to only 500 pieces and the blue light verision is even more rare with only 150 made. The gun was sculpted and painted by the experts at TriForce and may be […]
10 interesting Star Wars Etsy times for Star Wars Day
May the 4th is Star Wars day and Geek Native is celebrating. Let’s have a rummage around the geeky wonderland known as Etsy and see what we can dig up in order to mark the occassion. May the Force be with you. Star Wars meets Day of the Dead – coaster set Product Page Hand […]
A 1:1 scale Hellboy Big Baby gun
Just as well it’s a bit too late to add to your Christmas wish list… otherwise I predict this awesomely impressive Big Baby shotgun pistol would be there. This is the gun that Hellboy uses to such great effect. I’m not sure why someone thought a 1:1 scale replica would be a good idea… but […]
