Category: Geek

Reader Submission: Bioshock Educational Posters

Geekcrafts reader Lauren, owner of Etsy shop theinkblot writes:

“I love anything and everything geek. I am completely obsessed with Bioshock (1 and 2) and I just love the concept and ideas of Rapture. In my free time I draw some of the “educational” posters found throughout the game. I have also drawn some of the Plasmid video stills (one can be found in the sold section of my etsy). I love your website and check it frequently, purchasing items from the artists you mention. It also gives me great ideas for my own geekcrafts! I love the website, please keep it up!”

I’m sure many of our readers are with you in the Bioshock love. I, however, am an absolute WIMP… and although I the love retro art peppered throughout the game, I become a snivelling nervous wreck when playing scary/atmospheric first person shooters.

I’m a Cookin’ Mama kind of girl.

Have you made something awesome based on a computer game I’m too chicken to play? Hit us up on the Submit a Geekcraft contact form!

Double Geekout – Legos + Star Wars

What do you get when you combine Star Wars and Legos? Well, you could get any number of things – video games, State Fair projects, birthday cakes… but today I’m going to share with you a Sandcrawler made of Legos. At over 10,000 building blocks, I call that an epic project!

Lego Sandcrawler by Marshal BananaThe beauty of it is that it’s fully functional via remote control. The creator, Marshal Banana, shared these facts, in the description in the YouTube video about the project:

Facts:

  • Minifigscale: 96 cm long, 100.5 cm long (lowered main ramp)
  • Weight: approximability 20 kg
  • Part count: over 10’000
  • Powerfunctions: 4 xl motors, 5 m motors, 4 receivers, 4 batterypacks, 22 Lego LED-lights
  • Powered radio-controlled Functions: forward & reverse, steering, main ramp: up and down, crane: up and down, in and out, conveyer band: forward and reverse
  • full interior on three floors in the front half of the model and a detailed cockpit (removable roof)
  • second crane in the back of the workshop
  • lighted smelter

Building and planning time: 9 months

LINKS OF INTEREST:

Links!

We’re going to beef up our links page and want you to be included! If you have a geeky crafty blog, Etsy shop, website, etc., etc., etc., send your link to pandora75@gmail.com and we’ll add it to the page.

Geek Baby Roundup!

You more observant readers will know that I’m growin’ a geek! I’ve also discovered pinterest… these two events are unrelated… but it does mean that I’ve got a growing geek baby pintrest board which I’d love to share with you :-)

So without further adieu, I give you, a roudup of the top 10 most awesome things I’ve pinned to my Geek Baby Pinterest board (so far)

At 10! Etsy Shop thebuttercupboutique are selling this robot taggie blanket for $18.00

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#9!! (first in my trio of onesies) hehe, Storm Pooper Onesie from WolfBuddy ($10)

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#8 Geek logic onesie Transfer – $5 – designvine

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in at #7 … how about this Mario Onesie from SugarBabyLove – $17.00

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#6 -Star wars Daddy Diaper bag from thatmoxiegirl $30

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#5 – crochet space invaders blanket (awww!!!) from geekerybyemily £30 (GBP)

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#4 (last onesies I promise) – perfect for twins or close siblings, copypaste onesies from klzart ($32.00)

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#3 – can’t buy this one – I’m sure we’ve featured it before and I NEEEEEED it for my geekling – Cardboard scale model replica from Mateo and Me

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#2 – Moustache booties! £32.00 from pleasantlyplumpknits

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AND NUMBER ONE!!

SUPER awesome Yoda hat from thegreenhedgehog – $17.95

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WHOOP WHOOP!!! 6 weeks til my geek arrives!! if you see anything else I’d like let me know in the comments, via my pinterest board, or if it’s something you’ve made, hit us up on the Submit a geekcraft form :-)