A few weeks ago I got to meet one of the artists behind the incredible Lego work I kept seeing at area conventions. His name is Allen T. Hickman. For Planet Comicon, he created this amazing Captain America: Civil War mural. That Captain America Shield? He created that too. And people, he doesn’t use a computer program to do it. Want to see more of his awesome stuff (not just murals, but fully realized Lego models too!), then check out Allen’s Facebook Page and take a look at some of his incredible creations. Be sure to hop on over to The Just Brick League Facebook Page too and check out more of his Lego masterpieces. You can also find video of the Lego awesomeness that Allen and Ty Forshee brought to Planet Comicon 2015 on YouTube, posted by Gabe Counts.
Category: Toys
Find Your Path to This Goblin Amigurumi
My son has played a wide variety of games over the years, but one that keeps showing up on his birthday and Christmas wishlists is Pathfinder. He almost always has some miniatures or modules he’s been eyeing. I may just have to surprise him with one of these Pathfinder goblin amigurumi.
Amanda at Xanthestar Customs has come up with a clever crochet doll version that can be cute, or add angry eyebrows and wide felt chompers for a more creepy, menacing look (as depicted above).
Are you a tabletop RPG’er? What character would you recreate in craft form? Let us know in the comments!
Links of Interest:
- Pathfinder Goblin Amigurumi at Xanthestar Customs
- Amanda’s patterns on Ravelry
- More RPG crafts on GeekCrafts
- More crochet crafts on GeekCrafts
Did you ever read the Bunnicula books?
Just this weekend my younger brother tagged me on FB with an article about the children’s book series Bunnicula, including the news that a new cartoon is coming out. Since the Bunnicula series was one of my favorite books as a kid, I wondered if there were any crafters out there that had shared their love of the vegetable sucking vampire bunny. I found this cute little plushie by username road_baby on Craftgrrl – Where Crafters Unite! Adorable.
There’s no tutorial that goes along with this photo, but on Urban Threads I did find a bunny plushie pattern that could be adapted (or made as is, it’s delightfully cute and evil) to more resemble Bunnicula.
Urban Threads has a cute, free printable plushie pattern for a vampire bunny.
More Links of Interest
- Find the cute little plushie by username road_baby on Craftgrrl – Where Crafters Unite here
- Find Urban Threads’ cute, free printable plushie pattern for a vampire bunny here
- Find more bunnies on Geek Crafts
- Find more plushies on Geek Crafts
- Find more tutorials on Geek Crafts
- Find more sewing on Geek Crafts
Miniature Bob Ross
As a long time fan of the painter, Bob Ross and The Joy of Painting, I let out quite the girly squeal when I saw this wooden clothes pin version of him on Imgur.
This happy little painter was originally available on Etsy from Little Bun.
If you’re not old enough to remember watching Bob Ross on public television, check out his how-to series, now on YouTube.
DIY RPG Dice Earrings
Roll 20 for charisma with these role-playing game dice earrings designed by Amy Ratcliffe – she’s written up a quick 5-step tutorial that make you the hit of your next campaign!
It would also be easy enough to adapt the tutorial to make a keychain, should you (or your gift recipient) not be the earring-wearing type.
Links of Interest:
- RPG Dice Earrings tutorial on Geek with Curves
- More RPG crafts on GeekCrafts
- More jewelry crafts on GeekCrafts
Rocket Man: DIY Jet Packs
Looking for a fun craft to help combat cabin fever? Kelly at Sewing in No Mans Land has you covered!
Just grab some empty water bottles, foil, electrical tape, streamers, and a few other materials and you too can create these awesome jet packs. (You/your kids must supply your own wooshing noises, but I’m guessing those won’t be in short supply.)
Be sure to hop over to her post for the how-to, plus adorable pics of her little man in action.
Links of Interest:
- Rocket Man DIY jet packs at Sewing in No Mans Land
- More space crafts on GeekCrafts
- More recycled crafts on GeekCrafts
- More kids crafts on GeekCrafts