With the weather getting cold
, I’ve been thinking about trying some new knitting and crochet projects, and this awesome R2D2 amigurumi pattern is right up my alley. You can find it it in janama‘s Etsy shop right over here.
[via Craziest Gadgets]
I hate the smell of pumpkin so I was thrilled to see such a long thread on Craftster (and a couple other places) of jack o’ lanterns that I don’t have to look at in person. Here are the geekiest:
1. Muppets Dr. Bunsen and Beaker by knottie on Craftster
2. Carl Sagan by Kirk Mona on Twins City Naturalist
3. CSI Crime Scene by ConcreteJungler on Craftster
4. Dr. Who Dalek by sloth003 on Craftster
5. Lord of the Rings Gollum by bethiej78 on Craftster
6. The Simpsons Itchy & Scratchy by knottie on Craftster
7. Knit 1 Purl 2 by domUNIQUE on Craftster
8. Star Trek Spock by patty_o_furniture on Craftster
9. Twilight Team Jacob by patty_o_furniture on Craftster
10. Wall-E and Eve by knottie on Craftster
11. Where the Wild Things Are by miss catbread on Craftster
12. Flesh Eating Zombie by teriyakimoto on Craftster
13. Star Wars R2D2 by Derringdos on Flickr
Jamie Price from Instructables.com sent in this robotic bartender he designed (look like anyone you know?). This R2D2 with booze is perfect for the Star Wars fan who loves to party (and hates to walk). He calls it his “Mobile BaR2D2”. It’s a relatively simple design, for a an extremely cool little roaming robotic bartender!
Russian Nesting Dolls, or Matryoshka, lend themselves perfectly to themed sets on any subject. Artist Matt Brown made this Star Wars set for his brother for Christmas. These are soooo cool – did you catch the teeny, tiny Yoda in there too? I almost missed him!
Perler beads are perfect for recreating 8-bit video game characters and scenes. They can be used for all kinds of amazing geeky crafts and are so easy to use, anyone can do it. Below you will find 10 incredible examples of the things you can do with Perler beads.
Danny_8bit makes some elaborate Perler bead art. This little scene from Super Mario Brothers is attached to a briefcase.
The Float Eye Boss from Final Fantasy has great shading. Faith9990 really got the details in on this one. Is it just me or does this guy look like an evil version of Mike from Monsters, Inc.?
I know my eight-year-old could tell me who all these little guys are. For now, I’ll take Fashion’s word that they are Pokemon and they are an impressive collection.
Here at Geek Crafts, we seem to always end up back on Star Wars. Flickr user Copy + Waste made this huge R2D2 from Perler beads.
I’m not a big Star Trek fan, but this is the second Star Trek craft that I really like (the other was the Spock apron). blakewest did a great job capturing the look of the original illustration.
Here’s another one from Danny_8bit: a very elaborate Donkey Kong/Burgertime combo scene – not sure why the two games are mixed, but it still looks great!
Wow – what an incredible likeness of the evil Sinistar himself. Awesome job done by CoderKev. “Run, coward!”
Faith9990 does it again with these little Space Invaders keychains. They aren’t attached yet, but if you look closely, you can see that a bead is purposely missing from each one to attach the keyring to.
I love the dimensional Perler bead crafts. Doctor Octoroc used what looks to be three layers of beads to make this Gameboy Color 3D.
And one more by Doctor Octoroc: Samus Aran vs. Omega Metroid. I think this is the most detailed Perler Bead art I have seen. Details + shading + size = pure awesomeness. (I don’t think that’s a direct quote there from Samus)
Our first Weekend 10 installment is all about everyone’s favorite Star Wars droid, R2-D2.
Flickr user sugarlipscakes made this R2-D2 cake for Dave’s 30th birthday. Dave’s a lucky man.
The Contaminated posted this incredible R2-D2 case modification. Unfortunately, there’s no instructions or further information. Not that any of us mere mortals could duplicate this amazing feat of engineering anyway.
