When our first box of Volume 32 arrived, I was thrilled to be able to hand-deliver a couple of issues to the man on the cover, master costume maker Shawn...
Posted by Goli Mohammadi | Friday October 19th, 2012 3:00 PM
Categories: Art & Design, Home, Makers | 4 Comments
Costumer crazy-man Shawn Thorsson wows the crowds at Maker Faire with his Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine armor.
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Saturday June 2nd, 2012 2:44 PM
Categories: Fun & Games, Home | 7 Comments
Master costume maker, Shawn Thorsson, wowed the crowds at Maker Faire again this year with his impressive Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine costumes. It was amazing, especially being a 40K player,...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Monday May 21st, 2012 9:00 PM
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We featured the papercraft form for this Space Marine Terminator helmet from MAKE regular Shawn Thorsson in the Flickr pool roundup about a month ago. It was impressive, even then,...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday January 20th, 2012 5:54 PM
Categories: Craft, Fun & Games, General | No Comments
Shawn Thorsson’s HALO First Aid Kit is cooler than merely a replica — it actually serves as a first aid kit. So the other day (which was a Wednesday in...
Posted by John Baichtal | Monday January 16th, 2012 7:00 AM
Categories: Craft, Fun & Games | 2 Comments
More sci-fi cosplay badness from prop-maker, costumer, and MAKE pal Shawn Thorsson. I haven't played Dead Space 2, yet, but I enjoyed the first one, and I have to say...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday October 25th, 2011 7:30 PM
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I'm beginning to suspect an October conspiracy: While last week's Flickr pool submissions, on average, had a distinctly orange hue, this week they are distinctly black. And I'll give dollars...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Sunday October 16th, 2011 12:30 PM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Makers, Photography & Video | No Comments
Gareth’s 2010 post about Petaluma, CA, propmaker Shawn Thorsson’s insane HALO costumes was one of our ten most-trafficked posts of the year, so when Shawn sends in a link, we...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday July 12th, 2011 6:04 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Craft | 1 Comment
One of the most popular posts of last year was about Shawn Thorsson’s amazing Red vs. Blue Master Chief Halo costumes. We got to see some of the excitement these...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Thursday January 20th, 2011 8:45 PM
Categories: Education, Kids & Family | 2 Comments
Shawn Thorsson, of Petaluma, CA, has done it again. We wrote about his Predator costume a few weeks back. Now he’s made a whole freaking army, or at least a...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Wednesday November 3rd, 2010 9:45 PM
Categories: Fun & Games, Home | 8 Comments
Shawn Thorsson of Petaluma, CA, built this awe-inspiring Predator costume out of upholstery foam, liquid latex, and — wait for it — duct tape. He hand-sculpted most of the features,...
Posted by John Baichtal | Wednesday September 29th, 2010 6:50 AM
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Shawn Thorsson explains the build process for his props and costumes at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. First he starts with a digital 3D model, then cuts the pieces out...
Posted by makemagazineuser | Friday January 16th, 2009 2:00 PM
Categories: General, Makers, Woodworking, Workshop | No Comments
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