From user Douglas Desrochers. The barrels appear to be PVC. They rotate around a piece of 1/2" copper pipe, and a high-intensity LED is positioned to shine down the top...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday October 26th, 2011 1:00 PM
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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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Halloween was made for makers. Let's face it, there's only so much fun you can have with homemade Christmas tree ornaments. Saint Patrick’s Day is pretty much limited to food-coloring...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Tuesday October 25th, 2011 5:30 PM
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Instructables user Gonzolo Rojo Aguirre shows us how to build a reproduction "Gonk" droid from the original Star Wars sand crawler scene using bits 'n' pieces from IKEA. Text en...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday September 16th, 2011 6:05 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, Robotics | 1 Comment
I have seen a lot of steampunk rayguns come and go, over the years, but not any that I can remember liking as much as this set of matched-but-not-identical "dueling...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday August 19th, 2011 9:00 AM
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It's not a blow-by-blow tutorial, but these two posts from professional modeler Michael Fichtenmayer give a great general overview of his process for building these cool "DF.9 Anti Infantry Batteries"...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday August 1st, 2011 9:00 AM
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Oh Happy Day provides an awesome photobooth prop DIY project for us, complete with a free printable. These are perfect for your party and the photobooth you DIYed just for...
Posted by Meg Allan Cole | Thursday July 28th, 2011 11:00 AM
Categories: Photography & Video | 6 Comments
When I first saw this shot from user eqqman in the MAKE Flickr pool, my thought was, “Oh, look, some tourist photographed a cannon in a park somewhere and tagged...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday July 21st, 2011 9:00 AM
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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
I took an aesthetics class in college. One of the assignments was to package a piece of fruit in an innovative way. I bought a miniature pineapple, cut off the...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday June 24th, 2011 1:00 PM
Categories: Craft, Fun & Games, Hacks, Machining | 3 Comments
I think it's safe to describe Ryan Palser as a "replica video game prop master" at this point. Those of you who enjoyed his fantastic Fallout 3 replica weapons last...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday May 9th, 2011 8:52 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Craft, Fun & Games | 19 Comments
This beautiful mash-up prop is reportedly by Jon Wollack of Almost Dark Productions. You can take your pick between the obligatory Empire quote with a 300 reference and the obligatory...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Sunday January 23rd, 2011 2:31 PM
Categories: Art & Design, Home | 1 Comment
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