• Home
  • Nerdcrafting.com
  • YouTube
  • Contact

That's PS!

~ Nerdcrafting and more

That's PS!

Monthly Archives: April 2012

In which I’m a witch doctor

30 Monday Apr 2012

Posted by allhailskippy in Challenges, Nerdcrafting

≈ Leave a Comment

Tags

allhailskippy, Bowser, challenge, craft, crafting, crafts, felt, grass skirts, Mario, Mario Bros, mask, Paul and Shawn, plush, plushie, plushy, Sean and Paul, sew, sewing, Shawn and Paul, stuffed animal, That's PS!, thatsps, voodoo, witch doctor

This is really the start of what I’d call my “nerd crafting”. It took me a night (might have been 2, I can’t remember for sure) to cut out the felt, and another night of stitching to put it all together. I eyeballed pretty much the entire doll, so there’s no hope of getting pattern out of this one later. Not that it turned out quite the way I wanted anyways (Face turned out way derpier than I hoped for).

The mask I was wearing was made out of a cardboard sheet that I cut out, and added a couple of grass skirts from a dollar store and stapled a string to the back to hold it onto my head. I wasn’t wearing a shirt under it, so it would look “authentic”. I think I managed to hide my unsightly bits pretty well.

I actually have a LOT more footage of me shaking my proverbial bon-bon, but fortunately (for all involved) I only needed to use a few minutes of it once the crafting section of the video had been sliced and put together.

As for things that I think I’ve improved since then, there’s a few. I try to make the screen a whole lot less tilty, the audio doesn’t pop (this video was “better”, but still had some popping on the left hand side) and the cutting for talking tends to be a great deal tighter.

Bel-Air Beat Poet

27 Friday Apr 2012

Posted by allhailskippy in Challenges

≈ Leave a Comment

Tags

allhailskippy, beat poet, bel-air, challenge, fresh prince, fresh prince of bel-air, lyrics, poem, poetry, Sean and Paul, Shawn and Paul, spoken word, That's PS!, thatsps, vlog

When I started That’s PS! It was supposed to be a weekly video where myself and Shawn challenged each other to do something. And although that’s not how thing have ended up, it was a great way to motivate me to put “something” out each week and really force myself to learn something, finish and move on.

We weren’t looking for perfection for the first video. Just something that was made to the best of our current abilities, and I think that this fit the bill nicely.

This is the first video I made that I didn’t think was completely horrible. It’s still pretty bad, but I felt like I was on the right side of the learning curve.

It’s got multiple cuts, some picture in picture, and a fancy filter and everything. OK, so it’s not the next James Cameron movie, but it’s a start.

I hope you enjoy this in the spirit in which it was made.

Cheers!

Flying Dragon Puzzle

17 Tuesday Apr 2012

Posted by allhailskippy in Nerdcrafting

≈ Leave a Comment

Tags

allhailskippy, craft, crafts, dftba, DIY, dragon, dragon puzzle, dragons, fus ro dah, glue, how to make a dragon puzzle, how-to, puzzle, puzzles, reddit, sand paper, sandpaper, skyrim, That's Pauls Show, That's PS!, thatsps, tutorial, white glue

Hi I’m Paul, and you’re watching That’s PS – Nerdcrafting. This episode I’m going to show you how to put together a flying dragon wooden puzzle

This has been one of the more complicated video’s I’ve ever put together. There were hundreds of cuts, zooms and overlays. I hope the work shows through.

I got this kit for valentines from my girlfriend Annie. She’s super awesome. Her daughter helped pick it out for me. I had a great time making it, and thoroughly enjoyed putting this video together to show it off.

Script

You’ll need the kit, a sheet of sandpaper and some glue.

When unpacking all of the pieces, take lots of time and be gentle. This is only balsa wood, so it breaks really easily. Make sure to sand any rough edges on the pieces as you go.
This is going to move pretty fast, since there’s 121 pieces to show you. So if you’re following along with the kit, I apologize in advance. If you’re just watching, enjoy the show!
I’d also like to say a big thanks to Annie and Noemie for hooking me up with this puzzle!

First, I’m going to find the center of the dragon and put all of his chest scales on. If you do this with glue, and I recommend you do, make sure that you finish the sides of the body at the same time so the glue doesn’t have a chance to dry. You’ll need to tweak the placement of scales as you go.

Continue reading »

♣ Archives

  • February 2019
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • July 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012

♣ Categories

  • Blog Posts
  • Challenges
  • Fan Builds
  • Nerdcrafting
  • Nerdcrafting – Old
  • Unboxing

♣ Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Proudly powered by WordPress Theme: Chateau by Ignacio Ricci.