Daffy Mogwai and Gandalf the grey

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Gandalf the Grey
POP Movies Vinyl The Hobbit: Gandalf
Daffy MogwaiNeca Gremlins Mogwais Series 2 Daffy

I’ve acquired a few new toys for the ever expanding toy shelf this week. One I’ve been waiting a while for it to come out, and the other was a complete surprise when I saw it in the store.

I knew there was going to be some new figures from gremlins 2 coming out, so I grabbed a daffy figure when I saw it. Unfortunately it lost a hand during packaging, and I didn’t realize until after I opened it, so Daffy’s going to be a bit of a defect from the start. Which if you’ve seen the movie, isn’t far from the mark anyways.

I was going to get a mohawk Mogwai, but once I saw how it looked in person, I wasn’t overly impressed. The mohawk was pretty straggly looking, and it really took away from the overall look of it.

The one that surprised me was the Gandalf figure. Normally the pop toys look pretty lame, but not so with the Gandalf. It looks so neat. I’m really looking forward to seeing the Hobbit when it comes out, although I have no idea how they’re going to split it into 3 parts. I’ve also heard that they added some female characters that weren’t in the book to give it a better gender ratio.. so we’ll see how that goes. I really enjoyed the Lord of the Rings trilogy, so I’ll give Peter Jackson the benefit of the doubt with the Hobbit. I do find it strange that each of the LotR books had it’s own movie, and the Hobbit is going to get 3 by itself, since the Hobbit’s only a fraction of the size of the other books. Not that I’m complaining though, more middle earth for me 😀

Boba Fett Jack o’ lantern

With Halloween just around the corner, I thought I’d make a video with something you can use to make your halloween just a little bit nerdier (or depending on where you’re sitting, way cooler) this year.

I spent some time last weekend to carve Boba Fett (From Star Wars) into a pumkin. Overall, it was pretty simple to do. It took about 2 1/2 hours including all the gut scooping, but that time would be GREATLY reduced if I had a proper poking tool to work with. Unfortunately my sisters dog ate the one we had while we were removing the insides of our pumpkin.

Originally I had planned to make a river (from Firefly) pumpkin, but after I thought about it for a bit, realized that it would be way outside my ability. I’ve never really done any sort of fancy pumpkin carving before, so I thought I’d start with something a little less fancy.

I also should have printed out a template just a tiny bit smaller. I used the 8×10 version, but the 7×9 size probably would have fit just a little bit better. I’ve included a link to all of the different sizes you’re likely to want below. A word of caution though; The smaller you go, the harder it will be to keep from snapping the remaining pumpkin pieces as your carving.

How to make a Chewbacca Domo

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Of all the things I’ve made on my channel to date, this one has turned out the closest to what I had in my imagination when I first thought of the idea.

I’ve made many different projects for my channel, and most have turned out pretty ok; Some better than others. But the Chewbacca Domo had just the right amount of Chewbacca and the right amount of Domo for me. I even impressed myself, which is harder to do than you might think.

Enough about how good it is, and onto how I made it. I had a look around a real fabric store, and as soon as I saw the material, I knew immediately that it was the right one to use. From there I found a couple of packs of silver beads, and a ribbon for the sash. All totalled, it came to about $35 not including the cardboard, felt or assembly materials (thread, glue etc)

For those who want to see the entire process (sped up to run 5 mins long), check this video out:

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[Sneakpeek] Chewy Domo

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Of all the things I’ve made on this channel so far, this is the only one that turned out the way I pictured it in my brain. Editing’s going to take awhile. I’ve got about 6 hours of footage to go through, and I want the video to turn out as well as the end product.I’ve got a couple thoughts in my head as to how I’m going to make it both watchable, and useful if you want to make your own. Look for a video near the end of the month, or early next month.

Chewbacca Domo

Bacon Bacon Bacon

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We got our first suggestion! After 12 videos, we finally had enough of a following to get someone to engage with us! Not only 1, but 2 actual suggestions! I’ve had many more since then (mostly involving stuff to make), but the validation involved with getting a complete stranger interested enough to want to see more was pretty darn cool.

Because I like bacon and because I like reddit, I decided to make a bacon narwhal. All in all, I think it turned out pretty ok. Not the best thing I’ve ever made, but it turned out pretty tasty.

At the beginning of the video it says “That’s PS Drinking Game! Take a drink every time I say Bacon”. I count 21 bacons. If you took a drink every time I said bacon, you should be drunk by now.

There’s 2 pretty obvious homages to some YouTubers in this video. The entire video is shot ala Hanna Heart from My Drunk Kitchen (not to mention the beer being drunk during the cooking) and at the very end, I use FPS Russia’s tagline “Have nice day”.

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How to make skittles vodka

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Only a few of my videos have allowed me to both make something, and then consume it later. Bacon bacon bacon was great for that too, but I didn’t get the chance to share that with friends the way I did with this.

As often happens, this video took a bit longer than I expected it to, couple of hours over 2 days, but the results were completely worth it. The vodka turned out fantastic. We mixed a half jar (about 3oz) of vodka and a bottle of sparkling water for a super delicious drink.

I would recommend all of the flavours, but I found the green and the purple were my personal favourites. You definitely want to stay away from making a “mixed” flavour. I tried putting all of the different flavours into a single jar, and it looked gross, and wasn’t particularly fine on the pallet.

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How to make a TARDIS out of paper

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As soon as I saw this pattern (on Desktop Wargames) I decided to use it in my next video. I didn’t think I’d do another paper craft, the last one leaving a poor taste in my mouth. But this one is so simple and looks so good that I had to change my mind.

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Tardis papercraft – Sneak Peek

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Dr Who Season 1 at AmazonSo after my last paper craft, I swore it would be a LONG while before I did another. That was until I came across the TARDIS pattern. The original pattern only took a single page, and looked extremely simple to put together and yet very cool when complete. I’ve since modified the original to clean up some of the things I didn’t like (gaps between the inner panels and made it a PDF for consistent printing)

The entire process took about an hour from start to finish, and was MUCH simpler than the raider to put together. I think that if you’re a Dr Who fan and want an easy, quick craft to make, that this is the one for you.

I’m still trying to figure out the best way to make a sonic screwdriver. I’ve made some progress, but still have some pieces to figure out.

Look forward to a new video this week!

Edit: Here’s a link to the article where I actually make the Paper TARDIS

Boo plush pattern

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I’ve been asked several times by people to tell them how I made my boo plush. And I’ve been promising to get them a pattern for awhile now.

Today I make good on that promise, and have made a pattern for you to follow, and a step by step guide on how to make a Super Mario Bros Boo plushy.

You can read the original article here

First things first, download and print out the pattern from here

Super Mario Boo Plushy Pattern

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