I’ve had another fan make her own build out of my chewbacca domo pattern, and man did it turn out good.
Well done Skels!
20 Saturday Apr 2013
Posted Fan Builds
inI’ve had another fan make her own build out of my chewbacca domo pattern, and man did it turn out good.
Well done Skels!
25 Tuesday Sep 2012
Posted Nerdcrafting
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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:
18 Tuesday Sep 2012
Posted Nerdcrafting
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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.
03 Thursday May 2012
Posted Challenges
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When I was little, I remember having an electric racecar set. I remember playing with it a bit, but only for a little while. I don’t remember if I stopped playing with it because it was frustrating, or if it got put away and pushed along. Either way, when I saw this track in my local thrift store I had to try it out. It had everything; A real deluxe version. 60ft of track with loop-de-loops, cross overs, multi-levels, a hairpin turn and a part that went up the wall. And at a paltry $15, how could my inner child resist?
We spent a good chunk of the night just setting the track up. Pieces didn’t go where we thought they would. The set was definitely short a few of the 60ft the box promised. But with thrift store stuff, that’s to be expected. We even worked into the next day to get it all set up and running.
Unfortunately, the crossover piece didn’t work with the cars we were using. They kept getting stuck in the gap. So those got taken out pretty quickly. It was also missing the pieces that supported the wall rider. But we would not be dismayed.
We set up the track as you saw it, and although it took awhile to get the track clean enough to run an entire lap (we did this by waiting until it got stuck, and then running the car back and forth over that spot until it was “clean”). We managed to get the whole thing running smooth.
What you see in the video is the best run we made. It got a full 3 laps before it fell off. And oh man did that car fall off a lot. Take a corner to fast, and off it went. I’m surprised I managed to make it as many as I did.
We played around with it a bunch off camera, but once was enough. It was a pain to put together. It was a pain to use, and generally speaking, it wasn’t as much fun as my nostalgia remembers. Fortunately I found someone who was interested in the kit, and they paid me the $15 I paid the thrift store, so in the end it worked out all right.
As for the rest of the video, I definitely did a lot more talking about stuff that people really aren’t all that interested in than I do now. But then again at that point, I was definitely doing more of a vlog style video than I do now too.
If you look closely, there’s a domo on the shelf. I got that when I took my daughter to Canada’s Wonderland. It turns out I’m extremely good at the water shooting game. You know the one. Where everybody aims for a target, and when the water starts coming out, you keep hitting the target until you fill something up. I played it twice when I was there, and hit the target right as soon as the water started coming out, and didn’t miss any both times. So I got a brown domo, and my daughter got a karate domo. Fun times.