Bacon Bacon Bacon

02 Sunday Sep 2012

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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”.

How to make skittles vodka

01 Saturday Sep 2012

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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.

How to make a TARDIS out of paper

21 Tuesday Aug 2012

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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.

Tardis papercraft – Sneak Peek

19 Sunday Aug 2012

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So 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

27 Wednesday Jun 2012

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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

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Cylon Raider Papercraft – Battlestar Galactica

13 Wednesday Jun 2012

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When looking for a Battlestar Galactica themed craft, I originally thought about making my own version in a style similar to the way I made the crafty donut in a previous episode. But after a little searching around, it turns out that someone named NinjaToes had already designed and made available a pattern. I thought this would save me a bunch of time. “It’s already practically done!” I thought to myself. I couldn’t have been further from the truth.

My first attempt at putting this all together ended in complete tragedy. I used white glue, which got all over my fingers, and then I touched the paper, which made a mess of that. And it took a crazy amount of time for the glue to dry. I managed to put together the cockpit before I gave up on that nonsense and cracked out the big guns: AKA gel based crazy glue. Much better choice. Of course I still managed to get crazy glue on my fingers too, but not nearly as bad as the white glue.

Before I started the second attempt though, I decided that rather than cut out what I needed as I needed it, I would instead cut out all of the pieces so that all I had to do was “just” put them together. By the time I had finished cutting all 72 pieces out, including a seemingly endless number of triangle bits, a mere 5 hours had passed and my index finger was pretty badly dented and definitely bruised. It took over a week to stop hurting every time I touched something with the tip of my finger. I’m not trying to complain, just fair warning in case you decide to use an x-acto knife for an extended period of time. Continue reading »

[Sneakpeek] BSG Raider

06 Wednesday Jun 2012

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Making this paper craft took WAY longer than I expected it to. Clocking in at around 13 hours, it’s by far the longest I’ve spent working on any craft to date.

I never would I have thought that making something out of paper could be so difficult.

While cutting it out, I ended up with a nasty dent in my index finger which continued to hurt for about a week after I was done cutting.

And the glue, oh man, the glue. I was pretty careful, but it will be awhile before my fingers are completely super glue free. When they say “instant” bonding to skin, they aren’t kidding around!

I shall be starting the editing process tonight, so hopefully I’ll be able to wrap it all up at some point later this month. Look forward to that soon(ish)

In which I’m responsive – Monarch butterflies

29 Tuesday May 2012

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In an effort to test my new skills in the real wild, I decided that our next challenge should be to create a video response to a video on YouTube. I figured given Shawn’s dwindling free time, it would be a video that could be put together fairly quickly, and didn’t require any materials to purchase, so it would fit right in the budget.

Unfortunately, I believe this was the last time that Shawn actually created one of his own videos. He has been in a few of mine since then, but this was really the beginning of the end of “That’s Paul and Shawn’s Show” and the start of “That’s Paul’s Show”. Fortunately for me the acronym works out pretty well regardless of whether or not Shawn’s a direct participant.

Shawn chose to respond to a video he found on Reddit in which the protagonist (who has downs syndrome) demonstrates how to make a and cheese sandwich for dinner. Since he’s clever like that, you might also notice that the video length is 42 seconds. Life, the universe and everything indeed.

Being a huge vlog brothers fan, I decided that for my video response I’d reply to one of their videos for my part of the challenge. They had recently done a video that had a bunch of monarchs in it. So I decided that my video would ask the question “where did all the monarchs go”. I sang this. There’s a reason why I don’t typically sing. It’s short, I promise. They never did accept it as an official video response. What a bummer. Continue reading »

Norman Rockwell Coke Puzzle

10 Thursday May 2012

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I was out of ideas when I did this video, so I spent some time looking around my place for something I could film. As it turned out, I hadn’t done a puzzle in a REALLY long time, and happened to have a 500 piece one I like in my closet. I decided to give it a whirl.

It only took me about 3 hours to complete the whole thing, which means I got approximately 1 piece in place every 20 seconds or so. It felt pretty quick (although my butt would disagree as it was quite sore from sitting on hardwood for that long) Videos that I’ve done since then where I had to sit on the ground have included my bean bag chair for comfort.

When putting a puzzle together (and I’ve done more than a few in my time), I almost always start with the outside pieces first. I find them fairly easy to locate in the box, and it gives me a pretty good idea where everything is going to go. The best part of this step is getting a hold of the corner pieces. There are so few of them, it feels like finding a treasure each time.

Once I’ve got the outside complete, or nearly complete, I sort by colour. Typically different areas have common colours. And while I’m doing that, I separate any easily distinguishable pieces, like faces, hands or words. This is only possible on smaller puzzles. Once you pass the 1000 piece mark, you just have to take some colours at a time, and work with what you’ve got instead of pulling them all out of the box.

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Bacon Bacon Bacon

How to make skittles vodka

How to make a TARDIS out of paper

Tardis papercraft – Sneak Peek

Boo plush pattern

Cylon Raider Papercraft – Battlestar Galactica

[Sneakpeek] BSG Raider

In which I’m responsive – Monarch butterflies

Norman Rockwell Coke Puzzle