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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 1707).

RPG Ideas… Giant Ent hand

December 12, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I draw on the internet often for RPG ideas and inspiration. These picture are art, from a work called Cycles of Decay by Christopher David White. It may look like wood and bricks but it’s all ceramic. Very clever stuff. So many possible ideas – my first thought was “Ents”; Tolkien’s famous tree-people. Then I […]

Filed Under: Art, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: rpg ideas

Mechanical Animal suit

December 12, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Created by Badmustache th is suit is part of the sci-fi Mechanical Animal collection. The series may just be a personal project but is already gathering quite a following.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: sci-fi

Star Driver movie trailer

December 12, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Star Driver movie opens in Japan on February 9th and contains a new segment about the characters after the end of the TV series. The song used in the trailer is “Colorful” by 9nine, the group who performed for the TV series.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: mecha, sci-fi, trailers

New Lone Ranger trailer

December 11, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

This is the latest trailer from the Jerry Bruckheimer / Gore Verbinsk Lone Ranger movie. It stars Armie Hammer as John Reid and Johnny Depp as Tonto. As the trailer shows this is a Disney style blend of adventure and comedy. What do you make of it?

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: johnny depp, trailers

HTC and EE partner for 4G HTC One SV launch

December 11, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Today the government run auction on the 4G space in the UK starts. However, EE is already active (in some cities) and there are already some 4G LTE phones. HTC has timed this well; announcing their new 4G LTE phone that’ll be available via selected operators and retail partners. The launch partner is EE. The […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: android, htc, smartphones

Slave Leia art nouveau dress and more from Black Milk

December 11, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Black Milk shot to geek fame with creations like this R2-D2 swimsuit, Pac-man swimsuit and even Gameboy swimsuit. They’ve been carefully expanding their range ever since. Their Star Wars collection has had an update. Not only is there an art nouveau style Princess Leia dress but we’ve Han in Carbonite, Han and Chewie leggings, Stormtrooper […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: black milk, chewbacca, darth vader, fashion, han solo, star wars

After Earth trailer

December 10, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

M Night Shyamalan’s new movie project has a trailer. Microsoft got the exclusive trailer, embedding their vidoes suxxors, so here’s a fairly good quality “International Release” found on YouTube. M Night Shyamalan’s not always hit a home run but I’ve kept the faith. After Earth sounds like a challenge; father and son Jaden and Will […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: apocalyptic, M. Night Shyamalan, sci-fi, trailers, Will Smith

Space Hulk trailer

December 10, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Games Workshop’s famous Space Hulk game of Space Marine Terminators versus Genestealers is coming back. It’ll be a mobile game and a computer game. It’ll suport single player and multiplayer at a cross-platform level. If that’s right that means you can play the game on your iPad against a friend on their PC. The new […]

Filed Under: Mobile, PC, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: games workshop, ios, trailers

Bilbo and Gollum in LEGO

December 10, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’re getting ready for The Hobbit. This will be the series of films which guide the evil of the one ring to the peaceful Shire. It’s when Bilbo finds the ring and Gollum is none to pleased. The Lego builder Iain Health has put together a fantastic LEGO scene showing that famous discovery. Look at […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Bilbo Baggins, Gollum, lego, the hobbit, The One Ring

Warhammer 40K cosplay: Saint Celestine

December 10, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Saint Celestine was a Sister Repentia at the Order of Our Martyred Lady. It is said that she fell during a battle in the planet Eurytion after slaying over a hundred heretics. Her body was retrieved by her sisters and they found some signs of life in her. By the morning she was well again […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cosplay, warhammer 40k

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