The wax candle melts away to reveal a non-melty (porcelain) raptor. Once free, the baby raptors run chaos throughout your kitchen, feasting on scraps until they’re large enough to hunt down the neighbour’s yippy dog.
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The bold art of Ian McQue
Local artist and native of Geek Native’s Edinburgh Ian McQue has a range of fantastic illustrations on show. He’s bot blogged for a while but pop over to
Where can you get the Labyrinth POP figures?
Yup! They look awesome, especially Ludo, and they’ll soon be here – Labyrinth Funko Pop figures! It looks like there’s a first set of four; Sarah and the worm, Hoggle, Ludo and Jareth. I’m not sure why Sir Didymus and Ambrosius aren’t around. Perhaps they’re much harder to turn into POPs? Who else would you […]
Serve your kids a monster for breakfast
[I want one!] Simple but effective! This bread cutter helps turn your breakfast into a cyclops monster. The huge hole in the middle? Perfect for an eggy eyeball of certain doom.
Game art and imagination from Jonas Åkerlund
Jonas Åkerlund has an impressive range of styles. His professional profile keeps a focus on his work, rather than bragging sites, citing freelance and personal work. You can check him out on Deviant Art.
The giant LEGO ball machine
This machine was on show at Japan Brickfest 2016. Built from LEGO it puts on quite a ball run. It’s hard to know what to like the most! The basketball courts? The planets? The giraffes! Just the sheer style and cleverness of the build? Impressive stuff.
Splashy! It’s a cosplay pool party
Cosplay pool parties seem like an odd thing to catch on. But they have. I guess it’s hard for this blogger, tucked away in deepest darkest Scotland, to imagine. The idea is to do cosplay but in swimsuit form? Beat Down Boogie were at ColossalCon 206 and captured plenty of action at Kalahari Waterpark in […]
Cozmo is a cheeky little robot
Okay, I’ll put my hands up and admit it. I don’t need a Cozmo. I’m pretty tempted by one, though. Here’s a company that’s worked to put a basic AI into a tiny machine and built an ‘emotion engine’. Know what they did with that? They made Cozmo a smart-ass. The little fellow will cost […]
Transforming Beau Peep into the Warhammer 40K Emperor!
Beau Peep, a full time artist and cosplayer from the UK, has a totally awesome set of armour. She’s able to cosplay as the Emperor straight out of Warhammer 40,000. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 🌸 Giulietta 🎀 Zawadzki 🌸 (@beaupeepcosplay) View this post on Instagram A post shared by 🌸 […]
8 compelling illustrations from Raphael Lacoste
Looking for some inspiration? In search for some interesting locations to set your next tabletop RPG encounter and give your players something to think about? Artist Raphael Lacoste might be your muse. You can sample Raphael’s work below, on Facebook, Deviant Art and official site.
