The title to this post says “Stormtrooper helmets inspired by African wildlife” and as odd as it sounds this is no weird typo. Designer Blank William’s The New Order is a set of creative designs, in white and black, which actually manage to mashup animal skulls with classic helmet designs.
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Ghostbusters trailer drops to mixed reactions
I’d seen several “WTF is this?” comments on Facebook before I’d even had the chance to watch the trailer. It wasn’t popular. My expectations had been taken to rock bottom before I’d even hit play. I’m not sure now. It’s different. It’s not the old Ghostbusters. It can’t meet nostalgia in the way that nothing […]
Demon Hunter meets Wizard
This set of cosplay comes from Diablo III. We’ve a demon hunter on the left and a wizard on the right. The photographer is Estrada while Vash Fanatic cosplays as the demon hunter and Wind of the Stars as the wizard.
Enough science to magic up an ice sword
Have you wielded an ice sword in an RPG or watched an anime where one was summoned? The scientific problem is pretty straight forward. The solution; toilet paper. It’s just possible that after this video from Sufficiently Advanced gamer groups around the world will be adding Pykrete to their vocabulary and list of ways to […]
The gloomy beauty of Anton Semenov
Geek Native has featured the haunting art of Anton Semenov before; years back we looked at the Infected Mushroom: Army of Mushroom collection. The Russian artist, posting online as Gloom82, continues to share his work online via his Behance profolio. There’s a collection from his On the Boundaries of Darkness gallery below as a teaser. […]
Star Wars: The Empire invades Scotland’s capital city
The Capital Sci-Fi convention is this weekend in Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital city. At the convention Glasgow-based designer and animator Mark Boyle will be raising money for the children’s charity CHAS by selling his “Star Wars in Edinburgh” prints. Prices start at only £5. Let’s take a look.
Droid translator helmets
These helmets are clever Star Wars tech! Created for a Hackmaster competition these helmets allow whoever is wearing them to communicate with each other. The rest of us just hear Star Wars droid bleepling.
The amazing steampunk science of Pierre Jean Tardiveau
Steamwork fans and inventors should be aware of Paris-based designer Pierre Jean Tardiveau. He makes some incredible ‘scopes. We’re talking about polariscopes, callikryptoscopes and devices like the Juipter Pendulum. The image above is of a wonderful looking steampunk lamp and the videos below will show you how clever Tardiveau’s creations are. This is steampunk science.
GLaDOS gijinka cosplay
Photographer John Jiao did a great job with this snap. The cosplayer is Lainey Cat, who sells prints via Etsy, and has captured a perfect human-style GLaDOS. Isn’t that exactly the sort of smile that you shouldn’t trust?
Short film: Exode
Beautiful and sad. Exode is the story of how the journey of a single, giant, creature in capture the life of an entire people. You can learn more from the production’s Facebook page or simply from the knowledge it has won a ton of awards. Got time for another watch? Take advantage of this teleport […]
