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Archives for January 2016

Timelapse of LEGO BB-8’s impressive construction

January 19, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Bright Bricks crew sure now how to design and build impressive LEGO creations. This time around, for the Star Wars: The Force Awakens première in the UK they built a life-size BB-8. I was a little disappointed to see how much steel they used to hold up the model but it turns out that […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: bb-8, lego, star wars, star wars: the force awakens

Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate lead Paul Amos to attend Liverpool Comic Con

January 19, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Going to MCM’s Liverpool Comic Con? The British brand now has the 3rd largest comic con in the world with MCM London Comic Con and on March 12th and 13th they’ll bat the Exhibition Centre in Liverpool. Welsh actor Paul Amos plays the hitman Vex in Lost Girl and Doctor Roberts in the Murdoch Mysteries […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: assassin's creed

Use this magic potion to make your gaming den light up

January 18, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Show me moar! You can change the colour this bottle shaped light glows at by tapping it. If you want then you can leave it alone to gently fade through all the colours it has. I couldn’t think of a better lamp for the tabletop gaming table. Maybe the GM could use the colours the […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: firebox, household

Would you want to be a vampire?

January 18, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you had the chance would you surrender your mortal soul, develop an uncontrollable urge for human blood but cease to age and potentially live forever? Would you want to become a vampire? According to a small survey from Geek Native; most people would prefer to remain human. In June last year, the blog had […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Freda Warrington, stats, vampires

Tavern Tales RPG oozes with creative possibility

January 18, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Tavern Tales is another RPG going for a Kickstarter birth. It’s done everything right so far; you can download the rules for free and check out the incredible art, or some of it, in advance. I spoke to Tavern Tales’ creator Dabney Bailey who confirmed the free rules download will last the duration of the […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: fantasy, kickstarters

Superheroes – Dragon Ball Z style

January 17, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s a long time fan debate; who would win a fight – Goku or Superman? Can’t say it’s ever a fight that engaged myself as the universes the two heroes live in are so different. That’s a problem artistic director Pierre-Marie Lenoir has solved. The French illustrator has fused Dragon Ball Z together with some […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: batman, conan, dragon ball z, spider-man, superheroes, wolverine

Competition: Alien – Sea of Sorrows

January 17, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood 9 Comments

Did you know there will be a sequel to Ridley Scott’s Prometheus? Prometheus 2 will be called Alien Covenant. We knew Prometheus was a prequel to Alien so perhaps its about time we had a full on merger. Alien: Sea of Sorrows is part of the new Alien book trilogy. The first was Alien: Out […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: alien, competitions, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, xenomorph

Mandalorian madness: Sideshow’s impressive Boba Fett model

January 17, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

This model of Boba Fett complete with specially crafted Sarlacc base comes from Sideshow Toys. The model is expected to ship any time between May and July 2016 but you can pre-order now, as collectors will be doing. The sixth scale figure is 299.97mm high (I’d call that 300) and has over 30 points of […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Boba Fett, models, sideshow collectibles, star wars

A dangerous urban fantasy: A review of Beyond the Boundary

January 17, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The opening scene in Beyond The Boundary will catch your attention. The series will hold it. In short; this anime should be on your watch list. A society of spirit warriors secretly battles against spirits on Earth that only they can see. One of the first of these powerful youmu the team goes up against […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: manga uk, reviews

Short film: Lilitu

January 17, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Shot on 35mm, Lilitu is a short horror film that picks up on an attempt to astrally project to the demoness Lilitu. Yeah, good luck with that. You can also check out Quietus: To The New World, another short film from the director Richard Lowry. Ready to discover another short film? Click this teleport link […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: horror, short film

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