Regular models are so boring – we’ve all seen the movies, the stills, etc. But wrecked models? Whole ‘nother story.
Gizmodo has an interview with Dimitri Kaliviotis, who took the top place for his AT-AT.
Star Wars edibles
We’ve never made a secret of our approval of Ewok foodstuffs, though I kinda doubt these cupcakes taste like chicken. For the less squeamish, there’s Vader and Yoda pizza. Check out the full set of pictures for more geeky fun.
Crafting comm takes off
Livejournal’s Star Wars Crafts community looks to be a hit – it’s been featured as one of LJ’s homepage spotlights. As a result, plenty of new crafts are showing up daily.
Sewing and knitting and… stuff
Star Wars Crafts is a brand-new Livejournal community for fandom crafty types. Go forth and share your craftiness!
More lightsaber jewelery
Some stuff for those of us not big on the earring thing from Spotted Octopus: a Sith lightsaber necklace, key chains and cell phone charms. Nifty!
Oh, screw it. I won’t lie – I bought the necklace. Sorry – Sith! Hopefully she makes more.
Who’s Crafty?
We’ve already pointed you to the crocheted Dalek.
But of course there’s more. You can knit a Dalek. Or a TARDIS; the picture of the finished TARDIS includes some Dalek cookies to boot. And there’s another TARDIS pattern as well.
Want more? There are good pattern roundups for knitters and for crafters.
Waaaay back in the distant past of geekdom, lots of people were knitting Dr. Who scarves, a tradition that has re-ignited. There are lots of patterns floating around on the web. Check out the pattern roundup if you need help figuring out how to knit a garter stitch scarf.
Lightsaber earrings?
Are we yay or nay, ladies? I’m not big on earrings, but I like ’em well enough.
UPDATE: More, and they’re for sale.
May the craft be with you
The Dubai Steamtroopers are not alone… In Bangkok, artist Yumi Modal and family are also crafting Star Wars figures from metal. Is this the start of a new trend? Graffiti is so last season. (via)
Before Kyle Katarn, there was
Gonk. Are you worthy of building an avatar of The One Droid? (via)
Someone made a tiny version of the Shadows of the Empire novel. But why SOTE? Is there a whole collection of these things out there somewhere? What a terrifying prospect!
So you already have a Princess Leia hat, crocheted Yoda ears, and an Artoo hat; Why not round out your collection with an R2-D2 Beanie?
Make your own wand – from paper!
It might be too late for Dragon*Con (Not to mention the Deathly Hallows release) but anyone planning to dress up in a Potterish fashion for Halloween may find these paper wandmaking instructions fairly useful – and definitely cheaper than the screen replicas! I bet this method could probably be adapted for quickie lightsaber handles as well. (via not martha)
Clone Wars papercraft
I swear I’ve blogged this one before, but the Clone Wars additions are new… And quite impressive. (via)