To wrap up this build, we put the two halves of the ship together and prep the landing gear. Decal application looks to be daunting, but the effort is worth it! Let us know what you thought about the new camera angle and if you’d like to see more!
Making The Lich King Armor for Blizzard!
Frank shows us his amazing Lich King armor that he made for Blizzard’s Hearthstone Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion. This project allowed Frank and his team to take cosplay to a new level, combining clay sculpting, large-scale 3d printing, smoke effects, and chroming to make our jaws drop. Just look at that Frostmourne sword!
Let’s Build: 1/144 Millennium Falcon, Part 3
The blowtorch comes out as we learn a trick from Adam to help with our custom lighting kit. We’re still blown away by the details on this model!
Making a Star Wars Battlefront 2 Inferno Squad Helmet!
Recently, we had the opportunity to make a replica prop helmet from EA’s upcoming Star Wars Battlefront 2. Frank walks us through the steps to fabricate and finish it in his shop, based off of in-game reference. The Inferno Squad Commander helmet belongs to Iden Versio, played by actress Janina Gavankar, and we were able to surprise Janina with it at D23!
Let’s Build: 1/144 Millennium Falcon, Part 2
The gang talks about The Force Awakens’ lasting legacy and their first Star Wars games as we snip plastic and snap together this beautiful kit. There’s so much detail here to appreciate, and Sean brings along a technical manual to help deciper the parts.
Preparing for Comic-Con – Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project – 7/18/17
Let’s Build: 1/144 Millennium Falcon, Part 1
This week, Norm, Jeremy, and Sean take on the Bandai Millennium Falcon snap-fit kit, which we gushed over at Silicon Valley Comic Con. Jeremy found a custom light kit for this model, and we’re experimenting with a new sky-cam camera angle!
Adam Savage’s Maker Tour: MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (Part 2)
In the second part of his tour of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, Adam learns about multiple micron tools and meets BILL-E (Bipedal Isotropic Lattice Locomoting Explorer), an incredible robotic assembler that you’re going to have to see to believe. (This series and tour is made possible by The Fab Foundation and Chevron.)
Episode 407 – FartBus.co – 7/14/17
Kishore’s back this week to talk about his London trip, and we discuss the news coming out of D23, RED’s $1200 smartphone, a set visit to War for Planet of the Apes, and Microsoft’s AI computer vision tool. Plus, hagfish slime in a Moment of Science, and thoughts on recent pricing announcements for VR.
Let’s Build: Estes Rockets, Part 5
The self titled Rocket League completes the Estes Rockets while modifying the launch pad and discussing upcoming travel.