Category: Geek Art + Craft

Adam Savage is like a modern day Leonardo Da Vinci. I don’t think there’s anything he can’t do. This time, for the latest project in Tested’s One Day Builds series, he built a pedal-powered walking Strandbeest! Obviously, the build was inspired by the walking machines of Dutch artist Theo Jansen, who gave Savage some advice about how to build one of his own.

Look at these people cheering and hopping around. You might think they just won some sort of cosplay contest or something judging by their outfits. But what you are about to watch is the aftermath of someone winning a Rock, Paper, Scissors contest. I mean I haven’t played Rock, Paper, Scissors since I was ten and needed to work out who would get the top bunk at the sleepover.

Pokémon are cute little creatures as cartoons and I’d bet everyone who has ever seen one of the creatures on TV or in a game has wondered what they would look like in the real world.

A giant tall imperial walker playhouse is every kid’s dream. Well, Colin Furze is making dreams come true, because he built one in his backyard for his kids. This 18 foot-tall walker was built to scale using an AT-ACT toy from Rogue One for reference.

Mega Man fans, here’s another item for your Christmas wish list. What we’ve got here is a full-size replica of Proto Man’s plasma arm cannon. It doesn’t just sit there on a shelf and look cool either.

Universal Studios Japan has announced that it will be opening its new Super Nintendo World section of the theme park in time for the 2020 Olympic games, which will be held in Tokyo. The theme park is located in Osaka and will be adding a number of Nintendo-themed attractions and shops that are aimed at people of all ages. The art you see here was released along with the information and clearly shows Princess Peach’s castle in the foreground, Bowser’s castle in the background and a blocky Super Mario level in between.

I don’t know much about art, but I know what I like. And I like artist Travis Chapman’s take on Botticelli’s Birth of Venus painting featuring Princess Leia in her slave outfit. This original acrylic painting would look great in your man cave or geek themed room. It is said that the original painting depicts the goddess Venus emerging from the sea as an adult woman.

Fans of the Xbox One console, here’s the next piece of furniture for your living room. Yep, this is a coffee table in the shape of an enormous Xbox One controller. South Carolina artist Scott Blackwell of WoodCurve created this jumbo controller coffee table, which does a great job mimicking Microsoft’s game controller.

I’ve never been to New York City for the holidays, but I have seen plenty of movies over the years where kids have their noses pressed up against the glass store windows checking out all the displays.

Check out this one-of-a-kind Lexus LIT IS. This unique version of the Lexus LS sports sedan is covered with 41,999 programmable LEDs. It can display animations, respond to hand gestures, even act as a giant visualizer for the music playing in the car. It took over a mile of wire to string all the LEDs together, and the end result is truly impressive. This thing just looks awesome.

If you have ever wanted a grappling hook gun like Batman uses, you’ll want to check out this video in which engineer James Hobson of Hacksmith Industries built a real working version. The finished gun is actually nice and compact.

If you haven’t watched Westworld yet, you’re missing one of the best science fiction series to hit TV in a long time. It’s packed with mysteries, awesome visuals, great characters, and lots of cool Easter eggs.

Disney is working to get all the mileage possible out of its Star Wars purchase and as such it plans to turn that boring Epcot Spaceship Earth silver ball into the Death Star tonight. The catch is that the transformation appears to be for one night only and will be done after normal park hours. The transformation is to celebrate Rogue One hitting theaters in a few weeks.

I never really put much thought into what it would cost to actually make and operate the things we see in sci-fi movies. Take the Death Star for instance. It never crossed my mind to think about how much it would cost to build.

What you’re looking at is probably the world’s smallest fully-functional Game Boy Color. It can play all of the games using the tiny direction pad and buttons, with the onboard display and battery. Most of us can’t even play it, because our fingers are too big. It was created by Sprite_TM who wanted a more portable version of the classic Nintendo handheld.

Ford is teasing a new LEGO Speed Champions kit that lets you build up two iconic race cars that each won their class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The set includes the GT40 that won in 1966 and the 2016 Ford GT that won in 2016. The kit will also include the driver minifigs as well.