Let me tell you a story about a small blue box I built for Halloween one year. This started off being a simple project as a quick prop for Halloween, but turned into so much more. I spent evenings, weekends and any spare time I had to get it done. I had just a few weeks before Halloween to get my Tardis built and in place. I didn't follow any plans, I just made it up as I went along just from looking at reference pictures. I was surprised how fast I was able to get it fin

I put together a treasure hunt for my valentine yesterday. The first clue was in the card which she could not open until 9am. The card instructed her to look for a video on her phone. I had secretly recorded a video on her phone the night before which explained how the treasure hunt was going to work throughout the day and gave her the first clue to follow. This first clue led to the puzzle box which is a lot harder to crack than it looks. A few hours later she (and her colle

In August of 2016 my Robo3D R1+ showed up and everything changed. I had been interested in the 3D printing world for a long time, but the technology and pricing just wasn't in the realms of possibility for me, until now. A good friend of mine had been printing for a couple of years and had used a couple of different printers, but once he found the Robo3d line of printers he was hooked. He now has four of them. I was fortunate to get in on a sale they were having in the summer

Well it's been a while since my first blog, so I thought it was time to share that Stormtrooper build with you all that I promised. This was my dream costume and the one that got me started to even think about putting together a costume in the first place. I found a set of used armor for sale on E-Bay and lucked out. It turned out to be a nice set of Authenticprops (AP) armor, just terribly put together. For the record I would not recommend E-bay for armor, I was very lucky a