Inspiration can come in many shapes and forms. Sometimes you have a problem that needs solving. Sometimes you see something quite unrelated and get inspired.
And sometimes you find something in a game, a movie or a book that you want to make, one way or another. This is where you will find these projects.
Keep an eye out for things like these. You do not need to actually make them, but they are a great source for new ideas and new ways to go about things.
The idea here, though, is not to copy something verbatim so to speak, but to let inspiration guide you and take artistic license or detours whenever they present themselves. If the end result looks like the original, then that is probably a good thing. If you can manage to make it awesome in some way, then even better.
And if you do, do not forget to take a picture and send it to me!
As a video game inspired project, I give you the Skeleton Key, an item from the game Skyrim that serves as an arcane master key. I have not quite gotten it to work yet, but I believe I am almost there… Watch how I made it and share it if you… Continue Reading Skeleton Key [from Skyrim] – Unlock (Almost) any Door
You probably know that I love the Plants vs. Zombies games, and so it might not come as a surprise that I wanted to make something based on them. After a long wait, the time has finally come – garden gnomes that are also plants! And not gnomes at all.… Continue Reading Garden Gnomes inspired by Plants vs. Zombies
So either you are familiar with Doctor Who and its current season, then you will know that what I am trying to recreate is a confession dial. Or you have no idea and just want to see me use some new techniques that might come in handy for you at… Continue Reading Confession Dial – I confess it hails from Doctor Who
If you are old enough to have enjoyed computer games before they looked real with graphics that rival the thing next to your screen that your parents call a window, then you might recognize this project. If not, come along, because I feel like I could… like I could… like… Continue Reading 8-bit World Domination – Purple is Smoking, too!
In this video I build a small piece of decoration based on the famed Wikkit Gate from the third book of the Hitchhiker cycle. If you do not know the Hichhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams then, in my opinion, you are really missing out on some of the… Continue Reading Wikkit Gate – Attention, may contain Pathos!
This just had to happen. Minions! Tealights! A Minions-themed tealight holder. I used it as an excuse to practice with my new lathe tools, but there is so much more going on. I hope you enjoy this build because I did, and remember to be Inspired – because you cannot know… Continue Reading Minions and the Bomb – An Explosive Tealight Holder
Since I do not have any minions in my shop to do all the boring and hard work, I decided to take a leaf out of the new Minions movie and depics how they evolved – I give you the whirlygig aptly names Minions Origin. Minions and their origin were… Continue Reading Minions Origin – Whirligig straight from the Primordial Soup
In one of the episodes in season 8 the Doctor activated the “siege mode” for his Tardis in order to make it impenetrable. Combining the basic design with a mechanism seen in one of Steve French’s videos, I am making a little treasure chest reminiscent of a time lord’s vessel… Continue Reading Poor Man’s Siege Mode Tardis (Doctor Who)