Finally finishes this project. Bought some acacia benchtops from bunnings. Dark for the D-pad and Select Start buttons and circle area around ABXY buttons. and Light for the rest.

I've got a laser engraver so I could cut out template and route out the shape and timbers to make the D-pad and logos ETC

For the buttons I just filled some cupcake silicone moulds with epoxy and dyed them their colours.

“Stairs of Ankesh”
28cm tall

The pattern is from Paintyee Designs on Etsy.

I made this little Cthulhu Doll a little while back. It's the first doll I have ever made and it led to exploring more of how dolls get created in general. I never thought I'd make something like this, but one of the leather suppliers I normally buy from had a blind bag of various colors of chrome tan leathers for $15, so I jumped on it. As you can see, I had to mix the various colors to be able to make it.

The pattern itself was ok and was definitely frustrating at times. I originally wanted to make this for my son and may remake it with different leather. Maybe I'll just leave it all hodgepodge like that. Either way, I think it came out pretty sweet!

Usually, goblins make do with whatever weaponry they can find — a jagged rock, a shiny butter knife, or a sharpened spoon. But these two are well armed with custom wooden spears, ready to defend the workbench from rogue spiders and stray salesman.

I used the Epson papercraft Godzilla pattern to get started, it didn’t need many changes.

I work on ag vehicles as part of my ranchhand job, and often it is on the walls of Feed Trucks. We feed so much and so often, that most of them just can't keep up, so they start cracking.

These cracks are then impacted with feed as they're being used...this, is bad. And annoying af. Lol

So we need to often take out the augers and clean up any spots to be repaired... For about a year and a half, I've been using ALL manner of tools, from screwdrivers to shaped sucker rod.

Today I got tired of the bs and decide to see if I could come up with something better to help... And created this Wasteland Special of a chisel/dirt knife/twine cutter/back scratcher.

Gotta say... Worked pretty good today. I'm rather proud of it.

My personal rating for it would be a solid 7/10 for what is was made to do.

Made from a junk plate cutting. A junk lock collar. A junk 1" nut. Junk washer and two different sized pieces of old used square stock.

Mig and Grinder to make it. Ball peen, bench vise and grinder to shape the butt.

Total time: about 1hr +/-15min

I love making these! I choose different fabrics and glue them onto the baubles. There are so many possibilities!