Author: trevor

Workbench Time Lapse – Tricorder Craft

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Inspired by Norman Chan’s recent video featuring the Roddenberry.com tricorder replica, I make my own take on the tricorder.   To make this nerdy craft that you and your kids will love, you will need a soap box, some scrap cardboard, and lots of tape. Or, in my case, high-tech scientific instruments that a 21st-century maker has no business having. Unfortunately my technological prowess gained the attention of a particularly grumpy little visitor from the future… Stay tuned to the site for a thorough writeup soon!

UPDATE: Bruce Boxleitner responds, Kosinski linked to Tron 3

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Garrett Hedlund as Sam Flynn. Image via Collider. Click for source.

Ask me how much I hate Tron rumours. How much do you hate Tron rumours, Trevor? I hate them so much, you guys. Because every time Bruce Boxleitner says something, or there’s talk of a new video game, or Disney deigns to put Sam and Quorra in Infinity, I get really excited, and invariably I get let down by the result. This is probably going to be one of those times, but bear with me while I explain why I think it might not be a total letdown. Relatively hot on the heels…

Workbench Time Lapse – Kids’ Workbench Build

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As promised in the last video, here’s a project the kids and I did a few weekends ago! After dismantling the kids’ abandoned workspace in the shop, my eldest and I reclaim a bunch of scrap in the basement and get to work building a new desk for their crafts and homework. We had so much fun building it, and they absolutely love the result! The biggest concern was the material itself. We committed to just building it out of whatever we had on hand, and what we had was…

Workbench Time Lapse – Workshop Reorganization

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workshop organization

Me from the present and me from a couple of weeks ago work together to reorganize the shop to make space for future projects. I moved the kids’ workbench out and fixed the mess that was left from the madness that was last term.

Workbench Time Lapse – Continuing the Camaro

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chevrolet camaro model

After oh so long, the Camaro model approaches completion. (It’s actually already long since completed, but I’ve had this video sitting on my hard drive for ages.) I’ll do some commentary and share sequences from the final film soon. I also do some work with the ThreeDoodler and some clay! You might notice that the Camaro in the lightbox shots at the end is a little worse for wear. It took some damage in filming. In a future video I’ll fix it up and make it a real showpiece.

Gallery: Latest Makes and More

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Here’s what I’ve been making, doing, and enjoying lately: Thanks for stopping by! Paddle your own canoe, folks. -Trevor

Gallery: Latest Makes and More

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Here’s what I’ve been making, doing, and enjoying lately: Thanks for stopping by! Paddle your own canoe, folks. -Trevor

Workbench Timelapse – Post-Apocalyptic Camaro

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post-apocalyptic camaro defiance

Inspired by SyFy’s series Defiance, I paint up a 1:25 model Camaro for an exercise in my Film Studies class. I’ll follow up with more videos putting together the car and the road, but for now check out this paint job and the ThreeDoodler at work! Music is by Kevin MacLeod of incompetech.com.

Workbench Time Lapse – Painting the Lizardman

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After casting, sculpting, more casting, laying in latex, and pulling the prosthetic from its mold, it’s finally time to paint the big creature makeup! I use what I learned painting the Bajoran nose appliance and turned an indistinct green blob into an alien creature. This has been a real ride. If you have questions about the process, throw them in the comments below, Shot with a Canon EOS Rebel T5i. Time lapse done with in-box EOS Utility software. Edited in Adobe Premiere Pro CC. Music is “Early Riser” by Kevin…

Gallery: Latest Makes and More

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Here’s what I’ve been making, doing, and enjoying lately: Thanks for stopping by! Paddle your own canoe, folks. -Trevor

Painting the Bajoran Nose Prosthetic

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bajoran nose prosthetic makeup design

This time, with some commentary! I spend some time painting the Bajoran nose prosthesis I was making in the last episode. It’s based on the makeup worn by Michelle Forbes in Star Trek: The Next Generation. We’re almost at the point where it can actually be applied. Music in this episode is Phase One by Jeremy Williams, via Podcast Fantastic.

Workbench Time Lapse – Laying Latex

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bajoran nose prosthetic

On tonight’s workbench timelapse, I fix a mold that one of my students made (it’s a Stephen Moffat-style creature), lay latex in the Bajoran nose appliance, do the same with my reptilian creature makeup, and re-sculpt and cast a zombie nose appliance that another one of my students lost to a horrible mold disaster. Man, I’m busy. Shot with a Canon EOS Rebel T5i. In-box EOS Utility software. 5 second intervals. Some messing with the timing of frames so you could see what I was doing. Music is Early Riser…