Original Origami Designs, Tabletop RPGs, and Everything In Between
This model is the head and lekku of a Twi’lek. I had a bit of paper left after making a square from a US Letter size sheet and decided to turn it into something rather than chucking it in the recycling bin. Having just made a model of Lyntel’luroon from the Campaign Podcast, I figured it only fair to make a long-lekku Twi’lek bust for Karrell from the Redemption podcast (my other favorite Twi’lek).
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When I got into a play-by-post game and one of the characters mentioned he had origami skills, I knew I had a source of new inspiration for origami models. I designed this Z-95 headhunter after they mentioned flying one. It turned out to be more difficult than I was anticipating. An X-wing is relatively simple with a frog base, but with the Z-95 you end up with extra paper that you have to use.
Picked up the Star Wars amigurumi crochet kit recently and decided to give the stormtrooper a try. Funny thing, ended up getting delayed on making the arms, so he just stood around like this for a bit until he was dubbed “Stumpy” affectionately.
Eventually he got arms, but until that point we were amused by… well, you know.
Problem: need a relatively inexpensive gift for a huge Star Wars fan
Solution: an hour on Pinterest looking for ideas, a trip to Michael’s craft store, and some quality time with a craft knife and some single sheets of scrapbook paper.
The inspiration for this is this lovely piece: http://jackiehuangstudios.blogspot.com/2013/12/out-of-shire-tribute-exhibition-to.html
We managed to work in Han and Chewie, Luke in his landspeeder, Darth Vader and Obi Wan, and even the Death Star blasting something (presumably Alderaan) while an X-Wing flies by.
It’s that time again! Star Wars beer cover time! Search your feelings. You know you want a cold Darth Equis.
Another piece for Star Wars themed work sprints.
It’s not his fault the guy with those droids was a Jedi…
Took the opportunity to try my hand at felted wool. About a bazillion needle sticks later, I ended up with the natural wool form and then spread the green green sheet over it. Then came a sliver for each arm, then the face.
It’s IG-88 time in the Star Wars work themes! Have a few mailing tubes, a bit of scrap wood, and a cocktail shaker collecting dust? You can have your very own 4 foot tall bounty hunting droid!
This was a particularly good activity. Han Solo paper cup koozies to go over your generic red party cups, plus chocolate Han Solo in carbonite chocolate kiss peanut butter cookies.
The template for the cups is below, and you can get the mold for the chocolate here.
Part of a morale-boosting campaign at work, we did project sprints using different letter of the alphabet, so every two weeks, we had a different theme related to Star Wars. The second sprint rolled around and it was time for Bib Fortuna.
Not worrying about the symmetry let me simply draw a 60 degree angle and then put a silhouette of Bib Fortuna down. After that, slice out some bits to accentuate the nose, face contours, and lekku, and you’ve got yourself a Star Wars holiday snowflake!
