If you’re a metalhead and into crafts, this one might be right up your alley.

Coming complete with a Flying V guitar, pentagram necklace, and bullet-belt; the only thing missing from this little Black Metal dude is the complete burning church playset. The awesome little figure, pictured right (click for enlarged version), is the result of an amigurumi crochet project created by the folks over at Karabouts.

The detail on this little guy is pretty stunning. The spiked gauntlets are made from tacks, the pentagram is actually an earring, and the bullet-belt is made from silver beads. The coolness of this awesome project just makes me want throw out the metal horns and growl some Satanic lyrics.

The artists behind this remarkable amigurumi are the Mike and Kara Amigurumi Design Team and you can check out more photos of the Black Metal dude (posed in front of a church!) and more of their creations at their website [...]

The power of yarn compels you!

Artist Croshame (aka Shove Mink) created the most awesome combination of cute and sick with The Exorcist Crochet Amigurumi Playset.

Check out the photo of the playset here at right.

This playset depicts a scene from the classic horror film, The Exorcist, where a young demon-possessed girl projectiles green vomit onto the priest performing an exorcist on her. You’ve never seen vomit look so adorable.

Visit the artist’s gallery for some other cool creations, like Grimm the Little Black Metal Guy (want!!!) and Who Killed Nancy? (a Sid & Nancy murder playset, complete with tiny knife!). You can also visit her Etsy shop to purchase some of the artist’s handmade crafts [...]

It’s effective even in cases of long standing — oh, wait, that’s a different letter. Today’s letter is M…for MINIATURES!

In my previous article, I introduced you to the wonderful world of painting miniatures. I gave you a quick overview of the kind of things this column will be covering, and let you know what kind of tools you would need in order to paint your first miniature. Before you get started, though, you’re going to need to prepare your miniature to be painted. Below is a quick list of the things you’ll need for this. Several were explained in the previous article, but the rest were oversights on my part — sorry ‘bout that!

- An old, used toothbrush or nail-brush (nice to have but not completely necessary; this is explained below)

- A set of clippers or a hobby knife (X-Acto or the like; see below.)

- A long-nose plier.

- Needle files

- Primer (black, white, or grey)

- A breathing filtration mask

- Disposable (latex) gloves

- An old, empty box (or even a new box. S’up to you!) – I use an old U-haul “small box” approximately 13″ high and 16″ wide

- Your miniature

Important Note: For this first set of articles, I am assuming that you have chosen a one-piece miniature, and not one that needs to be assembled. Assembling a multi-piece miniature can be tricky, and I wouldn’t recommend it for your very first time. Besides, my How To Assemble A Multi-Piece Miniature article is still a ways off, and I wouldn’t want to leave you hanging!

So, you got everything? Good! [...]

What better way to spend an afternoon indoors (beside watching Avatar) than to craft Doctor Who‘s time-traveling vehicle the TARDIS using a gingerbread house kit from the local Wal-Mart?

Geeks Don and Katie decided to do just that while live streaming the whole process on Ustream. Rather than using any form of tutorial, they eyeballed the blue policebox from a photo.

Check out the video here below to see how they did it and click the thumbnail here at right to see a larger, full picture of the TARDIS gingerbread house [...]

Out there in the world, right this moment, there are countless independent comic book writers and artists trying to make their mark in the comic world. Silber Media is one of those folks, but instead of sticking on the regular path or taking the new road of digital comics, these guys and gals took an alternative path rarely traveled: mini-comics!

Mini comics aren’t comic books, and they’re not comic strips. They’re kind of a hybrid of the two. Each is about the size of a matchbook, with one panel, one picture, and one or two lines of dialogue on each page, but in the page-turning book format. Basically, you throw a handful of them in your pocket and go wherever you need to go. At a low point in your day, grab a mini-comic and go to town.

Currently, Silber has multiple mini-comic series going on, including Lost Kisses — which follows a lowly stick figure on his bitter, loathing quest for vengeance on a hated ex girlfriend; as well as Worms — a nightmare of a story that sees a girl waking up in a mysterious hospital, tied to her bed and attached to an IV with worms in it that slowly work their way into her system. [...]

You’ve seen them on gaming tables or in display cases, preserved and painted to amazing quality. If you’re a Dungeons & Dragons player like myself, odds are you have one of your own to represent your fantasy persona. They come separately packaged or in multi-figure kits, typically sculpted from plastic or pewter. These days, they can even be bought pre-painted for the avid gamer who would rather spend more time rolling dice than sitting at a painting table.

But where’s the fun in that?

If you’ve ever looked at a beautifully painted miniature and said to yourself, “I wanna do THAT!” then this, my friend, is the column for you.

I’m sure some of you may be thinking, “There’s no way I could ever be able to paint like that,” but don’t be discouraged! The people who do those incredible paint jobs started off just like you, and with the right guidance and plenty of practice, you could be giving them a run for their money in no time.

For the duration of this column, I will be discussing the techniques of painting your own miniature. I do not profess to being a professional by any stretch of the imagination, but that is the beauty of this rewarding and relaxing hobby… You don’t have to be a professional to share the tips and techniques that you’ve discovered! [...]

The United States is a nation of tinkerers. We build, we modify, and we extend. We like to make devices do things that they are not designed to do, just to know that we’ve done it. This spirit was alive and well over the weekend at the San Mateo County Expo at the Maker Faire Bay Area. The Maker Faire was an absolute blast. I heartily recommend it to geeks of all kinds.

Geeks of Doom sits down with action figure customizer Ray Carro Roel to discuss toys, painting, and zombies.

Whoever thought you could meet a friend through Flickr, but somehow I did. I found Dee through Flickr over a year ago after discovering her C3PO Cakes. Here’s a smart, sexy, talented, vegan chick into geeky stuff — a true gem! She and her hubby Michael often host movie marathons at their house with their [...]

Students make ‘Donkey Kong’ window out of Post-It notes.

Halloween just got geekier — we got the lowdown on creating a Green Lantern ring, Han Solo in carbonite serving tray, robotic Dalek pumpkin and more.

Living in the ‘Star Trek’ Universe — For Real NPR has a feature about a Star Trek fan who loves the series so much he remodeled his condo to look like the Starship Enterprise interior, including a transporter room! [see photo at right - click to enlarge] Tony Alleyne loved the Star Trek universe so [...]