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Bd3bf5dec758fb8a77aeddc9c0846725.jpg (550×770) Halloween Costumes: Quick & Easy. Make Large Scale Horns for Less than $10 with Aluminum Foil & Duct Tape. Make your own bookbinding awl. I recently started learning about the art & craft of bookbinding and quickly realized that although the tools for the process last a long time, the cost can add up to quite a big hole in ones pocket. After doing a bit of research, looking and shopping, I decided that I could make some of the tools myself with materials that I already had at home. So here is my first one... the versatile and easy to make bookbinding awl! The awl is used to make perforations on paper and materials such as grey board. Then, those perforations are used as guides for the needles when "sewing" together the books/notepads/etc. This is how you can make your own. REVISION: Thanks so much for your comments and suggestions! Iron age shoes (previous 'viking shoes') Edited to add: Due to alle the comments regarding the title of this instruction, I've changed the name to 'iron age shoes' which might be more historycally correct.

I learned to make these by using my own foot as a template. Therefore, all the measures given here are highly approximate. If your foot diverges a lot from mine (European size 39, long and narrow/slender), some sewing experience might come in handy. That said, there's no reason to be too specific in making these. As you can see, the 'laces' can be loosened or tightened to fit, and the basic idea is really very simple. The photo here shows my own, good old shoes, made in 1997. I always use them with these thick, felted socks inside; to me, they're part of the shoe. Painting. Www.instructables.com/id/Spartan-Helmet/step9/null/

How to make a Colt Western Pistol in 3-4 hours. Werewolf Stilts, digitigrade legs. The epic costume requires much preparation. Inspired by the designs from supernatural themed movies these stilts are metal and plastic which makes for a safer and longer wearable appendage. All of the computer generated templates and drawing files are located in the digi.rar file on the materials page.

I recommend that you download and read this entire instructable before beginning your project. Build early so you can practice and get used to walking in these stilts. You can download the complete instructions in 2 parts in the materials section of this instructable. I spent approximately $120 to build these. The stilts shown weigh about 8 pounds each. The stilts pictured were tested thoroughly bay a person weighing 200 pounds plus carrying an additional 30 pounds of weight. NOTE!!!! Creating Helmets and Armor from Videogames for Fun and Profit! The lovely thing about basing a project off of a video game is that a designer somewhere has gone through the immense trouble of making a beautiful 3D model for you to work from. If the game you're basing your project on happens to be available for PC, then chances are there is a modding community out there that has extracted these files and can help source some perspective still images or even the 3D model itself. (Pic 2) For this project I'll be building the female "Ancient Nord Helmet" (also called the female Draugr helmet) from Skyrim.

The models for this helmet were provided to me by a gent who mods these games, and I used the perspective screenshots in order to make 2D blueprints of the top, sides, bottom, and front/back of the helmet. (Pic 3) There is a rather large community of costumers who also employ a method called Pepakura (essentially complex paper folding and cutting) in order to achieve very similar results using game files as a base. Body Impaling Special Effect for Halloween.