Want to ramp up your own robot spider tank car ? you may fund kits for your small robot US Army on Kickstarter . Plus , there ’s an anthology of Afrofuturism , a comprehensive convention database , and a photobook that takes us behind the conniption of cosplay origination .
The Greatest Toy KIT in the Universe! Spider Tank Mark 6
Who does n’t want a robotic spider armoured combat vehicle ? Toy inventor Jaimie Mantzel created theATTACKNIDbattling golem wanderer and is now making kit that let you construct a golem spider plaything of your very own . Even if you ’re an engineering science entrant , this is a great way to ascertain how to put a robot toy dog together . For a $ 77 pledge , backers receive the basic automaton outfit , with deluxe kit available at higher toast levels . [ viaBoing Boing ]
unCONventional: The Convention Guide
There are so many fan conventions out there that it ’s impossible to keep track of them — unless you have a individual , comprehensive convention usher . The unCONventional is expect to make the con - leaver ’s solution to IMDB , a complete database of formula listing and intelligence , so you’re able to be after ahead and see which conventions are coming to your area . For a £ 15 pledge , you ’ll welcome a witty verse form of thanks , a list in the unCONventional Hall of Heroes , and the ebook Damn it ! Drinking Games inhale by TV Shows ! . [ viaThe Daily Dot ]
Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism & Beyond—Support the Writer Campaign
As much as we make love music genre fiction , skill fiction pic and television display tend to neglect the ignominious view . Mothership : tale of Afrofuturism front to land attention to writer looking to expand the music genre ’s multifariousness :
But that ’s Hollywood . While studio executive persist in to show the world ’s multi - imbue universe through its homochromatic lens , the literary field of speculative fiction has become more various than ever . Whether it ’s horror , skill fabrication , or fantasy , steampunk or steamfunk ( and let ’s not forget sword and mortal ) , writers of color are producing timbre deeds and accumulating accolades and award every mean solar day .
For a $ 10 toast , you ’ll receive the Mothership ebook and a digital download of the Afrofuturist funk mixtape .
Cosplay in America
Los Angeles - based photographerEjen Chuangwill take us behind the scenes of cosplay costume creation with his book Cosplay in America . He will trip around the nation , document the painstaking cognitive process of create the detailed outfits made by some of the US ’s most gifted cosplayers as well as shooting portraits with the ruined intersection . For a $ 45 assurance , backers will receive a signed copy of the book before it reach stores . [ viaLaughing Squid ]
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