Armbands and websites

Well, the blog for the group (if just me counts as a group) is up... and in other news, I flubbed the first set of arm bands I tried to make... Alas Saturn does not present decent oppertunities for stenciling (though I could put down a circle, then stencil the rings over it...


-Evan

Stencil update

That was quick.

I did a quick cutout of the moon stamp I had, then I painted the fabric paint (blue) through the stencil. It turned out with a clearer image than stamping, without the abundance of paint from the direct sponge shape method. Additionally, I can control the patterns much better than trying to brush the paint directly to fabric without guides)

By the way, I'm using 1" foam brushes for this stuff (they were 6 cents at Michaels this week).

I think this will work well (except obviously for shapes that are not good for stencils)

-Evan

Stencils

I think I can get more than a shiny ghostly shape if I paint the fabric paint on with a brush and stencil. I think I have some card stock around here to work with, so I'll try this and see how it goes.

-Evan

Pretties

Well the foam stamping is going well... On black fabric I'm able to make a shiny sheen pattern which looks neat.

I keep putting red saturns on things. (Ice-7 card holder, this dice bag I just made) I wish I could put an image of these things up here.

-Evan

Of bags and things

So I had the idea a while back, inspired by cosmic coasters, to put a game board on a bag, and have the pieces of the game fit within the bag. This was also a branching out of my attempt to make my own chessboard bandanna (or cloth chessboard, not quite big enough to be a bandanna).

I suppose I should also apologise to the looneys before proceeding as there's a fine line between inspiration and plagiarism... and I have no idea where I am right now, but if I'm not over it yet, I'm pretty damn close. (For instance, seeing their wonderful products and wondering/attempting to do my own versions of them.)

Anyways, the gameboard bag ultimately won't be a cosmic coasters ripoff, but that's merely the sample standard I've chosen to work with until I can come up with something fun.

But I digress.

Anyways, cloth as a game material has come to be the focus of my obsession right now. I've been remembering all the really cool cloth maps, like the one that came with Neverwinter Nights, and some nice tile-bags from various board games... It seems like a really good idea, considering how many times I've seen paper/cardboard pieces and boards succumb to the dreaded spilled beverage. It would be nice to have game components be washable... if for no other reason than to alleviate my paranoia of yucky tables at public places (maple syrup, condensation from drinks, spilled coffee, to name a few)

And I knew that this could not be an original idea, but I never expected to see a patent so vague. Hmm... actually, they don't specify that the bag can be the board as well... In fact, that case does appear to contradict the patent as written (where the board fits in the bag).

Hmm... I'll have to keep searching. I may have found an idea that hasn't been run into the ground already.

Again, I digress... what was I talking about?

Oh yes. So with durable boards/pieces, I may be able to make some kind of portable game that people aren't afraid to play anywhere (except perhaps over a sewer grate)...

This needs more thought.

Plush icehouse/chess

So I was thinking of whether or not it would be easy/feasible to make a plush set of icehouse pieces (normal sized, sorry daddy oh)... I suppose I should first try and design a pattern for them.

The chess pieces idea came up though thinking about how to play with a cloth chessboard (without a bunch of pointy things)... I suppose I could merely make them out of cloth... or perhaps small pillows/bean bags rather than plush/stuffed.

Hmm... beanbag icehouse... there's an idea.

-Evan