Bad News!

Unfortunately, two days ago my beloved laptop of four years Victoria shut down whilst I was in the middle of an illustration. I am so annoyed because I have a load of new ideas for quick pieces based on Comic Con and Q-Con. It was the seven beeps of death: basically the sound of death for Dell laptops. Thankfully, I was able to get her working again last night and back up all of my branding, illustrations and fonts. I hope she holds out for another while, but until she beeps her last, I shall be seeking a replacement and will hopefully be back in the drawing business soon!

Evil Dead Chainsaw Hand!

Alright you primitive screwheads, listen up: Last weekend, Comic Con finally came to Belfast! I cosplayed as the groovy Ash Williams from the Evil Dead Trilogy. Now no Ash costume is complete without his chainsaw hand, so I got to work. Now, I am going to bestow this knowledge upon you! If this helps you in any way, please please, please CREDIT ME!

You will need:

-1 flour sifter

-2 A2 sheets of foamboard

-1 Coca Cola box that holds 10 tins

-1 small circular tupperware case with lid

-1 large rectangular tupperware case with handle

-1 2litre milk carton with 2 lids

-1 pull chord from a lanyard

-1 dowel rod

-1 length of foam tubing

-2 different strengths of silver cloth tape

-red, silver and black spraypaint

-at least one week of free time!

~Dismantle the flour sifter, keeping the handle and inner blades, discarding the mesh on the base. (Fig.1)

~Place the inner blades inside the circular tupperware, then glue the tupperware lid upside down onto the          base, holding the blades in place. Cut a circular piece of foamboard and stick it to the base.

~Cut the milk carton in half vertically, removing the handles (Fig.2)

~Reinforce the Coca Cola box with foamboard on the top and sides, then place the two halves of the milk       carton on each side, cutting a circular hole on the left half and pushing the circular tupperware case through. ~You should now have (Fig.3)

~Cut out the basic shape of a chainsaw blade, the more irregular and uneven, the better. Spray it silver and     spatter red ink all over it (Fig. 4) Leave it to dry.

~Curve a small piece of cardboard around the base, then spraypaint one lid black, the other red. Place the     flour sifter's handle on top where you'd like it.(Fig.5)

~ Cut a slot that is just big enough to slot the blade through (Fig.6)

~Stick the lanyard pull chord on the inside of the left milk carton, then slot the handle through to the outside.

~Cut the large tupperware case as seen in (Fig.7) also cutting a circular hole, then tape the flour sifter to it.

~(Fig.8) shows how it will all look together. Place the dowel rod where your hand will be when reaching         through the flour sifter. Cut a length of foam tubing and put it over the dowel rod.

~ Now simply wrap the strongest tape all around it, then the smoother tape all over as a second layer. Spray    it red, tape the lids and handles to it and you're done!

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