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Mark those calenders for 2015: Sharon Stone'll be on to the small screen -- and you better call her "Vice President Maccabee." TV Guide reports that TNT greenlight 10 episodes of the action drama...
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3D Printed Concrete Mini Castle: Disneyland Minnesota
We’ve featured a couple of concepts for and attempts at 3D printing a house. A contractor in Minnesota named Andrey Rudenko appears to be really close to becoming one of the first to 3D print a home. Andrey made his own cement-extruding 3D printer and tested it by printing a castle playhouse.
3D Print has followed Andrey’s project in the past few months and recently obtained images of the finished castle. The high-tech carpenter behind the beautiful building is based on the RepRap Project. Andrey printed the castle by laying down 10mm x 30mm layers (approx. 0.4″ x 1.2″) of concrete, but he says his printer is not limited to those dimensions. Here’s 3D Print’s video of Andrey’s printer:
Andrey originally estimated that he could only print 50cm (approx. 20″) high layers at a time to prevent the structure from sagging. It wouldn’t have been a bad pace because it took 8 hours to print that high anyway. But thankfully it was warm enough when he was printing that he was able to create up to 100cm (approx. 40″) layers at a time. Going by his past interview with 3D Print, Andrey started printing the playhouse around May or June and was able to finish it this month.
With the castle playhouse finished, Andrey is confident that he can achieve his original goal: to 3D print a two-story house. Andrey says he plans on printing the house in one piece, because he found lifting the castle’s spires to be quite the challenge. Sadly, he won’t be building his new house in Minnesota, as neither the printer nor the mixture can survive the state’s harsh winter.
Check out Andrey’s website for more on his project. He’s also considering taking on commissions, so feel free to get in touch with him if you’re interested in having a printed building.
[via Andrey Rudenko & 3D Print]
This LEGO Castle Turns into a Walking Robot
Most castles, LEGO or otherwise, stay put. During a siege you can rain arrows and hot oil down on your enemy, shoot from catapults and use murder holes to get rid of the closest foot soldiers, but your castle can’t just walk away. This castle? It can just get up and leave. Or stomp all over your enemies.
This castle from YouTuber Mahj looks simple from the outside, but like all transformers, it is more than meets the eye. The inside is full of electronics that allow the castle to turn into a walking robot. It is amazing to watch.
Best LEGO castle ever. Too bad there are no assembly instructions. I would love to build one.
[via Kotaku]
Medieval Drawbridge Murphy Bed: Alligator-filled Moat Sold Separately
It’s bedtime, so get in your medieval pajamas, lower the drawbridge and open the gate. This castle-style Murphy bed is from Etsy seller Tiny Town Studios and comes with hand carved fake stones, chain beams, and even faux moss and vines. 
It looks awesome and I envy the kid who gets to sleep in this fold-out bed. Though I’m wondering if this means that you are sleeping over the moat. Don’t roll out of bed or you might get a surprise.
The castle Murphy bed sells for $3,500(USD). The shop can also make a pirate ship bed or a spaceship bed, or just about anything else you can dream up if this isn’t your thing.
[via Geekologie via Nerd Approved]
This Game of Thrones Castle Isn’t Real, but It Should Be
The Game of Thrones opening credits are just begging to have someone build a real-world replica. Just imagine a wooden version of the keep at Winterfell as a model with moving pieces that you could buy. How awesome would that be? You could buy the buildings separately and put them all together.
Well, Max and Tijn Berends have made a wooden expandable castle shown in this video. Okay, not really. It’s not real. They made it look real by using Blender 3D to create a digital castle. It’s a neat trick.
Don’t get your hopes up that they will re-create the whole intro. This building took about three months to create by itself.
If you’d like to play with the model, animations and textures for yourself, you can grab the Blender 3D files here.
[via Kotaku via Nerd Approved]
Guy Turns His Cubicle into a Castle, Learns the Princess is in Another One
You can still feel like King of your castle, even when you’re stuck at work. Just do what this guy did, who turned his office cubicle into a castle. All it took was a little cardboard, a Sharpie or two, and some creativity.
It has everything a modern cubicle castle needs. There’s the DirectTV Genie girl, who I guess represents the Princess he wishes he had, a blimp and even a drawbridge that is guarded by a paper shredder. Though the door appears large enough to only admit someone the size of Tyrion Lannister.
It even has a little window so that he can look out upon his kingdom when not working. All it needs is a moat, and he’ll be all set.
[via Obvious Winner]
Balin, za 100 metrów skręć w lewo
Zawsze jak przejeżdżam przez Balin to mam lekko surrealistyczne wrażenie że coś jest nie tak, bo to przecież głupio nazywać miejscowość imieniem krasnoluda. (Zawsze chciałem to komuś powiedzieć, ale nie było okazji). A tak w ogóle, to jest Balin zmontowany przez fińskiego AFOLa, Pate-keetongu.
Świątynia Świtu
Może kiedyś zrobimy sobie jakiś sensowny przegląd prac napływających na Colossal Castle Contest, ale na razie wybierajmy wisienki. Dziś całkiem udana Świątynia Świtu Glory Forever. Cicho, spokojnie, medytujący dziadek, krzole i pogięte dachy. Japonia jak malowana.
