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Optimus Prime is one of my favorite childhood heroes and toys. The folks over at Encline Design did an amazing job give Optimus a steampunk art style that is still a functional transforming figure! Don’t worry mom, I won’t get so excited that I puke on it like Christmas Day when i as little (poor Starscream)

Here’s one for fans of the classics. Enter the Steampunk Optimus Prime that combines the leader of the Autobots with some amazing Steampunk Art. This Steampunk remodelling of the famous leader of the Autobots is a very detailed design, made by the Encline Design team. What’s more, the design is reflective of the Steampunk tradition, with Optimus’ vehicle mode being none other than the steam engine. The model features functional lights and wheels that roll, and a detachable trailer that Optimus uses as a secondary weapon, similar to the trailer in his well-known firetruck mode. The detailing of the model is remarkable. Without the need to look closely, you can see the metallic studs along his body that may have been used for keeping the sheet metal together. The paint scheme looks really good as well; the standard red and blue colours we all know of Optimus are mixed in with the elements that make this a really Steampunk design. This includes the gunmetal grey, the paint wash rather than straight painting, the metallic look, bronze smoke pipes, and the cannon-based gun. The facial detail is pretty cool too; in the dark with just the lights on the model, you get a really cool view of the facial features. One of the notable features on this model are the hydraulic cables, which makes sense, since that would be the best way for the design to actually be historically suited to the Steampunk era. The design is a metallic redesign of the plastic train model with a Steampunk paint scheme. With all the parts being fully transformable, the heavy weapon trailer, and all the detail the model contains, it is a really cool piece.

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First up from the Herbie movie series, Herbie!

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Staying with the movie theme for this next one we have the Interceptors from Mad Max!

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One of my favorite cars of all time, the Shelby AC 427 Cobra!

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Another one of my favorite muscle cars, the 1967 Shelby Mustang GT 500 KR!

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And finally, I thought this retro Porsche was fantastic! Also, it looks a LOT more like the real thing then the others.

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For more pics of these cars, follow the links below the image and follow that link to the builders pics. Enjoi!

Created by artist Federico Mancosu this thing is awesome! This minimalist view captures the essence of the video for sure. Plus I am a big fan of this art style. Well done sir! Check out more of his movie posters here!

In case that put you in the mood to watch the music video, here you go!

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Being a dad to be I hope I don’t end up like this guy, lol.

I bet he’s watching Scooby Doo!

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This stuff is awesome, and I mean the breath taking kind of awesome. Could you imagine spending 2.5 years carving the tiniest of details into graphite? Check out more of his art here.

DALTON GHETTI CREATES MINIATURE MASTERPIECES on the tips of pencils. Dalton, who works as a carpenter, and has been making his tiny graphite works for about 25 years.

The 49 year old said: “At school I would carve a friend’s name into the wood of a pencil and then give it to them as a present. Later, when I got into sculpture, I would make these huge pieces from things like wood, but decided I wanted to challenge myself by trying to make things as small as possible. I experimented sculpting with different materials, such as chalk, but one day I had an eureka moment and decided to carve into the graphite of a pencil.”

Dalton uses three basic tools to make his incredible creations – a razor blade, sewing needle and sculpting knife. He even refuses to use a magnifying glass and has never sold any of his work, only given it away to friends. He said: “I use the sewing needle to make holes or dig into the graphite. I scratch and create lines and turn the graphite around slowly in my hand.”

The longest Dalton has spent on one piece was two and half years on a pencil with interlinking chains. A standard figure will take several months. He said: “The interlinking chains took the most effort and I was really pleased with it because it’s so intricate people think it must be two pencils.”

When Dalton, from Connecticut, USA, first started he would become frustrated when a piece would break before being finished—especially after he had spent months working on it. He said: “It would drive me mad when I would be just a bit too heavy handed and the pencil’s tip would break. I would get very nervous sometimes, particularly when the piece was almost finished, and then I would make a mistake. I decided to change the way I thought about the work – when I started a new piece my attitude would be ‘well this will break eventually but let’s see how far I get. It helped me break fewer pencils, and although I still do break them, it’s not as often.”

Ghetti, who is originally from Brazil, has a box full of more than 100 sculptures that have broken while working on them that he affectionately calls ‘the cemetery collection’. He said: “I have quite a few broken pieces so I decided to glue them on pins and into styrofoam for a display case. People might think it’s weird I keep them but they’re still interesting. I worked on them for months so they might be dead now but at one point I gave them life.”

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Good ol Pee-Wee
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Strong winds + brush fire = an incredibly rare natural phenomenon!

I love the video, kinda reminds me of something I’ve always liked to do if I were to make a video. Just go nuts and capture the epic parts with a high speed cam (or at least slow mo) and voila an epic vid of awesomeness. gj LP!
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Check out the long distance shots, pretty dang impressive from such a tiny cannon!
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