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SoCal, USA3955 Posts
Recently I made one of the best things I ever sewed in my life and I just wanted to share it with all of you.  I would not consider myself a pro sewer. I am just a novice because I just "wing it" when it comes to sewing anything (except when I made a quilt for my just recently born nephew I had lots of assistance with that one.) The sewing machine is my friend ^^ while my hand stitching is the bad.
This is probably considered the best thing I ever made, but what this post is about I think is better. ^^ (because I did it by myself.)
Here are some other stuff I sewed over the years.
This was the first thing I ever sewed. It's was Takuto hat for Halloween back in high school. I do recall I killed the old sewing machine... result in having sewing the rest by hand.
This was my first big sewing project, a whale made out of terry cloth (like towels.) It was so hard, but it came out okay in the end.
A cover I made for a planner.
The slime form Futurama.
This was made just before the baneling I made. I bought the pattern from DIY Fluffies.
I wanted to make a whale plushie for my nephew and I sooo had to do it when I found the pattern. TT Kinda like a warm up, plus it's pattern body kinda contributed to the baneling. :D
Usually when I sew, I have to figure out my own pattern, unless I can find one on the internet for free. This baneling I made I had to figure everything out myself. I wasted a lot of paper (don't worry I recycle my paper!) trying to figure out my own pattern. I will show you the process I went through to get my finish product.
First I started to sketch banelings. In order for me to make anything, I have to visualize and sketch it down. It's the best way for me to plan it all out. It will take me a good few sketches or more to figure out what I want something to look like. Front, side, top, bottom, 3/4ths views. I mainly made side views with very little top and bottom views since it looked pretty weird and not cute at all.
So I went along trying to figure out my pattern to form it. After many papers and attempts I was able to come up with this with some material I had left over. As time went by I progressively got to the point where I was happy with what direction it was going.
Then I was making a mess on my desk... This usually happens when I do crafty projects.
Then after that the real stuff started to happen I had to cut fabric with the patterns I gave myself. (I re-drew the patterns a bit cleaner.) Then I started to construct my baneling. Everything I had to do from this point on I had to be as clean when I sewed it all together. I am usually pretty sloppy.
At this point I was ready with all the pieces to make it all come together. Everything before this it was mostly the pieces I sewed pinned together just in case I didn't do anything wrong. Even with precautions I had to cut back thread on the armor plates to place in the horns. Then when I sewed on the horn the wrong way one of them... Then I had to cut back thread under the body to place in the legs, which I totally forgot about, right after I made the legs. Luckily that was all the mistakes I made... But they were all a pain in the butt.
It doesn't look so bad without all the plate armor!
All finished! I was quite surprised how cute it was in the end. I wanted to keep it. 
The butt of a baneling is the star of the show. <3 I love it when a baneling wiggles and rolls...
Then I gave it a small green santa hat.
Also with the baneling I wanted to make an egg case for it. The first idea was making the usual paper mache off of a balloon and then layer it till it's a little thick enough to place my own colors on it. However I followed a recipe online for making your own paper mache adhesive with flour, water, and salt. The stuff was not drying well and by the the 2nd day it started to smell... So I dumped the thing (so much for recycling that one.) Then I went search online for other alternatives. I did find this egg template, but you have to be a member and it's paid. I proceded to figure it out on illustrator creating the shapes. I did make the egg, but the problem if it was gonna fit in the box I was gonna ship the baneling off in. It was not going to at a full scale. Then I went back to searching the internet for something else. Then I finally found this egg pouch which I was thinking in the first place, but I didn't know how to go on about it. I took a large paper bag and made egg shapes and cut the top and bottom in a bit and over lapped the ends a bit to make the eggs protrude a little out. Then this time I mixed tacky glue I had on hand and mixed it with water to apply a layer of white paper on the front and back of the egg sides. Then after that I applied color using purple and green tissue paper. I also applied one layer of thicker watery glue on top to keep the tissue paper from coming off. This was way more lighter and better than the first paper mache idea.
The website said to sew it, but I couldn't really imagine sewing it by hand hurting my finger with having to put a lot of force to puncture the now thick paper layers. Then I remembered there was a hole puncher somewhere and I searched it out and found it. It was a slightly smaller circle than your average hole puncher. Then I proceded to hold punch around the edges. It was hard to hole punch, but totally way easier than trying to put a needle through it. After doing both sides I sealed it up by stringing a thick brown yarn I had left over and tied up the ends together and done!
I was pretty happy with the finish product. I was pretty proud of making the baneling by myself, though not sure if I would do it again. I can defiantly make another one in the future since I saved my patterns and I know what and what not to do to improve things. I enjoy making things weather it is cooking, baking, paper crafty stuff, sewing, designing packaging for gifts, I love it all. :D
All packed up to go shipping. ^^
Sorry for my bad grammar, I am not much of a writer. @@
 
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D'aww what a cute baneling. Great job!
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I love the egg at the end, cute and creative.
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So cool, I'm inspired to do some handicraft myself now.
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the Dagon Knight4003 Posts
Too many baneling toys lack the all-important centrifugal hooks. I'm glad you put in the time and effort to give your baneling the evolutions it needs to get into action and make friends as quickly as possible :D
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I love it I love it I love it!
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Amazing work, I would adopt one of those ANY day <3
On December 11 2012 23:14 SirJolt wrote:
Too many baneling toys lack the all-important centrifugal hooks. I'm glad you put in the time and effort to give your baneling the evolutions it needs to get into action and make friends as quickly as possible :D
And yes, its very important for a baneling to have them, so it doesn't get left behind!
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Switzerland2892 Posts
Wow it's really well made, great job
Hope you will make more of those
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Italy12246 Posts
All i can say is
DAWWWWWWW
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Bisutopia19239 Posts
I love that it comes in an egg. Totally awesome!
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FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
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How does one adopt a unit? like what do I have to do to adopt a probe  .
EDIT: forgot to say that I would let that baneling blow up my zealots any day :3.
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good job dude. I wish I could buy it for my gf
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SoCal, USA3955 Posts
On December 12 2012 00:07 docvoc wrote:How does one adopt a unit? like what do I have to do to adopt a probe . EDIT: forgot to say that I would let that baneling blow up my zealots any day :3.
Not quite sure yet. I am thinking about making more banes in the future.  Though for as a probe that might be a bit later in the works! \o/ (I would have to figure it out lol.)
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Wow awesome! All the other stuff too,really cute!
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Amazing!! I love it's smile. It needs a friend. But will die.
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Would definitely want a probe.
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I went "D'awh" out loud when you gave it the small green santa hat :3
Very awesome that you can have so much fun and mix two pastimes together, gj!
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I recently made a costume for renaissance faire with my mom, who is an amazing hobbyist seamstress. Being one of my projects, of course it was a rush job. When my mom had to run an errand, I decided to sew a couple of seams on her machine. I had been watching her do it all through my childhood--how hard could it be.
It was then that I learned that there are actually two spools on a sewing machine, the main spool and the bobbin. I had never known of its existence. In about 20 seconds I had ground the machine to a jam and created a massive snarl of thread.
I then made things worse by taking the machine apart to figure out how it works and "fix" it. I spent about 1.5 hours getting the machine back together (and actually learned something about how it worked) but I couldn't make it go--it would jam immediately.
My mom got home and fixed it in like 30 seconds.
We finished the costume (I can actually manage a hot glue gun) and everything was great.
I am massively impressed by your talent--not just because you can work the machine, but I know how counter-intuitive it can be to try to cut flat fabric to take a 3d shape.
You rule.
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dude mass produce these do i can buy one for the holidays
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wow really great work I am impressed O_O
I wish I could get one for my gf XD
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Germany2687 Posts
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You are my hero...
Amazing Work! Plus 1 for creativity with the egg.
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This is amazing !!
Is there any chance you would be ready to share the pattern with us ? Christmas is comming, and this would turn into a nice gift
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I really like your work! I think you did a great job there! Are you planning on selling these things? Here is customer No. 1!
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FuDDx
United States5008 Posts
<3
Such a great job and I love your other work the first wash cloth whale is super !! Thanks for sharing !!
This community is amazing!!
I made a silly plushie for my eventual wife way back in the day, she lost it and barley remembers it T_T. this makes me want to start making some.
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Needs some probes or scvs for it to blow up on :D
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0.0 amazing! I want one so bad haha. Great work with that!
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Holy crap!
Just out of curiosity, what did you use to model your baneling? Blizzard art or zoomed in on the picture, or something else?
How much of this was done my machine and how much purely by hand?
So cute. I love it.
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This is amazing work! I would buy this so hard if this was a blizzard-licensed thing (cause I know some other artists got in hot water for selling starcraft sculptures)
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wow that's amazing!
I wish they would pack these into to the HotS Collector's Edition. :D
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I obviously want one. So badly.
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did you stuff it with explosives as well?
super qt ^^
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On December 12 2012 00:13 zul wrote:good job dude. I wish I could buy it for my gf
Same here, she thinks that the banelings are really cute.
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Baa?21243 Posts
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So adorable T.T I wish there was a place that sold these.
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That's right terran. Buy the banelings, 'adopt' them. Bring them into your homes. And when the time is right, perhaps give them to your SCVs for Christmas presents. Yes... yes...
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Adorable
Make a sad zealot now !
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Awwwww. I want one so I can hug it.
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omg. damn I wants one man.
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On December 12 2012 00:20 shiroiusagi wrote:Show nested quote +On December 12 2012 00:07 docvoc wrote:How does one adopt a unit? like what do I have to do to adopt a probe . EDIT: forgot to say that I would let that baneling blow up my zealots any day :3. Not quite sure yet. I am thinking about making more banes in the future. Though for as a probe that might be a bit later in the works! \o/ (I would have to figure it out lol.)
DO WANT
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It's a lovely project, and the presentation is gorgeous.
Very nice plushie. I wouldn't want one only because of nightmares involving it detonating on me.
But I hope Blizzard doesn't get all up in arms about it, like our TL sculpture hero.
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United States7639 Posts
you are the cutest and so is everything you make ;u;
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I love TL <3 This is awesome!
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Yeah, you're awesome. This is so cool. I jel.
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Sanya12364 Posts
yes!! glad this got featured. Shiroiusagi, you should make a white rabbit, too!!!
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Put the TL Logo on it -> TL Store
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This is fantastic, really well done
On December 11 2012 23:14 SirJolt wrote:
Too many baneling toys lack the all-important centrifugal hooks. I'm glad you put in the time and effort to give your baneling the evolutions it needs to get into action and make friends as quickly as possible :D
That made me laugh so much more then it should
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holy shit that is so cute
nice job!
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Throwing money at my screen but nothing is happening...
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On December 12 2012 06:45 3FFA wrote:Put the TL Logo on it -> TL Store
ooh ya, i would buy it
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Netherlands19135 Posts
Really nice job! The egg and wrapping at the end really sold me on this, perfect detail and finishing touch to round this off. Congratulations on a project completed to your satisfaction .
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OH EM GEE, it's just about the cutest thing I've ever seen! GJ
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I would kill for one of these
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Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
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It looks so good!
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I wish I had any kind of Skill ... damn... good job ;D
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Two pictures I drew. One of my friend Keala, the other of her and I together.
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The santa hat is a great touch. That would be a fantastic christmas present, thanks for sharing!
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D'awwwww, that plate armor is what makes it!
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Id pay $20 to adopt a probe. You could make bank if you could assemble them quickly.
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I'd pay $40 for that. Holy crap that's cute
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Banelings are awesome, just make sure not to squeeze them too hard when you hug them...
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A Sentry would be sooo coool tooo.
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$20? $40? Something like that is easily worth hundreds of dollars unless you can import them by the container from China. Oh, and don't forget shipping.
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SoCal, USA3955 Posts
On December 12 2012 00:36 Mr. Black wrote:
I recently made a costume for renaissance faire with my mom, who is an amazing hobbyist seamstress. Being one of my projects, of course it was a rush job. When my mom had to run an errand, I decided to sew a couple of seams on her machine. I had been watching her do it all through my childhood--how hard could it be.
It was then that I learned that there are actually two spools on a sewing machine, the main spool and the bobbin. I had never known of its existence. In about 20 seconds I had ground the machine to a jam and created a massive snarl of thread.
I then made things worse by taking the machine apart to figure out how it works and "fix" it. I spent about 1.5 hours getting the machine back together (and actually learned something about how it worked) but I couldn't make it go--it would jam immediately.
My mom got home and fixed it in like 30 seconds.
We finished the costume (I can actually manage a hot glue gun) and everything was great.
I am massively impressed by your talent--not just because you can work the machine, but I know how counter-intuitive it can be to try to cut flat fabric to take a 3d shape.
You rule.
Haha, at least the sewing machine was saved. I totally killed my mom's old stinger sewing machine... lol Oopies. Hope your costume was rockin at the renaissance fair!
On December 12 2012 02:17 Nuclease wrote:
Holy crap!
Just out of curiosity, what did you use to model your baneling? Blizzard art or zoomed in on the picture, or something else?
How much of this was done my machine and how much purely by hand?
So cute. I love it.
I just used my brain and sketched my ideas (the way I draw banelings) and made a very rough prototype. Mostly by machine, my hand sewing is horrible. Only closing up the different parts required my hands and attaching the armor plates to the body.
On December 12 2012 01:50 FuDDx wrote:
<3
Such a great job and I love your other work the first wash cloth whale is super !! Thanks for sharing !!
This community is amazing!!
I made a silly plushie for my eventual wife way back in the day, she lost it and barley remembers it T_T. this makes me want to start making some.
Awwwww TT You can many endless air plushies! :D
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My gf would absolutely love one of these. Would make a great Christmas present.
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5/5. I like the small green santa hat lol
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the santa hat
DAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
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Good stuff
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This is fantastic! Great work!
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so cute, now I can't concentrate anymore and I just got to my job.
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Haha nice ! Very cute .
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Great Job. Really like the sac part of the abdomen. Ty for sharing!
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omfg omfg this is so damn cute!!!!!
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haha awwwww! really cute and well done! I would definitely consider adopting a unit if you get around to making more
A probe would be crazy cute!
Great work!
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I'd want an Ultralisk I think. Sick project though
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This is adorable
Nice work sir!
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That is incredibly adoreable. Nice job!
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DAT BANELING! :3 looks good and cuddly :p
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nice job
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Awesome work !
I would want a Zergling or a Infestor from Carbot Animations, these units are so cute.
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United States369 Posts
This is amazing and SO FREAKING ADORABLE <333
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On December 11 2012 23:14 SirJolt wrote:
Too many baneling toys lack the all-important centrifugal hooks. I'm glad you put in the time and effort to give your baneling the evolutions it needs to get into action and make friends as quickly as possible :D
You're my favourite. <3
So cute! GJ!
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Estonia4644 Posts
one of the cutest things ive laid my eyes on
was fun seeing this come to life
now off you go to make a second one for yourself! :D
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United Kingdom10823 Posts
I need this in my life
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That baneling is really cute. (I like the blanket even more. If I could get my hands on that I'd always be happy just by looking on it.)
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SoCal, USA3955 Posts
On December 14 2012 05:55 Koios wrote:
That baneling is really cute. (I like the blanket even more. If I could get my hands on that I'd always be happy just by looking on it.)
Hahahaha oh boy, after I finished the quilt I was like never again.
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Nothing to put you in the Christmas spirit than the green ooze of a baneling and the red blood of the marines it killed! So cute!
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This was a fun read. You're talented and have a really good heart. Thanks!
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Braavos36375 Posts
LOOK AT HOW CUTE THE BANELING IS
its so sad that its purpose in life is to suicide...
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The green santa hat is what won me over. Great job man 5/5 post. Would totally buy a baneling that cute! Now, time to make a cute mini-thor.
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This is amazing! I wanna buy one! There's nothing I love more than 1. stuffed animals, and 2. StarCraft! Must have!
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i want a probe plushie.. ;~;
BANELING SO CUTE ♥ :D ~
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Wow the gif at the end of the post is so awesome
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This is actually cool! Gratz
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On December 14 2012 11:47 Hot_Bid wrote:
LOOK AT HOW CUTE THE BANELING IS
its so sad that its purpose in life is to suicide...
Are we not all born in life to meet an inevitable demise, isn't the summation of a life's worthiness and purpose just as defined by active progress as it is in death? How philosophical.
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Awww that's so adorable! Great job~
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Nice, it looks great :DDD!
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I'm not gonna lie, there is a lot of money in this.
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are you making more ?
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That is seriously the cutest thing ever. Its making me uncomfortable its so cute, I can't take it anymore! T_T
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Awesome work! Just curious, and I don't know if this was mentioned, but where are you shipping the baneling to??
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I'd rather adopt Punky Brewster.
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Can I still buy one of these? o.o I'm serious does anyone know?
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Just wanted to say you and your baneling adoption agency are six kinds of awesome!
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niiiiiicccceeee
i would pay $15 for one
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On December 20 2012 02:27 Freezd wrote:niiiiiicccceeee i would pay $15 for one
that is more than 15$ worth of effort my friend.
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This is awesome, you say your hand stitching isn't very good. How long have you been stitching for?
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Any chance you'd donate one to myself? I am in Afghanistan and it would be awesome to take on missions with me!
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Very cute. And the rolling baneling gif at the end was really cute too ^^
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i am proud adoptive-mother of this baneling
i know its name is captain wiggles, but we renamed him "wasabi"
we have this giant hamster thing we call "hamachi" so they are friends :3
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SoCal, USA3955 Posts
On December 22 2012 08:04 hazelynut wrote:
i am proud adoptive-mother of this baneling
i know its name is captain wiggles, but we renamed him "wasabi"
we have this giant hamster thing we call "hamachi" so they are friends :3
<3 :D I can send you a pdf of a new thingy with the name "Wasabi" instead
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Ooo very cute. Designing cute zerg units is right up my ally.
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Oh! I want adopt a probe unit
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Haha the santa hat! :D <3
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