500year_diary: Gingerbread TARDIS

therru (

therru) wrote in

500year_diary,
@ 2006-12-28 01:33:00

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photo-manipulations, tardis

Gingerbread TARDIS
Hello! I hope this is the right place to brag about this wonderful gingerbread house that my friend pnr and I made during Christmas!

EDIT Dec 2007: A detailed how-to post can now be found in crafty_tardis!

pnr came over for a few hours on Christmas Eve, and again on Christmas Day, and this is your teaser of what we did:

TARDIS teaser

Yes, what better way to spend Christmas than with a fellow geek, making geeky stuff? No ordinary gingerbread house for us, no, we went for the adventure! As an invocation to the Doctor at this the darkest time of the year, that he shall return and bring light into our lives! (Which he did, of course, in The Runaway Bride.)

The pictures are taken by me and pnr , and polished up and hosted by pnr.

First, we drew up the pattern on paper and made all the pieces:

...and then glued them together with molten sugar and frosting, to this result:

(Please note that the thing on the top is a makeshift light -- we really wanted to get a big blinking diode light, but didn't think of it in time, i.e., before all the shops closed for X-mas.)

And just for good measure, here are a couple of more pictures, for your enjoyment:

And, last but not least, an example of pnr's mastery with Photoshop:

We had tremendous fun, and the TARDIS looks fantastic on my kitchen table!

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	vandonovan 2006-12-28 12:35 am UTC (link)
	That's really awesome. You need a Gingerbread Doctor, too. He can go, "At last, I'm ginger!" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	therru 2006-12-28 12:42 am UTC (link)
	Oh, that one hurts! falls over laughing (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ryttu3k 2006-12-28 01:12 am UTC (link)
	groooaaan (Reply to this)(Parent)

	anothersuperboy 2006-12-28 12:45 am UTC (link)
	Gingerbread Tardis for teh win! You guys should really send those pictures into DWM. :D (Reply to this)(Thread)

	therru 2006-12-28 08:29 pm UTC (link)
	Oh. Do you really think so? swells with pride (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ryttu3k 2006-12-28 01:12 am UTC (link)
	That is SO COOL! And I agree with the above commentor, you SHOULD send the pictures to DWM. That last photoshopped bit is brilliant. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	therru 2006-12-28 01:06 pm UTC (link)
	What is this DWM that you speak of? ignorant newbie (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the_unoriginal 2006-12-28 02:36 am UTC (link)
	Awesome. I am midway through making a gingerbread Tardis myself, but I doubt it will ever get finished XD. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	therru 2006-12-28 08:19 pm UTC (link)
	Well, the trick is to remember to not eat the pieces before you have stuck them together. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	g_shadowslayer 2006-12-28 05:13 am UTC (link)
	That is adorable! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	therru 2006-12-28 08:30 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! happy (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kayling 2007-01-01 10:45 pm UTC (link)
	bwahaha, icon ftw! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	enigel 2006-12-28 06:57 pm UTC (link)
	This is possibly one of the most awe-and-squee inspiring things I've seen all year. :) (Also one of the most mouth-watering fanworks ever. ;) ) The really tough question though... is anyone going to eat it? :oD (Reply to this)(Thread)

	I love you and your gingerbread TARDIS mighty_mice 2006-12-31 07:08 am UTC (link)
	It puts my annual Gingerbread houses to Shame. Shame I Tell You. ...But then I always eat mine. I don't think I could bring myself to eat that masterpiece. It would be a crime punishable by having a Dalek as a housemate for two weeks. ..Do... Do you mind if I try to make one like yours next year? I Enjoys a challenge. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	planetkiller 2007-01-07 01:56 am UTC (link)
	Ooo. pretty. That looks totally awesome! (Reply to this)

	infiniteviking 2007-01-09 06:45 pm UTC (link)
	Beautiful. Just beautiful. Nice clean lines and authentic details. That must have been so much fun to make! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	demosthenes91 2006-12-28 06:23 am UTC (link)
	That is about the coolest thing I've ever seen! Fantastic! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	therru 2006-12-28 08:32 pm UTC (link)
	Aw, thanks! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	wicked_g 2007-03-27 04:04 pm UTC (link)
	Hey, wanna put up your plans for making this? I'm not the most creative person when it comes to construction, and would LOVE to make this this coming Christmas! But this is amazing! So smart : ) (Reply to this)(Thread)

	balcairn 2007-06-17 01:04 am UTC (link)
	Best thing ever, quite simply. :D (Reply to this)(Thread)

	gingerelanor 2007-07-08 03:29 pm UTC (link)
	OH MY GOD! That is so awesome. How did it taste? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	wow ozarra 2007-11-19 04:14 pm UTC (link)
	OMFG thats awesome! screw gingerbread houses, i like the tardis! ^_^ (Reply to this)

	merlaezn 2007-12-02 06:37 am UTC (link)
	Yay! Gingerbread TARDIS! I'm going to try to convince my slightly-less-geeky-than-me friend to build a TARDIS rather than a gingerbread house like we were planning. crosses fingers Assuming that's ok with you, of course... (Reply to this)

	Thanks for posting this, I am inspired selinde2 2007-12-02 10:35 am UTC (link)
	Wow. What a great Christmas project! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	FANTASTIC hermitsrme 2007-12-29 12:18 am UTC (link)
	its wonderful how you have all the building pics to show how you did it that's brilliant top stuff and it looks yummy too, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (Reply to this)(Thread)

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