Laser Cut Stuff

Instructables user JackCarter  made this awesome  lasercut tank model from MDF. The functional tracks looks great and the laser is perfect for making a repetitive object like that, although they do also provide the files to make a static track if you don't have enough patience for assembly. There are lots of tank models out there but, because this comes with instructions, it is definitely a challenger for the best.

A lot of wargaming models are cut from 3mm mdf, the folks over at Laser Cut Card  have opted to use 1mm card instead. They say it gives them more options to make better details and it receives paint better, it's also lighter for shipping. The results certainly seem to agree that it's a workable material. My painting skills couldn't cope with making a finished item like this, they're pretty tearable.

akselmusic  on Thingiverse , just released this industrial terrain complex  for wargaming. It 's cut from mdf so it's relatively cheap and it's configurable so you set it up in different ways for different games. They're a little plane and could do with some military detailing detail, but because it's thingiverse you can remix it , just don't forget to say tanks.

There are a couple of giant hand builds around but I like this one from instructables user  musicandsky  because they've gone for a purely Halloween theme scare style. When combined with the skull mask, I imagine they had a lot of fun out and about in the evening. You'd have to pick your party carefully though, they should be good with finger food but undoubtedly clawful with drinks.

Etsy seller, Feel My Craft , has this wonderful  ape skeleton  available in their store. It's self assembly so the kids would get the fun of putting the item together before Halloween. I always found the skeletons of other animals far more creepy that humans. The idea of making a winged monkey skeleton  is suddenly very apealing to me

This laser cut ball mask  from instructables user woz.artur  would make a great costume for any Halloween event. The mask is cut from black acrylic and engraved with the maze detailing. The mask was heated and shaped to match the contours of a face and then the lines were filled with gold paint. The handformed nature to convert this from a flat sheet means you won't be going in to mask production but it would be a spectacular one off