How's that for a slice of fried gold!  You did a fantastic job!  Yours is ready for some serious carnage.  I love the MP5K submachine gun.  You're not messing around

I really like how it looks with the inside painted white.  I'll have to consider that on mine.  You did a wonderful job painting.  Great job editing the sign too.

I'm actually really really impressed.  I found these things to be a big project to undertake, but you have really done a great job and didn't cut any corners.  How did you make the stencil for the glass?  I cut my front cereal box cardboard, but it took quite a while and I had to tape it down before spray painting it.  I'd love to hear of a better way to stencil things.

I love the gasmask too.  This is so cool!

I LOVE IT!

I've been trying to make a triforce inspired project for a while now.  Your's is amazing, I wish I could make something like that out of glass.  That is super awesome!

LMAO -- Are you NAKED in the fifth picture down?  I can see your what-looks-like naked reflection in the machete.

I think that's one of the weirdest off-topic questions I've ever read on here.

Believe me after reading some of the comments posted about the project on Digg, it is a topic.

When this thread was being linked on Digg there were lots of comments written about it and me.  They fell into one of three categories: 'I'm a loser for spending this much time on something so geeky', 'I didn't do a very good job of X', 'I took the photos without wearing any clothes'.

If you're easily offended by people on the internet mocking you I suggest you never end up on a high traffic site.  There is little point in explaining yourself.

LMAO -- Are you NAKED in the fifth picture down?  I can see your what-looks-like naked reflection in the machete.

No I'm not naked.

The reflection on the machete is of my wrist and chin as I'm leaning over the box to photograph it.  Both of my arms are holding the camera up to my face, although you can only see my left arm in the reflection.  The darker patch visible is my goatee, not whatever your imagination thinks it might be

I am speechless.  Mouth agape, eyes wide, totally stunned. 

I'm having a bit of a rough night, but reading this has really turned things around.  Thank you

Okay I think I've fixed the bandwidth issue by giving Photobucket 9 bucks   I imagine the drain on the bandwidth will die down pretty soon anyway.

I really like it   I've been thinking about knitting something similar to that for a while now, but I haven't got up the courage to start.  I really like how yours turned out.  It's a wonderful first project, I hope you continue crochetting.

Thanks for the digg!

I had considered some type of latch or something to hold the shield in place when mounted but after building it I found that the shield naturally wanted to lean back into the case and didn't fall out on it's own.  Of course if someone were to bump into it then things might be a different story

As for the many people asking about production I'm afraid I'm moving away from the tools I needed to build the case.  That and I don't like using power tools to begin with

However due to request I will post the art I made to build the unit.  Both the stencil for the shield and the sign.

Yeah it is a bite mark in his arm

The first guy is wearing a colander on his head and football shoulder pads and oven mitts.

I love hemp jewelry.  In fact it is the only kind of jewelry I wear these days

Any time I see some really awesome beads or stones I usually consider making something for myself or someone else.  However my ends are no where near as nice as yours.  I either tie mine on (yeah I've worn them until they fall off) or I use a safety pin as a clasp.  Where do you get your clasps and how do they work?