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Steve Ziolkowski

@spajadigit.bsky.social

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I like to make things. I used to make things professionally, now I make things for fun. Theme Parks are really the best.

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Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 3h

The tombstone is finished and set up in the yard. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out!

Plaster relief of a woman painted to look like a tombstone with glowing red UV eyes.

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Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 3h

I know it's not canon, but Luke just wanted to see what World of Motion was all about.

Luke Skywalker action figure sitting in a 3D printed world of motion ride vehicle.

Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 4h

*brake* calipers. Stoopid spellcheck.

Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 4h

Hahahahahaha yeah, my question was why Recognizers needed thrust vents and lightcycles needed break calipers. It looked cool, but it didn't feel like a digital world to me.

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Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 1d

I'm pretty convinced there's a venn diagram out there that specifies a large theme park demographic that only eats that stuff.

Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 1d

I finished the repaint of that plaster relief I turned into a tombstone. I made it darker and plan on using UV paint to light up her eyes.

Plaster relief of a woman's face that has been painted to look like a tombstone

Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 1d

So awesome. Thank you for your art.

Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 1d

One star. Do not recommend.

Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 2d

Wow. So rad!

Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 3d

I bought this model kit about fifteen years ago. It's the Möwe, a jet powered glider from Nausicaä and the Valley of the Wind. I started it during the Covid-19 and then put it aside. I finally finished it tonight and I'm pretty happy with the final piece.

A model of the Möwe from Nausicaä and the Valley of the Wind

Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 3d

I didn't know the original artist was Nikkolas Smith. Sorry, it should've been credited.

Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 3d

Not all heroes wear tights.

Jeannie @bunnybixley.bsky.social · 3d

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Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 3d

That cushion looks so friggin' charming! It's awesome!

Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 4d

I see what you did there.

Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 4d

That pose on the left. Holy shit, it's amazing.

🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 6d

...stupid fangirl bullshit hours re: the end of ep 5 #monkeywrench

fanart from the indie series Monkey Wrench, in which Beebs has given Shrike his shirt because his police uniform has been confiscated. Unfortunately he gets it back by the end of the episode, but, the concept....
Shrike, a thin, short alien wears a black shirt far too big for him, gesturing to himself, "what, do you just have like a hundred of the same fucking clothes?" Beebs, his much larger colleague with a beard and cyborg parts, yells back "No, shrike, I have like two, and that's one of them. you're welcome." and shrike is distraught "you realize how that's worse??", Beebs throws his hands up in frustration, "sorry for giving you the LITERAL shirt off my back"

Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 4d

I don't know the source material, but you've added so much personality here, I'm kind of in awe. Those expressions are awesome.

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Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 5d

I remember staring at those miniaturized people when I was a young kid, trying to see if they matched up with the people going in. Yeah, I was pretty sure it was real back in the day!

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Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 6d

Holy shit, it worked! My Haunted Mansion plaque is nearly there! And the lighting makes it look *great*! #Disneyland

Haunted Mansion plaque ready for lighting test WIP

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Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 6d

Here's a tombstone I made 20 years ago from a plaster relief I found at a home and garden store. I need to repaint it before I put it out in the yard.

Plaster relief of a woman I turned into a tombstone. It needs more paint.

Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 6d

It feels like my Haunted Mansion plaque is finally coming together. I sprayed primer first, followed by a dark, textured stone spray paint, covered that in a satin finish hunter green and dusted it with matte Spanish moss. #Disneyland

Dark textured stone spray paint over grey primer on Haunted Mansion plaque

Hunter green satin spray paint on Haunted Mansion plaque

Spanish Moss spray paint dusted over hunter green spray paint on Haunted Mansion plaque

Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 6d

Mine too.

Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 7d

The Haunted Mansion plaque is prepped for painting tomorrow. I finally got the 3D printed frame bodyshopped and got my cricut mask in place. Here's hoping!

3D printed frame. Band sawed acrylic and a cricut mask ready for painting this Haunted Mansion plaque.

Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 8d

If you get a little bit of heat shrink tubing, slide it over the exposed wire and then apply a little heat (via hair dryer) they'll last a while longer...

Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 8d

I just received the latest batch of prints! The Spaceship Earth and World of Motion ride vehicles turned out great! #Epcot

3D print of Spaceship Earth and World of Motion ride vehicles

3D prints of various things including the Spaceship Earth and World of Motion ride vehicles

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Steve Ziolkowski @spajadigit.bsky.social · 10d

Amazing. The staging of this is beautiful.

Sebastián Píriz @sebastianpiriz.bsky.social · 12d