Incomplete Gamer

One down and five to go.  Inspired by James May’s Toy Stories TV show, Incomplete Gamer Junior is tackling six toy projects, using the six toys that starred in the James May series; Lego, Meccano, Plasticine, Hornby trains, Scalextric slot cars and Airfix models.  James May’s show isn’t just a celebration of Britain’s best loved toys of yesteryear but a genuine attempt to introduce the toys and hobbies to a new generation.Yesterday we put our Meccano building skills to the test in the Incomplete Gamer laboratory.  You can see for yourself how we fared.

Today it’s the turn of Plasticine.  In the TV show, James May set himself the task of entering a garden made entirely of plasticine into the Royal Chelsea Flower Show.  Our ambitions are a little less lofty…we’d settle for a small arrangement of flowers. Read on to see how Incomplete Gamer Junior and two enthusiastic assistants, more accustomed to building levels on Little Big Planet, fared moulding soft coloured clay.

Incomplete Gamer Junior here, after an afternoon spent in the lab making plasticine roses and strawberries.  That’s definitely not what I signed on for but I’m so amazed how easy this stuff is to work with.  I managed to make very realistic fruit and flowers and so did my two friends.  I have to say a big thanks to the Playing with Flowers blog for the simple flower making instructions.

I most enjoyed successfully completing each individual item.  I was really happy that I could make such a realistic mandarin.  Unlike the Meccano car, where i had to wait until the end of the project to really get a feeling of accomplishment, I felt good every time I finished each item.

I must admit that as fun as it was, I don’t think I’d want to make thousands of flowers like James May’s team, even with all his helpers, but this ‘mini’ project was fun.

My two friends and I spend a lot of time playing with the level editor tools in Little Big Planet, so I guess I liked that same feeling of ‘creating something’.

I found the easiest thing to make were the grapes.  The flowers were the hardest, just trying to get them perfect.  I’d definitely give this another go…it was so much fun we lost track of time.

I’m proud of both the Meccano and the Plasticine projects, but I was more able to channel my inner creativity making things out of plasticine.

I’m very  confident about the last four ‘Toy Stories’ projects after seeing how great these turned out.

Incomplete Gamer Junior signing off.

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