While not my favourite Zelda title ever, the Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask certainly has a lot of cool content to come out of it. There’s obviously the iconic mask, which has been made in LOTS of different ways. However I’ve only ever seen the Fierce Deity sword show up twice. The first is by OrangeSpy121, and he shows us how to build this blade for around 15-20 dollars. It looks great, and looks like something I’d be able to make myself.

The second place I’ve seen this sword is by AweMe’s Man at Arms: Reforged. They always make the coolest, most realistic props. But seeing as I’ve not got my own metalworking shop available, I think making one of theirs will be out of my reach. Of course, even with all the tools, I’m also lacking a boatload of experience they’ve got, so I’ll just leave this kind of prop to the experts.

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The legend of Zelda is an all time classic Nintendo game, and one of the iconic parts of these games (beyond the shield and sword) is Link’s distinctive green hat. Over at Ravelry, Tolmema has put together what looks to be a pretty simple set of instructions on how to make your very own Link hat.

Loosely cast on 88 stitches, place marker, and join in the round.

First 7 rows are seed stitch (about 1”) (k1,p1 – then switch so that you’re doing the opposite of whatever the stitch in the previous row was).

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Having recently gotten back into creating some Perler bead creations, I’ve been looking at a lot more videos that use them to make crafts. Most of them are basically just pixel art (which I think is cool) but every now and then I run across a 3D design that really stands out. That’s definitely the case with this.. case. This 3D Perler bead Zelda chest looks incredible. I wish they spent a bit more time explaining their technique for getting the top to curve the way it does, because I think that’s one of the coolest parts.

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These cool looking hand crafted pieces of functional art are super duper cool looking, and can open even the toughest bad guy.. err bottle. I may have to add this to my christmas wish list!

Bonus Action Shot:

A drink to the past. This is no ordinary bottle opener. Each bottle opener is hand finished and unique, guaranteeing no two bottle openers will look exactly alike. The sword also makes an excellent point to puncture cans for shot-gunning beers. It is made out of 10 gauge steel so that it won’t bend or break (unless you take a hammer to it or try to bend it on purpose, don’t be a dick) and coated in acrylic enamel to prevent rust. Also a quick note about the reds/blues the colors will vary, not all of them will look like the ones in the pictures, some will have more gold color shine through or purples, but then again that just adds to the uniqueness of each bottle opener.

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These iconic designs are simple, yet elegant. They capture the essence of the games they’re supposed to represent incredibly well. At least all of them but the sonic one. I guess it makes sense, but I couldn’t figure it out just by looking at it. That being said, I’m a Mario guy, not so much a Sonic Guy.

These cases are from the UK, but they ship worldwide and run at £22.00 ($34USD).

Of course you may be asking “what does this have to do with crafts? Well if I were going to have this, I’d want to make them myself. There are plenty of blank iPhone cases you can buy, and create your very own iconic case for your phone.

Made from temperature resistant high grade hard polymer used on the space shuttle, our cases are both durable and lightweight. The design is wrapped around the edges of the case to provide an all-over print.

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I’m sure it’s not easy to sum up an entire game into a handful of symbols, but I think they did a pretty good job of capturing the games pretty well. The ones I’ve played at least. I didn’t even realize until I saw them all that I hadn’t even heard of a few of them. I guess I’ve got some catching up to do.

You can find all of newrobots work at his deviant art gallery.

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I’m a huge fan of the Zelda series in general, although perhaps I didn’t play Majora’s Mask as much as some of the others. My favourite being a link to the past. However, this fan design of the Wii-U console looks absolutely amazing. I’d love to see Nintendo make this into a real product.

Not only did they make a Wii-U design, but there’s also a 3DS re-design as well.

It sounds like there maybe a Majora’s mask re-release for the Wii-U or the 3DS in the not so distant future, so here’s to hoping that someone at Nintendo HQ gets a look at this design and does something with it.

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