#mini badge

[makeshiftstory]

I finally got back to painting after the train wreck that was March is done! I swear the fates really hated March this year. First round we got the mini Meatwool Alchemy Lab Badge and the cookie bookmark! I plan on doing a gingerbread bookmark next since I really liked how the cookie bookmark came out. They'll be laminated and ready to equipped with clips to be attached to my main dolls if April proves to be a far kinder month (March can go in the toilet.)

[not-a-matopoeia]

For all the issues I have with the reboot (2009) movies, I do love the casting so here they are

(McCoy's forehead is that big because he's uhh smart... yeah...)

[nariarts]

hey! i have a lot of my work listed on Vinted. bundles are on and i include a freebie with all art orders.

i’m a scottish eclectic artist, making zines, upcycled badges and patches, and queer accessories.

i’m moving soon - so i’m raising money to get us settled in. and it means a lot getting to share my art with people! if you mention you’re from tumblr when you order, i’ll throw in a little something extra 💜

i also have a ton of second hand stuff listed including vintage fabric, fandom collectibles, clothes, plushies, comics!

vinted link for those unwilling to scroll back up (which is fair)

[komashkathesilly]

my cutieful psvita if she was an awesome robot bear girl

[tinyalechardy]

He was up a night working on case files. Please help i don't know how to stop him!!!

[magicalshopping]

♡ Wonderland Pins by blushsprout ♡

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Riley Elf, 1961. Riley started as a bicycle maker in 1890 and went on to make cars becoming part of BMC (the British Motor Corporation) in 1952. The Elf was a badge-engineered up-market version of the ADO15 Mini. It featured an extended rear that gave it a larger luggage compartment and a "3-box" profile. It remained in production through 3 series until 1969 when BLMC was formed and the Riley marque was discontinued.

[things-about-cars-in-posts]

got any favorite cars from the 24 hours of lemons? (and perhaps some facts about them)

Sure, but not before explaining to the audience!

So, you know how, when you start your car, you turn the key and it starts, and you don't have to fiddle around trying to get the air/fuel mixture to make the damn thing run and stop embarrassing you? And how it has disc brakes, halogen lightbulbs if you've got the standard version and a wing if you've got the sporty one? Yeah, this is all thanks to the century-old 24 Hours of Le Mans, so coveted by manufacturers as to push them to develop all those innovations which would later trickle down into sportscars. They made two movies about it. It is, without question, the most prestigious, serious and expensive endurance race ever.

And this is the 24 Hours of Lemons - without question, the least prestigious, serious and expensive endurance race ever.

It is most famous for the rule that ensures that: to keep you from racing anything but a lemon, a beater, a crapcan, a piece of... well, by now even the unaware have figured out what lemon means in the car world, there is a budget cap. To be precise, $500. Yes, that includes both car and performance enhancing modifications - but notably exempt are safety equipment and decorations. I say notably because decorations are a key component of the Lemons atmosphere in a way I consider best conveyed by a "progressively gets worse" slideshow.

Yes, these are all real vehicles that raced. As you can imagine, regulations are pretty lax. And mostly vibe-based.

So, now that we're up to speed, my favorites!

Favorite as in greatest job from the team? Probably (although I am biased) the Eyesore Racing Miata.

And since you asked for some fun facts, I have a little treat for you that even the typically impeccable Donut Bumper (or lack thereof) to Bumper (or lack thereof) video about it missed out on:

The team won Lemons' coveted Best Use Of Dangerous Banned Automotive Technology award (yes that is a thing) by cleverly reusing the motor that used to drive the pop-up headlights!

Favorite as in coolest car used? That might be a tossup (i.e. I am not going to wait for the undoubtedly long list of cooler base cars to shower my mind so I will call it a tossup) between the Chrysler Conquest ran by multiple teams though Lemons' history (specifically the TSis for their sexy flared fenders)...

... and B-Team Racing's Lotus Elite (seen here in two of its many liveries) which, due to its newfound Chevy engine, earned it the name Chotus. Why yes there's a website.

Favorite as in most beautiful car used? That might be a tossup between French Foreign Legion Action Team's Peugeot 505...

...or the engine-swapped second generation Chevrolet Corvair Coupe of... wait, multiple teams?

Favorite in terms of most beautiful decorations? That might be a tossup between the Honda Accord of Stanford students team Buck Ferkeley...

...and SilverSleeve Racing's incredibly-engined frankensteined Wolseley Hornet (for when a Mini is just not coupe nor posh enough)

Favorite as in greatest combination? That might be a tossup between two incredibly different interpretations of sportscar + truck: the Boneyard Butchers' mix of Saturn Sky and Chevrolet Colorado -the more you look at it, the harder it goes-...

...or the Porsche Honkeys' outstanding take on the popular Porsche 944 + V8 recipe that came when they decided to use the rest of the Chevy C10 they got for the engine: the Mulletmobile.

Favorite as in the bravest, most heroic, most Lemons feat? Well, given Lemons started as a way to experience racing without the pressure and expectations of high-tier stuff and eternally heralds the notioon that a racecar is any car you race, how could I ever go with anything but the far-too-slow-for-any-steadiness-to-remedy, Cali-bought-and-roadtripped-to-Kansas Toyota motherfucking Chinook.

Favorite as in favorite team name? I doubt it, but here you go: Off To Gay Porn. They called themselves this to ensure everyone who beat them could proudly say they beat Off To Gay Porn! And as you could notice, yes, so many of them are this good.

Links in blue are posts of mine explaining the words in question - if you liked this post, you might like those!

[makeshiftstory]

As promised, I did a gingerbread cookie bookmark to go with the first one. I am absolutely loving using the posca pen for the whites so far along with the gingerbread cookie of Bonemeal the Mutant Sheep in the middle. I'll be getting the mini badges and bookmarks laminated soon now that there are enough X3

[cheekypockets]

Painted myself a subtle non-binary flag sky on a mini canvas and attached some magnetic backing to it!

[mrdinomaiz]

Jin Keisuke...

[gradelstuff]

Himiko Toga's 2025 birthday merchandise from Jump Shueisha

[nordic-language-love]

I MADE IT TO 50K! 🎉🥳🍾🥂

[scourge-sympathiser]

hi!! I hope this isn’t an annoying question but I was wondering you have / ever plan to have an online shop? I saw you’ve been at art markets, but I unfortunately live quite far from that area ): I would really love to buy some of your art, especially of your scourge ones!! And honestly just your art in general is so cool

OH!! this is not annoying at all!!!

i consider it from time to time- the biggest thing getting in the way is tht im worried abt handling the logisticz of it all haha... i am rhe type to get overwhelmed... but knoing therez intrest itz somthing i do wanna consider!!

i am planning 2 do custom badge commissionz soon which will force me to come to termz with mt greatsst enemy... shipping thingz...

in the meantime! if therez anything specfic ive posted tht u want to hav 2 hold i am fully open to selling thingz thru just private messagez etc ;3€

[magicalshopping]

♡ Jellinom Mini Pin Collection by Midnight Springs ♡

♡ Backerkit Campaign ends April 18th, 2024 ♡

[jisookimlove]

JISOO shares a photos on Instagram of her Honorary MBE 🎖🖤

So proud of her 🥹