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Didero · 04/30/2010, 09:31 am

My mother is awesome.

About two weeks ago, I showed my mother Avistew's stuffed Max. Knowing she crochets from time to time, I jokingly asked if she could make something like that, entirely expecting her to say she didn't have time for that or didn't want to, since she's only vaguely aware of Sam & Max. To my surprise, she said "I don't know, but I could try". I asked if she was serious, and she was. Woo!

So she bought thread, and I looked up and made screenshots of Max from all possible sides as reference pictures. She started working on the different body parts when she had time, expecting it to take at least a month.

But there we were this morning, not two weeks since she started, with all the parts done:

You can already see the basic shape here.
The pink circles are the ones Max has at the bottom of his feet.

Along with cotton, my mother had also bought a big bag of stuffing, so she got to work on filling out the different parts. When they were stuffed she added the pink in the ears and on the bottom of the feet:

Then, all that remained was sewing the different parts together

and adding a face.

The mouth was the hardest part to add. It's hard to show the edge of the mouth, since the most obvious choice, white, doesn't show at all. So she settled for pink.

Max was nice enough to pose:

Though it wasn't long until he started acting, well, Max-like:

But that does show he also has a tail.

You can imagine why I wanted to brag here about this

I know I could've posted this in the 'Fan Art' thread, but I thought it deserved its own topic.

Also, Max says 'hi':

Pantagruel's Friend · 04/30/2010, 09:53 am

That's just awesome. Wow!

lombre · 04/30/2010, 09:55 am

Awesome! Now he just needs a sock crown!

light_rises · 04/30/2010, 10:00 am

How neat! And whaddaya know, there's even an indentation for his belly button!

Avistew · 04/30/2010, 11:32 am

Ahahaha, awesome! He looks great! Give your mom a big hug

She was super-fast, too! That's impressive. It looks pretty big, what size is it?

Hassat Hunter · 04/30/2010, 01:03 pm

Totally awesome.

But I guess I would have gone for black for the mouth instead of pink. Looks a bit weird now.
Aside from that minor nitpick... Totally Awesome!

Avistew · 04/30/2010, 01:43 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hassat Hunter

Totally awesome.

But I guess I would have gone for black for the mouth instead of pink. Looks a bit weird now.
Aside from that minor nitpick... Totally Awesome!

I agree, and also I think the eyes are too close together. (If we're nitpicking).

*Jennifer* · 04/30/2010, 03:19 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hassat Hunter

Totally awesome.

But I guess I would have gone for black for the mouth instead of pink.

It is very nice! I'd love to have one!

I think a medium-dark grey would have worked nicely for the mouth. That's what I usually use in my drawings of Max.

Alcoremortis · 04/30/2010, 05:55 pm

That is absolutely fantastic. I guess I should get on with my cross stitch of Max so I can be in with the cool kids.

*Irishmile* · 04/30/2010, 07:03 pm

Do not try being like the cool kids..... its too hard. I like to sit in the corner and just pretend I'm one of the cool kids..

Alcoremortis · 04/30/2010, 09:52 pm

I used to do that, but my imagination grows stale with age.

Maybe making Sam thread creations will become cool...

Didero · 05/01/2010, 12:24 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by light_rises

How neat! And whaddaya know, there's even an indentation for his belly button!

Yeah, the belly button is great

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avistew

Ahahaha, awesome! He looks great! Give your mom a big hug

She was super-fast, too! That's impressive. It looks pretty big, what size is it?

She was as surprised as anybody that it got finished so quickly.

Also, he's 63 cm high (24.8 inches) when he's standing, from his toes to the tip of his ears.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jennifer

It is very nice! I'd love to have one!

No, mine!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hassat Hunter

Totally awesome.

But I guess I would have gone for black for the mouth instead of pink. Looks a bit weird now.
Aside from that minor nitpick... Totally Awesome!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jennifer

I think a medium-dark grey would have worked nicely for the mouth. That's what I usually use in my drawings of Max.

I think if you use too dark a colour, it puts too much emphasis on the mouth edges, and Max's lips aren't really that visible, at least in his Telltale model, which is what it was based on.
Plus, I remember in one scene Max's lips do look pink-ish. I could be mistaking though.

EDIT:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avistew

I agree, and also I think the eyes are too close together. (If we're nitpicking).

Not really. We looked closely at the screenshots I took of in-game Max, and his eyes are above his second tooth from the left and right, and below the inner edge of his ears. My mom copied that as close as she could in cotton Max.

Crrash · 05/01/2010, 03:12 am

wow so cool!

mh you know, all these Max plushies are making me want to see if i still know anything about crocheting that i was taught way back in primary school.

Didero · 05/01/2010, 03:22 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crrash

wow so cool!

mh you know, all these Max plushies are making me want to see if i still know anything about crocheting that i was taught way back in primary school.

My mom wrote down how she made this plush, I could post that here if you want.
I'll just have to look up the English equivalents to the Dutch crocheting terms

Crrash · 05/01/2010, 03:33 am

that'd be cool. i dunno if i could find the time though...

Leak · 05/01/2010, 05:23 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Irishmile

Do not try being like the cool kids..... its too hard. I like to sit in the corner and just pretend I'm one of the cool kids..

Yeah, I'm not good at rapping either...

np: Autechre - pt2ph8 (Oversteps)

caeska · 05/01/2010, 06:22 am

Damn that is very impressive. She was able to craft that in 2 weeks? Unbelievable.
By the way, maybe you can answer this then: Where does he keep his gun...and his sock?

Didero · 05/01/2010, 06:32 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by caeska

Damn that is very impressive. She was able to craft that in 2 weeks? Unbelievable.

Yeah, she didn't expect it to go this quickly either. I thought it would take less than the month she thought it would, but less than two weeks is faster than I thought too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by caeska

By the way, maybe you can answer this then: Where does he keep his gun...and his sock?

~~None of your damn business!~~ She didn't want to make him a gun, I don't think she'd like her creation too violent.

Joop · 05/03/2010, 01:42 pm

You're mom's awesome!
I want one!

Trica · 05/03/2010, 07:36 pm

Darn, that looks so huggable!

Does your mom take commissions on these?

Either way, that's really awesome!

04/30/2010, 09:31 am	#1
Didero Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 481	Awesome mom, stuffed Max (lots of pictures) My mother is awesome. About two weeks ago, I showed my mother Avistew's stuffed Max. Knowing she crochets from time to time, I jokingly asked if she could make something like that, entirely expecting her to say she didn't have time for that or didn't want to, since she's only vaguely aware of Sam & Max. To my surprise, she said "I don't know, but I could try". I asked if she was serious, and she was. Woo! So she bought thread, and I looked up and made screenshots of Max from all possible sides as reference pictures. She started working on the different body parts when she had time, expecting it to take at least a month. But there we were this morning, not two weeks since she started, with all the parts done: You can already see the basic shape here. The pink circles are the ones Max has at the bottom of his feet. Along with cotton, my mother had also bought a big bag of stuffing, so she got to work on filling out the different parts. When they were stuffed she added the pink in the ears and on the bottom of the feet: Then, all that remained was sewing the different parts together and adding a face. The mouth was the hardest part to add. It's hard to show the edge of the mouth, since the most obvious choice, white, doesn't show at all. So she settled for pink. Max was nice enough to pose: Though it wasn't long until he started acting, well, Max-like: But that does show he also has a tail. You can imagine why I wanted to brag here about this I know I could've posted this in the 'Fan Art' thread, but I thought it deserved its own topic. Also, Max says 'hi':

04/30/2010, 09:53 am	#2
Pantagruel's Friend Still spinning Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Budapest, Hungary Posts: 626	That's just awesome. Wow! __________________ Max: Seems like a case of massive co-dependency, doesn't it, Max? I mean Sam.

04/30/2010, 09:55 am	#3
lombre Commando Crusher Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: O, Hi, and sometimes O! Posts: 906	Awesome! Now he just needs a sock crown! __________________ "Always expect the best of others... And watch as your hope is crushed like crackers in a fat man's bed. And the fat man is angry. And the fat man has a sledgehammer. And the fat man is yelling 'DIE, CRACKERS, DIE!!'" - Rat, Pearls Before Swine

04/30/2010, 10:00 am	#4
light_rises Spore-tastic! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Back in SoCal Posts: 528	How neat! And whaddaya know, there's even an indentation for his belly button! __________________ "Plato was a bore." You crack me up, Nietzsche!

04/30/2010, 01:03 pm	#6
Hassat Hunter Fluffy monkey/Cute kitten Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,804	Totally awesome. But I guess I would have gone for black for the mouth instead of pink. Looks a bit weird now. Aside from that minor nitpick... Totally Awesome! __________________ Sam: "We're 98% certain General Skun-ka'pe is evil." Stinky: "And the other 2%?" Max: "That he's crazy and we have to shoot him! But that may be wishful thinking on our part." (Any resemblance to KOTOR is purely coincidential, really!)

04/30/2010, 11:32 am	#5
Avistew I<3>1 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: France Posts: 5,051	Ahahaha, awesome! He looks great! Give your mom a big hug She was super-fast, too! That's impressive. It looks pretty big, what size is it?

04/30/2010, 05:55 pm	#9
Alcoremortis Lonely Ruffian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ankh-Morpork PD Status: Killjoy Extraordinaire Actual Posts: Lots! Posts: 4,224	That is absolutely fantastic. I guess I should get on with my cross stitch of Max so I can be in with the cool kids. __________________ ETERNAL QUEEN OF HALLOWEEN STATUS CONFERRED. ~ Comrade Pants How can we be sure that Alcoremortis isn't just Comrade Pants trollplaying as a girl? ~ GuruGuru214 You're a shiny bright star; floating amongst a million slimy slugs in a sea of sludge. You transcend the pre-conceived and supposed limits of the human race, to emerge from the pit of pitiful maggots as a beautiful, majestic butterfly. ~ Davies The suspence of what's gonna come after death is killing me! ~ Jon NA Are you a secret Plaster Princess or something? ~ Secret Fawful

04/30/2010, 07:03 pm	#10
Irishmile The Skipping Dead Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: WI, its a paradise 3 months of the year Posts: 6,542	Do not try being like the cool kids..... its too hard. I like to sit in the corner and just pretend I'm one of the cool kids.. __________________ unholy THIS! I am a community moderator, here to assist, keep the peace, and keep these boards clean and friendly for all. I am a volunteer, and not a Telltale employee, and my opinions are my own.

04/30/2010, 09:52 pm	#11
Alcoremortis Lonely Ruffian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ankh-Morpork PD Status: Killjoy Extraordinaire Actual Posts: Lots! Posts: 4,224	I used to do that, but my imagination grows stale with age. Maybe making Sam thread creations will become cool... __________________ ETERNAL QUEEN OF HALLOWEEN STATUS CONFERRED. ~ Comrade Pants How can we be sure that Alcoremortis isn't just Comrade Pants trollplaying as a girl? ~ GuruGuru214 You're a shiny bright star; floating amongst a million slimy slugs in a sea of sludge. You transcend the pre-conceived and supposed limits of the human race, to emerge from the pit of pitiful maggots as a beautiful, majestic butterfly. ~ Davies The suspence of what's gonna come after death is killing me! ~ Jon NA Are you a secret Plaster Princess or something? ~ Secret Fawful

05/01/2010, 03:12 am	#13
Crrash Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 175	wow so cool! mh you know, all these Max plushies are making me want to see if i still know anything about crocheting that i was taught way back in primary school.

05/01/2010, 03:33 am	#15
Crrash Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 175	that'd be cool. i dunno if i could find the time though...

05/01/2010, 06:22 am	#17
caeska Monkey Smuggler Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Fondor Orbital Shipyards Posts: 740	Damn that is very impressive. She was able to craft that in 2 weeks? Unbelievable. By the way, maybe you can answer this then: Where does he keep his gun...and his sock?

05/03/2010, 01:42 pm	#19
Joop Vocal Chord Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Panningen, The Netherlands Posts: 724	You're mom's awesome! I want one! __________________ Bound only by the paper thin wrapper of mortality, a soul here lies, struggling to be free, and so it will thanks to a bowl of bad gazpacho and a man named Calavera!

05/03/2010, 07:36 pm	#20
Trica Rawr. Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Finland Posts: 166	Darn, that looks so huggable! Does your mom take commissions on these? Either way, that's really awesome!

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