Gallery: Valve Stuff

Character: Weighted Companion Cube
Series: Portal
Bear Type: Handmade, about 18"
Clothes & Styling By: um... n/a. (Made by Sarah.)
Date: 2008 (Tekkoshocon)
Notes: This one was an accident: while cutting out the fabric for the inflatable Companion Cube, I mis-cut some pieces too small. Rather than have them go to waste, I made them into a bear-ified Companion Cube.

Character: Weighted Companion Cube
Series: Portal
Bear Type: Handmade, about 18"
Clothes & Styling By: n/a, made by Sarah
Date: 2008 (Tsubasacon)
Notes: Another Companion Cube bear, in the other style that we tend to use, to make it a bit different from the first. This one was nicknamed "Care Bear Cube".

Character: Chell (& Weighted Companion Cube)
Series: Portal
Bear Type: Handmade, about 18"
Clothes & Styling By: Sarah
Date: 2009 (Tekkoshocon)
Notes: In case you didn't noodle around lining up your portals to form a mirror, this is Chell, the player character in Portal, along with an appliqued mini-Cube.

Character: Blu Spy
Series: Team Fortress 2
Bear Type: Handmade, about 18"
Clothes & Styling By: Em
Date: 2009 (commission)
Notes: Spy and Sniper (below) were commissioned after Tekkoshocon 2009, making us realize that it was about time we made some TF2 bears. Spy was accessorized with a stabbin' knife, pin-on cigarette, and a cigarette case containing (not full size) paper masks.

Character: Red Sniper
Series: Team Fortress 2
Bear Type: Handmade, about 18"
Clothes & Styling By: Sarah (bullets by Em)
Date: 2009 (commission)
Notes: Commissioned along with the Spy, Sniper sported some suprisingly hard-to-make shades and a kukhri for that up-close-and-personal work.

Character: Red Scout
Source: Team Fortress 2
Bear Type: Handmade, about 18"
Clothes & Styling By: Em
Date: 2010 (Matsuricon)
Notes: BONK! Red Scout was the first TF2 bear that we made for a convention table, as it turns out. We may make it through all of the classes eventually. They're all fun.

Character: Weighted Companion Cube
Series: Portal
Item: Purse
Made by: Sarah
Date: 2007 (Tsubasacon)
Notes: Some blue and orange satin left over from long-ago costume projects were, as luck would have it, a pretty good match for the portal colors. That led to this tote-style purse, which was lined with inside pockets and an appliqued plush Cube design.

Character: Weighted Companion Cube
Series: Portal
Item: Ottoman / prop
Made by: Sarah
Date: 2008 (Tekkoshocon)
Notes: We stumbled across inflatable floor pillow / ottoman cores at Ikea, and this "life size" Cube was our first thought. The end result involved lots of plush, fleece, high-density foam, and a mild knee injury that was conducive to sitting around and hand-sewing for a while.

Character: Sandvich
Series: Team Fortress 2
Item: Non-edible prop
Made by: Em
Date: 2009 (Tekkoshocon)
Notes: Made of craft foam, Styrofoam, wood, paper and I'm not sure what else (despite the tag, not actually meat), this is a more or less life-size reproduction of the Heavy's famous snack.

Character: Weighted Companion Cube
Series: Portal
Item: Plushie
Made by: Sarah
Date: 2009 (Tekkoshocon)
Notes: This plushie-scale Cube was about eight inches across, with flat appliqued designs. Because official Cube plushies turned up after that, this one will be the only one we make.