Foamsmithing: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners helps you make beautiful, comfortable pieces of low-cost costume armor. Learn everything you need to know about making, painting, and wearing your eye-popping foam armor creations.In this book, you will learn:The basic tools and materials needed to turn your foam into true works of wearable art.Basic fabrication techniques to design, plan and fabricate extraordinary pieces of costume armor.Simple, low-cost methods...

To the people that want to raise peafowl but can’t get started, this book is for you.Peafowls are large birds that live in flocks and are recognized for their brilliant blue and green plumage. They are oftentimes raised for no other reason than their aesthetic and sheer ornamental values. Because of their amazing gorgeous look, the feathers are often sold and utilized for things like fly-tying and other crafty activities. Raising peacocks is a very lucrative business. Most peacock ...

Have you ever dreamt of building doors that are durable, attractive, and energy efficient? Doormaking for Beginners makes it possible for the devoted do-it-yourselfer to build new doors for a fraction of the cost of purchasing them. When you build your own doors you are not just saving money but also completely transforming your space and adding significantly to the value of a home. Doors come in a variety of types and finishes, but one thing they all have in common is how much they can af...

Chip Carving: The Complete Beginners Handbook covers everything you need to know about chip carving including primo carving woods, holding and sharpening of chip carving knives, and transferring of patterns. Chip carving is a great starting point for hobbyists and beginners. You need only a few cutting tools. And if you have a penchant for math or design, you may already have the necessary supplies such as a T-square, tracing paper and a compass.Once you master a few basic cuts, yo...

Bush knives are practical, useful tools for bushcraft, camping, hiking and outdoor trips as well as regular use at home. You can now make your own. Bush Knife for Beginners is a complete beginner’s guide for ambitious knife makers who want to experience blacksmithing the right way.This book makes it easy for beginners to get started without the need for costly equipment and tons of space. You can learn and enjoy the craft of knifemaking with just a small coal forge or heat source (...

South America is a land of superlatives. Home to the world’s longest mountain range, tallest waterfall, largest rainforest, driest desert, widest river and highest lake, it astounds with its variety. Now published by Bradt Guides, the award-winning, legendary South America Handbook holds a world record of its own as the longest-running English-language travel guidebook. This brand new, fully updated 95th edition celebrates the centenary of the Handbook, which remains as essential for trave...

Since most applications today are distributed in some fashion, monitoring their health and performance requires a new approach. Enter distributed tracing, a method of profiling and monitoring distributed applications—particularly those that use microservice architectures. There’s just one problem: distributed tracing can be hard. But it doesn’t have to be.With this guide, you’ll learn what distributed tracing is and how to use it to understand the performance and operation of your ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."Solitude's End," book 1 of the thrilling "Echo's Way" series, is a captivating action/adventure story set in a distant colonial planet of the future. Prepare to embark on an unforgettable journey alongside Echo, a resilient seventeen-year-old girl who finds herself as the last survivor in a desperate battle against the Tolleani, a formidable alien species determined to conquer her home.For three long years, Echo has fought a so...

Shallow Waters—where secrets are buried, and nightmares are born.Dive into the depths of darkness with 21 chilling tales of horror and dark fiction in Shallow Waters Vol.4, the anthology series where morbid fates await and nothing stays buried. It's a collection of twisted love, karma, death, and spectral mysteries that promise to tear away the façade of the everyday and expose the haunting truths beneath.Shallow Waters is the official horror and dark ficti...

Whittling is the art of carving shapes typically out of raw wood or bone with a knife. It is a great terminus quo for hobbyists and novices. Whittling: A Step-by-Step Guide covers everything you need to know to source primo whittling woods, learn basic cuts, whittle and finish. How do I get started? You need only a few cutting tools.There is no stone left unturned in this DIY book about learning how to whittle. The interesting steps involved are thoroughly covered, and author Austi...

This book “Survival Shelter Building for Beginners” will teach you how to stay alive in the woods. Without food and water, you can survive a couple of days, but in some circumstances, you would be lucky to make it through one night without shelter. This book presents emergency shelter designs built from a variety of materials, with shelters perfectly suited for any weather condition. The author, Austine Ben provides tutorials on how to make basic tools, bedding, mattresses, and other items...

Learn how to create your own legal, efficacious and safe herbal spice smoke blends for personal use. Today's market makes it quite easy to unintentionally get very potent and hazardous herbal blends. Despite what the packaging says, some of them are even illegal. While claiming to be 100% natural, some actually contain extremely harmful substances. You can create your own herbal smoking blend that is 100 per cent legal, efficient, and safe. The herbs are rather affordable and are not diffi...