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Introducing the Gingerbread AT-AT
December 19, 2011
Photo: mommypants.com
Thought that this holiday season’s geekiest gingerbread architecture (a term I use with full knowledge of the syntactic redundancy) were those Bucky-inspired, geodesic gingerbread domes? Guess again. That dubious distinction goes to the gingerbread AT-AT (All Terrain Armored Transport, for the uninitiated), a near perfect incarnation of the Empire’s mammal-like assault vehicle used in, you know, the Battle of Hoth. Made by Rachel Klemek of Irvine, California-based Blackmarket Bakery for the Discovery Science Center‘s 6th Annual Gingerbread Competition, the edible replica is rendered in mid-stride, with beveled gingerbread panels approximating the angular geometries of the original’s steel body. Charming sugar panels and candies are lovingly applied as detailing flourishes, while licorice mounted to the head (command center) mimic medium blasters. A doughier-than-usual Luke Skywalker hangs suspended from the belly of the beast as it moves through the marshmallow-strewn terrain.
Image: Lucasfilm
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