Man uses 40 pounds of bacon to create AT-AT replica - Polidicks

[url]http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/nick-hamon-builds-bacon-coated-homage-to-star-wars/19440089[/url] [release][img]http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/5/658576/1271267553442.JPEG[/img] (April 15) -- An Arkansas man constructed a sculpture that has science fiction nerds and foodies licking their chops. Nick Hamon combined two of his greatest passions -- "Star Wars" and bacon -- to build a 3-foot-tall model of a vehicle used by Darth Vader's forces in the classic films. And he coated it with greasy goodness. It took Hamon 21 hours and 40 pounds of bacon to assemble a pork-covered replica of an "AT-AT Walker," a four-legged war machine that appears in the 1980 classic "The Empire Strikes Back." But the Fayetteville resident says the bacon-coated creation was well worth the time and money. "I've always been a big fan of 'Star Wars' and always thought the AT-AT was one of the cooler vehicles from the movie," Hamon said. This isn't the first time the pork lover has used bacon in creative ways. Last year, Hamon earned praise for crafting a mock AK-47 assault rifle wrapped in bacon. But even though he has experienced building things from bacon, Hamon -- who works as a creative director and spends his spare time running a Web site called "This Is Freaking Ridiculous" -- says mistakes were made. After searching the Internet for photos and drawings of AT-AT walkers, Hamon says he spent hours constructing a foam model that would serve as the skeleton for the bacon creation. "The foam model turned out being way too elaborate," said Hamon, who admits it's "pretty funny" that he has gained notoriety for covering things in bacon, considering his last name consists of the words "Ham" and "On." "I was trying to get all of the angles correct; it looked pretty cool. Then I put the bacon on and it covered up all of the details," he said. Though the sculpture didn't turn out to be as intricate as Hamon had hoped, it earned him the adoration of bacon fanatics (and "Star Wars" fans) around the globe. But Hamon says there's also been backlash from people angry at him for wasting food. Though Hamon denies that his sculpture was a misuse of bacon, he, too, was disappointed that so much tasty meat couldn't be eaten. "Unfortunately, the fact that it was placed on Styrofoam made it a little unsafe to eat," he said. "It's something I regret." [/release] :wtc:

eat it anyway

Sew we maken baken!

I'd be embarrassed to even create that.

give it to me

Luke use the force to consume the whole thing

Parade it infront of the PETA headquarters.

lol

oh god that looks fucking delicious

Rated artistic

What a waste, it doesn't even look that good.

I'm salivating.

do want

Go for the legs, it might be our only chance of stopping it!

makin' bacon

Them geeks

"Now we can advertise to Star Wars nerds [i]and[/i] fat people!" "Those are two separate groups?"

Oh my god that's so damn awesome

Love it. But everyone seems to forget that it's in Return of the Jedi as well.

I was hoping it was made of solid bacon and not a bacon covered model.

i want one [editline]11:37AM[/editline] this is almost as good as the bacon ak47

why didnt the empire think of this? nevermind im gonna calibrate the death stars cannon

An I the only one that finds it funny that his last name is [b]Ham[/b]on?

Doesn't replica mean that it also includes all the details Because I'm pretty sure at-at walkers aren't made of bacon

I can understand making models out of bacon to some extent, but I don't understand why someone would want to coat an already made model with it.

Om nom nom.

I want a baconsaber

It looks like an animal that had a terrible accident

Make it bigger and with more bacon. Delicious.

I like this man, and the sculpture.....NOW COOK IT!