Comments on: The Secrets of Jack Skellington and Zero the Ghost Dog http://brittablvd.com/blog/2013/11/the-secrets-of-jack-skellington-and-zero-the-ghost-dog/ Popular Parties with Panache, Fun Food with Flair and other Whimsical Works Tue, 24 May 2016 21:15:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: britta http://brittablvd.com/blog/2013/11/the-secrets-of-jack-skellington-and-zero-the-ghost-dog/#comment-6762 britta Tue, 30 Sep 2014 23:07:16 +0000 http://brittablvd.com/blog/?p=8013#comment-6762 Thank you very much and thanks for the share! If you mean if someone comes along and pulls on the arm, Ghoulish Glen says that wouldn't strip the servo unless it was actuating at the same time. Otherwise the arm would just move. Other parts of the arm might break however. If you read the details in this post, the arms were too long so too heavy for the servos we had, so everything was reinforced with an elaborate system of bungee cords proving counterbalance, which should have helped if anyone did pull on his arm. The wrist was most delicate and not reinforced with bungee cords. We had designed him to be out of the way but with a good default pose for photos we knew everyone would want, and the moving arm stayed about 3-4 feet high. Small kids were too intimidated, and thankfully everyone at my party was respectful of the work that went into creating him, so no one actually touched him. However, one of the lessons we learned the hard way was NOT to animate large props with servos, even if the props are lightweight. Make them smaller, not larger! :-) Good luck with your plans! Happy Haunting! Thank you very much and thanks for the share! If you mean if someone comes along and pulls on the arm, Ghoulish Glen says that wouldn’t strip the servo unless it was actuating at the same time. Otherwise the arm would just move. Other parts of the arm might break however. If you read the details in this post, the arms were too long so too heavy for the servos we had, so everything was reinforced with an elaborate system of bungee cords proving counterbalance, which should have helped if anyone did pull on his arm. The wrist was most delicate and not reinforced with bungee cords. We had designed him to be out of the way but with a good default pose for photos we knew everyone would want, and the moving arm stayed about 3-4 feet high. Small kids were too intimidated, and thankfully everyone at my party was respectful of the work that went into creating him, so no one actually touched him.

However, one of the lessons we learned the hard way was NOT to animate large props with servos, even if the props are lightweight. Make them smaller, not larger! :-) Good luck with your plans! Happy Haunting!

]]> By: Jamie http://brittablvd.com/blog/2013/11/the-secrets-of-jack-skellington-and-zero-the-ghost-dog/#comment-6747 Jamie Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:03:14 +0000 http://brittablvd.com/blog/?p=8013#comment-6747 Hello! I was so thrilled to find your blog. What an inspiration you are! I was a giddy little kid at Christmas ...errr...Halloween, reading this! My husband and I recently became new home owners...and new parents all at the same time. Although we find it tough just to remember to water the lawn and it takes weeks to hang a picture...I am still with grandiose ideas for what holidays will be like as our son grows up! And all your parties that you have posted and your halloween decors are exactly where my thoughts run away to. I stumbled upon your blog b/c i was in search of ways to make either slimer or zero appear floating in our home. We have a huge picture window in front of our old home that looks into our living room and a hallway. How fun would it be to have the twins from the shining standing in that hallway or frankenstein come stomping up from that hallway?! okay, wait...no....we dont want to scare off the neighborhood kids. So then i thought...yep...casper, slimer...ZERO...yeh, zero would be so fun....just like the disneyland ride! My search lead to you. Would it be possible to get the video you made? I'd love to project that in our window! I am also hosting a party for some friends and I'll definitely post credits to you!! Thank you Sincerely a fan Jamie Hello! I was so thrilled to find your blog. What an inspiration you are! I was a giddy little kid at Christmas …errr…Halloween, reading this! My husband and I recently became new home owners…and new parents all at the same time. Although we find it tough just to remember to water the lawn and it takes weeks to hang a picture…I am still with grandiose ideas for what holidays will be like as our son grows up! And all your parties that you have posted and your halloween decors are exactly where my thoughts run away to. I stumbled upon your blog b/c i was in search of ways to make either slimer or zero appear floating in our home. We have a huge picture window in front of our old home that looks into our living room and a hallway. How fun would it be to have the twins from the shining standing in that hallway or frankenstein come stomping up from that hallway?! okay, wait…no….we dont want to scare off the neighborhood kids. So then i thought…yep…casper, slimer…ZERO…yeh, zero would be so fun….just like the disneyland ride! My search lead to you. Would it be possible to get the video you made? I’d love to project that in our window! I am also hosting a party for some friends and I’ll definitely post credits to you!!
Thank you

Sincerely a fan
Jamie

]]> By: Steve Grumpka http://brittablvd.com/blog/2013/11/the-secrets-of-jack-skellington-and-zero-the-ghost-dog/#comment-6746 Steve Grumpka Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:32:58 +0000 http://brittablvd.com/blog/?p=8013#comment-6746 You folks are truly an inspiration! I was sitting here thinking about how one might animated larger objects on a prop using hobby servos. You took it to the extremes! WOW. I hope you don't mind, I just started a FB page and shared your link. I'll share it elsewhere too. VERY impressed. The creativity is really something. Thanks for sharing all the "MAGIC" behind this project. I had one question, don't you worry about children (or not so smart adults) stripping the servos? There's still a lot of leverage there. Maybe, that is built into the design and I just didn't notice it. I'll have to spend some time on this page. So much stuff going on. A lot to take in at once ;) Happy Halloween ;) GrumpkaXmas You folks are truly an inspiration! I was sitting here thinking about how one might animated larger objects on a prop using hobby servos. You took it to the extremes! WOW. I hope you don’t mind, I just started a FB page and shared your link. I’ll share it elsewhere too. VERY impressed. The creativity is really something. Thanks for sharing all the “MAGIC” behind this project.

I had one question, don’t you worry about children (or not so smart adults) stripping the servos? There’s still a lot of leverage there. Maybe, that is built into the design and I just didn’t notice it. I’ll have to spend some time on this page. So much stuff going on. A lot to take in at once ;)

Happy Halloween ;)

GrumpkaXmas

]]> By: britta http://brittablvd.com/blog/2013/11/the-secrets-of-jack-skellington-and-zero-the-ghost-dog/#comment-6373 britta Mon, 09 Jun 2014 21:37:02 +0000 http://brittablvd.com/blog/?p=8013#comment-6373 Glad you like my work! This post gives all the specifics how we made Jack move, including links to the parts we bought so you could buy the same ones and build your own Jack. However, if you don't have any experience with motors or electronics, it would be a very challenging first project. We are using our motors and controllers for different projects this Halloween, so Jack has been dismantled and isn't for sale...sorry! I'll email you separately about my singing pumpkin video, but everyone can download my Moon Montage video for free here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYZz6OxoVTE <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CYZz6OxoVTE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Glad you like my work! This post gives all the specifics how we made Jack move, including links to the parts we bought so you could buy the same ones and build your own Jack. However, if you don’t have any experience with motors or electronics, it would be a very challenging first project. We are using our motors and controllers for different projects this Halloween, so Jack has been dismantled and isn’t for sale…sorry! I’ll email you separately about my singing pumpkin video, but everyone can download my Moon Montage video for free here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYZz6OxoVTE

]]> By: Kim http://brittablvd.com/blog/2013/11/the-secrets-of-jack-skellington-and-zero-the-ghost-dog/#comment-6372 Kim Mon, 09 Jun 2014 05:45:02 +0000 http://brittablvd.com/blog/?p=8013#comment-6372 Hi? Is it possible I can get you creation of your film that you made for halloween party last 2013? I really love it and I want to try with it. I also want to know what did you do with Jack Skellington to move? I know with that kind of the product. Is it possible I can get information how you made it? By the way, do you sell with it? or giveaway if you are not using anymore? I would appreciated when I recieved it from you. Actually, I was born with no hearing and now, Im using a hearing aid, which help me to hear it. I really love your work! I hope to look forward your message back thru my email again. Here my email address: chanwoo911@gmail.com Thank you so much! Best Regard, Kim Hi? Is it possible I can get you creation of your film that you made for halloween party last 2013? I really love it and I want to try with it. I also want to know what did you do with Jack Skellington to move? I know with that kind of the product. Is it possible I can get information how you made it? By the way, do you sell with it? or giveaway if you are not using anymore? I would appreciated when I recieved it from you. Actually, I was born with no hearing and now, Im using a hearing aid, which help me to hear it. I really love your work! I hope to look forward your message back thru my email again. Here my email address: chanwoo911@gmail.com

Thank you so much!

Best Regard,
Kim

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