Tag Archives: animatronics
modifying skeletons to move!
One of our major projects for Halloween 2015 is the Mariachis de Muerte, our skeleton mariachi band! We had already hacked one 3-axis skull kit to make Jack Skellington’s head for Halloween 2013, so we felt pretty confident we could … Continue reading
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Tagged animatronics, bones, crafts, day of the dead, decor, dia de los muertos, fingers, halloween, Halloween2015, motor, parties, projects, servo, shoulder, skeletons, skull, wrist
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Halloween 2015 is well underway!
I had decided my Halloween 2015 theme last summer, as soon as I saw the first trailer for the movie The Book of Life about the Mexican traditional celebrations of Dia de los Muertos. I really wanted to make the … Continue reading
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Tagged animatronics, bread, crafts, day of the dead, decor, dia de los muertos, flowers, gravestones, graveyard, halloween, Halloween2015, moon, pan de muertos, parties, projects, skeletons, tombstones
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The Secrets of Jack Skellington and Zero the Ghost Dog
Our other secret project for Halloween 2013 was our life-size animatronic Jack Skellington who interacted with rear-projected Zero the Ghost Dog. I knew for years that I would build a life-size Jack greeter figure for my front porch for my … Continue reading
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Tagged animatronics, DMX, ghost, ghost dog, halloween, halloween2013, jack skellington, motor, projection, projects, servo, visual show automation, vsa, zero
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Twenty Halloweens!
I am over the moon that last Saturday night was a very successful 20th Halloween party! I know we had over 70 people including kids & babes in arms, but we might have actually broken the 80 mark, and STILL … Continue reading
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Tagged animatronics, gravestones, halloween, halloween2013, jack, nightmare before christmas, parties, projection, projects, pumpkins, recipes, sally, zero
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