Random crap with Uno.

[Rusty Edge]

Thanks! Interesting with the eccentric. Now I know how some of the other eccentric effects in the Haunted Mansion were done. I already knew about the projections.  But I'm an immersion guy, not a "How'd they do that? guy"

I think I'm going to leave this thread before I understand a little too much...

[Unorthodox]

Making a new skelly to animate.

"Dad, you only have 8 ribs.  THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE TWELVE!"

Yeah, I only do 8 because it's more appealing to get bigger spaces, but god I hope the average person wont notice...or maybe it's common knowledge for all 7 year olds...yeah, right.

[Buster's Uncle]

Pretty cool that she noticed.  It's like you two are related or something.

[Unorthodox]

To add insult to injury, I'm down with the flu...


The website I used to use to figure out mechanical linkages is down, anyone got a good one? 

[Unorthodox]

Almost ready to start the animating.



And the companion ribcage.  Yeah, you might recognize the project, I started it years ago but wasn't liking the string I was using at the time, finally getting around to working it. 

[Bertilak]

To add insult to injury, I'm down with the flu...

Please make sure to take care of yourself and seek appropriate medical attention if needed.

[Unorthodox]

I have a deep and abiding fear of proper medical attention.

[Unorthodox]

[Buster's Uncle]

[Unorthodox]

Think I have the head and body motion figured, but still need to do some trial and error stuff.  The arms are going to be tough.  Might be using a cam and a crank on this. 

[Green1]

You remind me of an old friend of mine named Egyptian Bob. Except that you are what he wanted to be and his exploits pale by comparison.

EB's goal in life was to create a temple to the Egyptian god Toth in a small flat in the French quarter New Orleans. He accomplished that. One of his crowning achievements was stealing a hand holding out an ankh off of a Mardi Gras float when it was stored at a Westbank float making facility after Mardi Gras. The place was like a incense-permeated tribute to both Toth, commercial NOLA voodoo, and Wicca.

He even treated it like a temple. Shoes were OFF when you went in. No smoking unless it was pot or a clove cigarette.

Sadly, he moved. I hear he lives now in the same city I live in. I may track him down one day or ask on FB if anyone has heard from him.

[Geo]

What's a "clove cigarette"?

[Unorthodox]

Cigarettes made from cloves.  [/obvious]

(about 50-50 clove to tobacco IIRC)


While we strive to respect whichever religion I might be drawing some kind of inspiration from, and take efforts to look authentic, yet sure we're not conjuring some pissed off spirit of somethingorother, don't confuse anything I do for Halloween with actual worship. 

Though we did do some mild conjuring last year.  Nothing specific, just energy in general.  Interesting how that hit some people. 

[Buster's Uncle]

They smell great, but I gather they'll rip your lungs out...

[Geo]

Oh, it's a flower. Thought it was just the name of some weird hippie cigarette.