Animatronic eye prototype for the new MONSTERMOD

Animatronic eye prototype for the new MONSTERMOD

The eyes are made of dental acrylic ,Eye lids will be molded in silicone and casted in poly.
And this project is being filmed on DV ,Im making a " How to video" for this animatronic mod
A servo for each eyelid,There will be over 20 Servos in this animatronic.

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Gary

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Here is the animatronic eye test video , The servos are computer controlled.
http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=blinking80&width=320

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Well, My old Monstermod (2003),Its time for a New MonsterMod .This one is going to be ALIVE.
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Gary

Updated new Pic
NEW Monstermod

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Gary

Still working it!!! ( Sculpting)

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Gary

Here is some pictures from my video (grabbed frames)

I will work on the stone baseplate this weekend . I will be molding soon !!!
premold 1st then platinum cure silicone. It cost $120 a gal.I need to save up for that.

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Gary
WILLETTFX

Thanks Guys,
Picture: Keys were made in the stone baseplate (ultracal 30) .The pen marks are for the silicone.

More fine detail to do before molding.

LOL,This project is slow going because,
1 .Im filming as I go.
2 .I have a job making dentures all day ( Dental lab tech)
3. Im a sucker for detail.
4. $$$$$
I wish I had more time.
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Gary

the teeth

The like CGI Too!
Sky is Right, Most really good FX are a combination of both hardcore mechanical and CGI--
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gary

How I finish dental acrylic

Placeing the teeth in clay ,Starting sculpt.

Thanks Wingman
Gary

Eyes

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Gary

BLANKET MOLD MAKING

Almost time for silicone
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Gary

cool! but whats the cup for?

The Cup is use for molding the pour hole . Will pour the silicone in it.Replacing the water clay with the silicone.
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gary

Chroma key test Eyes with the software (sinked)

Video
http://media.putfile.com/willettfx-Chroma-key1-test
View size 320 ,Looks better,Sorry it .WMV file.
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Gary

http://media.putfile.com/willettfx-Chroma-key1-test

http://media.putfile.com/blinking80/320
Try this
Merry Christmas
Gary Willett
Ruston Louisiana

Teeth for animatronic film project.The teeth are already made for my animatronic piece.But I had to shoot the making teeth process.

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Gary
Friday was my Birthday JAN 6.................43 years old...DAM!!!
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TEETH VIDEO



http://www.youtube.com/?v=QUDGekhei_Q

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Gary

Well, I got my Silicone coming 4 Gals.$360.00
This will make mold for the monster's face ,The monster face Die mold(skull)and the inter die mold (inside skull).And skull,s back piece.
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Gary

I just got finished (11:01pm) pouring 2 gals.of silicone (MOLD MAX 30) for my animatronic piece and NO LEAKS LOL
Gary

Demolded tonnight.

Mold max 30 is tin base silicone and dragon Skin is platinum base silicone. Will not work,Sorry
The skin is going to be foam rubber.
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Gary

Malatory,
Not for sale .For now not making halloween masks . 2003 ($250)& 2004 ($450)werewolves (masks) (http://members.tripod.com/garywillettmonsters/id28.htm) are sold out.
And this piece (animatronic Mod Project) is my dream piece. Only 1!
sorry

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Do you have a Vacume box or is the mold Max 30 low enough to debouble itself?

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Made my own Vacuum box out of a 5 gal. bucket for mold max 30.
Oommoo is bubble free
Gary

Making the die mold today

Vaantal ,The werewolves had 67 pieces ea. of fabic fur to cut and glue.
335 pieces in all ,5 werewolves.

Crimson Thank You so much
Here is the die I made, When the foam rubber is put in the mold and this die put in place. This will give me my skin 1/4 thick.
1st I must mold this die again,So I can make the skull.

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Gary

I did a brush on mold today,Took 3 hours.Used 1 gal.
This is the die mold for the skull.After cure ,I will make a mothermold and then demold . And then setup for its die mold.
Im not using fiberglass for the skull ,Im using Smooth-Cast™ (POLY)
http://www.smooth-on.com/plastics.asp

Used Mold Max™ 30 with FastCat™ Catalyst with
Thi-Vex™II Silicone Thickening Agent
http://www.smooth-on.com/silicones.asp
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Gary

Thank you Guys
Demolded today.

Gary

Just poured the silicone die in MOLD MAX 30 this is for the back of the skull. Smooth-on's Poly come in this week.

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gary

left is skull mold ,Right is skin mold

Skull demolded In poly SMOOTH CAST 305
http://www.smooth-on.com/plastics.asp
This is front half of the skull ,The back will be made this weekend.

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Gary

Well , Been working on the skull this weekend cutting and trimming .
And alot more to do .I set teeth in dental acrylic,
But the teeth will screw in , So I can remove them for the mechanics.

The work place

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gary

For my teeth ,The dental acrylic used is HI-i .I set teeth in the skull with Modern materials dental acrylic.

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Gary

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gary

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This is going to be freaking amazing when it's done. How are you going to control the face? Via USB, programmed microcontrollers, or something else?

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I will chain 3 = 24 servos
Mini SSCs can be chained together to control up to 255 servos.

The Mini SSC II is a fully assembled module that includes a convenient phone-style jack for serial hookup, Futaba-J servo output headers, a sync LED to indicate when valid data is received, and switchable servo range/resolution (90° range with 0.36° resolution, or up to 180° motion and 0.72° resolution).

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Gary

Thanks Escobar999

skull parts
Gary

Well , The skull is now on its gimbal .....Turning Left and right and upi and down

This SkullTest video showing the gimbal moving ,Servo are Not hookup for the up down or left right movements
There will be a change in servo (up,down) . The servo is high Torque , And works ,But need a higher torque servo.
Click here to watch SKULLTEST

Sorry short video Im dialup
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Gary

Well ,I did the skull movement with the servos. Only 3 servos, The jaw and the left and right move ,Up and down movement .
Testing how far of movement for jaw ......Dam ,I was surprised ,This thing could bite HARD. I could break the teeth .
Overall, I can control the speed L+R ,U+D easy ...Jaw. I can open wide and close 2 sec. Or I can open and close slow 2,3,4, mins.
I have 13 servos left to install... Maybe more.

Click here to watch Skulltest4

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Gary

The case coming soon

New pics
Fitting Eyes in place

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Gary

Here is 13 servos and 3 more to go.

Gary

Editing some DV footage today ,The Animatronic Mod Project
Here some more Grabbed frames, from 50 hours of DV tape
Hope yall like.

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gary