BoysinBoo's 2008 $20 Prop Entry

[BoysinBoo]

I Give You:

Bozo the Frantic Dangling Crank Spider
YouTube- Bozo the Frantic Dangling Crank Spider _ Natural Light
YouTube- Bozo the Frantic Dangling Crank Spider _ Night Shot
YouTube- Bozo the Frantic Dangling Crank Spider _ Black Light
2 – Bent scrap nails from the floor of my garage = $0.01
1 - Empty Aquafina bottle = FREE
2 - Walnut Shell Halves = FREE
32 - 6” Sticks from my neighbors yard = FREE
1 - Neighbor kids’ Nerf football I found in my yard = 1.00
4 - 6” Pieces of clothesline = .18
2 - Duct tape rolls from the 99 cent store = 1.98
1 - Red LED battery lights on clearance after Xmas = .50
3 - AA batteries (again 99 cent store) = .75
1 - Eye hook = .10
Some red spray paint = .50 ?
Some white spray paint = .50 ?
A few strokes of orange and green paint = .50 ?
Bozo Puppet Parts Subtotal = $6.02

Bozo Mechanism Parts List
4 – Scrap 1x2’s about 16’ total length = .80
7 – Drywall screws = .35
1 – Pipe clamp = .25
1 – Scrap wiper motor = 5.00
8 – Eye screws = 2.00
1 – Fender washer = .23
2 – Scrap washers = .10
1 – Machine screw = .08
3 – Nuts = .15
1 – Small piece of metal strap for crank arm = .75 ?
1 – 50’ Spider Wire fishing line = 1.50
1 – 12V 1A wall wart scavenged from God knows what = 1.50
Bozo Mech Parts Subtotal = $12.71

Puppet and Mech Total = $18.73

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg162/BoysinBoo/BozoMech.jpg

How to make the puppet:

First, I hollowed out a spot on the end of the football for the eye light battery pack. I ran the wires and lights along the bottom and tucked them into half of a water bottle. I drilled holes in walnut shells for the eyes. The Palp/Fangs are bent nails. The rest of the parts are connected to each other with duct tape. Lots and lots of duct tape.

How to make the mechanism:

Pretty much followed the directions here: http://softlyspokenmagicspells.com/halloween/dcs.html (Thanks Allen)

The noise you here in the videos is actually the background sound for my spider cave. The spider itself is silent (except for the motor).

[Hellrazor]

very creapy!

[Lilly]

very creepy indeed..
I hate spiders..great job
never would have guessed it was red from the video

[skeletonowl]

wow I can't believe how you made this great job!

[Haunted Bayou]

Had trouble with the vid but the audio sure gave me the creeps.
Great job!

[Frighteners Entertainment]

That is one nasty spider!
Nice job!!

[dave the dead]

Nice prop!

Very creepy noise...very spidery.

[crossblades400]

thats awesome for $20!

[pyro]

nice job

[DeadSpider]

gah. That thing creeps me right out. I even pulled my feet up off the floor. It's got me all heeby jeebied about spiders. Great sound effects.

[BoysinBoo]

Hey DS. If it was dead, would it still creep you out. Haaaa! Get it? Get it? 'Cause you're name is DeadSpider. Man, I crack myself up. The voices think I'm funny, anyway.

Seriously, thanks everybody.

I was worried a crank puppet (ghost, spider whatever) would be a little cliche, but couldn't pass up a chance to show him off.

[beelce]

I like him alot...nice job boysinboo!

[Bethene]

great prop- VERY creepy indeed- love it!

[Bloodhound]

Great job!

[slimy]

Great job.

Amazing what a little duct tape can do.

[GothicCandle]

Nice. Love the sound too.

[Hawks Hill Haunter]

I completely agree with Deadspider - that thing gave me erie chills! you know the kind that make you shiver for a moment?! Looks great!

How big is it?

[BoysinBoo]

The back end is made with a full size nerf football. That should give you some idea of the scale. If you stretch him out, I'd say he's about 48" leg tip to leg tip. With everything in place the triangle frame is 4 foot on each side. Bozo hangs about 18-24" below the frame.

[Silent Requiem]

fantastic! ewww creepy...love the sound, it really makes it.

[Phil]

Nice job pulling off a full animation within budget. There should be a special category incorporating Nerf footballs!

[Ghoulbug]

ohhh!!! I hate the noise!! that is creepy...great job

[PrettyGhoul]

Wow, BoysinBoo, your spider is going to creep out A LOT of TOTs this Halloween! It looks great and I love the movement on it; it looks exactly how I imagine a giant spider would look like if it was scurrying to come get me. I also really like the audio, it sounds like an entire colony (cluster?) of spiders is right behind "Mom". :eek:

[BoysinBoo]

Actually, Bozo is one of the smaller "giant" spiders in and around my spider cave. The entrance is guarded by a truly giant spider that is 22 feet leg tip to leg tip
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg162/BoysinBoo/69Spidey.jpg

(She sits on my roof). And we are about 20% complete on a Village Haunt style spider wiper that will be about 6 feet from tip to tip. That noise (cicadas, chattering teeth, and rattlesnake BTW), tons of baby spiders, web, and dangling fishing line to drag across the TOTs faces complete the overall effect. Big area of expansion for us this year. I hope it ROCKS!

[RookieSpooker]

I watched the video and didn't know I had the sound off. Then watched it again with the sound on, and it made a huge difference in the "snatch-your-feet-off-the-floor" factor. Great sound...........Great prop.

[beelce]

That is some NICE animation BooysnBoo...the sound is really creepy...Nice work on a tight budget

[turtle2778]

I loved this the first time i saw it on allens page!! You really did a great job, I want one now. I love the use of the football and walnuts, excellent choices and they look totally real. Great JOB!!

[Dr Morbius]

This was such a creative use of economical supplies for such a terrific effect, that I voted for it. I love this prop, terrific job!

[dionicia]

This one gets my vote because it freaks me out. Great job.

[scareme]

Great prop. You should freak out alot of people this Halloween.

[Spooklights]

Spiders are always a big favorite here. Nice job!

[Fangs]

Cool!!!! I love the dangling crank spiders!!! Was thinking of making one for our haunt this year too!!!! Very cool BoysinBoo!!

[Uruk-Hai]

INCREDIBLE!! All for $20 - that's just great! I really want to make one myself.

[Lady Nyxie]

Reminded me of the spiders in the Harry Potter movie - movie 2?

Great job.

[Verno77]

The movement of the legs is so real and creepy!

[BoysinBoo]

Thanks Everybody! I like him a lot. He's still hanging in my garage. The door was open this weekend. You should have seen the look on one of my neighbors faces when she went for her nightly walk. Somebody new in the neighborhood showed up later and asked to take a picture of it. He wanted to show his buddy. I just told him about our little group here, and gave him the link.

Mwaa Haa Haa! We've corrupted another!

[PrettyGhoul]

Actually, Bozo is one of the smaller "giant" spiders in and around my spider cave. The entrance is guarded by a truly giant spider that is 22 feet leg tip to leg tip
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg162/BoysinBoo/69Spidey.jpg

(She sits on my roof). And we are about 20% complete on a Village Haunt style spider wiper that will be about 6 feet from tip to tip. That noise (cicadas, chattering teeth, and rattlesnake BTW), tons of baby spiders, web, and dangling fishing line to drag across the TOTs faces complete the overall effect. Big area of expansion for us this year. I hope it ROCKS!

BoysinBoo, I hope you take some video this Halloween including the TOTs reaction...sounds like it's going to be really great and I'd love to see it! :D :eek:

[BoysinBoo]

Just got a new Sony Handycam just for that reason. Thanks to everybody who voted for Bozo. I just finished packing him into his storage box, and he only bit me twice.

[Sickie Ickie]

Hey, you have 8 other fingers. ;)

[pyro]

congrats to you-boo ,great job

[Haunted Bayou]

Fantastic BoysinBoo. A well deserved win for a great animation.
Love that soundtrack!

[Daughter of Darkness]

Very cool! Definately inspirational

[Aelwyn]

That's amazing! It would have my sister running down the street screaming. ^^

[BoysinBoo]

Thanx Aelwyn. Screaming and running always make my day.

[psyko99]

Very Awesome! Great Job!

[halo0205]

Awesome and very creepy

[ubzest]

Man! I can t think of anything elce to say. that is awesomely creepy. that is s c a r e y !

[BoysinBoo]

Sankooberrymuch! (Read in the voice of Latka)

[AzKittie74]

GREAT job Boo!!!!! now that he is all packed up I'll PM you my address to send him to hehe. Awesome job!