rising skull

[grim reaper]

im thinking of for my second animated prop to do a skull that rises up and down from behind a tombstone i have a windscreen wiper motor, skull and wooden tomb stone but not sure how to get the skull to rise up and down

[grim reaper]

i dont want to use a cam like for my mib because i dont want a sudden drop

[heresjohnny]

A couple of ideas come to mind. You can use a crank arm like on a FCG, but sideways. Have the skull on a pole that is restrained by guides to move only up and down, the attach the crank arm to the bottom. This will probably require more torque than a cam.

In terms of the cam, there is no need for the cam to have a sudden drop off; it can have a smooth transition down, just like it has going up. May need to use a rocker arm to get enough range of motion up and down.

Finally, if you could figure out how to turn the windshield wiper motor on intermittently, that would be great...every 5 seconds or so here comes the skull head!

[grim reaper]

ok thanks

[grim reaper]

hey all i just finished my rising skull tombstone and i am going to post pics and a short video later on today

[Frighteners Entertainment]

You're a busy man!

[grim reaper]

here they are:

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g136/DEADerside/DEADerside%20haunt/risingskulltombstone.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g136/DEADerside/DEADerside%20haunt/motorassembly2.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g136/DEADerside/DEADerside%20haunt/motorassembly.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g136/DEADerside/DEADerside%20haunt/cam.jpg

http://s55.photobucket.com/albums/g136/DEADerside/DEADerside%20haunt/?action=view&current=risingskull.flv

[Frighteners Entertainment]

Nice job grim!

[grim reaper]

thanks fe

[grim reaper]

this tombstone is pretty good entertainment my cat ran away from it as soon as i turned it on and ran into the glass conservatory door lol and is now attacking my keyboard as im trying to type lol

[Michigal]

Um, GR, would you like to come visit me in Maine and build me a few of those? Excellent job!

[grim reaper]

sure if you can get travel for me from gatwick airport england i have next week of lol thanks

[Zombie-F]

Great job! A great start for such a young haunter. :D

[grim reaper]

thanks z

[ScareShack]

Grim, very good job on that prop. Looks very cool. As zombie said, your off to a great start for your age.

[krough]

Cool

[grim reaper]

thanks it turned out pretty good for about i think 3-4 hours work with no help