Thread: Wolf from an animated Christmas deer

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Originally Posted by yardhauntjunkie

I don't know about mad scientist, I just make it look harder then it actually is.

I only suggest making it yourself because then you can have angled legs and make the head move any way you want and the mouth open and close. I hate to admit this but I actually took the motor out of a reindeer and used it for my FCG and threw the reindeer body away. I could have built another wolf with it.

Very creative junkie! I didn't even think about that... Guess it wouldn't hurt to get the body done, then just install the motor when I get my hands on one! I wonder if a wiper motor would work?

Originally Posted by Effie

I was just surfing around looking for "animated wolf deer" and I found Spiderfreak's tutorial -- he explains how he made the feet! And everything else -- wow!!!!! I hope its okay to post a link to it here?

The Mad Lab - February 2009 Tutorial

I also found this site where someone is making a DRAGON using two deer back to back --

PapaMcCain’s Gallery » HauntSpace.Com

Effie - These are awesome links... thanks for sharing. Everyday I become more obsessed with this project. I just asked everyone at work if they had any deer they no longer wanted. Then, of course, they ask why? And I have to explain how crazy I am. They just don't understand!

You're welcome, SinisterSmitty! I understand totally -- one of my coworkers suggested sending around a group email to the entire office asking for any unwanted deer and I seriously thought about it but decided I better not . . . most of my coworkers already know how crazy I am when it comes to Halloween -- I already put in for vacation on the 30th and they all understood and I got back a few jokes about how it should be a national holiday, etc. . . .

I even checked my local "Craig's List" listings and found quite a few animated deer there surprisingly -- I had never checked it for anything before and I emailed one person but didn't get a response and I don't think I'll follow up on that, but if you feel comfortable doing it, it might be worth checking.

Originally Posted by Effie

You're welcome, SinisterSmitty! I understand totally -- one of my coworkers suggested sending around a group email to the entire office asking for any unwanted deer and I seriously thought about it but decided I better not . . . most of my coworkers already know how crazy I am when it comes to Halloween -- I already put in for vacation on the 30th and they all understood and I got back a few jokes about how it should be a national holiday, etc. . . .

I even checked my local "Craig's List" listings and found quite a few animated deer there surprisingly -- I had never checked it for anything before and I emailed one person but didn't get a response and I don't think I'll follow up on that, but if you feel comfortable doing it, it might be worth checking.

I check craigslist weekly... haven't found anything, which is odd because Washing DC craigslist is huge!

Okay -- I made another wolf today - I guess I now have a pack of wolves! The second one went so much faster now that I've done one already -- it only took a couple of hours! My cute little Cane Corso puppy Maizey doesn't know what to think! I bought an inexpensive mp3 player with attached speakers on Amazon, but the volume doesn't go high enough and you can barely hear it. I don't think that'll work on Halloween night -- it'll need to be much louder to be heard over the noise of everything else going on!

YouTube - Maizey & the wolves

LOL Your daogs don't look too happy.

Awwwwww what great faces your puppy dogs have. So when will you breed the two?, cause i want one of the little fur balls for my haunt next year. Dont worry Ill feed it and give it plenty of lovies,

LOL!
Poor pups don't know what's going on!

Very good job! They will look extra spooky come Halloween night!
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As far as the MP3 player, is there a jack for headphones? You could try and put some old computer speakers inside the wolf's head or something to help make the MP3 player louder.

Originally Posted by Front Yard Fright

LOL!
Poor pups don't know what's going on!

Very good job! They will look extra spooky come Halloween night!
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As far as the MP3 player, is there a jack for headphones? You could try and put some old computer speakers inside the wolf's head or something to help make the MP3 player louder.

Thanks! My husband also says they'll look great on Halloween night in the fog -- he's the fog-master on Halloween night! Thanks for the idea about computer speakers -- I didn't think about it being the speakers, duh! I'll see if I can 'scare' some up!

Originally Posted by Effie

Okay -- I made another wolf today - I guess I now have a pack of wolves! The second one went so much faster now that I've done one already -- it only took a couple of hours! My cute little Cane Corso puppy Maizey doesn't know what to think! I bought an inexpensive mp3 player with attached speakers on Amazon, but the volume doesn't go high enough and you can barely hear it. I don't think that'll work on Halloween night -- it'll need to be much louder to be heard over the noise of everything else going on!

Those are great! Where did you get the masks? Probably my biggest problem right now with making some is that I have no masks. I tried to sculpt and create one from latex, but it come out just OK.

Thats great that your dogs are checking them out!