Very nice looking.... Are you going to have him moving in the tank? Another option would be to get a pump that you might be able to pulsate and have Jo-Jo spitting at the glass. Motion activate or floor pressure switch so when someone tries to get a closer look inside, Jo-Jo attacks!
I do plan to light it, just gotta pick up a bulb for the fixture. I am thinking of getting some green tinting to go above the tank, so the light in the cage will be green and more alien looking.
As of now I have no plans to make Jo-Jo move. I am just not mechanical, so my creations have always been static. That is one thing that always drives me crazy. i would love to make motorized props, but while I can very much imagine that kinds of things I would love to do, I just don't have the skills to do it.
And to give credit where credit is due, Jo-Jo was inspired by this Garage of Terror 2006
I feel the same way. I've wanted to motorize so much but really never knew how. It wasn't until I took a leap of faith and bought a rotesserie motor on eBay for $10. As I stood at my workbench staring at the motor, ideas on cams and levers started to come to me.
After MUCH trial and error, my motorized contraption started to take shape. It was a Christmas clockwork, btw.
So I say take the leap! Buy a wiper motor, rotesserie motor, anything! You'll surprise yourself what you can put together.
Jo-Jo's cage now has a working light in it, and it helps a lot. I have not been able to get a good picture to show this however.
In person you can see Jo-Jo's details just fine through his slime covered cage.
This is the best I was able to get. I was trying to cover the flash in this one and got the really nice red light effect. I think I will be using a red light on him in the Haunted House. I just love the way it looks.
Very cool, like the lighting. Having it moving would be great. I haven't built anything to move yet myself. Have no idea where to start. What can you use a rotisery motor for??
Hey Halloween prop lovers. Here is a link to my newest animated halloween prop called Creepy Crate.
It is based off a prop that has been around for a few years called Zombie Containment Unit. I made a few changes to the original. I have been building props for 10 years and build one prop...
Hi folks,
So I took out the Ecto-1 prop and it was still damp from last year (it rained on Halloween GRR) and it was a dead duck. I let it air out all night and it completely dried out so I tried it tonight and it was dead.
I thought it was the transformer but the led lights are still...
So to give a little background for those that are interested - my wife and I just moved into our first house a little less than a year ago (married a few weeks ago!). When we met 3 years ago we had an apartment in my wife's parents house for a couple of years and decorated their property with a...
My take on the classic Ground Breaker.
What makes this slightly different is that I used extruded Ali and 3D printed articulation points rather than heavy 2 x 4 timber. This allows me to break the whole thing down easily and pack it away for next year taking up minimal space.
I used the four...
