The Bone Tones

[MikeBellinger]

Its a shame. I would have loved 2 hear the song. What waz iT?!

[Slipshot007]

where can I buy one of these skulls?  Can I buy a stock version of the skull from you?

[phaota]

Sucks that the audio has been disabled. Would like to hear it. The skulls look like the one I have that's on a black, round, plastic candy trap by Gemmy Industries. Though mine only has two green LEDs for the eyes instead of full eyeballs.

[TheInfiniteGlitch]

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I really loved the song ( i even had it favorited) and it's tragic the ideots killed the music.

[MoviePropCollector]

Nice animation.

May I ask what skulls you used to make these and are they for sale?

Thanks.

[Twilight101cp]

no more audio!! stupid wmg... better prob w/ music

[theburyboys]

@Twilight101cp - WMG is too stupid to realize that if people hear a song in a video like this and like it, they might actually go to Itunes or a music store to buy it. They're morons.

[cls0372]

Where's the sound?

[blairbear13]

AW this was one of my favorite videos on here. D:

[MicrotekMybisi]

me too... FUCKING COPYRIGHT BULLSHIT!!!

[blairbear13]

DAMN IT TO HELL D:

[jesternario]

not that drastic, but they need to be put in their place. They complain to youtube even if the music isn't theirs. I'm just waiting for a video that has custom music to get pulled and the following lawsuit.

[Karlfalcon]

Watching this and listening to The Bobs in another window, because Youtube is retarded.

this is awesome. great job.

[mikepatr]

Have you got a url for the Bobs audio? I got the mp4 and flv versions of the video and I plan on putting this back together again.

[ramialt]

Does anyone know what this song is?

[Karlfalcon]

Helter Skelter, as sung by The Bobs

[THESonicMMM]

Sucks about the audio, Bill!

[AmieDave]

I miss the music, very sad that YouTube has to do this.....What's the name of the song you used?

[jc1466]

why did you have to fuck this up,it was awesome

[rotopope]

Fuck WMG. They look awesome, anyway.

[funspot101]

this sucks.... no sound

[HobbyistX]

Nice!  :D

[BonesPower]

Cool man they must The Beatles in after life.... WICH ROX!!!!

[PUr3G0d3st]

OMG ITS SCARY

[marcusmoon69]

I want this song.

[masaniello81]

love them.

[holyroller1laptop]

That was crazy funny

[carterj3995]

HAHA!!! this is halarious... ive prob seen this about 50 times by now... genious!!!! lmao

[mikepatr]

It does indeed help a great deal. I'm very familiar with MIDI and I've used sequencers a great deal in the past. I thought the eye movement was well coordinated. I'm going to keep the lid on my Gemmy Skull until after Halloween, pick up on post-halloween bargains on Ebay and the like and then dig into the project with an eye towards next year.

[mikepatr]

Bill, Did you replace any of the hardware in the skills or did you use what came in them? Are you using Brookshire VSA to run the show? I'm going to make something similar using Gemmy skulls but I'm going to mount them on "bodies" and use a servos or something to make them rock back and forth in unison. I may connect them together and use a windshield wiper motor with a weight to make them rock back and forth together.

[THEMINDSHAFT]

Yes I replaced the original jaw motors with tiny pneumatic cylinders as I dont think the original setup would last too long. My controll system is based on MIDI so you can use just about any DAW software. The original eye motors are kind of crappy too. Later ones I've done use a servo for the eye movement. Hope this helps,

Bill.

[farnea]

awesome !!!

[DaleMangold]

Great job on this video...I can't stop cracking up...dale

[ecks57]

"possibly the greatest thing that ever was" HELL YES! thats the funniest thing i have ever seen and heard! and ive seen and heard sum shit! i hella want one how much are the?!??! and where can i get one from? (i want just liek this same song too! lmfao!

[bladderpains]

possibly the greatest thing that ever was

[Pentharis]

that's outright fantastic. xD

[pcnerd1010]

WOW I'm throughly impressed, nice job!

[undeadmaudie]

this is cute xD

[mrdjjames]

Amazing! I need to learn to do something like this. I have the character voice.

[UncleFexxer]

HAHAHAHAHAH!!!! That was too awesome! A barbershop quartet of skulls singing Helter Skelter? You're a loon. A genius, but a loon.

Love to see more of your work!

[markgoodson67]

Are you willing to share some of your secrets on this project?

[THEMINDSHAFT]

What do you want to know?

Bill.

[11toma38]

I'd like to know how you got your servos to respond so FAST. The other animat. skulls I've seen have such "mushy" response. thanks!

[THEMINDSHAFT]

Only the Grim And Jack Show uses servos in the skull. The Bone Tones are simple digital "on-off" motions and are driven by mini pneumatic cylinders, controlled by solinoid valves. Fast response, but less controll. Keep the system oiled and they will outlast servos by 10 years.

Bill.

[mrdjjames]

Bill,

Where can I learn this and get the stuff to do my own characters?

[PatrolmanDark]

I think it might be fair to mention that the audio portion is "Helter Skelter" as performed by The Bobs on their album "The Bobs Sing The Songs Of..."

[THESonicMMM]

Loved it! Abacus kicks ass!

[robotwolf]

This was awesome! Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

[CharacterDynamics]

Love it!

[kversusk]

I also liked Skull.

Best performance.

[phobosapiens]

amazing, and very funny

(I'VE GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS!!!)

[hliq]

Great work!

[korinkami]

That was the best thing I've seen all week.

[CremeDeMentia]

Thoroughly entertaining, thank you.