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Uploaded by on Feb 11, 2008

An animatronic skull quartet by Bill Ehrsam at Mindshaft Music inc.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • What do you want to know?

    Bill.

  • 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!

  • 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.

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  • I want this song.

  • 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.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 

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

  • Nice animation.

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

    Thanks.

  • @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.

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

  • Where's the sound?

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