Captain Jack

[JackMan]

This is the latest addition to my Graveyard Show. We call him "Captain Jack".  He's triggered with a Prop-1 that controls a sequence of props and events in a 14 minute show. He is the show opener and closer. He also has a line in the middle of the show. The audio is handled with an AP-16+ and a 40W outdoor speaker. The jaw movement is from a homemade audio/servo driver. His one good eye lights up when he speaks and I used the AP-16+ on board relay to power a 1W LED spotlight that shines on him when a file is played.  I also have a 4 channel UHF remote wired to a few of the Aux inputs of the AP-16+ so I can manually trigger a particular file between shows. All of the electronics are mounted in a Tupperware container that fits nicely inside the chest area. The speaker is mounted just above that. The skull is a Bucky and the skeleton frame is made from ¾" PVC. An old Halloween costume and a few accessories finish off the package.

[vista]

would love to see the show as a video when he's in place...

[JackMan]

Yeah, I'll have to see what I can do. 14 minutes of video on YouTube would have to be degraded to the point where it's hard to make things out.

[JezzieRose]

He looks great, maybe if you uploaded just a portion of the video we could at least see how he works.

[vista]

The way to get around the video limitations is to cut it in half and post version 1 and 2. I assume you have video editing software...  and this is what I was talking about earlier with the output relay lighting a led light.. If we show each other how to do this then it takes the mystery out of it.
Thanks for sharing..