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💬General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Knightrider on October 27, 2011, 08:05:39 AM

Title: My Big Night
Post by: Knightrider on October 27, 2011, 08:05:39 AM

Well gang.....

This may sound strange, but tonight is Beggar's Night in my small burg. (think trick-or-treat night).  Got a new prop built this year and have the X10 hardware installed, and am currently writing the macros.   Problem is that we're expecting rain all day.

I'd like to get some video of it in action and post it, but this may not be possible.  I took some raw cell phone video at about 11 last night from the "Prop Shop" and will be sending it to HA Dave today.  Hopefully, he'll edit it a bit and post it, as I'm getting ready to take the trip to Cincinnati to get 100# of dry ice.

Dave will post the link when he gets to it (I haven't told him yet  ;)   :angel: ).  I hope you all enjoy and realize that the possibilities of X10 automation are only limited to your imagination.

Title: Re: My Big Night
Post by: HA Dave on October 27, 2011, 10:06:35 AM

Quote from: Knightrider on October 27, 2011, 08:05:39 AM

Dave will post the link when he gets to it .

You know I will do whatever I can! The phone email arrived without the attachment... we will keep at it.

Title: Re: My Big Night
Post by: HA Dave on October 27, 2011, 03:11:10 PM

I ran into a memory problem (my own not my computers) so I wasn't able to load this AWESOME video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99soG2fIqCg) to Knightriders regular video channel the thisautomatedhouse YouTube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/ThisAutomatedHouse). So I loaded it to my own Site YouTube Channel for now.

You can view Knightriders Big Night Video Here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99soG2fIqCg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99soG2fIqCg)

Title: Re: My Big Night
Post by: kenrad on October 27, 2011, 08:54:34 PM

Knightrider that Is awesome if you could please post your setup as to how you made it work.  I have been trying to think up holiday ideas but you always seem to set it over the top.
 #:)
 >!Kenrad 

Title: Re: My Big Night
Post by: HA Dave on October 30, 2011, 03:08:51 PM

My Gadget... wasn't even close to Knightriders. Actually I wore mine:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2XqqJs86FA

Title: Re: My Big Night
Post by: dave w on October 30, 2011, 05:09:42 PM

Quote from: kenrad on October 27, 2011, 08:54:34 PM

Knightrider that Is awesome if you could please post your setup as to how you made it work. 

Yeah, I am curious also. The great action and sound effects imply something more sophisticated that a simple reciprocating arm. Knight, you should consider sending a resume to Disney Casting department,  stressing special effects experience.

I would give this exhibition a score of 0.9 TEFERO-MEDINA's. (One T-M is the maximum score attainable)

Title: Re: My Big Night
Post by: Knightrider on October 30, 2011, 08:20:40 PM

Ok, Ok,

got to confess that the electric chair is a rip-off of Ed Edmund's Distortions Limited prop on a budget.  Had a neon transformer for the ladder, fished a treadmill out of the  trash for the motor, bought a mini fogger and a mini strobe.  My buddy Eric built the chair, I did the engineering and the final touches.  The Jacob's Ladder needs a relay on the transformer to make an appliance module run it, as does the strobe.  Body is made from chicken wire and the head is a mask adhered to a styrofoam wig stand with gorilla glue.  Sound FX triggered from a BVC listener, all run on an AHP macro.  The hardest part was the neck.  Seem the head kept flying off the shoulders.  A 10 inch piece of 4" corrugated field tile provided the neck, which in the end, also gave good head movement.  The rest was pretty much mundane.