Pirates of the Caribbean Talking Skull - UPDATED V2

[ChickenHaunt]

I've been making a lot of progress the past couple of weeks!

He talks! Sorry it's sideways.

I got the swords built, cleaned up, and painted. Polyprimer is a huge help when cleaning up big, smooth 3D prints. It's a catalyzed primer you use with a spray gun that allows you to build up a thick coat that cures quickly for easy sanding.

And then I started patterning out the hat, which is shaping up to be simpler than I expected.

Also sculpted the little hat skull and crossbones.

Expect more soon. It's moving along now!

 

[PlanetAlexander]

Ahhh, awesome! Makes me picture exactly in the ride when he talks. I've shown your work to my family and they LOVE what you do. Will have to update them with this now.

 

[ChickenHaunt]

Thanks PlanetAlexander!

Got the hat made:

And began working out the geometry of all the parts:

Seems like it's all very close now, but I think the jigsaw puzzle of all the parts and electronics will take some time.

 

[DeLano80]

Very cool! I haven't seen that for....
Oh God, 34 years.

 

[LTsmash1200]

Absolutely awesome. I can't wait to see it finished.

 

[ChickenHaunt]

Finished! Here it is in action:

 

[Frogfreak]

Finished! Here it is in action:

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That is awesome!

 

[zsherman]

Finished! Here it is in action:

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Omg that is freaking amazing!!!!!!!!

 

[JamesM242]

FANTASTIC!

 

[PlanetAlexander]

Well done! My parents love it too.

 

[zsherman]

How were you doing the talking bits? The movement of the jaw.

 

[division 6]

Absolutely awesome!!!

 

[ChickenHaunt]

Thanks folks!

How were you doing the talking bits? The movement of the jaw.

It's just a servo and a controller that analyzes the audio signal to drive it. I wouldn't recommend the controller I have in there, but there's a project called "jawduino" that's worth checking out.

 

[LTsmash1200]

This is incredible. So well done.

 

[Plane Crazy]

Fantastic work.
Would you be willing to share/sell the files for the swords and the little anchors?

 

[davidnagel]

That is incredible. Nice job.

Now to avoid showing this to the boy, otherwise he'll want one for his room...

 

[kickman88]

Wow, that really takes me back...totally awesome!

 

[goldcylon]

Brilliant !

 

[howlingwind13]

YES! Excellent job. Love it!

 

[cocomonk22]

Nice! I was thinking of doing something like this years ago to be placed above a doorway/hallway using a Scary Terry kit with motion sensor to trigger it to say one of the lines.