kneel999 Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 OK, thanks to Cracker, he has motivated me to build my own faces and start getting my money out of my light-o-rama system. Here are some links to some video's I have taken in my living room. I haven't done any other lights yet, just the faces but I am pretty pleased with the results so far. The skull is 7' tall and the other 3 faces are 5' tall.Let me know what you think.ThanksMonster MashThrillerThis is HalloweenBoom Boom PowDead Man's Party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csimmon5 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 very nice....the mouth movement to the music is really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffandnicole Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 That sucks! Oh, no, I take that back...I'm just jealous. You did a great job there. As Simmon said, the mouth movements really are matched up well - you can actually believe they are singing the music!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdouglas Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 great job,this is also my project this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryebred Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 These look really nice. Would you be able to share your sequence files for the face animations on these songs? I am toying around with the idea of doing something similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmacw Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 your skeleton face animations look great. Would you be willing to send the sequences & maybe some tips on how you made the faces. I'd like to try to make themthis year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickWIlliams Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Nice work!I really like your variations of the sculls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdunham Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Wow, great job!!:shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonB256 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 My wife has decided I need to do at least one animated face. Halloween music we usually play includes:Monster MashWerewolves of LondonTime WarpPurple People EaterThrillerGhostbustersWhen the weather is good, we get between 500 to 750 treaters. We know because we buy Vampire Teeth by the gross and count before and after.This was last year: Hope to post my own animated mouth video soon.ps - if you are willing to share any or all of your sequences, I'll send you a set of vampire teeth!!! PM meJonB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaceMedic Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Planning ahead to next christmas already .....I want to do a talking / singing face.Here ist he dilema .... I have NO IDEA on how to work with rope lighting and how to do custom lengths etc.Any help would be GREATLY appreciated in leading me to some links.Thanks,Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdunham Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 RaceMedic wrote: Planning ahead to next christmas already .....I want to do a talking / singing face.Here ist he dilema .... I have NO IDEA on how to work with rope lighting and how to do custom lengths etc.Any help would be GREATLY appreciated in leading me to some links.Thanks,DaveThey're actually pretty easy. The manufacturer tells you what the cut length is (and they usually have a pair of scissors stamped on the rope where to cut). They also sell the connectors and parts (eg to join two peices end to end, plug ends, etc.). If you have excess length at the end of the run, you just tape it with electrical tape so that light doesn't show through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdunham Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 RaceMedic wrote: Planning ahead to next christmas already .....I want to do a talking / singing face.Here ist he dilema .... I have NO IDEA on how to work with rope lighting and how to do custom lengths etc.Any help would be GREATLY appreciated in leading me to some links.Thanks,DaveOh yeah, vendors. There are numerous, a few are listed below:Action Lighting - http://www.actionlighting.comCreative Displays - http://www.creativedisplays.com1000 Bulbs - http://www.1000bulbs.comPlanet Christmas has a number of vendors listed on their Web site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaceMedic Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Thank-you !Have have bought all my lights this year from CDI ... I just didn't know if they were all able to be cut or now rope likes worked like that !Will have to do more research !I want to do a talking santa claus for next year !Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddmoon Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 I did a face for Halloween last year. I had decided to redesign the face into a Santa for this year and have it multi purpose.That is still my plan only now it it for next year. I had taken on too many projects this year and the face redesign just did not happen this year.The rope lights are easy to work with and cutting them is not a big deal. Connecting them together is not hard either. You can purchase ones for this purpose or you can also solider wire ends and poke them into the rope lights to hook them up if you want to connect them from different locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryebred Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Does anyone have an idea on how much rope light is needed to create a face the size of Crackers? CDI sells the rope light in 150 foot rolls. I am wondering if one roll would be enough to make 2-3 faces or if I should go for two rolls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLD Kevin Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 ryebred wrote: Does anyone have an idea on how much rope light is needed to create a face the size of Crackers? CDI sells the rope light in 150 foot rolls. I am wondering if one roll would be enough to make 2-3 faces or if I should go for two rolls?I cant exactly recall, but I believe the larger face was about 100ft. The smaller were about 70ft. 2 - 150 rolls should be enough for 3 faces. I used 3/8" You want extra for sections that burn out. So get extra splices too.I believe CDI rope cuts every 3'? May be hard to work with leaving you lots of extra for each section, but I wouldn't know. I use rope that can be cut at every 18", but its not LED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryebred Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Your right, it does say 3 feet. For some reason I glanced over that before and read it as 3 inches. I am glad you pointed that out as it does seem difficult to work with if it needs to be in 3 feet sections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneel999 Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 1 roll will definitely make 2 faces but probably not 3.I made 4 faces and had two 150' rolls with very little left over.Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaceMedic Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Has anyone found LED rope light with a cutting length of less than 3 ft ?!If so ... I would appreciate knowing where ... I am continuing to look !Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgrabher Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 RaceMedic wrote: Planning ahead to next christmas already .....I want to do a talking / singing face.Here ist he dilema .... I have NO IDEA on how to work with rope lighting and how to do custom lengths etc.Any help would be GREATLY appreciated in leading me to some links.Thanks,DaveThanks for the info, I was kinda in the same place as Dave there!Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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