Something cool...

  So, finally got one of the new servos hooked up with the Arduino and the piece I made the other night.  This will give a small idea of what I am hoping to accomplish.  Imagine 12 of these in a circle all facing inward to create almost an insect like mouth.  At the 30 second mark in the video, I put the servo into "anger" mode.  All 12 servos would be doing this at the same time.  At the 60 second mark is a test mode (which also does the anger mode).

  Anyway, here it is.  Notice the quarter in the shot to help with the scale...

Mouth mandible

  This is a new version (but I think the first I am sharing) of the mouth mandible.  There will be approximately 12 of these for the mouth unit on the costume.  The quarter should give some sense of scale.  I will be hooking this one up to a servo either tomorrow or this weekend to see if I like the look and the movement.  If so, then I will actually begin making the first real pieces for the outfit.

  Also I need to some paint tests to make sure I can make the piece look metallic.  There are some better paints out there that work pretty nicely on plastics so I will give it a try.