Mechanical Tail Costume Prop For Acon

[wolfshui]

HAHA!

 

[Balthezar]

lol, nice guys. Ive actually used pantyhose as a skin before, on the metal tail shown in the vid. I hadnt thought of the effects of it on my K'nex tail, but It'd be easy to try out. I'll let you guys know!

 

[Trigger]

That's some pretty awesome kynex engineering lol.

 

[Balthezar]

After adding some pantyhose 'skin'. Plus a short update vid that includes other projects. (vid was ment for youtube, sorry if it doesnt all belong on my thread)

Enjoy!



[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh_f_6-QIy4[/media]

 

[soul products]

see u at a-con

ill probably be the only mark IV suit there

 

[Lukavago]

Any chance we could get some detail of the joints please? just how the segments connect together. i think im gonna try and make one myself.

 

[Sir Tsaboc]

WOW. This is quite ingenious. I never would've imagined building a tail out of knex.

 

[Balthezar]

Any chance we could get some detail of the joints please? just how the segments connect together. i think im gonna try and make one myself.

Here are some up-close pictures of the two types of hinges.



Horizontal (left/right) hinges:

Note orintation of the purple 'L' brackets. Rubberbands string from the farthest white rods shown.



Verticle (up/down) hinges:

Verticle hinges are identical to horizontal ones, but with purple 'L' brackets all accross the base to act as 'stops'. The geometry of the strut is also different to create stronger mounts for the rubber bands (mounted on the blue rods). Notice the neccisarry reinforments at the tips to make up for the structural differance because of the mounts.



Hope this helps! If there's anything else you might need, just let me know.

 

[rhaiyszkie]

very ingenious indeed...



btw... love the dancing... :lol

 

[soul products]

it IS ingenious

i never would of come up with this, by far the best prop tail ive seen



PS the dancing was funny

 

[AceHigh]

The tail looks excellent. As for the bumps, wouldn't it be possible to wrap each link in some fluffy, soft material? Something that wouldn't interfer with the movement of the tail but pushes the pantyhose up so that the tail is smoother.



On a side note, that little dragon at 0:44 in the video was cool! After you finish the tail I want to see that little bad boy done. :lol

 

[Lukavago]

thanks for the detail pics. i worked on it tonight and got a lot of it done. i'll have pics tomorrow cause my camera is dead. now all i have to figure out is the base plate.

 

[sidewayz]

wow thats so cool, great work with the kidos toys lol. That putting the head to use.

 

[Balthezar]

Final update: video tutorial. enjoy.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-5OCFZHaS8[/media]



this should be enough for anyone to duplicate it. hope it works, and I'd like to see your versions if you get a working model!