I finally finished the animation for the Skeletal Organist this afternoon. I couldn’t have done it without help from my friend Derek who came up with the idea of using a crank shaft beneath the arms. Big props go out to my friend Bob Baker for making the shaft and coupler to mount the shaft.
My idea was to create a mechanism that would work from within the bucky chest cavity, but with time running out, I didn’t think I could pull that off by Halloween.
All I have left to do now is spray the mechanism black, put the skeleton’s costume and head on and this scene is basically done. What a long crazy road it’s been.