Cool video thanks for the tip... there's a marionette operator if you Google his name called Alex bardi. I'm sure you've heard of him if you have not then you're in for a treat... my question is how does he get his puppet eyes to move so human like? .. I know we don't know for sure and his controller is custom and completely insane looking but I was wondering if you had any idea how he gets his eyes on Barti to do what they do...thanks
That's a great question! Bardi's puppet is really a work of mechanical genius. I would love to get a look inside the head at all the mechs in there someday. Based on the number of strings going into the top of the puppet's head you can tell there are several different mechanisms at work. The eyes rotating left/right would be at least two strings, but I found another performance where it looks like the puppet is rolling his eyes, which would be a totally different mechanism. The upper eyelids also appear to pivot on a fixed point to go from neutral to angry, but also the entire lids can raise to show a wide open eye. It's a really fantastic example. I'd need to spend some time prototyping to have a better guess on how he does it, but I would recommend taking a look at ventriloquist figure heads. Some of them have very complex mechanisms that may give a better hint at what Barti is doing.
Wow! Very cool! Thanks for sharing. I am now subscribing! Does zip kicker make the bond stronger? I thought it just speeds up the curing/drying of the super glue.
Sorry just seeing this! The zip kicker generally doesn't make the super glue stronger, but it does mean that it cures any superglue that's filling a gap that otherwise may have dissipated or soaked into the material if left to cure naturally.
In theory, yes. Most of the time for animatronics you'd have a servo pushing/pulling a rod attached to the back of the eye. This would let you get more refined eye control and also not have to keep the head upright to use the counter weight. If you wanted to, you could attach a servo above to raise and lower the string, technically making it an animatronic.
Thanks! We have a 3d printer that we love, but haven't gotten into using it for digital sculpture. It's definitely something we're interested in for the future, though!
15 seconds of this video cleared up a concept I have been struggling with, and I am inspired to hit the workbench first thing after work! Thank you.
You guys are so cool !
Thanks! :D
Simple and elegant. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! Have a great weekend!
@@AlexAndOlmsted Thank you. You as well.
Cool video thanks for the tip... there's a marionette operator if you Google his name called Alex bardi. I'm sure you've heard of him if you have not then you're in for a treat... my question is how does he get his puppet eyes to move so human like? .. I know we don't know for sure and his controller is custom and completely insane looking but I was wondering if you had any idea how he gets his eyes on Barti to do what they do...thanks
That's a great question! Bardi's puppet is really a work of mechanical genius. I would love to get a look inside the head at all the mechs in there someday. Based on the number of strings going into the top of the puppet's head you can tell there are several different mechanisms at work. The eyes rotating left/right would be at least two strings, but I found another performance where it looks like the puppet is rolling his eyes, which would be a totally different mechanism. The upper eyelids also appear to pivot on a fixed point to go from neutral to angry, but also the entire lids can raise to show a wide open eye.
It's a really fantastic example. I'd need to spend some time prototyping to have a better guess on how he does it, but I would recommend taking a look at ventriloquist figure heads. Some of them have very complex mechanisms that may give a better hint at what Barti is doing.
Wow! Very cool! Thanks for sharing. I am now subscribing! Does zip kicker make the bond stronger? I thought it just speeds up the curing/drying of the super glue.
Sorry just seeing this! The zip kicker generally doesn't make the super glue stronger, but it does mean that it cures any superglue that's filling a gap that otherwise may have dissipated or soaked into the material if left to cure naturally.
Hermoso trabajo gracias
Muchas gracias!
This mechanism Works for animatronics?
In theory, yes. Most of the time for animatronics you'd have a servo pushing/pulling a rod attached to the back of the eye. This would let you get more refined eye control and also not have to keep the head upright to use the counter weight.
If you wanted to, you could attach a servo above to raise and lower the string, technically making it an animatronic.
Great video! Do you ever use a 3d printer for puppet heads?👍👍👍
Thanks! We have a 3d printer that we love, but haven't gotten into using it for digital sculpture. It's definitely something we're interested in for the future, though!
What HDU and weight are you using?
Unfortunately I don't know. I was given some offcuts and old vacuform bucks from another artist. It took a while to even figure out it was HDU.
Es algo impresionante !
¡Muchas gracias!