I was browsing around and realized that I haven't updated everyone on the turn out of our PG this year. It turned out great........worked perfect! Only one problem..........we had to slow down the patrons so they would take a second to look at it. Otherwise they just ran past it! It was very hard to film or take a picture of so none came out, but it worked beautiful! If you build one there are some traps to avoid and some things that make it better. Lighting i...
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Check out this entry in the Make Magazine blog of rats chewing on severed limb.
It looks like a simple FCG (flying crank ghost) mechanism used to animate the rats. Be sure to look at the flash video of the rats 'eating'. I especially like how one of the rat's tails move. I'm sure it was a completely accidental but eerie effect!...
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