MaximumPC 2007 10

GARY WILLETT’S

Animatronic

Mod

W

ith this being the October

issue, our thoughts turn

to such seasonal delights as

bobbing for apples, trick or

treating... and having the beje-

sus scared out of us by Gary

Willett’s Animatronic Mod.

Gary’s fi rst mod featured

a monster tearing through a

case; not satisfi ed with a static

device, he set his sights on

creating a rig that moves—and

talks. While these photos detail

much of the work that went into

creating this rig, to truly appre-

ciate the Animatronic Mod in all

its expatiating glory, go to http://www.

youtube.com/willettfx.

While most of us lack a

solid resource for goat,

yak, and horse hair, Gary

scored a load of it (along

with some mohair) to cre-

ate this follicly full face!

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For his winning entry, Gary wins a $500

gift certifi cate for Buy.com to fund his

modding madness! See all the hardware

deals at http://www.buy.com, and turn to page

100 for contest rules.

104 MAXIMUMPC OCTOBER 2007

Them chompers—dental acrylic

teeth—look just like the real

thing. We suspect Gary’s full-

time job making dentures had

something to do with that.

Here, Gary stands face to face with the beast. He

fi lmed 90 hours of digital video over the course

of this two-year project and plans to create an

instructional video with the footage.

This rig is packing MSI KT6 and AMD 2500XP

Barton motherboards and an XFX 5600 video-

card—enough to run the 16 servos controlling

the creature’s face.