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Cosplay Robotics and Puppetry!

divisiontendivisionten Registered User regular
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Hi there! My name is Sara Winters and I'm a programmer and visually impaired cosplayer! I'm going to be doing a panel on Sunday about making puppets and robotic elements for costumes (and general nerd-don). I'm going to cover basic light sources, materials, moving jaws and tails, talking plushies... anything you would want me to discuss? I'll be bringing my Clank puppet and animatronic talking Monokuma, and probably discuss my GLaDOS build as well.

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  • Rhea_starstormRhea_starstorm Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    Excited to see the monokuma!

  • ShockkotaShockkota Registered User new member
    *looks up* GLaDOS build... Yep ill be there.

  • divisiontendivisionten Registered User regular
    edited August 2017
    Shockkota wrote: »
    *looks up* GLaDOS build... Yep ill be there.

    It's a very very old cable puppet. I'm not sure if I even have time to cover that.

    Not trying to be a pessimist, just tight on time and it's a pretty old build my ex boyfriend astole so I don't even own it anymore, just have screencaps and video. If you want the WIP I would be happy to send

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  • watsonlogicwatsonlogic Registered User new member
    Awesome! Could you spend some time going over how to solve a design problem without making it more complicated than it needs to be. I find that when I'm designing a part for 3D printing, my first few attempts are overly complicated. If I get started with cosplay I imagine I'll run into the same problems.

  • The AviatrixThe Aviatrix Registered User regular
    I'd love to know where you get your materials :D I run into the problem of knowing what I need in theory, but not being able to find it.

    (And it doesn't help that I want like to touch and hold materials before I buy them. To be sure the weight/size in my head really do translate.)

    And any idea if there will be a recording? I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it there yet or not. (Why'd I decide to enforce West? I already over schedule for it...)

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  • divisiontendivisionten Registered User regular
    edited August 2017
    The Aviatrix wrote: »
    I'd love to know where you get your materials :D I run into the problem of knowing what I need in theory, but not being able to find it.

    (And it doesn't help that I want like to touch and hold materials before I buy them. To be sure the weight/size in my head really do translate.)

    And any idea if there will be a recording? I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it there yet or not. (Why'd I decide to enforce West? I already over schedule for it...)

    The advantages of having a panel room enforcer for a friend- es it'll be recorded! I can absolutely touch on materials and I'll even be bringing a thing or two to give away. I have a completed audio module I'm not using and a Pi but I'm not sure how to make a fair giveaway.

    Also are you more interested in specifically electronics or the non electronic structural components? Most of my talk is on the puppetry side of things and the priciples of transferring that to something animatronic- I'm assuming I can't teach code in an hour.

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  • divisiontendivisionten Registered User regular
    watsonlogic wrote: »
    Awesome! Could you spend some time going over how to solve a design problem without making it more complicated than it needs to be. I find that when I'm designing a part for 3D printing, my first few attempts are overly complicated. If I get started with cosplay I imagine I'll run into the same problems.

    Yup. I'll actually be walking you though my biggest design failure... haha! Something that works in theory but why it utterly failed in practice.

  • The AviatrixThe Aviatrix Registered User regular
    divisionten wrote: »
    The Aviatrix wrote: »
    I'd love to know where you get your materials :D I run into the problem of knowing what I need in theory, but not being able to find it.

    (And it doesn't help that I want like to touch and hold materials before I buy them. To be sure the weight/size in my head really do translate.)

    And any idea if there will be a recording? I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it there yet or not. (Why'd I decide to enforce West? I already over schedule for it...)

    The advantages of having a panel room enforcer for a friend- es it'll be recorded! I can absolutely touch on materials and I'll even be bringing a thing or two to give away. I have a completed audio module I'm not using and a Pi but I'm not sure how to make a fair giveaway.

    Also are you more interested in specifically electronics or the non electronic structural components? Most of my talk is on the puppetry side of things and the priciples of transferring that to something animatronic- I'm assuming I can't teach code in an hour.

    Huzzah!

    And I am personally interested in both electrical and not. I imagine electrical stuff is more flashy and would have more interest potentially... Especially where to buy xD But I have issues with just finding the right piece of hardware that is weirdly specific and not at Lowe's or Home Depot. (Doubly annoying when I don't know what the part is called.)

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  • divisiontendivisionten Registered User regular
    The Aviatrix wrote: »
    divisionten wrote: »
    The Aviatrix wrote: »
    I'd love to know where you get your materials :D I run into the problem of knowing what I need in theory, but not being able to find it.

    (And it doesn't help that I want like to touch and hold materials before I buy them. To be sure the weight/size in my head really do translate.)

    And any idea if there will be a recording? I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it there yet or not. (Why'd I decide to enforce West? I already over schedule for it...)

    The advantages of having a panel room enforcer for a friend- es it'll be recorded! I can absolutely touch on materials and I'll even be bringing a thing or two to give away. I have a completed audio module I'm not using and a Pi but I'm not sure how to make a fair giveaway.

    Also are you more interested in specifically electronics or the non electronic structural components? Most of my talk is on the puppetry side of things and the priciples of transferring that to something animatronic- I'm assuming I can't teach code in an hour.

    Huzzah!

    And I am personally interested in both electrical and not. I imagine electrical stuff is more flashy and would have more interest potentially... Especially where to buy xD But I have issues with just finding the right piece of hardware that is weirdly specific and not at Lowe's or Home Depot. (Doubly annoying when I don't know what the part is called.)

    Plumbing. 90% of the time whatever I need is in plumbing. Clank and Mr. Zurkon are everything but he sink.

  • The AviatrixThe Aviatrix Registered User regular
    Congrats on the full panel :p

    Any idea where I may view a recording?

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  • divisiontendivisionten Registered User regular
    We're working on it! I've got a full time job as an electrical engineer so it's being cut and edited as I can

  • The AviatrixThe Aviatrix Registered User regular
    Awesome! I look forward to seeing it.

    Here I just expected a straight recording with no edits :P

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  • Rhea_starstormRhea_starstorm Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    Really glad to hear this was filmed. Sadly I wasn't able to make it to this panel, and it sounded really intresting.

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