Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
I started painting over the hose clamps and elbow bolts to hide them. The hose clamps are almost invisible now. I also painted black on each little eyelet the head line runs through. I solved my elbow stop issues by replacing the screws I had in there with bolts and washers. Now the arms reliably stop at the right spot to push the tombstone as the skeleton moves forwards. I have the PicoVolt programmed to make it look like he is struggling with the weight of the tombstone, which I think looks pretty good. Something is still not right though. Either I don't have it in park mode like I think I do, or the motor arm is slipping a tiny bit. The animation starts fine, but after about 15-30 minutes it has drifted forwards too much. (if that makes any sense.)
I started painting over the hose clamps and elbow bolts to hide them. The hose clamps are almost invisible now. I also painted black on each little eyelet the head line runs through. I solved my elbow stop issues by replacing the screws I had in there with bolts and washers. Now the arms reliably stop at the right spot to push the tombstone as the skeleton moves forwards. I have the PicoVolt programmed to make it look like he is struggling with the weight of the tombstone, which I think looks pretty good. Something is still not right though. Either I don't have it in park mode like I think I do, or the motor arm is slipping a tiny bit. The animation starts fine, but after about 15-30 minutes it has drifted forwards too much. (if that makes any sense.)
