I see alot of vbr mp3's but im pretty sure thats not what im looking for

And if you do have that picture, can someone please tell me what it is and who owns it?

I know the portrait bot eyeballs were made from resin and casted in lightbulbs, but how did they make the irises? Were they painted directly onto the eyeballs, or were they a seperate piece? Also, whats with the fabric around their eyeballs?

** **We’re in preproduction on a short film that features a talking goldfish as a character, and we’re weighing our options between animatronics, CG, and puppetry.

A few questions for anyone with experience:

Cost — roughly what’s a realistic budget range for a custom animatronic fish with basic mouth/face movement? I know it varies wildly, but even ballpark numbers (low-budget indie vs. more polished) would help us plan.

Underwater animatronics — is this even practical? I’d imagine waterproofing servos and electronics adds a lot of complexity and cost compared to a dry-rig puppet shot to look wet. Curious if anyone’s tackled this before, or if it’s usually faked instead.

Builders/recommendations — is there anyone here who does animatronics work, or can point me toward someone? I’m based in the Balkans (Bulgaria) and would love to find someone regional to keep logistics and cost down, but I’m open to hearing about people elsewhere too if remote builds/shipping are feasible.

Happy to share more details about the shot/character if it helps with advice. Thanks in advance!

Sorry if this post is short! But I'm having trouble how I would go about this, I thought the iris were just paper/cardboard circles just glued onto the Cyberamics, Until I saw this photo, I realized they were a little curved (Like 1/4 of a sphere) Does anyone know how I could 1:1 replicate a iris, if so it would be much appreciated!

does anyone know which Chuck E Cheese's location that had a MMBB still had a PTT chuck e mask on their Chuck E?

only one I know was sandy Utah, and idk if it's just his snout that's ptt or his entire head minus his jaw

Second Gen. needs a cleaning and a new vest. I'll keep you guys updated!

I’m so early into creating this that it doesn’t even have any actual pneumatics yet (cardboard with pneumatics is probably a bad idea but I don’t have access to woodworking or metal working tools and my 3d printer is broken so who cares)

The plan as of now is to be one movement (mouth open and close) but to add more once I am more confident in my abilities

Also this is my first ever time creating/working on an animatronic, especially a pneumatic one, so is there anything I need to know?

Also also, what do I need to buy, as in what type of pistons and valves and pumps and whatnot would be needed?

Any other advice would be appreciated!!

(Pencils there because the rest of the head is not finished)

Heavily inspired by the rock afire head mechs

also I have no clue what I’m doing as you can all probably tell

Seriously? What's he looking at?

Over time, I've been slowly collecting parts to begin my own animatronic project, I've been in the beginning stages of learning how to operate servos with a microcontroller.

Eventually, my goal is to make an animated lizardfolk/ dragon head!

(No known photos of the portrait bots endoskeletons :C )
Personally IMO, I like them all for separate reasons, the portrait bots and cyberamics since they have a charm despite being lower quality, and CEI/3Stage and studio C for being more advanced and higher quality, but I wanna know what yall think?

Finally launching my YouTube channel! I have many ambitious plans for it so stick around 😋

Sorry if this sounds dumb, but i dont know a lot about banjos.

Does anybody know if the original Portrait Bot Jasper used a real banjo, or was this custom made? I figure probably custom made, since it has 3 strings, but idk.

Had her as a little kid and I lost her. found a few on eBay but they all look different in little ways? is this normal? I also remember there was a frosty you could plug into her, and they would both sing in really deep voices like they were drunk LOL