Animated and Talking Wizard Hat!

  • Step 3: Creation of the Hat

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    Blog Home           Step 2 Intro Before we can insert any kind of electronics, we need something to insert it to: we need a hat. I decided to build a hat from scratch, using paper and glue The base of the hat I created a...

  • Step 1: Research. Getting a jump start from previous designs

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    Blog Home Honestly, I call it week one but in reality this idea was brewing in my head for several weeks before today. An ongoing process :-) Mostly it was all about how I can make this design my own and not just another copy of the famous Sorting ha...

  • Step 2: Designing Mechanical Parts

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    Blog Home        Step 3 In the previous blog I showed you my research that  I did in order to build my own version of the famous sorting hat. Here's what have I been up to: Did the sketch on the mechanics for the mouth Did t...
  • The Wizard's Hat - A Tale Of Wizardry

    The Wizard's Hat - A Tale Of Wizardry

    donnersm
    How it all began This is not your common story about someone building a cosplay outfit. This is not a story about someone making a copy of a movie prop. No this is much better. This is my story about combining hobbies and it includes wizards, witche...