This was the pinnacle of Gar’s evolution. It was also the last time he went outside. When the wings were redesigned they could become entangled in the horns, so the horns were removed from the prop. The linear actuators inside pulled strings to deploy wings, work the jaw, and incline the head. By the end …
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Gar 2.0 – Duct Tape Double
Gar was always meant to be a bit more formidable than he appeared in 2007. The metal frame that housed the wing armature, and turned the gargoyle’s head was basically mounted inside a duct-tape double of me, that was covered in monster mud. This version of Gar had the parts he needed to move the …
Gar 1.0
The gargoyle prop was a multi-year project, which started in 2007 and ending in 2010. The notion was to create an animatronic prop of a gargoyle on top of a pedestal of some sort. The eyes would light up. The head would turn to follow you as you walked past. And (to my mind) the …