Zero, the Nightmare Before Christmas dog

Today I worked on the skeleton (no pun intended) for Zero. I've got a lot of scrap PVC so it was the obvious choice of material. 

Zero is very fluid when he flies so it shape changes a lot. I wanted a bit of a flat Zero so I angled the PVC with 45 degree couplers. Hopefully the material will flow like I imagine. None of this is glued yet so I'll be able to play with sizes and lengths. 

This fabric has been hanging around my house since before I moved in. I never threw it out because "it had to be good for something" and today's something is a mock up of what I am aiming for. I'm not sold on the angle of Zero's head yet.. I thought that having him looking up might be good so he'll be looking at the faces of kids instead of straight ahead. We'll see once I get him on the ground. 

I might be cheating a bit but the plan was always to use K-9's current chassis as the drive system for Zero. I'd be able to swap out the body on the fly. K-9 currently uses the SHADOW system designed for Astromechs. All I really need to do for Zero is swap the sound card in the MP3Trigger. I may or may not use the Syren10 for head movement. It all depends on how flexible the body material for Zero is going to be. With any luck I'll be able to work out some sort of movements for him. Otherwise his electronics are good to go short of the light for the pumpkin nose.