This was a joint project between Jonathan and Sian.
Built over 6 months and mostly free built, the mansion features dungeons, kitchen, study, lounge, bedrooms, bathroom and attic labs so there’s plenty of kooky features to spot! Can you find all the creatures and figures hidden in the house and gardens?
The mansion splits into multiple levels and sections for access to the insides. It has multiple operating lights with programmable features, such as fire place, switchable room lighting, lab lighting and UV reactive elements.
Fully furnished ready for any minifiure to have a fright night!
Update: The mansion now has a much larger garden, mausoleum, underground crypt and a lake.
The build also now features interactive buttons so you can control the lights and sounds.
Do you dare pressed a button?
Technical Information:
The interactive system is run from Arduino Nano microcontrollers, 15x in total on a custom serial network. Over 80x LED’s across the build (in fireplaces, chandeliers, UV glow etc). Run from two powerpacks for reliability and portability. Hourly and quarterly clock chime sound effects. 8 sound and lighting effects linked to interactive buttons. Motorised elements (sneakily hidden). 4of 256x LED Neopixel arrays used for lighting in the lake. Custom controller board and custom written code running on an Arduino Mega 2650 with MP3 player, SD Card and RTC (Real Time Clock).
