Shadow puppets work because something small stands close to the light. Make big things with what you have.

Scale comes from position, not from resources. A hand close to a light throws a wolf across a whole wall, and the hand did not get bigger, it got closer to the source. Most of what people make with very little works like that. A phone, a borrowed room, one good idea placed near the right opportunity. Waiting until you have proper equipment is usually waiting for permission.

Take the thing you have been postponing until you have better gear. Make the cheap version this week, with your hands and whatever light is already in the room.