Okay... elephant in the room... No, the ghost character is not finished yet. I had some issues with his initial costuming, so I am going to have to wait for another one to come in. He should be finished right after the new year. With that bit of info out of the way, I am happy to say that there are hopefully BIG things coming in 2018. This new build marks the start of a BIG project that I am not going to be too specific about just yet.
In any case, I also wanted to use this build to give a more in depth look at my building process. Building puppets, for me, is about using (cheap) materials in ways they were never intended to be used (Mythbusters anyone?). This also makes the puppet itself more affordable for customers! The puppet head is built out of .5 inch upholstery foam. Why is it green? I dunno, that just seems to be what Joann carries now! When I build my mouthplates (arguably the most important piece of the puppet) I generally use corrugated plastic signs (Yard Sale, For Sale, etc.) from Wal Mart. To make the mouth hinge I use Gorilla Tape, which, if I was stuck on a desert island, would be the one thing I would bring! For those of you who noticed, yes, there is another puppet head in the background of the 3rd picture. Keep that in the back of your mind because it will be making an appearance, for something special, on my Facebook page soon!
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I know it's been a while, but when you create a Children's web-show from scratch and also have a newborn arrive, things tend to get a little crazy haha! In any case, I have been fortunate enough to start back with the ghost puppet. First things first: I will NOT be creating a custom hat. Hats, as it turns out, are really hard to create for cheap and look good at the same time haha. But no worries, I already have the situation covered.
Moving along, I made a BIG change (well, to me it's big) to the head. If you look at the previous post, you will see that the hair is pretty short. I didn't like how that looked. So I decided to switch the short pile fur, for a much longer pile fur. As it turns out, switching to a longer pile makes a HUGE difference (small teaser in the last two images). In the second image you'll see that his body appears to be mostly uncovered and that his arms look like they have permanent black sleeves. Well, both are true haha! The reason for this is because he will be clothed in a grey suit (yet to be found), so I didn't want to waste any more of the blue fleece than I had to. Lastly, I was also able to create this character's Victorian style cloak from left-over purple material from the last build. When paired with the hat and suit, this cloak should help give him an old-world feel. |
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