#puppet building

[tentavamp]

Reminder that I run the Puppetry community here on Tumblr! Come learn to make puppets! Be a fan of puppets! Just be curious! Whatever!

[in-my-side]

My pride and joy... my fucked up son... he has every disease... here's the tale of his immaculate conception

If you have any questions about him, feel free to ask!!!

[bogwater02]

MY FIRST PUPPET BUILD!!! done as a gift for my bestie @bug4bee !!!

He’s such a sweet little boy.

some progress photos!! He’s made very lovingly from minky, and a tinsely mohairish “fur”

Very proud… weh

so proud of him…. sweet sweet angel.

[waytiretua]

Here’s that big project I’ve been talking about, this is Thimble, my test fan-fraggle! A couple months ago I challenged myself to create the best puppet I could using mostly just the materials I could get from regular craftstores.

I’m now working on a replica of Boober fraggle with a much higher materials budget (yay for being able to hide seams!). I’m hoping to get him done before the end of the fraggle rock exhibit up in atlanta, as it would be cool to bring him up there for a direct comparison!

[puppetmaker40]

We have known each other for a long time. It was so nice to catch up in person

Also the Barnabas Collins puppet went over well. Glad to find out there are still many Dark Shadows fans out there.

[tofurevolution]

Exploring the garden 🌿

Finished this little guy this week, just before easter. Really enjoy how the moss on his vest has turned out 🐰

[benjo-1138]

The Jelly Baby from Jelly Baby

in 2021, during covid times and university, I joined a team to do work on two puppets for a stop motion film.

Vladislav, the baby, was to be a massive undertaking to make something that fit Mikhail's brief. He was insistent from the beginning the puppet have long eyes which would pose a problem because most stop motion eye techniques where for balls and round looking.

Using my knowledge of medieval windows and archers, I made the eyeballs massive and the lids long.

The face plates where all held on with magnets and all hand sculpted to give a lovely effect. When we filmed, the eyes had an incredible range of motion which allowed the animator a clean range which was nice. That said one of the sockets and eyeballs had a micron of a millimetre difference which meant it span loosely. This led to me becoming an on-set eyeball wrangler.

The body of the puppet was a ball and socket armature provided by Malvern Armatures with padding using dish sponges and foam packaging. We had three puppets in the end. Two for regular animation and a third for 'stunts'. The stunt baby was permanently attached to a rigging point.

This helped with complex shots like above. Where they were held in the monster Dmitri's arms which were far too spindly to support the weight.

[goth-frogs]

some puppets i made at uni this year : )

[a-very-manly-muppet]

Refrence doodles for my sweet sweet son Archie’s puppet ‼️🤭

[bern00sworld]

🌺Some pretty Flowers for your day🌺

[tentavamp]

My Fraggle-inspired (I call her a Faggle) critter Margie Morgie is finally done! Full ostrich feather hair, removable head with jersey neck sleeve, support boning in her body, removable arms + legs and posable hands that ALSO have removable arm rods! I tried a lot of new things on this girl! I took her out to the Richmond Oddities and Curiosities Expo yesterday for her first outing and it went great! The freaks and bitches loved her swag.

Bonus the back patch i found for her vest at the Expo shoutout to Beastwreck

[in-my-side]

My pride and joy... my fucked up son... he has every disease... here's the tale of his immaculate conception

If you have any questions about him, feel free to ask!!!

[mad-scientist-clown]

can we PLEASE talk about the fact that gonzo’s nose is just. Raw polyurethane foam.. I like idfk if it’s painted or whoever built him used that machine that coats fabric on things but like. It’s not even got a fabric covering??? Like I’m sure it’s super flimsy because you can just tear polyurethane with you bare hands so like?? How many of him did they have to build.?? Wtf??

[puppetmaker40]

The beginning and a little before lunch

[waytiretua]

My first adventure in puppet building, using a very slightly modified version of the shark pattern from puppetnerd.com. This might become a habit, who needs money anyway

I probably should stop going this hard on high school projects (we were supposed to make paper bag puppets lol) but it’s a good way to slip in projects I actually want to do

Progress pics:

[benjo-1138]

Puppet what I made at uni

I spent a good few weeks toiling over a kitchen counter to make this dang puppet head for my third year uni film.

The plates were hand sculpted, cast, then each one was hand finished with the expressions for use in the final project

the name of the puppet is Vladislav and they're the hero (or villain) of the movie Jelly Baby