Foxes, cats, rats ... some of the puppets I made

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Awesome puppets. Love the eyes blinking. Are you willing to teach us how to connect the bowden cable to the eyes and make them work?
The cable is embedded in a handle attached to the eyelid (I just put the plastic around the end of the cable). Those eyelids were made by hand with Plaast over a steel ball.
 

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The cable is embedded in a handle attached to the eyelid (I just put the plastic around the end of the cable). Those eyelids were made by hand with Plaast over a steel ball.
Nice.
 

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Short test-videos with new 3d-printed puppet-heads

Cable-controlled eyelid
 

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How to build a foam body for a hand-puppet - video tutorial - part 1
This video shows how to make the main part of a puppet foam-body for a hand-puppet - in the style of the puppets from the Eurofurence Pawpet-Show. I will use this body with a 3d-printed head-base.

The pattern for the foam-body:

This is my basic pattern for a foam puppet-body. Most of my puppets were made with this pattern. I print it normally 47cm high, 52cm wide - cut the foam out of a cheap camping mat (closed cell foam, 0.8-1.2cm thick).

Check the dimensions of the puppeteers arm before you build the body - the pattern doesn't fit everyone - adjust it if needed.

My tutorials and informations about my puppet-related projects:
http://puppet.tioh.de/
 
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