Recent content by DanimalUK

Yep... doesn't really look like a puppet nose, must be one the gonzo followers costume pieces.

MakingPuppets on Facebook is pretty good for free puppet patterns. https://www.facebook.com/MakingPuppets It should give you a good understanding of how their put together.

I've heard to get hair looking all scruffy, you need to boil it. Search the forum, i've seen quite a few teaching you the process for this... especially under Fozzie, Elmo, Cookie Monster etc...

It might be your camera but he looks a tad urmm blue. :) And are you using Ping pong balls? As i found them to be a little large when comparing them with the real Kermit. I got some really cheap 35mm dome eyes from this site: http://www.mermibridg.com/category/eyes/ The owner was really...

As i was using a cheaper anti-pill fleece, sadly it's double sided so it couldn't be glued without it looking like crap. So i had to Henson stitch all my fingers which kinda worked in the end but it took ages!

Haha! thats one of the series of Kermit images i used for reference too. I got some interesting info of how his hands are constructed through these, that his fingers are glue over wire and not stitched.

I think 5 sides might be still a little sharp at the edges for Kermit. I did a little research recently on Jim Redbook website and this image was posted. Looks like Kermit's body from 1977 was made out of 8 foam pieces.

Oops! It says that this picture is private. You'll have to change its settings. :)

Not a bad start indeed!... but i'd have to say practice a bit with the Henson stitch on a few scraps of fleece to help cover the seams as they look very visible here and stay away from the glue... On my Kermit, the only glue i used was to attach the eyes at the end. It does take time to learn...

Thanks everyone for the kind responses so far! :-) For the body i used Project Puppets 'Alternative Body' pattern and it gave me not bad results but it's definitely not Kermit as he look like he's lost a little bit of weight. Next time i'm going make it from scratch and match it to the more...

So first off, thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Puppet Building forum since its inception as its been a great resource for me... Everything you ever wanted to know about building puppets is here! (Well...ok...Almost!) Soo after a year of soaking up all that information that...

I've got my ticket too, really looking forward to it! :)

Hi Ho HensonFans, This is my first forum post! Yayyy! Well My name's Dan, i'm 27 years old and i've been a Muppet/Henson fan since before i can remember. I think Labyrinth was one of the first Jim Henson projects i watched and it showed me a place so rich in detail i thought it once existed...