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Quick test with the eyes :-)

Thanks Rowlfy662 :-) Hes good fun to build

Working on the eyes..

Thanks Toodles :-) Yea he is relativly simple tho hos simple appearence can be deceptive when it comes to constructing the mouth! Ive spent all afternoon tweeking, trimming, glueing and stitching to get the finish i wanted- Finally happy with it! Now time for some features :-)

Head is now all sewn and mouth completed.. Next step- feature placement :-)

And now sewing the bottom jaw :-)

Ok you lovely lot.. Its that time of year again where im getting withdrawral symptoms from building replicas.. So i started my latest build two days ago... BEAKER! :-) I will share some progress photos as i go.. So hear goes - Mouthplate - Mouthplate glued into the head- Im covering the...

Really good post Buckbeaver..

My beaker mouthplate-

I to am in the process of building a beaker replica at the moment. I have done some experimentation around the mouth mech and agree that keeping it simple works best. The mouthplate is the same as a regular mouthplate.. Only vertical instead of horizontal.

Hey.. I just found this on ebay. Just thought id share :-) http://bit.ly/17Rsi6o

Looking good so far.. Its a great start. Dont forget that most of kermits head shape is made with the puppeteers hand so play around with how your hand sits in his head. Your hand should be slightly curved with the knuckles on your fingers raised :-)

Cool good luck amd glad i could help :-) Feel free to PM me with any questions and this forum is a great place to get lots of inspiration

The eyes on my new one are 35mm plastic dome eyes. The pupil was made by printing a pictire of kermits eyes.. Resizing them to match my 35mm eyes and sticking some black tape on the picture behind the pupils and cutting them out, peeling the tape off and placing it to my eyes.. Hope that...

Hes been discected and parts recycled haha

£10 from Build a bear.. http://www.buildabear.co.uk/shop/productdetail.aspx?CallingPage=Shop%2FSearchResults.aspx&ProductSKU=404574 You can buy it, cut it up and use it as a pattern and scale it up/down to fit. ...or just use that one :-)

Check out this link.. http://doublerainbowpuppets.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/eye-blink-rigs-complete.html?m=1 This is probably the easiest and most common method of making simple blinking eye mechs :-)

Im guessing that if you soak the foam in water then freeze it, the foam will expand? If you carve the expanded foam it might distort the final result once it thaws and regains its shape... Im ony guessing here tho :-/ Good quality razors (and plenty of them as foam eats through blades pretty...

Ok so he looked kinda lonely on his own.. So turning him into a full body monster -

This is sooo hard to do and needs a lot of co-ordination... This is the best of about 10 attempts- Still not completly happy haha :-)