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  1. Buck-Beaver

    Help with Making Marionettes

    I forgot to add that there are a bunch of marionette-making videos that might be helpful on this page - http://www.buzzoplex.net
  2. Buck-Beaver

    Help with Making Marionettes

    Hi Ben, Most marionettes are either carved from blocks of wood or sculpted in clay and cast in some sort of light weight material. Paper mache (or papier-mâché) is popular too, although most people only use it for heads and hands. All of these techniques take some time and patience to learn...
  3. Buck-Beaver

    Can-can dancer puppets

    This is a very old technique; there have been many performers who have used it over the years. I've seen more than one do YMCA in fact. It would be interesting to know who originated this.
  4. Buck-Beaver

    Copyright...PLEASE HELP!

    One of the big issues that factor in to copyright cases is the likelihood of confusion to the public. As SPC said, people confuse his vampire puppet with the Count even though they don't look much alike so although you can't copyright a look, Muppet-like puppets + a name like Moppetz is...
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