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it all depends on what you are trying to acheive.personally i prefer foamed latex over regular slip casting, since it gives a much more flexible result, slip cast latex can be rather stiff once it has buit up enough of a wall so that the head dosent collapse, it is great for beaks and claws...

OK i know my spelling isnt the best , but online i tend to be kind of free and easy with it. however, i think we will have to agree to disagree about pricing things out.when you go to an auto shop to have your car fixed, or call a plumber or any other person with a special skill or trade they...

could be, but i have used it as recently as 3 years ago, and it seemed to work fine

well for me the basics still work, most muppets now adays(and yes i know you all have heard about the clips and stuff, but they arnt in use much any more cause they break and are a pain to fix) just have a small sleave or pocket made into the foam of the hand that goes from about the base of the...

i havnt had any problems with it, of course it has been a while but it is still the method used at PUPPETWORKS in Brooklyn.i have seen some new stuff on the market,just havnet tryied it yet. any of course i personally prefer some of the casting materials that are availble at PEARL PAINT ...

i think the idea that you can only use foam, comes from so many people wanting to dublicate what the muppets are, but puppets no matter what style are bascily mixed media sculptures, .using different materaisl gives them there charecter, and texture. i also work with simple glove puppets and...

Peter Baird, Who Carried on His Family's Marionette Legacy, Dies at 52 By WOLFGANG SAXON Peter Baird, a master puppeteer in the mold of his legendary parents, Bil and Cora Baird, died on Friday at a hospital in the Bronx. He was 52 and lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and in Los...

the problem with that logis is that it gives a unrealistic impression of what your work is worth to people in the industry, i cant tell you how many times i have dealt with people producing tv pilots and the such who think that puppets should only cost about 300 dollars, and then expect that...

how do you know all that stuff? I'm always amazed at what kind of small details people know. Well that was an interresting story though. i used to work there

im not sure, i do know that back then many toys were prototyped by henson staffers, but not sure about the mechs, interesting side note, the fleece used on the kermit toys by fisher-price is the same that is used on the kermit puppets that were built back then and is still used to this day...

Why is it always Wal-Mart? We don't have any in my area. Stupid Exclusive deals, excluded way to many people! :grouchy:

they are built in much the same way the muppets are built, lots of patterend foam rubber sheets, antron fleece, ect.ect., if you are new to puppet building i might suggest you attemtp some similar projects to get used to working with the materials before trying something so complex

that wasnt a HENSON made puppet, it was made for retail sale during the hey day of the muppet show by fisher -price, a great toy, and a great example for beginers, the eye mechs on the muppets that are used on tv and film can be much more complicated .

i dont know were to send you for inexpensive wigs, i spent 50 dollars on a wig for a portrait puppet at a local wig store, i think that is low price for a well styled wig, not all puppet materials are cheap, i know that on avenue Qsome of the wigs cost around 1 to 2 hundred dollars , and...

You cant really buy puppet wigs, you might get lucky witha doll wig , but for the most part you need to buy a regular small wig then, trim them,and purhaps take out a gusset in the back and stich it up again, it can be tricky work. custimize it for your own purposes, try wig stores or costume...

yeah well he also shut dowen the NEW YORK muppet workshop, got rid of talent that had been there far longer than he or any of his overpaid cronies, he soured realationships with people who truly new what they were doing and made them no longer wantto be a part of the company, and to top it all...

RIVKIN in charge? Why would you want that. He was nothing more than dead weight, and a prime example of what was wrong with the company, ie, a over developed corporate structure, with lots of overpaid pencil pushers who couldnt even imagine their way out of a paper bag. He did nothing except cut...

i keep seeing stories here and there, i do think it is still in the design and planning stages, no prinicable actors or anything yet, but the X men guys are very excited about it. i cant wait to see it on the big screen, check out transfandom.com they always have some news

right on Beaker, i like they way u think :crazy: