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I agree, Buck is a real expert and I truly value his comments, it's just that Sonbeam is obviously new to the forum like me, and us raw recruits need all the encouragement we can get! My first few puppets are the ugliest things I have ever seen but when I built them I thought they were great...

Best of luck with the electronics, I will let you know how I get on with the mouth mechanism etc, and warn you of any pitfalls, that's if you don't fall in them first!

Sonbeam Bunny! Hello, Thank you for showing us your latest puppet. I don't agree that he is of a style that is "done to death". I suspect he was made using your own pattern not a $10 one! Your own "style" is already there and will evolve, as I am sure it did with all of us. Have fun and...

Yes, I guess you're right, I think that my strange wooden contraption will work as a frame, I still don't know how I will form the sockets around it 'tho but I am assembling the first bits tomorrow after making 3 card prototypes. I have left enough room for the eyes, how far they need to stand...

Hey, Buckbeaver, I have just spotted other useful stuff on your site that should keep me quiet for a while, I am just reading now, many thanks I appreciate all your help :D

I know I am falling over myself to ask questions and seem a bit over - keen :o , however I have been designing and building my own puppets for many years now, I have written plays designed scenery and made props, trained puppeteers for full scale proffessional stage productions and have just...

Thanks, I'm still interested in muppet - style info though, I have looked at the book you suggest before (admittedly before I decided to include mechanics) but find the vent puppets a bit off putting (sorry if I offend :o ) but I will sure have another go! :excited:

Hey, great looking puppets! :D How on earth do you go about using fibreglass, any suggestions, please! It sounds really good! :excited:

Cookie! Hi, I know what it is to be desparate to make something and be stuck on how! Best make the mouth out of wooden half circles, cut a thick fabric circle 1/2 inch bigger than those all round and mark centre line (allow little gap here too to accomodate fold) Then sew inch wide elastic to...

As per my previous thread :eek: I still have the same problem, how do I mount an eye blink mechanism inside a "soft" muppety head? do I make a rigid outer to go round the eyes or what? I am floundering a bit :confused: and need to be thrown a lifeline!

I have searched past threads but links don't work. I am making a blinking speaking tail wagging remote cat. It is taking over my life! I have always built puppets with soft foam head inserts, but I realise mechanical stuff needs a rigid outer to support it. I have tried making wooden "skull"...

Thanks, I have now got a photo to go with my name!

Thank you so much for your reply Buck- Beaver I don't know why I didn't join sooner!

The Eyes have it! I am in the throes of making a blinking cat puppet. It will also move it's mouth by remote (hopefully) I have decided blinking and moving is too much. Any U.K. eye suppliers or suggestions please? Also any suggestions about rigid head construction to help with mounting the...

Puppet Predators? Hello, I am a new member of Muppet Central though I have read messages etc with interest for some time. I too feel a little bit protective about giving away too much info to people I don't know. I have often considered selling my puppets on E-Bay but felt that they might...