Battlestar Galactica Puppets?

[mrhogg]

Hey Fluffets,

Welcome to the forum. Where's Orkney?

If it's a rich and hilarious idea, isn't that a pretty good point to it? What greater point would there be to building Simpsons puppets? (Also, it has been done, many times, I'm sure)

Why Galactica specifically? I've got some stuff I can't talk about that make it a much more interesting thing than simple fan work. It makes a lot of sense. I have a plan, you might say.

 

[Fluffets]

Riiiiiiiiiiight! Good luck with that! P.S Orkney is in Scotland.

 

[mrhogg]

I know some people who might be willing to lend their voices to it, you could say.

Also, this is Caprica Six's skull, redesigned and foamy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/inelegant/3332627813/

 

[mrhogg]

Also, re CreatureWorks, I'll definitely try vacuum-forming to make the Centurions. Looking forward to that!

 

[mrhogg]

If any of you are interested, here's a growing photoset showing the progress of my building the Caprica Six puppet:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/inelegant/sets/72157615024152660/

 

[propologist]

Hi,
Don't vacumform over styrofoam it will melt from the heat of the plastic being formed. Use floral foam or a denser foam like balsa foam. It will not last that many pulls, maybe two. after you make the first pull pour plaster or hydrocal into the plastic to make hard molds that will last. I have 4 different size vacumformers from 4"x4" to 4' x4' and have been vacumforming and making molds for 30 years, so if you have any questions let me know.

Mike

 

[mrhogg]

Awesome, thanks for the tip!

Do you know if you can use a palm sander effectively on floral foam to smooth things out, or will it tear it to pieces?

 

[mrhogg]

I've done some work on the Tigh puppet, as well. As with the Caprica Six puppet, it's just an unskinned head so far, but the look of it is fairly different, which I like.

Pics are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/inelegant/sets/72157615084645038/

 

[propologist]

Hi,
Yes you could but the floral foam is very soft. It does not take that much pressure to sand it down, you can almost use just your fingers to form it. But do it outside as the dust can get every were and where a mask. The dust is not good for you. A little speck in your eye will make your eyes water for a long time so if this happens wash out your eyes with water. Vacum up whatever you sand off to keep the dust down.

Mike

 

[mrhogg]

I just made the second prototype of her torso, again based on photo reference. It's much closer to what I want, though I imagine if I were able to get a block of reticulated foam, it would be even better.

Here're the pics, if anyone is interested to check it out:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/inelegant/sets/72157615024152660/

In particular: http://www.flickr.com/photos/inelegant/3395226926/in/set-72157615024152660/