Custom Puppet - Spike Lee

[puppetsmith]

Hey guys,

Just thought I'd share the latest custom job to come out of the workshop. I normally have very little time for custom work (to keep creating patterns for Project Puppet), but I couldn't pass this one up.

It's a caricature puppet of Spike Lee...young...in the old Nike commercials with Michael Jordan. (Hopefully he's recognizable as I've been staring at him for so long now, I don't know what anybody looks like ) The ad campaign concept was that Michael Jordan was the best basketball player on Earth...Spike Lee was the best on Mars.

Anyway, here's a couple of pics and a video of the eye mech in action...

Picture 1
Picture 2
The Video

 

[Klarkkent]

An exact likeness! Amazing work.

 

[TheCreatureWork]

Your work always is fantastic! Nice job!

 

[mrhogg]

Stunning work, Pasha.

 

[Toasty]

Bravo, on all levels! Your level of detail and craftsmanship is fantastic.

 

[TheCreatureWork]

What were the glasses made from?

 

[Buck-Beaver]

Great work! The control for the mech looks especially impressive.

 

[CrUnChO76]

Awesome work!

 

[puppetsmith]

Thanks guys!

I posted some "behind the scenes" pics over on PuppetHub.

TheCreatureWork, the glasses are carved from wood (balsa), sanded, and almost endlessly sprayed with black Plasti-Dip to give a more plastic look. The puppet was meant to be mainly for display, otherwise I probably would have had to make them from a more durable material. But balsa served the purpose this time, was very lightweight, and the glasses fit Spike perfectly.

 

[mrhogg]

That's genius!