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Furry Puppet

Solaris

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i've been looking at some photos on the furry puppet blog and i was wondering if anyone knew what they used to make their puppets? it looks like they're sculpted, but not sculpted as in taking a foam block and cutting it with scissors and an electric knife.

here's a link to the page i'm talking about:
http://www.furrypuppet.com/blog/?cat=5
 

Kevin the Frog

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I'll take yet another guess and say they are covering the foam with skin colored fleece. Probably antron as there are NO seams, and maybe they are shaving it a little or something. The puppets are amazing. Only with craftsmanship like that can you take such great close ups of all the details!

Edit as I'm guessing: ...unless it's some kind of super high density foam or rubber material that has a texture very similar to fleece! ha
 

Solaris

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i'm thinking that they might be poured foam or something similar to that.
 

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Just further to what Ravagefrackle said, Zack from Furry Puppet has said numerous times here on the forum that he's a fan of carved rather than patterned foam puppets. Carving also seems to be a signature feature of (Furry Puppet builder) Maria Gurevich's style.
 

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Holy Crap that is an amazingly well designed and built puppet. Great job Zach.
 
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