Home-made Muppet Theatre playset

[Hips]

Hi Folks,

I'm really enjoying the Palisades line & just couldn't wait any longer for a front stage playset so I made one!

It's obviously not to Palisades incredibly high standards but I'm fairly happy with it & would appreciate any feedback on how to enhance.....

http://uk.msnusers.com/homemademuppettheatre/shoebox.msnw

Thanks,

 

[Fozzie]

The last two pics don't work. Nice job though!

 

[Hips]

sorry

Sorry, was having problems with the free web hosting site.

It should work now...
http://uk.msnusers.com/homemademuppettheatre/shoebox.msnw

Later,

 

[Stryder Wolfe]

nice!

 

[Squigiman]

Very cool! Could you perhaps post a "recipe", of sorts, of how you created it. Thanks a lot, and keep up the good work.


-Squigiman

 

[dmx10101]

Looks good! You did a great job on it!

 

[Cap Backfire]

Holy. Crap.

Dude, that thing is so awesome, I have just gone onto the web to look for balsa wood. I agree we need a recipe for it so the rest of us have a chance to do something like it. And don't ever rip on your attention to detail. For an ameteur build, that thing is awesome. Now I need pics of Vet HOspital to take a shot at it... HAHAHAAH...

That is truly inspiring to modders everywhere. Keep up the good work man.

 

[Buck-Beaver]

That's nice! When is the backstage set coming out? I can never keep track of these things.

 

[rexcrk]

OMG! That's a freakin' awesome stage! Awesome work! *thumbs up!*

 

[Hips]

a 'recipe' of sorts

Very cool! Could you perhaps post a "recipe", of sorts, of how you created it. Thanks a lot, and keep up the good work.

Here's a recipe of sorts....

I used:
- 6mm MDF wood for the walls, base, stage, back & stage roof. There may be a better wood as I had great difficulty in nailing (very hard & some splitting of wood) & had to use glue & tape as well.

- card (folded over on itself several times to strengthen) for the orchestra pit wall as it is more bendy

- Curtain cloth; one type for walls, orchestra wall & balcony, another for the floor, another for the curtains & yet another for the back of the stage.

- golden embroidery sewed onto the curtain material for both the front curtain & the 'pelmet' (argh, sewing that was tedious !

- the balcony was tricky. I first made a large balcony that could take Statler & Waldorf's Victorian chairs but it looked way too big in relation to everything else. I cut up a circular storage box made of thick card to make the balcony.

- Got ribbon etc from the haberdashery section in a large department store.

- I added 20 fairy tree lights to a gap I left at the top of the back so that I can light up the inside stage (I originally started soldering LEDs together but this was taking ages so I opted for the Christmas fairy lights).

I spent about a week thinking at the back of my mind about the most practical & best looking design (you know, whilst walking home etc). I reckon it's worth putting a lot of thought & planning in if you want to get the dimensions right & avoid wasted effort.

The whole thing was great fun. The quality of the Palisades figures really inspired me. And it doesn't sound like we'll see a Palisades front stage set for at least another year.

Guess I should mention that I built it only for my own personal use, never to sell etc so that I don't get done for copyright.

Later,
Si