New puppet on e-bay

[puppetise]

my turtle is my avatar

 

[Iokitek]

My compliments on your replica puppets And of your own puppets I like Vince the Wolf best of all. I have a few questions though.

1) How'd you make Floyd's bass? It's not dead on but pretty convincing. The measurements of the frets look like they were derived from a real bass.

2) I also like the Bunsen puppet alot. But how did you make the mouth? And don't the corners of the mouth tear easily? I read somewhere that the real Bunsen puppet often had that problem wich is why most people don't like to make puppets that way.

 

[Lab Rat]

i'm glad you like my puppets i like vince the wolf too.Floyds bass is a toy guitar i got from a toyshop and repainted it and bunsen is covered in antron fleece so the mouth wont tear the real bunsen is flocked over foam so i'd imagine it's easily damaged.

 

[Iokitek]

Ah yeah I remember Miss Piggy having the same problems. I might try making a mouth like that sometime then.

I actually thought for a moment there that you built the bass yourself But I could've guessed it was just a toy. Looks good though. But just in case anyone is interrested in small size children's instruments that actually work I could look up some links

 

[Lab Rat]

most of my muppet replicas you've seen are quite a few years old now, i made sweetums in 1995.

 

[whatadoddle]

Hi, I hope you don't mind me asking, you have said what you make the pupils out of, but what about the eyes, please? Many thanks

 

[Lab Rat]

i use whatever i can find for the eyes ping pong balls plastic spoons the one on e-bay at the moment has eyes made from christmas tree balls

 

[whatadoddle]

Wow! that's original! Thanks for sharing. I am obsessed with puppet construction, and find it difficult to part with them because they are all individual. How long does it take you to make a puppet? I find that all I think about is puppet designs, I look at everything in the light of "can I use that in a puppet?" I guess you must be the same, given the Christmas tree ball idea!

 

[Lab Rat]

yes i do that whenever i'm shopping or whatever i'm always thinking what i could use as puppet parts,the eyes have always been a problem ping pong balls are ok but they are a bit too small for larger puppets the christmas tree balls work a treat.

 

[puppetise]

could u plz send the mokey pattern i have a gobo pattern at my link in my signiture