File puptcrit/puptcrit.0808, message 175


From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:48:46 -0400
Subject: [Puptcrit] Hoggle Restauration: fake?


Looking for various medieval clothing images (I love hoggle's cap in the 
movie Labyrinth), I stumbled upon a page that has me confused. (but if you 
have any patterns to recommend to make such a cap, I'd love to see!)

http://www.sowatzka.com/gary/hoggle.html

Someone is claiming to have restored Hoggle from the movie Labyrinth!
But something is definitely very wrong. Even considering deterioration on 
the "before" photos, I don't recognise one of my favorite creature design of 
all time!

I think this was either a prop or stunt double puppet for Hoggle (not as 
detailed or accurate as the costume with animatronic head), or  somebody's 
remake of Hoggle, and that the artist restored that, thinking it was the 
real Hoggle. And the end result is far, very far, from our ol' friend's 
"reality".
After all, wouldn't the Jim Henson company (or George Lucas) not have the 
original in their collection?


Does anybody have insight into this?
If there's a link with pics of the actual Hoggle (and his marvelous patwork 
cap), I'd love to see that too!

I'm making a medieval costume to attend a medieval wedding in September.
Maybe I can make a skull cap with some visual flavors borrowed from Hoggle's 
cap.


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