Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 18:35:11 -0500
From: "Hobey Ford" <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Stairmaster for puppets?


I have a design at my web site www.hobeyford.com under downloads
called rat rod puppet

the link below shows the control end of the mechanism.
http://www.hobeyford.com/album/ichabod-crane-universal-head-control-rod-puppet

this links shows the leg details.

http://www.hobeyford.com/download/rod-puppet-design

It works very well.

here is another variation
http://www.hobeyford.com/download/miniature-rod-puppet-leg-detail

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:07 AM, Dan McGuire <dandmcguire-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I've been trying to create a rod or shadow puppet that has a realistic
> walking gait. I wonder how I can do it? 90% of puppets have no legs or legs
> that are not operable - bunraku are an exception, but they require
> additional puppeteers. Some puppets have legs that operate like a whirlygig
> -rather haphazard movement. Most just hang there.
>
> I wonder if anyone has seen a mechanism that looks a bit like a stairmaster
> - the feet rest on platforms that piston up and down. This "stairmaster"
> would be black or hard to see, but would give the legs a realistic walk.
>
> Ideally, the puppet would have a central rod held in one hand, and a single
> trigger mechanism that would control the legs. The key here is that the legs
> would be operated from below, not from above, like marionette strings.
>
> Has anyone tried this, or seen anything like it?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Dan McGuire
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