File puptcrit/puptcrit.0907, message 217


Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:27:49 -0400
From: Hobey Ford <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puppet Eyes


There is video.  I will convert it to Mp4 in the next month and post
it.  It was an awesome project.  The true test came when the ushers
asked us to tone it down a bit because there were little wet spots on
many of the chairs after the show.  The puppeteers knew they had it
just right when there were only a couple of wet spots.

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Brad Shur<mr_utamaro-AT-hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> That is a gorgeous dragon!
> Is there any video of it by any chance?
>
> B. Shur
>
>
>
>
>> Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:19:56 -0400
>> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
>> From: hobeyone-AT-gmail.com
>> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puppet Eyes
>>
>> Speaking of marbles, =A0I used various sizes of iridescentmarbles as
>> gobules in the scales of my Dragon Smaug. =A0They looked awesome. =A0His
>> eyes are clear plastic christmas tree balls, but instead of painting
>> them I carved foam eyes and painted them. =A0The foam paints
>> beautifully. =A0I carved the iris out and put a light on a dimmer and
>> covered the iris with red gel with diffusion material. =A0The plastic
>> bulb gave the whole thing a smooth shiny lense. =A0The lid was a larger
>> bulb cut in half. =A0It was controlled through the body with a 1/16"
>> cable running through a rotor router cable housing. =A0His foam rubber
>> scales and skin are coated with several coated of sculptRcoat. =A0It
>> worked ok but on the reticulated foam it made the ears incredibly
>> fragile. =A0It was better on the regular foam rubber, though somewhat
>> brittle. =A0It gave the scales a reptilian shine. =A0The head and neck
>> were quite heavy but they were on a counter weighted boom, so very
>> easy to swing up and down and around. =A0The fire breathing was done
>> with compressed air and spring loaded streams of dyed silk which were
>> lit orange with a lamp on a dimmer and coordinated in the control. =A0He
>> was used in The Hobbit stahge play at Univ. of NC in Asheville, then
>> at the state theater of NC in Alladin (thats when they gave me the
>> Hastings marionettes unkowingly to return the favor)He was then in
>> Beowulf. =A0He hung in the atrium of the Center for puppetry arts for a
>> year as well. =A0He was by far my most ambitious puppet. =A0He breaks down
>> into a minivan for hauling. =A0He is beginning to come apart here and
>> there and would require a lot of work to re-enlist into service. =A0But
>> I can't let him go yet.
>>
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>> 2009/7/29 Mathieu René <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>:
>> > =A0 Last year I tried the heat shaping of fun foam onto wooden balls, and it
>> > =A0 worked well, providing one works fast, forces the wrinkles away from the
>> > =A0 main shape, and holds steady all around the base of the sphere. A jig would
>> > =A0 have helped.
>> >
>> >
>> > =A0 I love using glass marbles, necklace beads made of semi-precious stones,
>> > =A0 ping pong balls, other plastic balls, and sometimes I use plastic grapes.
>> >
>> > =A0 Wooden balls are more work because they usually need to be painted, but hey,
>> > =A0 paint grabs onto them without any problem, so we get total control.
>> >
>> > =A0 Sometimes all a creature needs are shiny, round-headed finishing nails to
>> > =A0 make the eyes.
>> >
>> > =A0 Sometimes the absence of eyes is a good idea, if the eye sockets are well
>> > =A0 defined.
>> >
>>
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