Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:14:26 -0400 From: Hobey Ford <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puppet Eyes Thank you. It has to be one of the funnest projects I ever got involved with. When I was approached and saw the money wasn't great, I did it under the conditions that I keep the puppet when the production was over. It paid for it self in ways money never could. It was so satisfying to create a huge puppet and then not be in the show but get to watch the show. Then the many chapters that followed each was so different than what I normally get to do. It was very gratifying. On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Mary Horsley<mphorsley-AT-verizon.net> wrote: > Ditto the thought.....Hobie! The dragon is superb. > > > Mary Horsley > mphorsley-AT-verizon.net > > > > On Jul 31, 2009, at 11:48 AM, William Hennes wrote: > >> Hobey! =A0Hobey! >> That dragon is soooo AWESOME! =A0I am sitting here wrestling with >> artist envy >> right now. >> >> Best, >> >> William >> >> >> >> >>> 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. >>> He >>> 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. >>> >>> [ Attachments: >>> >>> http://lists.puptcrit.org/pipermail/puptcritattach/attachments/20090730/10bdca43/attachment.jpg >>> >>> >>> http://lists.puptcrit.org/pipermail/puptcritattach/attachments/20090730/10bdca43/attachment-0001.jpg >>> >>> >>> http://lists.puptcrit.org/pipermail/puptcritattach/attachments/20090730/10bdca43/attachment-0002.jpg >>> ] >>> >>> >>> 2009/7/29 Mathieu René <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>: >>>> =A0Last year I tried the heat shaping of fun foam onto wooden balls, >>>> and >>>> it >>>> =A0worked well, providing one works fast, forces the wrinkles away >>>> from >>>> the >>>> =A0main shape, and holds steady all around the base of the sphere. A >>>> jig >>>> would >>>> =A0have helped. >>>> >>>> >>>> =A0I love using glass marbles, necklace beads made of semi-precious >>>> stones, >>>> =A0ping pong balls, other plastic balls, and sometimes I use plastic >>>> grapes. >>>> >>>> =A0Wooden balls are more work because they usually need to be painted, >>>> but hey, >>>> =A0paint grabs onto them without any problem, so we get total control. >>>> >>>> =A0Sometimes all a creature needs are shiny, round-headed finishing >>>> nails >>>> to >>>> =A0make the eyes. >>>> >>>> =A0Sometimes the absence of eyes is a good idea, if the eye sockets >>>> are >>>> well >>>> =A0defined. >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >>> Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >>> Archives: http://www.driftline.org >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Bing=99 brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. >> Try it >> now. >> http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MLOGEN&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TXT_MLOGEN_Local_Local_Restaurants_1x1 >> _______________________________________________ >> List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >> Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >> Archives: http://www.driftline.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >> Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >> Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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