File puptcrit/puptcrit.0907, message 47


Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 13:05:39 -0400
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
From: J JONES <jontytheghoul-AT-btopenworld.com>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] puptcrit Digest, Vol 57, Issue 7


Lol thanks guys. He's to be part of a DVD book i hope to work on 
soon. I have to build myself a better PC & buy a better digital video 
camera too first though. He & his counterpart are more to 
demonstrate=A0some simple but complicated looking=A0mechanical principles 
that can be incorperated into paper mache without using actual solid 
metal mechanics, or any 'real' mechanics to speak of. I have many 
other 'mech' like things in the works & planned too of course but i 
thought you guys might want to see him & the other one when i started 
them.

Boney 'D (demon) will eventually have moving lower arms & opening 
closing hands too. I might depending on weight factor which is at the 
moment minimal add some unfurling/collapsing boney wings too not sure 
on that bit yet. As i say that will depend on the weight when the 
intial puppet it completed. Luckily i make my projects as near to 90% 
hollow where i can as a deleiberate construction method. A LOT of my 
work or the 'hollow' results are created using various balloons which 
i strip over then cut & re-form the shapes of during the armature 
stages. I read somewhere that balloons have no pratical uses in paper 
mache other than making simple piggy banks etc. I find the truth of 
that to be the opposite myself.

I have often had people come to our house & see my works & say, " I 
bet a lot of wire mesh & wood went into that?". The looks on their 
faces when i tell them no wire or wood just balloons & a few tubes & 
card, nothing more is just priceless.

He won't be 'dressed' in anyway as i want the illusion of all his 
bones showing but the way i am constructing him ALL his control 
strings will be hidden within the actual skeleton form, literally 
inside him. He's designed to be shown from the waste up within a 
raised stage setting but any semi-skilled puppeteer could make up for 
the lack of lower body during a performance with him because of the 
range of movements he will finally have=A0lol.

To get a better understanding of how i work heres a list of my many 
videos on YouTube. The idea behind these videos is that people can 
modify what i do into ways THEY can use them:


MAKE A PAPER MACHE HAND VIDEO'S:
PART 1:
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qORY8PnSVc0>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qORY8PnSVc0
PART 2:
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2f249uDmF3I>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2f249uDmF3I
PART 3:
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KjaBoBvE8Ik>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KjaBoBvE8Ik
PART 4:
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PQMyRzq4GIk>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PQMyRzq4GIk
PART 5:
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8Md-xz1gdww>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8Md-xz1gdww
PART 6:
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=COa83_dpowU>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=COa83_dpowU
PART 7:
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds45gxcJu7g>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds45gxcJu7g
PART 8 FINAL PART:
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dWGBSPNM0rc>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dWGBSPNM0rc
PART 9: THE REVEAL
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2vZo4jBzfY>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2vZo4jBzfY

MECHANICAL FISH:
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5wTiZG1nq5g>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5wTiZG1nq5g

MAKING A WALL MOUNTED GRIM REAPER SLIDE SHOW:
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=b33Gl-X_ERQ>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=b33Gl-X_ERQ

MAKING A CRAGGY ROCK FORMATION:
PART 1:
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HdeDqo1OB3Q>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HdeDqo1OB3Q
PART 2:
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=v2q9Nbo33Tw>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=v2q9Nbo33Tw
PART 3:
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1o4aI6VW1k>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1o4aI6VW1k
PART #4A
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eN019xCvvgA>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eN019xCvvgA

A QUICK DRAGON HEAD ARMATURE:
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TBer_8DmaHU>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TBer_8DmaHU

DRAGON CANDLE SCONCE:
PART 1:
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ksjGvEjGx4o>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ksjGvEjGx4o
PART 2:
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlz0EObo0HA>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlz0EObo0HA

MAKING A HUMAN SKULL:
PART 1:
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FaLwmHY3gMY>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FaLwmHY3gMY
PART 2:
<http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jS-i-jR3wEA>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jS-i-jR3wEA

GNARLY OLD TREE:
Part 1:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gs3paYDijs>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gs3paYDijs
Part 2:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE_jN0rb9-g>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE_jN0rb9-g
Part 3: FINA PART
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIopXgvtbzo>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIopXgvtbzo
Part 4: THE REVEAL
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a92ScyUq0WU>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a92ScyUq0WU

TORTOISE MONEY BANK:
Part 1:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GIWCbkpll0>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GIWCbkpll0
Part 2:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsZ4u3WgQ4g>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsZ4u3WgQ4g
Part 3:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDBQGPDfciI>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDBQGPDfciI
Part 4:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9zjQ3h5l2I>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9zjQ3h5l2I
Part 5:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9zjQ3h5l2I>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9zjQ3h5l2I
Part 6: FINAL PART
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo6qOeSmPbU>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo6qOeSmPbU
Part 7: UNSEEN FOOTAGE
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ho5knqBFUY>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ho5knqBFUY

MAKING DRAGON SKIN:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFhUEVQDs1M>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFhUEVQDs1M

A QUICK VASE:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO2Ryg3WpVM>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO2Ryg3WpVM

A QUICK GOBLET:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYCiQWrubzI>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYCiQWrubzI

A QUICK WING:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8LgHdzYqRY>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8LgHdzYqRY

MULTI PURPOSE BALL & SOCKET JOINT:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myJh2Zc9tnk>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myJh2Zc9tnk

DEMON & ANGEL SCULPTURE
PART #1:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojoC12PSDxY>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojoC12PSDxY
PART #2:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdWqa3uYNKc>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdWqa3uYNKc
PART #3:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bIPL9kJoiA>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bIPL9kJoiA

5 MINUTE QUICKIE #1:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-My6xhHB2c>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-My6xhHB2c
5 MINUTE QUICKIE #2:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iG1cPJI7Xk>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iG1cPJI7Xk
5 MINUTE QUICKIE #3:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg4GlqpsFF0>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg4GlqpsFF0
5 MINUTE QUICKIE #4:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXywmhnBCpI>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXywmhnBCpI

MAKING PLASTIC:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlYTaI4u4N4>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlYTaI4u4N4

MAKING A PUPPET (BONEY 'D)
PREVIEW PART :#1
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-4nZIxmglE>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-4nZIxmglE

If you guys want to keep up with my progress i will happily post 
links in the future as i go but his real secrets won't be revealed as 
such lol. I have a few idea's for simple mech based 3D backdrop/scene 
that can be changed instantly turning one set of building into others 
for a street or town scene say. basically buildings & other things 
trees etc could be altered for a new scene using the same backdrops 
lol. More on that another time. I don't have room to start that yet 
even though it would only be a small demo model a few feet across lol.



J Jones.

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