Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:07:46 -0800
Subject: Re: PUPT: Riding a pig body puppet


Real pig skin?  Doesn't stretch much!  It's also heavy.

Foam construction inside with a molded, foamed latex skin outside.

Animatronics done with larger servos (like 105's).

-jim


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> From: "The Mask (& Puppet) Studio" <dhell-AT-ozemail.com.au>
> Reply-To: puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:21:26 +1000
> To: puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> Subject: PUPT: Riding a pig body puppet
> 
> While I fear this is outside my construction skills I'm keen
> to tackle the project...
> 
> I have been asked to make a large pig puppet that two
> people ride such that their legs become the pig's feet. This
> is a variation of the two men in a horse...the difference
> being that the performers are exposed as riders from the
> waist up. With various devices(false legs, a hole for each
> performer, etc) the body is pretty straightforward and the
> head, as such, is a common everyday garden variety
> sculpting job. But they want to have a head that turns,rises
> & falls, opens its mouth and maybe(!) blinks its eyes.
> While such options can be expressed through vent figure
> techniques I'm having trouble working out how I can join
> the head to the body so that  I can get the movement I
> want.
> 
> I'm thinking that perhaps I can put a bridle and reins on the
> pig for the head control, utilize gravity weighted eyes that
> open and close  and leave out the moving mouth option
> (with a bit in place that makes sense).
> 
> A ball and socket join would carry this head  but surely
> there is a form of cable -- like a coaxial cable -- that is
> strong enough, and flexible enough to allow the head to be
> moved  with a bit of tension on the reins.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Dave Riley<-    -    -    -   -    -    -    -   -   ->
> Puppet Intervention
> PO Box 103 Northgate 4013
> Brisbane AUSTRALIA
> dhell-AT-ozemail.com.au
> http://www.ozemail.com.au/~dhell/intervention.htm
> Ph: (07) 3266 4281
> 
> 
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