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Published: 2008-07-27 12:01:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 8477; Favourites: 231; Downloads: 151
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one of the puppet commissions for the frouds used in a film to be shown at faerycon/faeryworlds later this year.head sculpted and cast in a flexifoam, body and costume fabricated using a variety of different materials. painted using a flexible acrylic mix and fured.
Video of Ignatz and Fumbar in action can be found here: [link]
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i really like this puppet it reminds of something jim henson might of made if he wasn't taken so soonΒ
R.I.P Jim
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can you make this in a pose-able doll? i would love to own it.Β
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Wow, brilliant! Simply love frouds style.
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You got to work for the Frouds??? *insert jealous mind-splosion* 
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i'd love to see how something like this is done from start to finish. I've found myself rather fascinated by puppet building and fabrication but have had very minimal luck with finding good classes or tutorials, other than the workshop i took with Wendy of course xD (She definitely instigated this love of mine haha)
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Ah, flexifoam... that answers my previous question. Very cool!
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Oh my God, I want one of these, but as a plush, not a puppet. O_O
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Thank you for all your lovely commnets. His head was sculpted in clay and cast in a fast cast resin. he was then painted using acrylic washes. his body was fabricated out of various foams, plastizoite and fabrics. He's called Fumbar and yes his ears do wiggle, they have weights in to help them bounce. i do enjoy a good wiggly ear
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Do his ears wiggle? I've always dreamed of making this sort of thing. I draw all my drawings imagining them as puppets.
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This amazing piece has been featured! [link]
Kyla
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Love it! Instant favourite. What kind of puppet is it, marrionette?
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Interesting design. What is a mixture of flexible acrylic ?
Muy interesante la popuesta. ¿Que es una mezcla de crìlico flexible?
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This is incredible, I make puppets too..not like this maybe one day though I hope
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I usually don't like puppets, but this is so cool.
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This is defiantly a work of art. It's rather sad that the art of puppet making for movies has gave way to computer animation. It's nice to see that there are still a few films out there that still use puppets.
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This is awesome, can't believe so few people have said anything about it yet. i want to learn how to make latex foam puppets. is he a stop motion puppet? anyway this is great!
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thanks, no he's not for stop motion he's a hand puppet. there are some good books on the market for stop motion puppetry just have a look on amazon. and for aminitures this is quite a useful site - [link]
foam and latex are pretty easy to use eg make a plaster mould of your object fill with latex leave for a couple of hours depending on the thickness you desire it to be then tip out the excess latex. use a 2 part foam like a nice j-foam, paint a thin layer of part b (the smaller usually darker fluid) into the latex skinned mould (this allows the foam to bind to the latex)then mix up the foam mix quickly pour into the mould swish around to ensure it binds to the sides then wait til it starts to foam and quickly cover over the pour hole to keep the foam under a bit of pressure then slowly release.
foamlatex is a bit more hit and miss, and the process is slightly different.
there are also quite a few nice foams with latex like skins on the market not sure where you'd get these from in america but i know compleat sculptor and bentley's are based over there and i would think deliver.
best thing to learn is just just have a go. good luck Liz.
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