Hours, hours, and more hours!

I haven't wrote on the blog for awhile because I've been at my job doing a lot of hours! I'm looking forwards to starting the rubber latex for the cyclops tomorrow! I can't wait to get him into a magic sculpt head! It's always exciting to see how a sculpted head turns out in the end!

Bored!!!

Not much work done today; in fact did nothing at all. Esmerelda arrived safely and the customer was satisfied though!! Makes for a good day! I did order the more magic sculpt to make the new puppets I've been working on! I'm going to make the cyclops, a vampire, werewolf, a girl zombie, a ghost lady, pin head, and maybe Jason Vorhee's as a kid with the white hockey mask on, and try the possessed lady from the conjuring! The last two is maybe's! I'm going to try and get them all out by October 1st if things go well!

Cyclops hands!

Well you know me; I'm like a little kid with a new toy when I get an idea! I couldn't wait so I made the hands for the cyclops! If I had the days I would start the rubber latex on them but I better wait until next Sunday so I have 3 full days off to do the molds right!!! It's just so tempting to start it now!!!

Cyclops!

I will be finishing up on the details of the cyclops the next few days since I finally got home from the hospital today with my wife! I will start the molding process next Sunday when I can work on it for 3 days straight and probably have it done  by the 2nd week in September!! I'm excited to get it started soon now! Also I'm gonna do a zombie one as well for halloween!

4 to go!

My original plan was to get rid of all the puppets I had in inventory so I could start on the next line of puppets! There is still 4 more puppets to sell at the sale price of $250 by the end of this month so I can get out the halloween ones! At the end of this month (september1st) the remainder puppets will go back up to $300 with the new puppets coming out!

Esmerelda is shipped!

I finally got her done and in the mail to her new owner!!

Esmerelda

I have wonderful news for the owner of Esmerelda; I will probably be mailing her out to you today if things keeps going well! I posted many pictures of her eyes going left to right and self centering! Also her eye brows lifting for you! I just have to fix the eye brows so they down lift so high or they will get caught in her wig! I have to finish making her arms and legs and get them on the body after her paint job and while the sealer is drying on the paint and she will be done! Thanks again so much for you patience while I took care of my wife while she was sick! Your an awesome customer sir!

Back to the ER again. :(

Well my wife has been sick for a week with fevers and pain.. We have been to the ER everyday for shots to ease the pain.. Today she started throwing up so we are back to the emergency room that seems to not be doing anything but giving out shots like crazy! It's time to quit relieving the pain and start finding the solution of what's causing the pain and cure that so the pain goes away permanently! Between work and the ER I can't seem to get anything done!!   ;(

I found the problem for mechanical problems!

I worked all day on trying to fix the eyes on Esmerelda and I FINALLY founded the problem after making 3 sets of eyes for her! Lol!! I feel like I just won the lottery I'm so happy!!!!!!  If it does fix her I will paint her tomorrow and get her mailed out very soon to her new owner that has been awesomely awaiting patiently!!  I have never had this kind of problem ever with making a puppet! Glad I figured out the problem so she can get done!

On break at work

I haven't wrote in a few days because yesterday and today I have put in a lot of hours at work... Tomorrow is the same way; lots of hours (about 12 1/2 hours a day).. Sunday I will get busy on the puppets again

One down 4 to go!

I still have 4 more puppets for the inventory clear out sale! The bold old man puppet sold so I still have Sammy, the blue super hero, the brainy red villain, and Freddy Kruger! If the person from the haunted house orders the zombie puppet I have to get busy on him as well!

Hospital-hospital-post office!!

Today is going to be a hospital kind of day! I have to take my dad for eye surgery today. Then my wife is sick with a fever of 103 degrees since yesterday, so if she isn't feeling better after I get home she gets to go to the hospital! I also sold the bold old man puppet so if there is still time I have to package him up and take home to the post office to go to his new home! Busy busy day!!!

Inner mechanical difficulties

I had most of the work done on Esmerelda puppet and i thought for sure I was going to magic sculpt in and paint her later yesterday evening but the eyes wouldn't move!!!  I thought at first that it was the inner part of the eye sockets so I sanded them more and it still wouldn't work! Eventually I decided that it was the springs on the back of the eyes that had moved when the magic sculpt was drying and was preventing the eyes from moving properly so today I'm making a new set of eyes for Esmerelda! I really wanted to get her mailed out today.  ;(

Eyebrows!

Esmerelda's eyebrows are drying and the eyes are drying so they will be ready to magic sculpt in either really late tonight or early in the morning! I'm getting ready to fill the molds for her hands so I can take them out in the morning ad sand them as well and get them ready for painting! I'm thinking if things keep going well she will be mailed Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest! Things are moving right along!

Finally getting to work on puppets!

The last week at work I had to put in a lot of hours so I haven't been able to work on the puppets but I'm off for three days now so it's time to work and get done all I can! I'm setting a goal to finish the Esmerelda puppet for the customer that already bought her. Sorry it is taking so long. Hopefully I will be able to write and tell you she is being mailed tomorrow or Tuesday! I'm going to put all concentration on her the next 3 days until she is done!

2 down 5 to go!

I have now sold Esmerelda and now Slappy jr so 5 more puppets to sell this month before I start making more puppets! Kind of excited the puppets are selling but sad to see them go! It's weird I know! Hahaha

No work done today

I was stuck at work all day today so I wasn't able to work on the puppets at all today!  The bad thing is that it's 3am and I have to be back to work in a couple hours for 12 straight moe hours and I have to get slappy mailed out before work in 5 hours! Thanks to the buyer of him!

The new wig

The wig for Esmerelda fits like a glove! I hope the new owner likes! Now I got to rush off to work!

Another update on Ezmerelda!

I got the body cut and most the way put together, now I have to cut the hole in the top for the head to sit down into! Also I got the wig in the mail today! I will post pictures of her with her wig later on when I go get the wig to make sure it fits!

New puppets!

As everyone knows; I'm doing an inventory clear out sale with the puppets I have built so I can get some new puppets made and on eBay! Here is one of the puppets! He's a cyclops that I have no name for so I'm just calling cyclops or I'm thinking Clyde the clops! He's definitely a work in progress! I still have to sculpt some wrinkles in his forehead and some wrinkles on each side of his eye (crows feet) and some wrinkles on each side of his mouth! I'll majorly start working on this project after I complete Esmerelda and have her in the mail to her new owner!

More progress

The top picture shows where I have the eyebrows ready to put on and where I have the holes for the iris's after the eye balls are painted! The mouth stays open because the spring is not in to pull it shut! After supper I will build the body and put the cotton padding on it and the cloth then start with making the hands from a mold I made which I can start the sanding on them before work tomorrow. I'm looking to get the wig in the mail this week and her clothes made so she will be done this week and mailed to her new owner if all goes well! The bottom picture shows the inner mechanics that's loosely sat in there until it gets magic sculpt tonight to hold it all together then connected to the hand stick (which I still need to cut out and magic sculpt to the head before connecting it all!

Esmerelda

Just keeping you updated on the progress of the Esmerelda puppet! I wasn't able to work on her yesterday because my aunt had surgery over an hour and a half for breast cancer to have it removed yesterday and so far it's going well. Today I worked on Esmerelda and have her eyes cut, the platform board cut and eyes on it; the mouth is magic sculpted in and I'm getting ready to start on the eyebrows that the buyer wanted on her! After that I have another quick sanding then to the painting table for her as the eyebrows made of magic sculpt dries! After the first paint job I will start her wooden body! A lot of progress done today!!! Of course I still have to cut out the holes for the Iris and the spring to make them self centering then I'm done for the day!

Reminder!

I am having an inventory close out sale and all the puppets are $250 plus shipping on eBay right now! Once they are gone I probably won't repost any of them for awhile because I'm making new puppets to post on eBay! Get them while they last because after this month you probably won't see them again until maybe next year or later!

A puppet gone!

One puppet down and sold, now six to go! Yesterday Esmerelda the gypsy puppet sold! Thank you to the buyer of her!!! I'm in the process of fitting her eyes, making the raising eyebrows, and fitting her mouth! She won't take long but I will keep you posted on her progress! Also I got a request to make a zombie puppet! I have been waiting for a request like this; I'm very excited about it! I will keep everyone posted when I start it and the progress as I go along on it as well!