Ezmerelda

This puppet has been giving me trouble with her eyes since I started them. At first they didn't was to move at all so I chiseled away and got them moving then I worked on them before work and now after and I finally came up with a new system that I think is fool proof and I'm going to use it with every puppet!!!  Even though she has the springs in the back of the eyes I added extra springs to make sure they don't stick and both eyes self center!

Sammy had a stroke!!! What!!!

I had everything ready for paint last night and I noticed that Sammy's mouth opened to the left like he had a stroke!!! I recut his mouth back out and fixed that immediately! I'm not sure why I didn't notice it before! His update for today is I had to let the magic sculpt dry for his mouth again and I put the inner mechanics in and the hand control stick! I got called into work for tomorrow but I'm gonna wake up and sand more and if everything works perfect then I can start the painting process before work and Thursday! I'm still shooting to get him out this week if luck is on my side. Esmerelda is being difficult though so she might be the beginning of next week at the latest.

Almost done!

The two puppets that go to the good Dr is almost finished! I had to do a little most magic sculpt work and now I'm waiting for it to dry; then sand, and then they go to the painting tables!

Slappy jr mold is dead!

No one order a slappy jr puppet for about a month please!!!   I have to make another rubber latex mold for him as we can see by the picture it literately ripped to pieces as I was taking the head out of the mold!!

The progress for the Dr's puppets!

I filled the hole around the mouth of Sammy and put his eyebrows on him today! The weather wasn't doing its job and drying the magic sculpt quickly so I have to wait for it to dry before I go moving it all around and mess it up. Later this evening I'm going to build the 2 bodies and probably build the arms and legs and put them on. I took the hands out if the molds today so I had to fill the holes with magic sculpt. Just waiting for the magic sculpt to dry on them too so I can sand! Both puppets will be done next week and mailed to the good Dr! Doc if you got any questions please feel free to call my cell phone 816-898-6690. If I don't answer I'm either at my full time job and can't answer and will call you back on my break; or running a very loud sander but please leave a message and I will get back with you ASAP!

Swelling up!!

I think I'm allergic to magic sculpt!! Not a good thing since that's what I use to make the puppets heads, hands and soon the feet! Every time I use a lot of it at once I start swelling up! Last year when I was making all the new puppets my eyes swoll up and almost shut! I do have medicine I take before, during and after but sometimes my eyes still swell up!

The progress on the Dr's puppets!

I got the sanding done and started the inner mechanics! I got the eyes put in on both puppets, with Sammy I also got the mouth put on and the brass rod on the inside of the head! The magic sculpt is still drying on Ezmerelda is why I'm not as far on her. The picture shows the progress for the face in the top photo; and the bottom photo shows the inner mechanics for Sammy! There is still a lot of work to do but it's moving right along so far!