Dragon Puppet Pt 4 - Finishing Touches!
Hey Reader!
There are so many projects finishing lately. I have been really busy and need to start up some new stuff very soon. I have a few ideas up my sleeve. I have been pretty blocked with new crafting projects that speak to me, but I have a new puppet project I want to tackle and another quilt. I really need a whole room to store all my various crafting projects. Then I would probably want to separate that by craft. Really I need a craft house.
House hunting aside, it is time to wrap up construction on the dragon puppet! This project has been fraught with issues, but its finally time to get it complete.
As you can see, sewing the body together was pretty simple. The head was tough but the body was really just a rectangle of fabric that I tapered into a small tail. I will need to fill this puppet's insides with fluff to really make sure the body looks like it has some weight to it.
The solid color wasn't working for me - and not just because it isn't green like I wanted. I need more variation in color to sell it as a living thing. That's where sharpies come in handy!
Using short strokes with a dark blue sharpie I began coloring the fur. Already this little puppet is looking more real. Again, as real as a blue furry dragon can ever hope to look. This reminds me of the Target dog's little spot around his eye. I remember thinking it must have been so hard to find a dog with that coloration as a kid. I was very intelligent.
It only took several long monotonous hours to really color this fur the way I wanted it to look. This is when I realized I had inadvertently made Sully from Monster's Inc. You know, if he were a dragon and were blue on blue instead of blue on purple. I guess they are really just similar. Point is, it was not my intention to make Sully. Frustration.
It is far too late in the game to turn back now. It might not be green, it might not look like a cat head, it might bare a strong resemblance to some of the most protected IP in the world, but I had to power through. All that was left to do is make the shirt for me to wear. I found a hoodie in a cheap big box store that rhymes with "fall mart." It was way harder to find a hoodie than I thought, but it wasn't exactly cold out at the time. I bought a pool noodle - again its not cold - and thought I would use that for my fake arms.
I sewed the sleeves together inside the front pocket. I cut the shoulders open on either side and fed the noodle through (after putting in a few notches to simulate elbow joints). One thing I hadn't anticipated was how incredibly hot the whole set up was. I say "one thing" as if it was the only major problem here. Stay positive!
I think this puppet came out pretty awesome. It was my first attempt at a full body puppet. While I hit many snags along the way, the finished product is cool looking, and I got a pin for "damn good cosplay" at the convention I was going to. That is a win in my book.
You shoudl try making things. Even if it doesn't go according to plan, you still learned stuff and can improve for next time. My next shoulder dragon is going to be constructed very differently from the lessons learned here!
Keep making cool stuff!
Until next time,
JoshPrime
There are so many projects finishing lately. I have been really busy and need to start up some new stuff very soon. I have a few ideas up my sleeve. I have been pretty blocked with new crafting projects that speak to me, but I have a new puppet project I want to tackle and another quilt. I really need a whole room to store all my various crafting projects. Then I would probably want to separate that by craft. Really I need a craft house. House hunting aside, it is time to wrap up construction on the dragon puppet! This project has been fraught with issues, but its finally time to get it complete.
As you can see, sewing the body together was pretty simple. The head was tough but the body was really just a rectangle of fabric that I tapered into a small tail. I will need to fill this puppet's insides with fluff to really make sure the body looks like it has some weight to it.
The solid color wasn't working for me - and not just because it isn't green like I wanted. I need more variation in color to sell it as a living thing. That's where sharpies come in handy!
Using short strokes with a dark blue sharpie I began coloring the fur. Already this little puppet is looking more real. Again, as real as a blue furry dragon can ever hope to look. This reminds me of the Target dog's little spot around his eye. I remember thinking it must have been so hard to find a dog with that coloration as a kid. I was very intelligent.It only took several long monotonous hours to really color this fur the way I wanted it to look. This is when I realized I had inadvertently made Sully from Monster's Inc. You know, if he were a dragon and were blue on blue instead of blue on purple. I guess they are really just similar. Point is, it was not my intention to make Sully. Frustration.
It is far too late in the game to turn back now. It might not be green, it might not look like a cat head, it might bare a strong resemblance to some of the most protected IP in the world, but I had to power through. All that was left to do is make the shirt for me to wear. I found a hoodie in a cheap big box store that rhymes with "fall mart." It was way harder to find a hoodie than I thought, but it wasn't exactly cold out at the time. I bought a pool noodle - again its not cold - and thought I would use that for my fake arms. I sewed the sleeves together inside the front pocket. I cut the shoulders open on either side and fed the noodle through (after putting in a few notches to simulate elbow joints). One thing I hadn't anticipated was how incredibly hot the whole set up was. I say "one thing" as if it was the only major problem here. Stay positive!
I think this puppet came out pretty awesome. It was my first attempt at a full body puppet. While I hit many snags along the way, the finished product is cool looking, and I got a pin for "damn good cosplay" at the convention I was going to. That is a win in my book.
You shoudl try making things. Even if it doesn't go according to plan, you still learned stuff and can improve for next time. My next shoulder dragon is going to be constructed very differently from the lessons learned here!
Keep making cool stuff!
Until next time,
JoshPrime
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