Crafty Tuesday: The Wind-Up
Jul. 19th, 2011 07:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
puppetmakerSo yesterday I went through my supplies and, much to my astonishment, am out of the pink fleece that I use for many puppets. I found a bunch of other fabrics I am using for other projects but not the basic puppet fleece that I have been using for years. Now I am concerned that since I need it, I won’t be able to find it which would not make me very happy.
It is off to the cloth store today for that and some cheap fabric to make a mock-up of the X-Men uniform so I can create the pattern for the final version.
I did find that lost roll of foam that I couldn’t find last time so I am good on foam for this round of puppet building.
This week is going to be a bit tricky because Peter is off to San Diego as of tomorrow so I become the sole parent. Also Wednesday we have tickets for the Marvel screening of “Captain America” that will take up a chunk of the day as well.
But I hope to get puppet bodies done, the rocket pack for Granny, redone hands on Nicky, and a few other repairs and clean-ups done on a couple of pieces before jumping head first into the next phase of the big project.
I did find a can of adhesive so I think I am good to go on that.
I haven’t checked the eye-ball box but I think I have what I need for the Firefly puppets. I do need a little more hot glue.
Hair is sorted out. I am trying to find some doll wigs that will fit the puppets that aren’t made for newborning baby dolls. I may have found them. I did find the Sarah Jane wig again.
Assembling the pieces that I need can almost be as time consuming as doing the actual project. Especially when I know I have to find one piece to complete the project which will be at a dead halt until I do so. My mind is more comfortable knowing I have everything I need so I can just start and go forward.
Going over the list of what I want to do, I have a majority of what I need. It is now to those fiddling bits that seem to take the longest to find.
I also need to remind myself to take pictures of the process since I tend to work through things and then go “Ya know I really should have taken a shot of that.”
So I leave you with a shot taken by Chad Smith during our rendition of “It’s Ok to be Takei” from Shoreleave 2011
(For the VI: on the left hand side of the photo is Meg dressed in black with a round hat on her head. In motion (so he’s rather blurred) is Nicky the puppet. He has green skin, an orange nose, black hair and is wearing a Star Trek red shirt. Meg’s right hand is in his right hand. My hands are in his head and his left hand. I am standing in the middle wearing a black cap with a red choir robe with black trim which approximated the first costume we see Q in if you squint. To the right of me is Rod the puppets. He has blue skin, a green nose, white hair, blue antenna and is wearing a blue shirt. He is a hand and rod puppet. To the far right is Ariel in black with a round black cap on her head.)
I am grateful for what I found yesterday.
It is off to the cloth store today for that and some cheap fabric to make a mock-up of the X-Men uniform so I can create the pattern for the final version.
I did find that lost roll of foam that I couldn’t find last time so I am good on foam for this round of puppet building.
This week is going to be a bit tricky because Peter is off to San Diego as of tomorrow so I become the sole parent. Also Wednesday we have tickets for the Marvel screening of “Captain America” that will take up a chunk of the day as well.
But I hope to get puppet bodies done, the rocket pack for Granny, redone hands on Nicky, and a few other repairs and clean-ups done on a couple of pieces before jumping head first into the next phase of the big project.
I did find a can of adhesive so I think I am good to go on that.
I haven’t checked the eye-ball box but I think I have what I need for the Firefly puppets. I do need a little more hot glue.
Hair is sorted out. I am trying to find some doll wigs that will fit the puppets that aren’t made for newborning baby dolls. I may have found them. I did find the Sarah Jane wig again.
Assembling the pieces that I need can almost be as time consuming as doing the actual project. Especially when I know I have to find one piece to complete the project which will be at a dead halt until I do so. My mind is more comfortable knowing I have everything I need so I can just start and go forward.
Going over the list of what I want to do, I have a majority of what I need. It is now to those fiddling bits that seem to take the longest to find.
I also need to remind myself to take pictures of the process since I tend to work through things and then go “Ya know I really should have taken a shot of that.”
So I leave you with a shot taken by Chad Smith during our rendition of “It’s Ok to be Takei” from Shoreleave 2011
(For the VI: on the left hand side of the photo is Meg dressed in black with a round hat on her head. In motion (so he’s rather blurred) is Nicky the puppet. He has green skin, an orange nose, black hair and is wearing a Star Trek red shirt. Meg’s right hand is in his right hand. My hands are in his head and his left hand. I am standing in the middle wearing a black cap with a red choir robe with black trim which approximated the first costume we see Q in if you squint. To the right of me is Rod the puppets. He has blue skin, a green nose, white hair, blue antenna and is wearing a blue shirt. He is a hand and rod puppet. To the far right is Ariel in black with a round black cap on her head.)
I am grateful for what I found yesterday.
