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bvanhorn β Puppet C'thulhu Rises from the sea
Published: 2012-07-19 17:30:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 2368; Favourites: 54; Downloads: 13
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He is finally awake! Run for your lives mortals! He hungers!Finally got the marionette strung. I am insanely happy with this puppet.
I used monofilament for the tentacles. They are on a mobile like apparatus, so any movement causes them to randomly whip around. I aboid touching the monofilament because it cuts the fingers.
I used .5 mm satin string for the rest of the puppet. It feels good on the fingers.
It is carved from basswood with the exception of the skinny parts, which are poplar (for strength). The torso and head are hollow, the head holds the battery for the LED eyes.
He glows in the dark. He was painted with artist's acrylics with my airbrush.
The wings are pigskin. They flap. I'm stoked. 'nuff said.
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He is so incredible, you must get a video of him in action for us!!
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Thanks. I'm practicing and the only two things I can get him to do smoothly right now is sing and walk. The arms and wings are coming along slowly. Once that is done, I'll try posting a video or link it to youtube.
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AHHH itΒ΄s finally aliive!!!!! *___*
Omg, I shall run for my life, but I canΒ΄t becuase that marionette is way too awesome for being avoided.
ThatΒ΄s cool how you combined the monofilaments and satin-strings. Really nifty.
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Thanks.
I'm going to have SO much fun with this one. Can't wait to finish the other actors for the show....
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Wohooo. Will you do a video of the show and post it on You-Tube? I really want to see them in action. :3
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At the rate that I carve, it will be a couple of years. But yes, it will be on youtube. I'm going to try to get this one up on youtube once the movements are smooth.
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That would be nice if youΒ΄ll post the vid. ^^
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Thank you very much. He was so much fun to create.
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AMAZING! So many points of movement~
I would love to see this guy all lit up in the dark. β₯
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Thanks. The cool part is that the tentacles move randomly when I bounce the tentacle mobile. I can control individual tentacles, but I try to avoid the monofilament with my fingers.
As soon as I finish the other actors in Professor C'thulhu's Old Tyme Theater it may be a possibility to see him in action.
Trying to find the black light that I know I have. Then I'll get a better picture of him glowing.
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Oh wow! What a great idea, and even better execution!
Neato, I'll check them out then~ β»
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