Puppets

Finally a pet for the kids that the parents don't have to clean up after!

Dragon épaule sur mesure fabriqué sur commande par MakoslaCreations

My significant other was recently given one of these Woodbaby shoulder puppets by a friend of hers who frequents renaissance faires, where the Woodbaby is a popular commodity. The puppet features a strong magnet in its base that mates with a curved metal "shoulder plate" that goes under your clothing and keeps the figure firmly perched on your shoulder. The mechanical control cable (which, per this thread discussing a DIY version, are R/C airplane control surface push-rods) runs to a simple...

While JD and I were visiting his relatives last week, I mentioned to my sister-in-law, R (JD's brother's wife), that I'd been thinking about making a stuffed toy dragon. R thought this sounded like a fun idea and offered me the use of her sewing machine and stash of fabric scraps. I drafted a…

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Interior workings for a cable controlled tentacle. The handle in the foreground actuates the mechanism in a full 360 degrees movement. A latex skin covers this to complete the effect.

Needle Felted Black Wyvern by tallydragon

DIY Woodbaby. I was going to get one of these at the Renn Fest last summer, but they're a bit pricey.

or how to make a Cable Puppet part 3 I liked the other bird puppet so much that I decided to make one with moveable wings. At first I ...

DIY Woodbaby. I was going to get one of these at the Renn Fest last summer, but they're a bit pricey.

The next few steps of my Fawkes build... Step 7 Nailing down the puppet mechanism So, the puppet mechanism was where things started to get complicated. My initial trials showed that whilst the push/pull of brake cable translates easily, the twisting action is soon lost, requiring multiple turns of the control end and resulting in jerky, inconsistent movements at the puppet end. I did some more research and learned that the control rods used in model aircraft are favoured by builders of these...