After much procrastination I finally finished v2 of my Kermit replica! Made with F3 fleece from Weird Kid Store (Which they dyed for me). As with my V1 Kermit, I primarily used ECL's threads on the Replica Prop Forums as guidance for how to handle my build, though I did do a few things differently (Like adding a lining to the head of my Kermit, and using foam dowels to stuff his arms and legs).
I took my Kermit outside for some sunshine and ambiance... which I slightly regretted because I forgot mosquito's exist, and they were far more attracted to me than they were Kermit. But at least Kermit got to enjoy himself!
(I would've taken more pics of Kermit by the water but I was terrified he was gonna flop in... I did not want to have to experience trying to get pond water out of foam and fleece).
This mini-me commission for a local drag king has finally been finished and his commissioner just came and picked him up!!! I'm so happy to finally have him finished so I can move on to taking forever on my own PERSONAL projects again LOL
His commissioner will be clothing him so for now he's just a naked lil monkey.
These images were sourced from Disney Travel Babble's article on their visit to the set of Age of Resistance!
There were a handful more images of puppet pieces, which I did not have space to include, unfortunately.
The article's introduction is as follows;
"I’m revising today’s entry now that I can finally share with you the full story of our visit to the set of Netflix’s The Dark Crystal prequel, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, which was the genesis of The Lurkyloos Do Disneyland Paris in the Snow (So You Don’t Have To) trip report! Not only has the series just debuted on Netflix, but they also put together a fabulous making-of documentary that allows you to see a lot of what we saw that day but were not allowed to photograph.
Our whole trip—this once-in-a-lifetime tour of London, Disneyland Paris, real Paris and Scotland—came about solely because Netflix gave The Jim Henson Company money to create a prequel to The Dark Crystal. Honestly, Disneyland Paris would otherwise have been the last international Disney park we visited. As I mentioned in the intro post, I was just not that into it. And no trip gets planned around this joint unless I’m into it!
But, as you’ll see in the documentary, not only did Netflix give Henson the money for a prequel, they insisted that all the characters be puppets—not the originally pitched idea of half puppets and half CG characters. Which meant that Patrick got to spend nine months working at the Jim Henson Creature Shop in Burbank making hands, arms, bodies, neck sleeves and “brains” (foam head inserts) for Podlings and Gelflings! And it meant that we were able to arrange a visit to the massive set of the show, just outside London.
That morning, we’d arranged another private ride via Blackberry Cars, which was supposed to meet us at 8:45 am but didn’t arrive until 9:15 am, which made me very anxious about reaching the studio out near Slough by 10 am. The driver didn’t apologize, but he did manage to get us there on time via speeding.
When we arrived at the studio, a really nice fellow named Juan gave us hard hats and chic neon yellow vests and led us through a labyrinth (ba-da-bing!) of key-carded corridors to start our tour with the production areas before eventually making our way to set.
We entered through the red door at the back of this shot…"
I’m revising today’s entry now that I can finally share with you the full story of our visit to the set of Netflix’s The Dark Crystal preque
Here’s that big project I’ve been talking about, this is Thimble, my test fan-fraggle! A couple months ago I challenged myself to create the best puppet I could using mostly just the materials I could get from regular craftstores.
I’m now working on a replica of Boober fraggle with a much higher materials budget (yay for being able to hide seams!). I’m hoping to get him done before the end of the fraggle rock exhibit up in atlanta, as it would be cool to bring him up there for a direct comparison!
"""""""""""noooboodyyy knoowwwsss what the henson stitch was called before sahline popularised itttt"""""""""""
did u like. ask anyone outside of the muppet community. like anyone. at all. literally like anyone. who sews. could tell you that its the ladder stitch. anyone. for realsies.
