I'm a good 1/2 through building the puppet of Pel. It's all designed in Rhino and sculpted in Zbrush. I used the measurements in Rhino to sodder together the brass armature. I've 3D printed most of Pel's pieces. I've printed and redesigned 7 different Pel Heads, each one getting progressively better and better.
As of right now, his legs are too heavy so I'd like to go back, redesign them and reprint them so that they have the same dimensions without all the mass. I pretty much printed them as solid pieces. The tail was printed in 4 pieces, totally hollow! They're all glued together, but they need to be sanded and a piece of armature wire needs to be mounted within.
I still have to zbrush all the mouths, torch, fire sequences, and hands for Pel. I also need to finalize his clothes and then hand fabricate them.... I thought each puppet would take month, but each might take 3 months!!! So I guess this being a one year project is out the window.
I'm going to meet up with a friend this weekend and have him start making tiny books.
I've lost a week because I've been working nightshift for AOA out at Magic Kingdom. I've also been spending the days working on Props for Disney's Cruise Line. I'm grateful for the work and the money! But I feel bad about my project being put on hold.
