How to Make A Puppet That Bites And Wags When Held

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An easy to make mechanism using string, craft wood, and hot glue, the action can be controlled with one finger, so the puppet appears to be alive when cradled in your arms. A nifty horror prop for a "pet monster."

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• Puppet
• monster
• horror
• sculpey
• movie
• prop
• fimo
• pet
• creepy
• FX
• effect
• manticore
• baby

[MAXIMUMGODZILLA45]

Does super sculpey work good with it too? I mean I know there isn't much difference between the two except super sculpey is chip resistant I think or as I know dries translucent. I do allot of my sculpts out of super sculpey but will it work for the same thing?

[gryphern]

@MAXIMUMGODZILLA45 Sculpey Premo is stronger than Sculpey III which is stronger than Super Sculpey which is stronger than original Sculpey. So based on what YOU need, pick your Sculpey. If it's going to be super thin and delicate, go with Premo. If it's going to be big and thick and take a lot of material, go for one of the bulk blocks of Sculpey III or Super Sculpey to save cash. Make sense?

[MAXIMUMGODZILLA45]

but wait if you bake it again and again wouldnt the oven burn the clay that you already just put in the oven? i mean you said bake it after each time but i didnt know you could do that with sculpey over and over again in pieces like that.

[gryphern]

@MAXIMUMGODZILLA45 You only burn it if it gets too hot, or you leave it in for waaaay too long. I stick a candy or meat thermometer in the oven with it to be sure I'm not over cooking it. Also, I'll make a little tinfoil tent over the Sculpey because it stops it from getting burned by being directly over/under a heating element. If you use a convection oven, for the love of all that is holy use a thermometer. Convection ovens do a much better job of transferring heat and over heating.

[BanjoPoet]

Another cool video. You would be a blast to have as a neighbor. Werewolves in the parking lot. Biting puppets. Beautiful hand decorated cookies. I'd be stopping by for coffee at least once a week.

[ogunshi]

Aaronindiana81 I am well aware of the fact that it is used for a presentation. I am asking what kind of presentation was done that required a puppet like that. Also Do you really feel cool using such language to try to make you look better then other people. How about showing some maturity every now and then rather then running off at the mouth and looking stupid.

[PhiliPinoKo]

Thumbs up if your keep pressing 5?

[jgantner1]

@vtheawesome search coolest werewolf costume tutorial on youtube there are better ones

[akumabito2008]

Really cool stuff - love it how you guys come up with these great looking projects for people with more down-to-Earth budgets.. :) Keep up the good work!

[UndeadDragonEmpress]

You know what's weird? The teeth on the puppet look like a rooster's spurs... O.O Okay, I know you didn't use that, but it almost looks like it! lol.

[UndeadDragonEmpress]

@gryphern lol okay! In that case, I'll favorite this so I can reference back to it! Thanks!

[gryphern]

@orangecorgi Yeah, just the mechanism represented by arbitrary lines.