Puppet Making - Thunderbirds' Parker

[wilbs518]

F'n AWESOME!

[Captain Big Trousers]

Thanks for the kind words, folks. I've just finished making Lady Penelope. I'll spare you the graphic "making of" pics - just imagine all the problems of making Parker PLUS a wig and a fur coat.

Click the first pic if you want to see (some of) the process on my flickr page...

[HardyGirl]

Thanks for the kind words, folks. I've just finished making Lady Penelope. I'll spare you the graphic "making of" pics - just imagine all the problems of making Parker PLUS a wig and a fur coat.

Click the first pic if you want to see (some of) the process on my flickr page...

Are you a professional puppet maker? Those are OUTSTANDING!!

[Captain Big Trousers]

Are you a professional puppet maker? Those are OUTSTANDING!!

Thanks! No, these are the only two puppets I've made (so far). Well... I knocked up a Beaker muppet a few weeks ago...



... but he's just a postal tube, two ping-pong balls and some fleece. Easy. He's got a working mouth mechanism, but I wouldn't consider him a "replica". I'll leave it to Muppet afficionados to note the inconsistencies ( ), but with a total cost of $18 and 3 hours to make, he was a bit of fun.

[ScottA]

That is amazingly wonderful. So who's next?

[HardyGirl]

Thanks! No, these are the only two puppets I've made (so far). Well... I knocked up a Beaker muppet a few weeks ago...



... but he's just a postal tube, two ping-pong balls and some fleece. Easy. He's got a working mouth mechanism, but I wouldn't consider him a "replica". I'll leave it to Muppet afficionados to note the inconsistencies ( ), but with a total cost of $18 and 3 hours to make, he was a bit of fun.

If you knock out a Dr. Bunson Honeydew, I'll faint!

[Captain Big Trousers]

If you knock out a Dr. Bunson Honeydew, I'll faint!

I have plans to make Crazy Harry.

That is amazingly wonderful. So who's next?

Captain Scarlet. Perhaps interestingly, it'll be cheaper to make a proper full-sized Captain Scarlet replica than to buy the 1967 Pedigree Captain Scarlet doll!

[HardyGirl]

Ooh! I love Captain Scarlet! I recorded a lot of the eps years ago. But my fave Supermarination series was Stingray. I have 3 Matchbox figures from that series: Try Tempest, Marina, and Commander Shore.

[bobws]

I can't really express just how impressed I am with that. Unbelievably cool. Well done!

What he said.
When you said Brains was next , i was thinking how could you not do Lady P and then the great photos of her.
These really are amazing. WELL DONE!

[Captain Big Trousers]

Captain Scarlet.

How quickly plans change. Someone's going to pay me (with actual money, not biscuits or anything) to paint and wig a Scott Tracy head for them, so two birds - one stone, I'll make myself a Scott Tracy at the same time.

Then Captain Scarlet.

[megoscott]

That is beyond superior! So glad we got to see this!

[Captain Big Trousers]

Next, an in scale Fab-1

I'm going to be making a Parker and Penelope for someone with a full scale FAB1.

Haven't updated this for a while. I revamped Lady P...



.. and sold her. I'm making a better version soon (well, two actually, with real mink coats and a better head cast).

I've made Scott and the TB1 pilot's chair, but I'm redoing bits of those, so I'll post pics once that's sorted. I made another head for my butler Parker...



... so he now has working eyes.

I've just finished this Parker...



... with a better head cast (a cast I alone have. muahaha) and he'll be heading to eBay as soon as I find a box long enough to ship him in.

Next are two Lady Penelopes, two Tin Tins, another Parker and one and a half Scotts.

[palitoy]

You are a craftsman sir.

[Figuremod73]

Thats some really nice work. I keep staring at the pics in awe.

[Captain Big Trousers]

I'm making a better version soon (well, two actually, with real mink coats and a better head cast).

Here we are. Vintage mink. Working eyes.










I also made Brains.