Happy Halloween 2015!

This may well be the best dangblasted Hallowe’en I’ve ever had. Why, do you ask? I’ll elucidate:

I spent this day:

Being clawed by Freddy,

Being choked by Jason,

And laughing my head off at Robert Englund scratching (or picking??) his nose with MiniFreddy’s claws.

Yes, it has been a marvelous Hallowe’en,everyone. I will report more on these events after I’ve come down from my starstruck/sugar high.

See more of MiniFreddy  including photos of building him and a quick video,on our sister page, DragonpatchTV.com!

Operation Dwarf Drop 2015 a Success!

So on Friday at Dragon Con I delivered the puppets to our dwarf actors guests.

I am usually prepared for reactions that range from “Oh, another fan thing ” to “OMG, LOOKIT THIS”.I got a pretty good reaction from Stephen Hunter and Dean O’ Gorman, but I get the feeling they get a LOT of fan art so it probably wasn’t a big deal.

Dwarves Nearly Done!

I’ve been working hard on the little dwarf puppets for our Hobbit movie guests at Dragoncon. They need a bit of hairdressing and extra trim on their outfits, but they are essentially done.

Gloin

Fili

Bombur

Gene the Cow!

Getting ready for Dragoncon for me these days usually means….making gifts for celebrities. I dont know what it is, I just totally got hooked on making little hand puppets to give to my favorite celebrities I want to meet. Usually the puppet is a caricature of the the character that the celebrity/actor plays,but this time I went a different route. My husband Steve and I are big fans of the show Fringe, and John Noble, who played Walter Bishop (and also Denethor in The Lord of the RIngs!) will be at Dragoncon this year. Instead of making a Mini Walter Bishop, I decided to make a wee puppet of Gene the Cow from the show.

MiniGene is made of fleece painted with fabric paint, in order to get as close to her markings as I could.

Gene was played by two different cows, so I went with the one that appears more in images and shows.

The real Gene with  Jasika Nicole (Astrid Farnsworth) and John Noble (Walter Bishop).

Dwarf Hair!

Working on putting the dwarf puppets’ hair on. I haven’t gotten to showing their little braids yet.

Gloin!

Bombur!

Hairy Little Dwarfs!

Adding beards and hair to Gloin and Bombur. Everything is just “placed” at the moment and not fastened down;I’m just trying to get an idea of where to sort things out.

Continuing on Hobbit Dwarf Puppets!

Still going on the little dwarf puppets–the major construction is done.

Now they just look like ghosts.:)

Features are appearing. L-R: Fili, Bombur and Gloin.