Tuesday, November 13, 2007

A Step Back

I didn't go over the body. Boy am I rushing ahead of myself! Look, there I go...

Cutting out the body




There is a trick to this, which I learned at the Puppet Rampage...the back of one's hand needs more space than the front. Who knew? Thus...the body has three parts:



Three apart




Which then comes together so:



Three together




All in all, a roomier style.



But here's a trick of my own...some puppeteers use wires, but I find boning to be much better:



Boning along the bottom




Why? Because it does the same job as a wire but it is lighter and much easier to pack.



Yes...he needs hair:



Cutting the hair




All the pictures I found always show the red oni with hair at least on the back of the head with the bald samerai forehead. This really does set him apart from the western devil. A good thing to be sure!

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