No fair... all of the good puns are taken! ("Good puns," is that an oxymoron?)

Bravo! Congratulations on the great character design and construction. I love him. And I love the way his little bum sticks out, to provide an anchor for his stinger.



Ron G.

Wow Thanks you everybody. your comments mean a lot 2me. my bee is not the only one thats buzzing! each puppet i make i learn more and get more ideas for the next one. i just cant make them as fast as my ideas are coming.

have a great Crimbo everybody and as Tiny Tim once said "God bless us, Every one"

cheers
Spam 

No fair... all of the good puns are taken!

Ron G.

If you COMB through your mind you could come up with the QUEEN of puns.   Just make a BEE Line toward the rediculous and you'll BEE on  the right track.   I'll quit DRONEing so no one breaks out in HIVES.   And I'm just BUMBLEing around for those puns

Anyway ...  A friend wants me to make a bumble bee to add to my Lilac Hollow bug gang and you work has inspired me.  A new bug for the new year.

Thats one great looking puppet

Thanks for sharing your design process.  Great results!  very inspiring.
Pam

Of course like everyone else I love It! but I have a question. How did you do the thing around his head like the mickey mouse m shape? and again it looks amazing!

Hiya, thanks again for your kind comments. its inspiring to me to hear that my puppets inspire others. it pushes me to keep going.

i used the roly puppet pattern from project puppet and made his foam skull first. then i drew the 'mickey mouse shape' on the foam. when i was happy with the shapes i cut out the head pattern using an old tshirt and pinned it to the skull. then i used scissors to cut along the line i drew on the skull. pealing back the tshirt now and again to make sure i was following the line. when that was done i used the 2 pieces of tshirt pattern to draw out the shapes on the yellow and brown fleece. after cutting them out of the fleece i hand sewed the 2 pieces together to make 1 side of the head pattern. then i repeated the process for the other side of the head. once i had the 2 head pieces i was able to sew them together following the instructions from the roly pattern. hope that is clear enough and helps you out.

cheers
Spam 

Spam -- what you described is exactly how I do similar kinds of projects.

I will add this, when making a pattern use a material with a similar stretch as the material the finished product will be  covered with.  Eg.  t-shirt material as a pattern for fleece ir ither stretcy material.  Muslin for terry cloth, vinal or other non-stretchy material.

Doing this will ensure that the pattern will work the way you need it to when you transfer it to the finish material.