This bird is great! Love him!

I meant what kind of bird of course...

Thanks for mentioning Puppet 101 site Steve!  I keep forgetting about it.   I am going to go back and post the link in another thread I just replied to.

Also don't forget Daryl's videos over at BlogTV. He has a few where he shows the process. http://www.blogtv.com/People/StiqpuppetsLive

A Kea?

I loved the Puppet 101 link. Thanks for that. I've been trying to sew everything on the machine and I think I buggered up the seam allowances meaning my birds jaw is a little tight and the mouth isn't as flexible as I'd like. Fortunately I didn't glue the foam in and can take it out and modify it easily - phew!

Pattern development is certainly the bit I'm struggling with most so the more I can read the better. About to check out the blog Shawn. Thanks for that.

As for the bird... might sound silly now but I had nothing specific in mind Scoob! Just saw the fur and knew it was destined to be a bird! I'd love to know what you think he looks like!

I'd like to know, too!

Lol, sorry to leave you hanging Rikka, I was conviced he was a baby Kookaburra. I see now he'd need more white in hi chest and the ides of his head. When they're chicks they have a kind of "crimped effect" on their feathers. I had a quick look on google images to show you but the first page of the search results are either so young they look fresh from the egg or a bit to old for the effect I mean. (An ex-girlfriend of mine was a vet nurse and she brought some orphaned chics home to care for one weekend)
This shows a little bit of what I mean.
http://ih0.redbubble.net/work.1283047.1.papergc,441x415,w,ffffff.v4.jpg
The puppet has great a great "crimped feather" look!
Scoob

And another...
http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UDDzsd0EfAI/TmIvWlCs_gI/AAAAAAAADH4/whdn9_AXcXk/Kookie%252520Dec%25252010%25255B3%25255D.jpg
I think a baby Kookaburra would make a pretty good character, given their laughing call and any baby character has a little more scope to be silly, but I guess you'd have to be a little more specific with the colouring.


"The Australian Kookaburra, or “Laughing Jackass” (Dacelo novaeguincae) is an icon of our widespread country.
In the Australian bush, one frequently hears the laughter of his call, as he sits high on the dead branch of a Eucalyptus tree, warning others to leave his territory, or calling his own family to come join him. They mate for life (about 20 years), and raise their young for up to 4 years, the older brothers and sisters feeding the young chicks too."

I read he is called "lachender Hans" (lachend meaning laughing) in German and there is a comedy club in Berlin called Kookaburra. They do look cute, esspecially as fledgelings.
An icon? But he is called novaguineae instead of australiensis...
Sorry, just being a smart ass 

A baby Kookaburra or "lachender hans' is a brilliant idea! It wouldn't necessarily be that difficult either. How's your puppet coming along Scoob?