Hey all, I've recently just joined this site as I've decided to branch out and try my skills at puppets.
I've always been interested in them and they way they are operated, so when I stumbled across this site I knew it would be the perfect place to gain more knowledge on how to go about it .
I'm trying to aim for semi reasilism but with a soft edge, abit like the puppets used in Mongrels just slightly more real.
I'm hoping to get animatronics fitted but I only have basic knowledge...very basic lol, but everyone has to start somewhere right?
Failing that learning basic eye mechanisms are also of interest to me.
So that's about it *waves*

Welcome to Puppets and Stuff................ You came to the right place.

Welcome to PandS! If you are interested in eye mechs then have a look at DrPuppets videos. http://www.drpuppet.com/video_tutorial_page_1.html They are reasonably priced and would give you some insights into the basics.

Hello from over the ocean. Yes, we should make an unsecret secret society, that would truly be something- Geeks international not truly secret!

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome and for the ideas

Welcome! As my cohorts have said you will indeed find lots of useful goodies here. And I'm sorry I screwed up the secret handshake. I've just had a hard time since we added the extra hip twist to the movement!

I was reading on your profile page that you build fur suites. Do you have any pictures of your work that you could share with us?  I am intrigued by your avatar picture. Is that something you made? Would love to see a larger image with more detail.

welcome to you- and sorry i'm a little slow getting on this week!!
this is a great forum for getting awesome ideas and building friendships with other people who are interested in building and performing puppets.

any tips or tricks you want to share on building your suits? shoot me a message. i am going to be working on a Yeti full-body puppet the first of this year

Kimberly

Joy Filled Puppets

Hello HeavelyOdyssey, welcome and what a lovely name!!
its always great to have new people on our forum and especially one with such an interesting skill (the fursuits) id love to see some pix if you ever get a chance to put some up.
where in the UK are you?? not many of us Brits on here, so its always nice to know geographically where we are in relation to each other!!
hope you can learn from us and visa-versa, if you need some ideas on mechs, I'm pretty knowledgeable, just ask away and you will get alot of info back from us.