Hello Everyone,


I haven't posted here recently because I've been working on this puppet.  He's about 95% finished, I still have some minor details to complete.



This is Dmitri the Siberian tiger.  Originally he going to be a white lion but, we had a better defined character for the tiger so we changed the build in mid-stream.  He's a big guy!  Here he is with his performer Dave.



Dmitri's head is pole controlled with triggers for the eyelids and the mouth.  All the colors (including the stripes) were air brushed.

For those interested I've started a series of posts on my blog detailing how Dmitri was built; http://www.furville.com.

Shunaka

He is beautiful.  Thanks for sharing.

Julie

My what a handsome distinguished tiger puppet! Nice work.

I agree Julie, He is beautiful.

Fab-u-lous!

AMAZING!

Oh wow! Awesome job!

That is just amazingly gorgeous!

Thanks everyone, glad you liked him! =) Now comes the hard part...performing with him so he really comes alive.

Shunaka

Love him. He looks so thoughtful- have you ever designed a tiger with glases? Or an old, storyready lion?