Rebuilding Foldy (a making of for my show)

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#1

LFK

Feb 01, 2012 0:28:45
Personally I really like how this came out. It's a very quick vignette of how I spent my weekend rebuilding the puppet for my show.

blip.tv/foldablehuman/making-a-foldable-... 
#2

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 01, 2012 7:15:10
Next time you have a party, you need to invite more girls... like way more. There were way too many guys at that party. 
#3

ADHadh

Feb 01, 2012 10:18:13
I wonder at what point will you employ a second person to operate Foldy and make him a full blown muppet.
#4

LFK

Feb 01, 2012 10:46:13
Why am I under the impression you remake him for every vid. Is it an OCD thing?

And the girl needs to show more enthousiasm and skin. Her Hollywood career won't pick up if she doesn't.


This is only the second from-scratch Foldy that I've built. The original Foldy was slowly modified over the first couple months, adding eyes, new glasses, and the electronics, but he's in really, really rough shape. Masking tape degrades pretty quickly and it was getting to the point where I'd have to re-attach some part or another after every take. 

So it's not really OCD as much as it's something I've been meaning to do for a couple months now.

I wonder at what point will you employ a second person to operate Foldy and make him a full blown muppet.

Maybe in some distant future, but for now it's pretty much just me. Possibly the next Foldy will be a hand-and-rod puppet, but only if I can find a way to make it work while keeping the semi-mechanical design.

Also, a question: should I make a covering for the neck rods, or is it kinda cool that you can see them? 
#5

ADHadh

Feb 01, 2012 11:33:14
Also, a question: should I make a covering for the neck rods, or is it kinda cool that you can see them? 


Hidden; the simpler he seems the better.
#6

homicidal_squirrel

Feb 01, 2012 13:37:52
Also, a question: should I make a covering for the neck rods, or is it kinda cool that you can see them? 

Hide them. He looks incomplete with them showing.