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Subject: Searching for something


Patschulynn ( ) posted Wed, 30 March 2005 at 10:28 AM · edited Sat, 03 August 2024 at 5:27 PM

Hi searching for such a prop ->http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=909721&Start=1&Sectionid=0&filter_genre_id=0&Form.Search=Dulari&Form.Criteria=ALL Don't know what it means in Englsih sorry :D


mrsparky ( ) posted Wed, 30 March 2005 at 6:05 PM

Do you mean a puppet or marionette ?

Pinky - you left the lens cap of your mind on again.



hauksdottir ( ) posted Wed, 30 March 2005 at 7:14 PM

All of these moveable dolls are called "puppets", even if they are only portions (such as a "head and neck" of a sheep or sea serpent fitting over a human hand or some large rig with wires for gorilla hand). A prosthetic suit with a dwarf inside working it might also be considered a puppet. These are mostly controlled from within, although a ventriloquist's puppet may have some external controls. I've seen puppets which were pneumatically controlled (raven on evil queen's shoulder, monkey on skimpily-dressed fan's shoulder), where all the wires were guided into a tube and the control was subtle and elegant. Puppet = poppet = dolly is also used to describe the voodoo dolls where control is through unseen forces, and is the reverse of normal puppetry. Manikin/mannequin is also used, but generally refers to something posed by outside forces, but not continuously moving. "Marionette" is the word typically used to describe puppets with external controls, whether from below with sticks (the shadow-puppet shows in SE Asia), or with strings from above (Pinocchio is the most famous example, but I like the Death March of the Marionettes used as a musical theme by Hitchcock). A sock puppet was made by pdxjims and is hosted at sixus1, IIRC. This fits over the hand (look at post 19 of this thread for a giggle): http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=2015347 A marionette as in the image you linked to is easier. The standard control is two sticks of wood, which are usually not connected but crossed in one hand if you are manipulating 2 figures. Being able to separate them gives greater flexibility. Just use the poser cube and scale it to make your sticks. Add the strings in postwork. Use any figure you desire, but pose it so that some body parts hang down... ie: if the string passes through the wrist, it will be lifted and the elbow and hand will both fall. Some figures will be more believable than others as puppets: the woody, any cartoon figures, anything rounded or with fused fingers, where the emotional statements are conveyed through expansive body language rather than subtleties. Carolly


Patschulynn ( ) posted Thu, 31 March 2005 at 6:10 AM

hi thanks for the answers, i have this texture there to and searchinfg for that cross whats holding the puppet :)


hauksdottir ( ) posted Thu, 31 March 2005 at 5:42 PM

Just make that yourself with 2 cubes! Stretch them to size and export as an obj. Import at whatever size you want and save to your Props library. Voila!


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