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Mass puppet upload! I finished these three before the end of 2016, but am only now getting them up.  Sorry about that, but I’ve already got 3 more in the works, and I promise to get these up more quickly after their completion. These were all based off the ProjectPuppet.com Roly pattern, but seriously customized to create the characters I wanted. Their patterns are a fantastic foundation to build from. For Ray I modified to use a different pointed head instead of the round one from the Roly pattern.

I vaguely want to make a puppet of the 4th Doctor.

I have certain self-imposed rules for my puppet building. I try to avoid creepiness wherever possible, so I avoid 'flesh tone' puppets or anything that approaches too close to the uncanny valley. The general idea has been 'muppet' and it's worked so far. 

Thus far, my designs have pretty much been straightforward Project Puppet designs, but in order to get my 4th Doctor shape:

I needed a head that was, well, a cylinder. A bit of modification of the Roly, and I got my result:

Now, this won't be the Doctor, this is a prototype puppet to work the kinks out before I scale it up bigger and make the actual design (I think Tom will be a light blue color, or maybe a muted yellow, ala Bert). I've fixed a few issues with him already. The skull needed trimming on the back to not bump the hand too much during use, and I added a stiffened felt plate to the top of the skull to hold the shape and avoid the lopsided appearance we get in the right-hand photo. 

Argle & Bargle Concept Sketches