I'm currently working on my bachelors performance so I decided to post some updates:
To give some context: I'm studying "Figurentheater" (animated theatre) in Germany (it includes Material theatre, object theatre and Puppetry + some puppet making and set design) and for finals we have to create a show.
I'm going to make a horror theatre performance based/inspired by Edgar Allan Poes "the tell tale heart" with 2 people, shadow theatre and a puppet (+maybe masks)
Right now I'm working on the puppet of the old man
Today I'm working on the skin texture and hopefully start with the mold. I'm going to do a silicone mold with a hard shell (either plaster bandages or resin depending on the weather). And then cast the head in silicone.
Yesterday I made the eyes (they're made out of UV resin and acrylic paint)
I couldn't decide on the colour for the second eye so I made all of them, but I'm going to use the brown.
And here's a bad scan of the first sketch I made. I'm using it only loosely for orientation.
If anyone is interested I can do some more updates throughout the puppet making otherwise the next update will be once I demolded the head :)