I know it's been a while since I showed you guys a new character. I apologize for that. I had planned on getting several characters done in January, but in the middle of the month my Grandfather passed away, and I really just didn't feel like doing much puppeting. But I'm back, and I figured I'd give you guys something awesome that hopefully was worth the wait!!
I still have several characters that are ALMOST done...including Otserp, a small bunny character, and a really...REALLY cool bird. The bird is something I've made but I'm not sure if I'll be selling it because he's VERY hard to make and would probably cost quite a bit. But if anyone's interested, I might be able to make him on a special order type basis. More on that in another post on another day, though.
Today, I'd like to introduce you guys to Mogul.
Mogul comes from another planet...actually, he comes from Ganymede, one of the large moons around Jupiter. I don't know how he got here. He claims to have been brought by another group of aliens and left here to spy on us. He's not a very good spy, though. I caught him trying to eat a stick in the tree in my backyard one day. I don't know why he was trying to eat sticks. He actually is like our very own monkeys here on earth in that he really likes bananas. Because of this, I kind of think of him as a space monkey. Bananas and popcorn are his two favorite foods. He would do just about anything for them.
Mogul enjoys climbing, as do most other monkeys. He has a pretty serious problem. You know the saying "What goes up must come down?" That's not necessarily the case with Mogul. He has a tendency to climb so high into a tree that he can't get down. I'm constantly having to get my 30 foot extension ladder out to climb up into a tree and retrieve him. I feel bad punishing him for it, though, because he gets so scared when he's stuck up there. He just shakes and shivers until we're all the way back down on the ground. I keep hoping that one day he'll be able to get down on his own, but I'm not holding my breath.
Mogul is an absolutely fantastic puppet. He's full of all kinds of personality. Just look at those eyes and that fur!!! His fur is similar to Yeti, Jr, but obviously a different color. His body is basically just like Dart or Paddy, so if you have one of those puppets you'll have a firm grasp on how to control and use Mogul. His arms are attached with doll joints. His eyes are just like Paddy's, but covered in that awesome fur so it looks like they are actually part of his head, instead of just attached to the head. Now for the coolest part...
...Mogul's body is patchworked together. Basically, he's a standard fleece body attached to the all fur head. On top of that fleece, however, I have attached a ton of small cut pieces of the fur to make it so his entire body is covered in fur. Why is it done this way?? Easy. The fur is actually striped purple and black, but I didn't want his body striped. By patchworking it together, I was able to make it look as though the body is just black and purple in random different spots. I also was able to attach pieces with the nap of the fur going in different directions, which allows for the extra messy looking fur that looks so perfect on him.
Mogul will be a Basic PLUS character, but he will come in at a price of $75 due to the time consuming work of cutting and attaching all the pieces of fur. But trust me, he's worth every penny. Mogul can also have legs added to him for an additional $25.
Thanks for looking and your continued support!!!
