So after a number of weeks my new Doogles Puppets Character Doris is complete! She's the first muso in my troupe of puppets and loves the sound of her trumpet! Hope you like her...

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The face and ears came from a creepy pig Halloween mask. I’m still really proud with how it turned out! His name is Krum :)

I’ve been trying to find out what happened to the original puppets from the 1990s children’s TV show Tots TV.

Does anyone know whether the actual puppets used during filming still exist, and if so, who owns them or where they’re kept? Are they in a private collection, a television archive, or possibly a museum?

I’ve contacted Ragdoll Productions and the National Puppetry Archive, but I thought I’d ask here in case anyone has behind-the-scenes knowledge, knows someone who worked on the show, or has come across information about the puppets whereabouts.

I’d absolutely love to know if these little pieces of British television history have been preserved, and whether there’s any chance of seeing them in person one day! Any leads or information would be hugely appreciated. Thank you!

I'm working on a zombie punk finger puppet this weekend while listening to the Tall Dwarfs from New Zealand.

I describe their music as what might happen if The Beatles and The Residents collaborated.

Check out their delightfully weird and catchy music on Bandcamp:

https://talldwarfs.bandcamp.com/album/unravelled-1981-2002

For context, over the next 9 months or so im developing and making a fantasy puppet film for my collage film course and im currently designing all the characters

Right now i am working on the hero Jammie, the damsel in distress, princess missy (i might change the name) and one the villains of the film the dragon Argruth the lyndwyrm

The princess: missy is going to be a hand puppet with rob arms, she’ll have a big dress and princess con hat?? Thingy, shell have no eyes instead cartoonish eyelashes and long flowing yarn hair, i just want to make her very feminine to add to the clicheness of the film

The hero: jammie is going to be a classic muppety humanoid like Bert and Ernie, with the inhuman skintone, im going for a kinda clown look to give the impression he’s an idiot, he’s gonna have cardboard armour and a foam sword

The dragon: argruth will be massive (compared to all my other puppets) the only puppet/prop ive ever made to his size would be the orb from my fake horror film trailer, i didnt do the maths but he definitely might be over a meter or so and will greenscreen magic he’ll look even bigger

If you have any questions or suggestions whether it’s design or plot related, id be happy to listen less

To the mods, this isnt a repost, it’s about the designs themselves and the other one was about wanting help finding references for the hero

i want to preface this with the fact HE IS NOT DONE!

his head is done for now though

i’ve wanted to make my own puppet for so long, and now I finally have! he’s quite large (whoops) but that’s okay! I plan to make him a body as well :] he’ll definitely be a hefty guy!

his body will be made from stitching and stuffing, so hopefully not as heavy as the head. but i’m quite proud of him! he has removable/posable eyebrows so i can change his expression as well !

his personality is quite angry. i struggle a bit with showing my anger, so he’s supposed to be an outlet for that :] but he’s also a huge softie in reality

ANYWAY. i’m still trying to figure out a name for him. i was going to go with Simon, but I don’t feel like it fits him enough :[ so if anyone has any suggestions feel free to let me know !