Head on a stick part 1: Making a ventriloquist dummy.

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Published 2016-12-27
Hello everyone! For the first in what will be many of videos of me making things in the true 3d world (real life), I have decided to make a puppet head of a particular character.

This was originally going to be a one episode thing, but I decided that a two part episode would be more fitting.

Enjoy!
All Comments (21)
  • @seniorugly2709
    I've always wanted to learn how to do this. I wish there was a class but it's such a rare beautiful art.
  • @bobcarney-yj7ic
    You are a talented man and ive every confidence you will achieve what your aiming for. You have inspired me for sure. At first i thought you were talking the talk however when you got going you nailed it really fast. You can imorovise no doubt. I would love you to come up with a way to operate its mouth with your hand an fingers rotating the head and moving the mouth like your having a conversation.
  • @BaronMcCausland
    Looks like it could be Robert De Niro with Marlon Brando's bald head at this point of the build.
  • @pabbooredfeather7846
    Great job! I like la doll air dry clay it has a pink wrapper at Michaels or good art stores!
  • @thrufur1296
    I love your vids i subed notified and good job on the dummy.
  • @swaggysiddy
    I want to build an Angie doll from the new resident evil game and I couldn't figure out how to make the mouth move and this video is exactly what I needed :D
  • @TheSoleProprietor
    So far , you seem to have done a great job with your bandsaw. I would have rather modeled plasticine clay over the Styrofoam head , than cut it up. That way it does not leave a mess of styrofoam remains. Then I would make a overlay mold of it.
  • @waynescott9938
    Nice job. What did you use to cut that metal door hinge? I would to try making one of these.
  • @theshadowdragon1100
    nice, very cool and creative work man. I was wondering, would you possibly be interested in selling one of these or making another one. I'm going to be doing a batman fan film pretty soon and this would be perfect for the ventriloquist's scare face doll.
  • @robmiller931
    what kind of clay did you finally decide on using? I'm trying to build these and have some monster makers clay.wonder if that is better to use
  • @aliciam667
    Can you make a video of step by step slowly making the mouth? Do you know how to make moving eyes?
  • @ohokayian
    I'm trying to build my own dummie and we are using your exact method of moving the mouth,do you have any tips or things to tell me before I work on the mouth?