It’s a head!

Here’s how Rocky’s head looks after assembling and doing a first shave on the furring.
The fur is not yet glued to the head, and the nose and teeth are just pinned on.
Fur also needs to be trimmed back from the eyeholes slightly.
Here’s how Rocky’s head looks after assembling and doing a first shave on the furring.
The fur is not yet glued to the head, and the nose and teeth are just pinned on.
Fur also needs to be trimmed back from the eyeholes slightly.
Saturday I finally took the time to add the internal band that lets Rocky’s head rest securely on my own.
We need Bullwinkle’s iconic magician’s top hat for our on-stage presentation, but Moose has Large Head. Plus, packing issues.While I have an actual opera hat (collapsible Top Hat) it is Kevin-sized and far too small for the Moose. I found a popup cylindrical black hamper/wastebin that was 12×15″ and ordered it. The proportions are off…
This is what I put together to explain my reasoning for entering Rocky in Historical with some notes about his design and construction. Click on the image or this link to open the PDF,
So I cut out and sewed the furry fabric for the Bullwinkle “tunic” torso piece. I flopped the fabric over to the not furry side, used a silver sharpie to mark the pattern and used my good scissors to cut out the material. Sorry I forgot to take pictures. But I left it “inside out”…
Reinforcing the rigging harness I needed to stiffen the tail support across the shoulder blades because even the heavy hide I used was too flexible. Fortunately I’ve acquired a healthy set of power tools in the course of working on my townhouse and building both Tiki Dalek and Thinbot, so it only took about 20…