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So about the peacock OW when it was still a production piece. Not bad. But the Drabits probably require a lot of careful handiwork.
You mean to make them? Or to take care of/play with them?
The artist sits in his little house at the faire and sculpts away when he isn’t talking with customers. Oh, and he’s done some work on a lot of movie creatures: Gizmo and some of the Gremlins, Bartok from Anastasia, Dobby from Harry Potter, some of the Orcs in LoTR to name a few.
To care for them is simple: avoid extremes (heat and moisture), keep away from animals, avoid harsh chemicals, don’t monkey with the mechanics, et cetera.
To play with you set it on your shoulder and run the cable under your shirt and down your arm. You then twist the nob to move the head left and right and pull it in and out to move up and down. If you have a second control nob that’s for the tail and to imitate breathing.
Greater Basilisk wrote:I was thinking of all the work that has to go into making one. They sound like a lot of fun!
They are a blast and it’s neat to watch him. I’d imagine it would be like watching Melody work. I’m not sure what they are made out of, but I think each one is individualy sculpted.
pegasi1978 wrote:When I first saw the post for this I thought you meant something like these that Albert Alfaro Jr. of Imaginarium Galleries made:
The baby Drabit on my husband’s shoulder is named Storm Chaser and the Winged Unicorn Drabit on my shoulder is named Sky Dancer.
A closer look at Sky Dancer. You can see my elf ears I wear to the ren faire!Wow, those are cool. You look a lot like one of my friends.
They are animated puppets known as Drabits. My husband and I also have other Drabits that we haven’t taken pictures of that are larger than the two shown.
dragonessjade wrote:Wow, those are cool. You look a lot like one of my friends.
Yep they are. My hair is shoulder length now with what is left from a perm in February. The pictures are from May/June 2004 when I just was pregnant with our now 2-year-old son.
Oh, I have seen those kind of shoulder dragons before. I really wanted one but I have no money… really, I dont. Im lucky to get a $1 a year… I need a job >.> http://www.samford.edu/schools/artsci/biology/invert04f/photos/Green-darner-dragonfly–Ana.jpg
Strider wrote:The first dragon with be colored to look like a bright green dragonfly. A bit like this fella >> http://www.samford.edu/schools/artsci/biology/invert04f/photos/Green-darner-dragonfly–Ana.jpg
Oh pretty dragonfly!
That’s funny pegasi, my friend has a 2 yr old also..but she lives by me.
I can’t wait to see final pics Strider.
There’s somebody selling a shoulder dragon like that on furbid right now, for $100.
http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auction/item.pl?item=25068
Is that by the same guy?
SPark wrote:There’s somebody selling a shoulder dragon like that on furbid right now, for $100.
http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auction/item.pl?item=25068
Is that by the same guy?
Nope that’s made by someone else. At the GA Ren Faire there is another booth (Midsummer Knight’s Dream) that sells puppets more like this one, they are called woodbabies.
Ah.
I’ve always wanted a head-moving shoulder dragon, but have never been able to afford one. They’re not cheap! I wish I was good at building mechanical bits, or could even just get a pre-made mechanism, so I could make my own.
You should look around for cheap toys then. I have this old dragon toy thats a bit banged up now and doesnt work too well anymore but its already programed to move its head around randomly and every now and then roar. Once I am done with this dragon, Im going to see if I can take the toy apart and and make a dragon to stick it in. If you look at garage sales you can probably find a lot of toys like that for really cheap.
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