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Thanks! Maybe sometime in the future... there's some issues with the pattern that I had to work around when I made my Piggy, if I ever do release my patterns I'd want to make sure they make sense to someone who isn't me. Also unrelated, but here's a few more images of my Piggy, courtesy of the...

Damn, so close and yet so far! I'm almost glad it was a blue lamp, it would've been painful to have seen the perfect green lamp show up in the Sold listings. I never really thought about it before but since Return to Oz was primarily filmed in the UK you might have the best of luck directing...

Thank you! I hope I have more opportunities to show all of her off, there's something really fun about being able to stand her up and kinda pretend she's real. Especially when you cover up the stand with the skirt, so it looks like she's standing up unassisted. If possible I'd love to make a...

So because I decided to give my Piggy a set of legs, I had to figure out how to make her some shoes. To do a bit of research I went to the thrift store and found a pair of high heels that had roughly the height I needed for my Piggy's foot arch, with the hopes I could use the heels in the final...

Oh wow, 2 weeks to make some Muppet Magic happen?! Best of luck to you, though it looks like you're well on your way to yet another success. Also, how lucky are your family members to get some expertly built Muppets upon request? You're definitely making a convincing argument for best son/brother.

Thank you all so much! And yes bk85 it was incredible to see Adam's reaction to my Piggy. He let out an big "WOW" when he saw her, and then we had an incredible chat about her... after many years of being so impressed by Adam's builds it feels absolutely amazing to have been able to impress him...

So I still have some catching up to do with this thread and showing off how I finished my Piggy replica, but I had to share this moment from yesterday: It was an incredible experience getting to see Adam's reaction to my Piggy, as well as the reaction from everyone else at the convention...

That's an incredible compliment, thank you so much! I'm really glad I gave a good showing to the patterned foam method, I think it's so much more accessible than carving Piggy from a solid block of foam like I've seen a lot of other builders do. I'd love to see more folks tackle Piggy using this...

Thank you! I've gone a bit back on forth on how I feel about my Piggy, but I think I'm now over that initial disappointment of not making her perfect from the first go I'm pretty proud of how close I did get (especially as someone who doesn't make puppets often). Anyways, onto some more...

Thank you! Yeah I think it does help that Piggy's had a pretty wide range of looks over the years, not just her eyes but her face shape as well. Granted I don't know if any of them had eyes quite like my current Piggy, but at least there's enough of a resemblance there that hopefully most folks...

Ha yup I'm definitely thinking about it. I was pretty satisfied with my last attempt but after seeing all this sumptuous detail... how could I not give it another go? I'm currently chatting with a friend-of-a-friend who does 3D modelling professionally who is also a Bowie fan who may be...

Ya'll I'm so excited, someone let me know on Instagram that Jareth's crop handle has gone up for auction at Sotheby's. Just look at these glorious high-res images of the crop!! I can't believe how much detail was put into this crop, only for it to go unseen by the majority of fans for it's...

Eye time! Piggy's eyes I made in a slightly convoluted way... This would've been much easier if I modelled a shape and used my 3D printer to print out two eyes. But I wasn't sure on the shape of eye I wanted, and also at this point in time we were having a major cold snap in Canada and I...

Ear time! Piggy's ears were made out of more of the upholstery foam with a pattern I drafted the same way I made the pattern for Piggy's feet where I sculpted a shape out of cardboard, newspaper, and masking tape, to then wrap with duct tape and pull a pattern from. My ear might be a bit too...

Hoo boy, well I was definitely not anticipating to go awol with the updates as long as I did, but hey I'm back finally. I have been working on Piggy all this time, I just got stuck in a loop of not knowing if I was liking how Piggy was turning out, switching gears to working on another part of...