Paint job in progress. HAve glued helmet inside now so its wearable. Lots of dry brushing to do and a tail to make.

Covered foam Rhino in stretch fabric and latex. Tried to make wrinkles see above. Next Spray Paint.

Pauline on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBks65BEmxI&feature=youtube_gdata

Above is a link to the female Rhino in action. (video on youtube)

We have attatched a neck and are ready to fabricate the whole thing with fabric and latex. We have added bumps sculpted out of foam to begin creating the texture the Indian Rhino has.

HORNY

Here we have sculpted the horns out of polyfoam and sanded them. Will blend them into the black plastazote with polyfilla, sand it all into one form and then paint. Below shows the ears FINALLY moving, the ears simply pivot on a stick, pulled by string and are pulled back by a spring attatched.

Rhino BOD

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AHH the Rhino form in plastazote is complete. Meet Clive and Pauline the happy Rhino couple. Above (5) shows back of head, rod attatched inside for the puppeteer to control. Back of body (4). Front (3), my face is ruining this at the moment but the window cut will be covered in mesh and made far more subtle with the finishing. (2) is my Rhino, female (left) and my partners (right) (male). We need to work on the males head, for some reason its gone all 'gaunt'. and (1) is the side view which I am really pleased with, half a Rhino looks alright I think. Having problems getting the ears to move, friction and access as the puppeteer cant reach the ears. The feet are having slits put in and winkles to create joints and easier movement. A cane frame needs to be made for the puppeteer to wear and that will carry the body above their head. The whole Rhino will be covered in fabric will wrinkles added and polystyrene balls underneath in places to create a texture. We have 3 more weeks.

Rhino Body and smoking nostrels

Wired up a shower gel bottle full of talcom powder. Chuffed with this.

Get your Rhino ON

Heres the Rhino head and legs in plastazote. Each pattern piece was cut out and glue with contact adhesive at the edges. The seam lines can be seen. The horns are missing as we are sculpting these separately. This is like our puppets skeleton, we need to cover this in something-probably fabric and latex to model on the wrinkles. Making the head was quite difficult, figuring out where all the pieces went. The nose was a complete battle. legs were easy. Pleased with progress and the SIZE. My partners is even bigger being the male. Today=Body. Also, the head isnt going to be the the puppeteers head, it will be much lower, true to the Rhino form.