Cuplog

I have made two new puppet heads along the lines of Bela Lugosi’s Dracula and Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein’s Monster. I’ll begin painting them tomorrow after work. I have been using acrylic paint, but I’m not satisfied with it (at least not the brands I’ve tried). It requires too many coats and consequently conceals too much of the finer sculpting detail. I could try using the paint made for miniatures, but that would probably be cost prohibitive.

Danny Boy has been making monster puppets, too. Today he asked me what he should make next and I said, “How about a gargoyle? I think I can come up with something funny about a gargoyle.” I have charged him with making the “Real Monsters” whilst I concentrate on the “Movie Monsters.” I think I’ll make Lon Chaney Jr.’s Wolf Man next. Oh, and I should write a play with all these characters at some point. (Or I could wait until the last minute.)