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Published: 2011-10-31 00:14:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 1697; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 6
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Wow. this is just.... wow. I'm so proud that i did such a good job recreating the amazing furin's beautiful portal 2 core puppet. I chose to do rick though, as you can see. I'm just so happy and shocked it turned out so great while i was so pressed for time. this is for my halloween costume. I'm going as portal 2 chell. Maybe i'll submit a picture. I used this process [link] but not exactly. I'm bringing this to school and potentially other places, so i just decided against the eye to light up. I used this for the eye [link] Β§ion=&global=1&q=rick+the+adventure+sphere+eye#/d3fi29g. He does talk, but i have to toggle through the quotes instead of them just being randomly said. that way he can talk to people more life like. I hope that my rick puppet can get at least a quarter of the love that furin's wheatley did.*UPDATE*
HOLY CRAP U GUYS! thank u so much for all the correspondence! after a few minutes, after searching "rick the adventure sphere" my pic landed fourth page! that just may be my popular picture record! thanks for helping me get there! so far (i just checked) it landed 2nd on the 2nd page! thank u! i feel really weird, tho becuase im so grateful, so i might seem n00by, but this is my first extremely popular project. However, I didnt win in the costume contest at school... i entered most creative, but lost to the party rock robot... either way, life goes on! Thanks again.
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That is amazinggg
i Want my own core puppet so bad i saw the original and both that one and yours are so great and cool and wow the talent and just wow
I wanna make my own now c:
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If you have any questions, I can do my best to help! (:
Mine was like a lot cheaper and easier to make than Furin's, but a lot of what she did looked better than mine. So I guess it's based on priorities. d:
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i want mine to look super nice but I cant afford expensive materialsΒ
ill geuss ill just wait till i have enough money saved up XD
Did she make a tutorial or a how to vid?Β
(thx for the help btw! 
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She had a step by step process on her blog, I don't have the link, but you should be able to find it by googling furin cosplay Wheatley (:
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Ok, thanks!
I think I'd like to make mine so I can select which quote it says instead of it being randomized
(It's really cool how you did that btw)
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All you have to do is get a cheap recorder that can record more than one thing, and then I had a list of the order of quotes glued on the inside where only I could see it. (:
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Ah, ok then
Thank you!
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So mind explaining how you can get him to talk? I kinda know the process of it, but I'd love to know what you did!
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Honestly, it's simple. All I did was buy a voice recorder and I recorded some quotes from Rick. Then I put it into the core on the end of the puppet rig that controls his face for easy access. Then all that's left is pressing play and making it look like he's talking by moving his face and puppeteering his eyelids.
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Oh awesome, and one more question, how did you do the eye lids? Did you have your fingers go into something to move it like if it was a mouth?
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Ok, so I'll explain this as best as I can;
I made two eyelids out of foam core and gave them two little wings on each side [link] like they have in this picture, except I made mine go out horizontally. Then I tied and glued some string on each wing, and they all came to a stop a little farther than the center of the core. Then, I separated the top strings from the bottom strings, to organize which strings controlled which eyelid. I tied the top two into a finger sized loop, and the bottom two in the same sized loop. Then, you can put your fingers through the loops and pull the top loop to make the top eyelid go up/open, and you can pull the bottom loop to make the bottom eyelid go up/close.
I hope this made sense, but if you have any more questions, just ask away! I have limited visuals, so I have to explain mostly with words.
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Hi! May I ask how you made the general spherical base? I know you mentioned you followed off Furin's process as a guide and I'm just asking because I actually want to make a core to wear. I'm just not sure how much foam cubes to buy ( and I guess that's how I myself am going to build the base and to make it big enough to carve out and wear). But, did you do anything different? I'm not new to prop making or anything but spheres seem pretty difficult to make depending on how you're going to use them. Thanks in advance and Rick really does look great! Is that fiber glass resin you used for the outer shell for him?
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For the base I used a basketball, actually. And for the outer shell, I used wonderflex, if you don't know what that is, it's a type of plastic that becomes shapeable when heated. I hope that helped!
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Hm, interesting. I think I might give that a try! Thanks a lot!
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Yesh! Good choice of puppet! And awesome work
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thank you so much!! i didnt't win the most creative costume at school, though. lost to the party rock robot....
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no worries, I didn't even pass art XD
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well, proping is more my comforf zone, but i also enjoy other art. do u prop?
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Drawing is really my strong point, but I've been trying really hard to make props for years XD they're never any good though :\
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my advice: start small with paper crafting. thats where i started a couple of years back. then, i gradually worked my way up to bigger and bigger crafts. that effectively launched my craft skills
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I've tried paper crafting, I never liked the fidiliness :\ but thanks for the advice ^^
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hey, my prop making method isn't for everyone, don't sweat it.
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You figured out how the puppet rigging worked? Would you mind sharing how? I saw furin's but I couldn't figure out how she got him to move...
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well actually, i move it free hand, but i do know how it works on furin's. so how she did hers was (u might want to look at a visual while i tell u this, its hard to explain) that the rig lever has two side pipes that rotate up and down. then, at the bottom of the rig, there's another rotator (also made of piping) that is vertical. this turns it left and right. in a summary of what i just said, look at her final plan picture on the blog.
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AHHH good work!! I HAVE TO make Fact, now that there is a Rick out there, I've gotta jump on this before someone else does... thanks for metaphorically giving me the kick in the pants I needed ;D
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*kick* great to help u get on this project. just glad that i took my spot in uploading a rick before anyone else did. Better get started!
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I KNOW RIGHT luckily I'm like tied for the spot of "biggest Fact fan on all of the internets" and I know the other isn't planning on making one so I think I'll be okay for now.
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well thats good, but watch out for the others!!! ther everywhere... *ducks and covers* i wud think that i'm not the biggest rick fan but this project sure brought me up quite a few ranks
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PFFF the others can bring it. I will end them. Painfully.
Yep, I'd say you rose at least a few ranks with this
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well, i sure am glad that i'm not a fact core fanatic. i'm genuinely scared for them now... if ur a fact core fanatic and reading this, she means buisiness
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Thank you so much! I love your icon! Yay red medic!
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Thank you so much! I worked so hard to finish this in time for tomorrow. I'm so glad that I'm getting feedback already. (besides the usual favorite)
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