Epico: New pictures.

With Jamie on holiday and Michael freelancing life in the shop has been quiet of late. So we thought we would post a few more pictures of our current work in progress. From a puppeteers perspective its nice to begin to see how Epico plays to the camera and how his movements suggest a psychology.

Introducing Epico.

Epico, first Look:

This photo shows the initial mock-up of Epico the Dragon and points to some of the challenges of realising a character on this scale. With the head extended 2 meters in front of the lead performer weight will be a critical issue. There is already a lovely movement quality within the head, neck, tail and spine. The challenge will be to retain these as the bulk of the beast increases.

Dragons Be Here!

In late March we conceived and began our most ambitious project to date, Epico the Dragon. Five meters of rippling foam, cable controlled, animatronic puppetry, the largest character we have ever constructed. Often as the scale of a character increases movement is reduced as the performers have to fight the bulk and weight of the materials. But inspired by the fluidity of movement we attained with the Penguins, Epico is being built from the movements out, we want him to move with all the playful bounce of a puppy and the feline grace of a cat.

Epico will be available to book from July. Accompanied by an errant knight or princess character he will perform a twenty minute mini-arena show, as well as being available for walkabout or parades.