A few years back, Dan had built a Jersey Devil for a haunt we did in my backyard. It was a rod puppet and needed two people to operate it (see below), We knew the Devil in D&DD had to be operated by one person.
Dan was inspired by the Iorek Berenson, the polar bear puppet in a London staging of The Golden Compass.
He opted for a "backpack" design, and the creature's body would ultimately be inspired by both the Wendigo and the Jersey Devil.
He did an initial mock up with cardboard.
Then produced the limbs with a 3D printer.
And assembled it on a five foot stepladder.
He added wings.
And fur.
It started to remind us of Gossamer, the hairy, red monster from Bugs Bunny.
He produced a horse skull and deer antlers, again with the 3D printer, and glued them together.
Then he painted it.
Lo and behold. One wearable Jersey Devil puppet/creature suit.
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