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For my sister's 18th birthday (back in October) I made her a Fiery from the movie 'the Labyrinth'.I worked on it when I could without her seeing it for 5 months.
I carved the head, body, limbs and tail from foam and needle felted wool over them.
The eyes are glass pebbles from a glass badge reverse painting kit. They are glued onto a couple of small blocks of wood that are pushed into the foam of his head.
The ears a leather, moulded into shape by hard when wet, and then painted with acrylics.
The tongue, teeth and nails are felt cut from sheets of felt and then needle felted onto the body with wool.
I bought rare earth magnets off of ebay and there are 16 magnets in him. Both legs, both arms, the tail and the head are removable. The magnets hold them in place and allow them to be swapped around.
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I'm surprised they don't have licensed dolls of these guys already. Do they?
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They had one when the movie first came out that looked like this: [link]
They're very rare now, and I only know they exist from seeing that photo - I've never even seen another photo of one. That person is the only person I've heard of having one - but I'm sure they must have made more unless it was a prototype.
Here's the website if you want to have a look [link] lots of great info for labyrinth fans
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omg you are so talented! This is amazing i would eb a very happy sister indeed if i received on of these!Great work
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There are no words to properly describe how AWESOME that is. one of the shots there reminds me of the following line:
"Hey! You're only supposed to throw your own head!"
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wow! that is pretty much the coolest thing ive ever seen in my life! I cant believe hes all detachable! your sis must love you
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That is amazingly, fantastically, astoundingly awesome! Like a hundred billion hotdogs!
Well done!
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thanks
I think I'd be sick of hot dogs after that many though. Well to eat that many you'd have to eat nearly 40 every second for 80 years, so I think I'd probably be dead inside the first minute. Although I guess that many could be good if you gave them to lots of other people. I suppose you don't even have to eat them - the inside pinky colour of a hotdog is actually quite similar to the colour of this fiery - thry could be made into a giant fiery hotdog sculpture.
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You're an exceedingly strange person. Which is why I like you! XD
Forty a second for eighty years? It takes me longer than a minute to eat one. I'll have to have forty children with similar abilities... and they'll have to have sixty kids each, just to make up the difference... I have no idea of my math is correct.
Forget hotdogs. Now I want a corndog. : (
(Edible Fire Gang! Collect the whole set... then eat them. >XD)
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I've never had a corndog. The only time I've seen them is when there is this carnival type thing that happens here each year called the Royal Adelaide Show, and even then they're called 'dagwood dogs'. I guess they must be an American thing. I don't understand the naming of them. Is the batter on the outside made of corn flour?
At the moment I'm eating a ham and cheese roll - which doesn't lend itself to sculpting so well
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Never had a corndog. How sad. : ( The batter around the hotdog is made with cornmeal. (It's the best part of the whole thing.) I eat the hotdog first, so I can take my time and enjoy the cornbread part.
Ham and cheese rolls would probably be difficult to sculpt with, yeah. (Corndogs would be easy. You could connect them with their sticks. XD)
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Oh my gosh thats amazing lol they kinda freaked me out in the movie but I still liked them 
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This was an AMAZING idea! You did a fabulous job on it, but I gotta tell you, I love the magnet-attachable limbs and head the most!!! That was just perfect! 
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I doubt I will attempt to duplicate your feat anytime soon, I can barely manage one simple plushie without a pattern, lol But wow! How much would it cost me if I could talk you into making another one???? My husband is totally in love with Labyrinth. I'd never have to buy him another present again, lol
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Sorry, I wasn't ignoring your comment, but DA didn't send me a message about it because you replied to your comment, not mine, so I didn't see it here.
I'd have to find out where to get hold of some more foam and leather, which I could do in a couple of weeks time when I see the people who know where it comes from. I've asked at the post office about sending wool to the USA and they said that I can do that.
If you are interested, I could make you one for $500 Australian - at the moment thats about $430US, but its different all the time.
The reason this one took 5 months was because I couldn't work on it when my sister was at home - so it wouldn't take anywhere near that amount of time to complete. I could probably make one in a moth or so (after starting it).
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Alrighty, well, let me see what I can do. If I have you make one it'll be a few months before I know if I can scrounge together that much cash!
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Well that goes without saying! hehe
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I'll have a look into finding out about the materials when I can then. I'm sure the world would be a more magical place with another firey living in it
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I made sure all the magnets on the body have the same pole facing outward, and all the magnets in the limbs have the same pole facing outward (the opposite one to the one that faces outward in the ones in the body) so that any limb can be replaced by another eg a tail as an arm or an arm as a leg
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I love it! I should try needle felting one day. It looks kinda complicated though...
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The process itself isn't hard, it just takes a very long time. It's one of those things where you really need to see it done in person though, or it was for me at least.
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Apparently my mum used to do needle felting, and I never knew! We've got some felting needles in the loft, so she'll be able to show me!
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fantastic details! He's wonderful! Just the kind of cuddly looking little critter you need to have in your life to brighten up your days. Wonderful craftsmanship as well. I love the idea of felting over foam and must try that sometime. Congrats.
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Thanks!
I'm not sure what the usual uses of the foam are, but its sort of like a sponge, not polystyrene type of foam. But its firm enough to be able to carve with a sharp blade.
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Fantastic job! I loved the labyrinth. I'm sure your sister loved him.
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Yep, she did. She found a picture of a toy they made when the movie came out but they were rather basic and now very expensive and hard to find because there wasn't many made - though I don't think there are any other like this one!
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Not only does it look awesome, but I love the concept of removable body parts 
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I took me a while to figure out what to use because velcro would have caught on the wool. But because I had to order a bunch of magnets, I will be trying to make other things that stick together in the same way.
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ooohh, I look forward to seeing them then. Are you thinking of making more pieces made out of wool?
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I was thinking about making some creatures out of fabric fur and polymer clay (like the golden mole I made) with the magnets. I started on two animals out of fur and clay yesterday, but I'm not planning to put magnets in them.
I am going to make some more wool things sometime though because I have lots of wool in bright colours like pinks and purples.
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Wow, all the projects sound great! I am looking forward to seeing what creatures you decide to make next. As for the wool pieces, do you use a special type of wool? I noticed that the fiery looked very sturdy - is there some type of fixative you use to make the wool hold its shape?
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nope, just wool. It's over foam so the inside is sturdy, but the wool doesn't have anything extra on it.
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Ah, no wonder. I am sorry for constantly pestering you with my silly questions. I hope I haven't annoyed you too much
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Nope
questions are always good - its how you learn things
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Thats good to hear! Thank you!
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That is SERIOUSLY cool. I love the movie and you've done the Fieries justice. Great work!
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