2:45 a.m.

So I found out I won't be able to get 48 hours of puppet building in straight. Turns out I'll be doing a few hours of non-puppetry work part of tomorrow (well, today now) and Thursday. Since I'll be spending about 10 hours working when I planned to be building to compensate for the lost time I've decided to allow myself until 11:45 Thursday night to finish Bluie instead of 1:45 in the afternoon, which is technically 48 hours from when I started.

I would have had an update posted sooner, but the battery in my digital camera died around 10 o'clock and I had to wait for it to partially recharge.

I had to dye antron fleece tonight so I would be able to start covering the puppet tomorrow. It's hanging to air dry right now.

Also made the mouthplate and glued it to the top of the foam skull so most of the foam build-up is done. I just have to make Bluie's jaw and line the inside of the mouthplate with black felt. I may also make a few minor alterations to the head.

Next I painted Bluie's nose with black acrylic paint. The nose is made from a halved golf practice ball. About a month ago I lucked out and found a bunch of these really cheap at Wal-Mart.

Well that's all for tonight. I'll have more pics and another update early tomorrow evening.