After about four weeks work with very long hours, working to a tight budget and deadline, I finally finished this monster Hound! The body was made from carved plastazote over plastic piping for the bone structure with fake fur on top. I painted the fur and combed it into the direction I wanted. I designed and made the beast with a rucksack inside the chest so a performer can go up inside the chest, clip themselves in and then operate the head and jaw and give the body some movement too. Look here for Behind The Scenes pictures! [link] and an early video test [link] This part of the performance all happens in total darkness with only torchlight to illuminate it...it all makes for a very scarey moment! It then has to get 'shot' and so the whole costume/puppet has to fall over! Then the operator escapes from view whilst Holmes and Watson examine the unaturally large hound. It's been made for the Illyria Theatre company [link] for their tour of the classic Sherlock Holmes story 'Hound of the Baskervilles.' The play is only being performed in outdoor venues around Britain.