Rogues Gallery
by Al Stevens
al@alstevens.com
This page features figures built from the
Head Casting Kit. As more figures are built, I'll add them to this page.
Jayjay
Jayjay is my personal figure made from the Fred kit. I built Jayjay by using the procedures described on this web site.
I gave Jayjay a minor facelift to give him a unique appearance and make him look more like what I prefer in my own ventriloquist figure. You can see the details of those modifications by clicking here.
The Original Fred
This figure is the prototype Fred, built by Mike Brose and featured on his
Head Casting Kit web site. The original Fred was recently sold on an ebay auction.
Luke and Marcus
Luke and Marcus were built by
Arthur Martello.
Arthur has built figures from scratch and is skilled at making professional figures from
the toy ventriloquist figures that were popular with children many years ago. Arthur's website includes examples of his work.
Ace
Ace was built by
Gerry Snelson,
an English professor at Frostburg State University in Maryland. Visit Gerry's web site to
read about his many interests and to see some of his other ventriloquist figures.
Willie
Willie is the creation of Tom Rogers.
Dino Martini
Bob Jolley of Savannah, GA built Dino. Dino and Jayjay, my figure shown in the video at the top of this page, have something in common. They both use size 4T bodies from Conrad Hartz and wear tuxedos.
Ricky the Recruiter
Ted Northrup, shown here with Ricky and Lu Parker, built Ricky mainly to be an Air Force Recruiter. In this picture Ricky wears his Cub Scout uniform as he helps with a local annual popcorn fund raiser. Lu Parker is a local newscaster in San Antonio, Texas and was Miss USA, 1994.
Natalie
Here's Natalie, the first young lady to appear in the gallery. She was built by Eric Alexander.
John Doe
We call him John Doe because he has no name yet. He was built by
Frank Hedgecock
and put up for sale on ebay. Frank builds custom figures for sale and will build a figure to order based on the Fred kits. This figure is an example of one built by Frank with all the kit components available from
Puppets and Props.
Shirly
Ventriloquist and magician
Roger Carroll
built Shirly by using the head, eyes and hands kits from
Puppets and Props. Roger used some of the procedures in the Fred website (this one) along with Mike Brose's book,
Figure Making Can Be Fun.
Check out Roger's website to see his collection of "cohorts."
Joske
Joske was built by
Jacques Thijs
of Antwerp, Belgium.
Paco
Paco is the creation of Dr. Rod Smith, the Executive Director of the Honduras Baptist Dental Mission. Paco is a Spanish/English speaking Mariachi.
Jerry O'Toole
Brian Tiernan built Jerry. Look closely and you can see that Brian gave Jerry a facelift like the one I gave Jayjay. He modified Jerry's nose and chin and made the eyebrows narrower. I particularly like the Jerry Mahoney wig, which Brian got in a local costume shop. Brian says, "He really works well and he's earning his keep."
Jeff
Kirk Wickizer is shown here with Jeff, a figure he made with the Brose kits. As you can see, Jeff did a major facelift. Jeff has raising eyebrows.
Fred, Himself
And, last but not least, there is Fred, the fellow featured in the Fred Project, the subject of this web site.
Fred was recently auctioned on ebay and is enjoying his new home in San Francisco.
If you are building a figure from the Fred kit, please send a picture to
al@alstevens.com
so I can include it on this page.
