pawpetshow

Release: Operation Desert Snow (EF15 / 2009)

Hi everyone!

The making of this video has been both blessed and cursed. I started this project in 2017, and it took me the best part of three years to finish it. 

You might ask yourself why did I choose this show, and none of the better AND more popular ones, like "The unlucky 13" or "Dreamcatchers"? And what the hell took me so long? 

I chose "Desert Snow" because at the time I began with this project, it was the earliest complete recording I had to work with. I'd...

Tioh's Puppet Workshop & Livestream

Are you interested in puppet building? Tioh, our master puppet maker, has created a new telegram group for everyone who is intersted in building a puppet (or parts) in the style of the Eurofurence Pawpet Show. Tioh will post the list of materials, tutorials, links to livestreams, 3d-printed parts that he can offer to ship, etc. there. 

Click Here to Join the Puppet Workshop Group  

The ...

Keepers of the Light - Bonus Reel

This is a video of the curtain call, and the end credits slide slideshow of behind the scenes photos. This was originally released alongside the original KotL video on vimeo, but hadn't made it to youtube yet for some reason. So here it is :)

Patreon Spendings 2019

A lot of very generous fans, including YOU dear reader, have donated a sizeable amount of money to our project, for which we'll be forever grateful. 

I thought you're probably curious what we do with all your donations, so here is the full list of stuff we exclusively bought from our patreon funds. These are all things that exceeded our basic budget provided to us by the convention, or that would have been hard or impossible to re-imburse otherwise.

If it hadn't been for YOU...

What have we been up to? Video Archeology!

(We're releasing this update to the public without the usual early access period, because it's mainly an update, and a teaser of stuff to come.)

First of all, thanks to all of our supporters here on patreon who're sticking with us despite the obvious lack of recent content :) It's been tough year maintaining our youtube channel, but that doesn't mean we're not working hard behind the scenes. We recently re-gained access to a metric ton of old videotapes that we thought had been lost for...

Welcome, new patrons!

The team has just returned home from Eurofurence and a very successful show, and I just wanted to make a quick post and thank everyone who just signed up to support our work!

Thank you for the bottom of our hearts for your generosity! 

We have collected hours of interesting behind-the-scenes footage again, which we had planned to publish while the show is in production, but "real life" didn't agree with our plans. I can only apologize (again) and promise to go ahead with more...

Demön HunterZ - Poster

The final poster design for our 2019 pawpet show "Demön HünterZ" is ready!  Please give us your thoughts, and of course we will also post a design breakdown for this poster soon!

The NULL and Void Show - Episode 4

In this episode:

- Live dialogue fails
- Eurofurence 18 - How to Ruin an Emotional Speech
- Eurofurence 20 - Attack of the Snapjaw - From concept to final

Want to join the Eurofurence Pawpet Show Team? We want you! Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njjo9BtS594

We show you glimpses behind the scenes of the Eurofurence Pawpet Show. There will be clips from rehearsals, preproduct...

The Null and Void Show - Episode 3

Null and Void are back - giving you an exclusive look into our video archives. In this Episode we'll show how some of the most iconic scenes of the EF pawpetshow changed from the first rehearsals to the final production:

- Eurofurence 17 - Dance of the Saxophone

- Eurofurence 18 - Tree Climbing for Dummies

- Eurofurence 17 - Kung-Fu Tigress

Our hosts NULL and void are looking forward to  receiving your comments and suggestions for topics they should be  cover...

Juno Rising Production Update - FINAL EPISODE

Here's the long awaited FINAL UPDATE on the 2018 show "Juno Rising!"  This is a monster of an episode, all filmed on location at Eurofurence  24, featuring a comprehensive backstage tour of our pawpet stage, and a  look at what really happens behind the curtain during the show!  This concludes our updates about "Juno Rising" - we're working hard to  get the video of the show itself out.  

ENJOY :) 

Juno Rising - Production Update - Episode 6

Okay, calling this a production update although it's more a  retrospective while production of the NEXT show is already underway sounds a bit funny - but this is how the series is called :)

But we have sooooo much more material about Juno Rising that we really want to show you! This time you get so see what happened two weeks before Eurofurence 24, when we all met with a whole bunch of volunteers to build all the backdrops and setpieces to be used  at the show. 

Restoring "Operation Desert Snow"

For those of you who are wondering why it takes so much time and effort to release more of the classic shows, I've made a quick little video showing you the steps that I'm going through to restore the surviving recordings of the EF15 Pawpetshow "Operation Desert Snow". Have fun! :) - Cheetah

We're still alive!

Here's a little update what we're doing and what to expect on this channel in the next weeks and months.

We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

We're nearing the end of a crazy year 2018, and it's once again time to thank everyone for their support. 

The pawpetshow is a labour of love by many volunteers, who give up a huge chunk of their regular lives to work on show after show for nothing in return but your applause and the knowledge of having made you smile, laugh, cheer and cry. These are the puppeteers, the technicians, the artists, the musicians, contributing their extraordinary skills and talents.

Thank you, Pa...

Official Pawpetshow Video: Goldeneyes (EF22/2016)

It's finally done! Thanks to the very hard work of our video editing team, we proudly present the sequel to "The Keepers of the Light" - Goldeneyes!

Set decades after the original Story, the world is deeply divided into  two major political factions who are struggling to gain the upper hand  in the power vacuum that resulted from the ending of the reign of the  Keepers of the Light.   Featuring an amazing soundtrack by Fox Amoore. Performed at Eurofurence  ...

Production Update Episode 5

It's finally here! 

Our show at EF24 was a huge success, but we still have plenty of behind the scenes material to show you! 

This time we're going to show you what interesting things happened at the second and third rehearsal weekends - where we did not only rehearse  playing all the scenes, but also took some time developing and testing  special effects, costumes and some special set pieces. Since this  episode was created after the final show, we will b...

Preview: Official Goldeneyes Video

Hi there!

Despite all the delays, we are in fact still making progress towards an official release of the EF22 Pawpetshow video! And to deliver you some proof, here's the final version of Scene 2-1 as it is going to appear in the finished release. It is representative for the quality you can expect - and I really think it was worth putting all the work into. 

The current status of the project is that Audio is done about 75%, and Video about 80%. Four scenes still need to be mixed, a...

Free Juno Rising Soundtrack Download

Hi everyone!

I have a bunch of free download codes for Fox Amoore's Soundtrack of our recent show "Juno Rising" that I'll be more than happy to share with you!

This offer is eligible for all patrons, no matter how much you have pledged. 

If you want one, please send me a personal message right here on patreon, and I'll get back to you with a personalized download code, which you'll be able to redeem at

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What the hell is going on?

I knew I had to write a post like this one day, but I didn't expect it to be that soon :) You've probably noticed the absense for promised content - and yup, you guessed it, real life took its toll.

Yours truly, the editor, is in the middle of moving from his former flat into his own house, and that's currently taking up all of my free time. Laying carpets, putting network cables in, buying new furniture, clearing out the basement, and actually moving over all of my belongings took the better ...

Songs of the Old Ages - Production Reel

Hi everyone!

Here comes a little free-for-all video that I initially made more or less for myself, but I thought maybe it's interesting to some of our die hard fans, too: A collection of rehearsal clips, and an EXTRA HUGE slideshow with lots of pictures from more rehearsals, prop building, backdrop painting and preparations at the convention. 

Workin on all the EF11 related stuff for our youtube channel and reviewing a lot of the old footage made me feel really nostalgic. And I noti...

Songs of the old Ages - Commentary & Backstage Camera

Hi everyone!

Now that EF has passed, we're still trying to catch up on the patreon backlog, and today we present to you some ancient but previously unreleased material!

It's not the proudest moment of our publishing history. The show was recorded in 2005, the commentary was recorded in 2009 ... and what year is it again? 

*dodges a tsunami of rotten tomatoes*

This was originally supposed to be a part of a DVD set that was fully authored, but never produced - mainly becau...

Juno has risen!

After months of preparations, we finally had our big day: Juno Rising had its first, and only performance at Eurofurence - and we can now say, that our improved team structure and procedures have paid off well. Nobody got overly frustrated or burned out, we were all able to enjoy the con, and the show went over almost flawlessly. 

As soon as we have recovered from the con, we are going...

Songs of the Old Ages Remastered

This is the official recording of our classic show at Eurofurence 11 - but in the best quality you've ever seen. 

Join the adventures of Lionel and his friends on their quest to find the  last remaining fountain of inspiration! It's a farce and satirical  story about music, creativiy, friendship, the music industry and pop  culture, loosely held together by slapstick humour and bad puns.  Features a life performence of Guest Star Heather Alexander as The  Spirit o...

Production Updates

Hey everyone,

with EF only 2 weeks away, crunch time has begun for us. We've got tons of footage from both rehearsals and the building weekend, and we promise to share those with you - after EF.

Right now, we're putting all our time and energy into the show, and our goal to get it going without delays, and without spending our entire con inside the workshop - and that means we don't have the resources to post further production update videos until after the con. 

We have some ...

Priority Seating for Patrons

Hello Patrons,

as a special perk for this year's Eurofurence, we've decided to grant our active Patrons who can make it to EF early access to Pawpet show seating. In order for this to work, we'll have to get you to your seat before the closing ceremonies start. This will work as follows:

In the schedule at

https://www.eurofurence.org/EF24/schedule/day_2018-08-25.en.html

...

Third Rehearsal. 36°C. 100% humidity. Don't ask.

Sorry, not sorry.

The Puppetry Workshop - Episode 1

Hi everyone, how is it going? We're currently super busy getting the third rehearsal prepared, so the next production update will take a little longer than usual. While you wait, here you can see how a typicel EF pawpetshow puppet is built - this Episode is about the main body, arms and legs. Enjoy!

"Juno Rising" - Poster design breakdown

As promised, here is the breakdown of the design of the 2018 Eurofurence Pawpet Show poster. Pan Hesekiel Shiroi took on the task to create this promotional piece of artwork. At first, she came up with a number of sketches for the overall design of the poster. You can see how a number of different themes are explored:

These were then turned into color studies to set the general look and feel:

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Juno Rising - Poster

Here is the final poster design for our 2018 pawpet show: "Juno Rising"! Please let us know what you think, and stay tuned for a breakdown of the design process for this piece soon!

Eurofurence is approaching fast, and all of us are hard at work to finish the show, so we might not be able to bring you a full-fledged production update for a while. We apologize for that!

Production Update Episode 4

Sorry for being late, but at about 25 minutes, this is yet AGAIN the biggest update we've produced, and it took a few extra days to get it right :)

This update is a documentary about our first rehearsal that took place  at the end of may - your chance to witness how am 80 page scripts slowly  but surely turns into a two hour show!   We tried to keep it as spoiler free as possible, but be warned that  you'll definitely hear about the name of characters and some bas...