Wednesday, 9 June 2010

Theme tune lyrics

Ha ha this-a-way, ha ha that-a-way, ha ha this-a-way, my oh my
Ha ha this-a-way, ha ha that-a-way, ha ha this-a-way, my oh my
Ostagazuzulum, that was the magic word
Ostagazuzulum, my oh my
He can do magic, magic, magic!
Magic a rabbit, eight feet high
Ha ha this-a-way, ha ha that-a-way, ha ha this-a-way, my oh my
Ha ha this-a-way, ha ha that-a-way, ha ha this-a-way, my oh my

Wiz Woe for Paul Daniels Show

Oh no....

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article1702107.ece

Wiz. Bit more done

I'll let the phots speak for themselves. More to come tonight:

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Monday, 7 June 2010

Ha ha this-a-way, ha ha that-a-way....

My oh my! This thing is big!

We now have a cone. Picture story below. Can't be bothered to write. Are we checking luggage?


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Thanks to my assistant Debbie McGee (Claire).

No more updates tonight. Mrs H (Senior) is coming over tomorrow night to help me make the yellow cover, features and shoulder supports.

The new plan

So, I'm going to make a blue cone and make a yellow material cover.

Here are the final materials:

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We have:

Lots of foam
Yellow material
fabric paint
Stripey tights

Sizing Wizbit

According to the theme tune Wizbit is 8 ft high. From some pictures of Wizbit I decided the top angle is 35 degrees.

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Taking this into account and knowing that the bottom of Wizbit needs to come down to Fatty's knees and has to fit his shoulders width I came up with the following plan:

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This is the final size of wizbit.

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Thanks to Claire's Dad for the help

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I downloaded a cone planning software and put in the dimensions to get a template for the foam.

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This led to a final foam size of 2.3m x 1.8m. Unfortunately the yellow foam is not available this large so I had to order the blue.

What shall we make wizbit from?

Originally I thought of building a wire frame and wrapping yellow material around however this wouldn't have travelled well. We needed a material that would hold its shape when worn but be flexible enough to pack for the stag do. I sent for a load of foam samples and here's what I got.


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This yellow foam was ideal (and the right colour).