Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 17:02:58 +0100 (BST)
To: balloon@fooledya.com
From: info@debis.powernet.co.uk (Vaughan Lee)
Subject: Baz

OK, this is it, done, finished.  I've now completed my little task of
working out reasonable representations of Royal Sorell's Loony Golf
characters.  Here is the final one, a Tasmanian Devil type creature who,
because of a striking likeness to my cousin Barry, I've named Baz.

Once again, the original model is Royal Sorells - he worked it our first.
I've merely copied it from the photos on the Web site.  I've asked his
permission before posting these instructions, and have no wish to take any
credit away from him.

Having said that, I found this character the hardest to work out and the
finished product, although a pretty good representation of the photo,
doesn't seem to be quite as tight looking.  Methinks I may be missing a
trick of the trade here :-)

Hope you enjoy it.



Baz

Requires 6 brown, 1 white, 1 yellow, 1 red  and 1 black 260Qs.

Start by inflating a brown balloon, leaving a 3 - 4 inch uninflated tip.
Twist a 6" bubble, and then a 7" - 2.5" - 2.5" - 7" series, locking the two
7" bubbles together.  Pull the 6" bubble across the ring just formed and
wrap the knot around the twist between the two 2.5" bubbles.  Ear twist a
softish 1 inch bubble and position this at the front.  Break of the excess,
tie and secure.  This forms the main centre of the body.  The following
brown balloons are added to the back of the body - remember, the ear twist
is at the front.

Start the legs by inflating two brown balloons leaving a 3 inch uninflated
tip.  In each balloon twist a 1" bubble followed by two 5" bubbles locked
twisted together to form the foot.  Then twist a 7" bubble and lock the two
balloons together at this point.  Twist this lock around the ear twist in
the first balloon, and then bend the legs to give them shape.

Inflate a fourth brown balloon leaving a 3 inch uninflated tip.  Wrap the
knot around the twist between a 7" - 2.5" bubble pair on the first balloon
(the shoulder).  Twist an 8" bubble and, pulling this down the back of the
body, lock it around the ear twist.  Make a 3" loop for the tail, and then
another 8" bubble which is locked around the opposite shoulder.  Twist a
6.5" bubble and lay it along the top of the two 2.5" bubbles, locking it
into the first shoulder. Then twist two 5" bubbles, and take these, in a
point, back over the top of the 6.5" bubble just made and lock back into the
second shoulder.  Break off the excess, tie and secure.

In each of the remaining two lengths of leg balloon twist a 9" bubble and
bend this around the back / side of the body, locking one into each
shoulder.  Follow this with a 2" loop on each side for the ears, and then
remove the excess, tie and secure.

Now the body can be turned over!  

Inflate a yellow balloon leaving a 3 inch uninflated tip, and wrap the knot
under the ear twist at the base of the body.  Twist a 10" bubble and,
pulling this up the front of the body, lock it around one ear.  Twist two
3.5" bubbles, lay them across the front of the body and lock around the
opposite ear.  Make another 10" bubble and pull this down the body to lock
back under the ear twist.  Remove excess, tie and secure.

Inflate the white balloon leaving a 5" uninflated tip.  Twist the knot
around one ear and then twist two 3 - 3.5" bubbles.  Lay these across the
body above the yellow bubbles, and lock around the opposite ear. These
bubbles will have the eyes drawn on them as two solid circles near the
centre of the body.  Twist four 1.5" bubbles and, stretching them down the
front of the body, lock around the top of the ear twist - the ear twist acts
as a spacer between the white and yellow balloon.  Twist another four 1.5"
bubbles and stretch these up to the other ear and lock into place with the
knot.  This gives the teeth.  Remove the excess, tie and secure.

Inflate the black balloon about 2 inches.  Make a 1" ear twist, remove the
excess and tie.  Wrap this around the twist between the two 3.5" yellow
bubbles to make the nose.

Inflate the red balloon about 3 inches at the nipple end, tie off just
behind the bubble and remove the excess.  Tie this into place at the twist
between the two 2.5" bubbles in the first brown balloon so that it pokes out
of the mouth. This is the tongue.

Finally make the arms.  Take two brown balloons and inflate leaving a 3"
uninflated tip.  In each, twist a 1" bubble and then three 2" bubbles locked
together in a loop to make the hands.  Twist a 15 inch bubble and then
remove the excess and tie off.  Tie one of the arms around each ear and
squeeze the top end behind the yellow balloon to give a more natural
appearance..  Shape the arms to make them curve out and around the front of
the body.

Keep smiling,
Vaughan

A horse walks into a pub and the barman says 'Hey, why the long face?'