Sheep Wool Ideas

I think this looks like waves of sheep wool. If layers of this were piled together and tightly sewn together it would look good. 

After finding pictures on Pinterest a lot of people used felt to make sheep. I have done felting before I wanted to find something different and I came across this on Youtube.

I tried making the balls and don't think they look very much like sheep wool sewn together. 

Looking back at sheep wool pictures I thought it looked more like strips and instead of rounding the felt and squashed it into this shape. I think this works much better and is the technique I'm going to use for the sheep.

Sheep Scale

What I used under a flannel to create the sheep size. It won't look this this.

Sheep are a pretty decent size and will be quite easy to see. 

Sheep Prototype

This is a quick drawing I did when I was thinking how I could make the sheep leg move. After looking at the videos of sheep moving I think this will be a good way of making the legs look the knee is bending. After watching 'The Making of the War Horse' you are imagining that Joey is a real horse but when watching him you think he is a real horse. I don't think the support rod on my design above wouldn't be notice same as watching Joey. 

Not even this horse has noticed really that he isn't playing football with a horse. 

This is my prototype for the front leg of the sheep. Lego pieces, string, straw and a kebab stick all taped together to create it. I think the real thing would make the leg look like a moving sheep leg. I need to look a sheep back leg because I don't think they move in the same way.

Having a look and I think they move in the same way but they don't have as much movement. 

Below is a .gif of how I think it would work. the legs would have to move at different time and here I have worked out how that would work.  

Just would have to get the wheels in different positions.

Sheep Pictures and Movement

Sheep Facts

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Genus:	Ovis
Scientific Name:	Ovis Aries
Type:	Mammal
Diet:	Herbivore
Size:	90-140cm (35-55in)
Weight:	40-130kg (88-298lbs)
Top Speed:	40km/h (25mph)
Life Span:	5-10 years
Lifestyle:	Herd
Conservation Status:	Least Concern
Colour:	Brown, White, Yellow, Black
Skin Type:	Wool
Favourite Food:	Grass
Habitat:	Grass plains and mountainous regions
Average Litter Size:	1
Main Prey:	Grass, Weeds, Flowers
Predators:	Human, Wolves, Coyote
Special Features:	Thick, woolly coat and short tail

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I think this will have to be another puppet or maybe a pull along thing. The wool of a sheep is very similar to llama fur.

There knees will be difficult to recreate. Their movement is quite swingy in the hips.