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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈

@kevinblades.com
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Owner of Operation: Puppet. Professional puppet builder, amateur performer, really amateur podcaster, relapsed goth and maker of fun media.

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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 4h
You see this ancient beaten up leather? I’ve worn it since literally the 80s. In a video game this armour would be soulbound. It’s time for a new augment. I can’t afford the #Warframe tattoos I want, but this is the next best thing. Lotus symbol coming soon. My highest honour.
The front of Kevin’s leather jacket 
The back of Kevin’s leather jacket
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 23/09/2026
It's amazing @mischkaa.bsky.social. Literally all I did was switch to this skin and keep the rest of my fashion as-is and well... no notes. This is what you get when you use HUMAN artists Gorgeous. #warframe #captura
banshee warframe skin
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 23/09/2026
Plugging in Cephalon Frankie's charger for tomorrow's Iceblade of Narin #Warframe stream. And still raising money for #PuppetsUnite! And directory wide #Twitch drops!
cephalon frankie vtuber
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 23/09/2026
Essential gear when streaming as Frankie. Do you think I can get a sponsorship from Fisherman’s Friends?
A dish of throat lozenges
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 21/09/2026
A #Warframe joke for my birthday: Ordis: “Ordis does not think the Operator looks 58!” Drifter: “They’re not. I am.”
Kevin and Muppet Ordis
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 17/09/2026
Just finished these two little goofballs. They’ll be listed for sale tomorrow and then I’m off for a week of birthday staycation, during which I plan to stream pretty often.
Two small furry puppets
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 11/09/2026
This live hands ogre #puppet now available for adoption at www.operationpuppet.com. Really love doing these, I think between these and my goblins they’re my favourite. #smallbusiness #artist
A geeen and purple ogre puppet
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 04/09/2026
Two new #puppet listings up! A silly purple Greeblee and an even sillier floppy live hands dog! Buying direct means more money goes to the artist (me) and not to VC billionaires. www.operationpuppet.com #smallbusiness #artist
Two puppet listings, a purple Greeblee and a beige dog
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 28/08/2026
Finished this live hands #puppet dog today. Won’t be listing it until next week but if you’re interested hit me up! #smallbusiness #artist
Puppet dog closeup
Puppet dog full body
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 21/08/2026
While I deeply appreciate every sale, gentle reminder to try and buy on my direct shop rather than #Etsy. This what Etsy takes from one #puppet. On my direct shop the vendor fees are closer to $35. Same for every artist, buying direct means more of the money actually goes to them.
etsy fees totalling $84
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 20/08/2026
New full body goblin coming tomorrow(ish) for adoption. #puppets #puppetbuilding #smallbusiness #artist
Closeup view of goblin hand puppet
Left view of goblin hand puppetRight view of goblin hand puppetFront view of goblin hand puppet
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 18/08/2026
Fear not #Warframe fans, Muppet Ordis is alive and well and occupies a comfy corner of my studio. Please play with the volume off, Ordis, The Oracle is clearly sleeping.
A lineup of puppets in the workshop with Muppet Ordis on the end
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 18/08/2026
New #puppet #meme format just dropped. The Oracle has some #SelfCare advice.
The Oracle puppet holding a sign that reads:

The Oracle says

Stop scrolling. Go do something else for a bit. Infinite feeds impair cognitive function. Your brain needs to rest.

THE ORACLE HAS SPOKEN
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 17/08/2026
Artist! Drop something creepy!
a Nosferatu puppet
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 14/08/2026
Been doing commissions so it’s #FlashBackFriday. Greeblees are my homage to Fraggles and one of my staple #puppets. I’ve made lots over the years. #puppetbuilding
A green puppet 
A pink puppetA purple puppetA blue and purple puppet
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 11/08/2026
Perfect, no notes. #AI
Screenshot of a Mastodon post that reads "Bear in mind when you ask an LLM to explain why it did what it did (or didn't), you're asking faces on toast to explain faces on toast.

It's not explaining. It's plausibly completing.

And you fell for it twice."
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 07/08/2026
What would happen if Big Bird and Oscar got too close to a particle accelerator? This! New live hands monster #puppet now up for adoption at www.operationpuppet.com #smallbusiness #artist
Four images of a yellow live hands monster puppet
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 06/08/2026
Been super focused lately, this brow mech monster #puppet took under 3 days start to finish. Listing tomorrow on www.operationpuppet.com (message me if you’d like to reserve it). #smallbusiness
S yellow furry live hands monster puppet
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 06/08/2026
Okay, script for the next Oracle episode written in a medium that exists outside of my own head. Now all I need to do is find time to shoot & edit it. Before the next podcast, for sure.
closeup of The Oracle goblin puppet
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 31/07/2026
Two new #puppets now up for adoption! Who says humans are boring? Video on the direct shop at www.operationpuppet.com/my-direct-sh... #smallbusiness #artist
Four images of two human puppets
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 30/07/2026
Got *two* podcasts scheduled tomorrow so I pushed myself and got these both done in 4 days. Whew! Coming soon for adoption at www.operationpuppet.com #puppets #smallbusiness #artist
Two human puppets
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 27/07/2026
Already got a lot done for a Monday. Two #puppet interiors done. #puppetbuilding
Two puppets under construction
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 23/07/2026
New live hands monster #puppet now available for adoption! Styled fur, carved foam tongue, custom 3d printed eyes & mouthplate. #puppetbuilding #smallbusiness #artist www.operationpuppet.com
Four images of a live hands monster puppet
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 22/07/2026
3 days start to finish & I wasn’t even rushing. Fastest live hands monster #puppet I’ve ever made. After 8 years I might actually have figured this stuff out. Listing tomorrow on www.operationpuppet.com
An orange live hands monster puppet
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 21/07/2026
Lil preview of a new live hands monstor #puppet coming to the shop in a day or two.
An orange puppet under construction
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 19/07/2026
Made a subtle monument to Muppet Ordis on my orbiter. #Warframe #captura
an ordis floof decoration on the orbiter in Warframe
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 17/07/2026
Two new Greeblees freshly hatched and ready for adoption! #puppets #smallbusiness #artist www.operationpuppet.com/my-direct-sh...
Two puppets for sale on OperationPuppet.com
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 16/07/2026
Motörhead sneakers and Kermit socks. WTF even am I? It’s no wonder the algorithm doesn’t know what to do with me.
Kevin wearing Motörhead sneakers and Kermit socks
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 16/07/2026
First #puppet builds since I’ve been back, done! These two will be going up on the shop tomorrow. #puppetbuilding #artist
An orange puppet and a purple puppet holding hands
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 15/07/2026
Long shot I know but does anyone from the #TennoCon cosplay contest know who was handing out these adorable Clem keychains? Everything was so chaotic I never got a change to thank them. #TennoCon2026 #Warframe
A Clem keychain
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 15/07/2026
Making up for lost build time, three days, two #puppet bases done. Very tired. Finishing these two tomorrow. #puppetbuilding #artist
An orange and purple puppet construction
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 15/07/2026
Back to the #puppet mines, carving silliness out of foam & flece. #puppetbuilding #artist
An orange puppet under construction
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 14/07/2026
More #TennoCon artifacts. Mod trading cards and a 3d printed platinum piece from @widescreenjohn.bsky.social Muppet Ordis thanks you! #Warframe
Mod trading cards and a 3d printed platinum piece
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 13/07/2026
One of the many highlights of #TennoCon was being invited to the gala and getting to meet Kevin Lin, who was just as kind and generous as you’d expect. So thankful to everyone at DE for giving a special moment to a humble puppet builder like me. #warframe #puppets
Kevin and Ordis voice actor Kevin Lin with the Ordis puppetKevin Lin autograph on the Ordis puppet
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 13/07/2026
Another #puppet off to their forever home! Getting back to building for the shop now that #TennoCon is over. Commissions open! #smallbusiness #artist
A blue puppet being boxed for shipping
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 12/07/2026
Wait, there’s a *new* Hamburg?
New Hamburg weather screenshot
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 12/07/2026
Instead of a puppet how about next #TennoCon I just cosplay Brysko proroframe? I’m pretty much already there. #warframe
Kevin in a fedora and sunglasses
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 11/07/2026
And in, seated, with a bottle of water. One problem with being here alone is no one to take pics of me with props and things. #TennoCon
The Tennocon stage
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 01/07/2026
My best Excal. All captura, no editing.
Warframe Excaliber captura shot
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 30/06/2026
Time for my “game developer did something to anger the sweatlords” mug. #vagueposting #warframe
Coffee mug that says fanboy tears
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 29/06/2026
Yet more prep for #TennoCon. Just in case. I’ve never actually had my own business cards before.
New business cards
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 25/06/2026
Some stuff didn’t go well on the Ordis build yesterday so taking a moment to recalibrate and tidy the shop. This is actually post tidy, there were waist high piles of chaos two hours ago. Feeling much better and ready to move forward. #puppetbuilding
Kevin’s workshop tidy
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 24/06/2026
So much of this Ordis build is experimental it’s been a real day of roller coaster ups & downs. 2 weeks to #TennoCon, I’m locked in until this is done.
Ordis puppet under construction
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 22/06/2026
Starting a new #puppet builder’s superstition: accidentally dying your thumbs means the build will be great. Thus begins the dedicated week of working on the #TennoCon build.
Kevin giving a thumbs up with a dark grey dyed thumb
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 21/06/2026
There's no faster way to get me to add your channel to the block/ignore list than put out thumbnails like this. I described it as "it looks like it should be painted on a sandwich board outside a sleazy casino that smells like mildew and rancid lube." #youtube
a warframe video thumbnail in garish style
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 19/06/2026
Two new Greeblees have Greeblee’d their way on to the shop! Bet you didn’t know it was a verb. #puppets #puppetbuilding #smallbusiness #artist
Four images of two Fraggle like puppets
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 16/06/2026
Couple of years ago at a local arts market found this shirt and it’s almost like they knew a goth puppet builder was coming.
A black t-shirt with a grim reaper and the legend “kill them with kindness”
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 06/06/2026
Almost done the tutorial. #Warframe
Warframe mastery rank 30 pin
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 05/06/2026
Happy #Pride month puppet peeps! Keep fighting the good fight ✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
A grid of four Pride month puppet builds
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Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @kevinblades.com · 29/05/2026
For the build stream watchers: I *knew* letting it marinate in the brain juice would come up with something. Sticky backed velvet. How’s *that* for clean lines? #puppet #Ordis #warframe
Puppet Ordis under construction
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