Some footage of the clay character I built. I was going to shoot the puppet walking around but it was top heavy and kept on falling over. So I taped it down to a block of wood.
I finished building the Stage (Set Floor) using two by fours. The top is condensed sawdust. This will be helpful when I drill holes. There won't be any splintering.
Here I mixed two different colored clays together. I used a double boiler to melt the plasticine. After the colors are mixed, I poured the clay onto plastic wrap to let it cool.
Next step, I used a lighter and melted the clay onto all parts of the puppet. This is key because the clay won't stick unless you do this step.
This is the armature for my stop motion puppet. I used 16 gauge wire twisted together then plumbers epoxy for the joints. There are nuts in the bottom of the feet so it can be secured to the stage floor.
This is going to be the design for my first wire armature stop motion puppet. I decided to make it to run some animation tests. It's going to be 9 1/2 inches tall instead of 71/2 inches. I'm using 16 gauge wire for the armature skeleton and epoxy for the joints.
