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Modelmaking

Nan Puppet Head Armature

Nan Puppet Head Armature

Customised ball and socket armature for a needle felted stop motion puppet head

Fingers Puppet

Fingers Puppet

Foam & Wire stop motion puppet with adhesive facial features

Inside Nan X-ray Test

Inside Nan X-ray Test

Skeleton animation frames made from real glass, composited over animation of the stop motion puppet

Bean Puppet Hand

Bean Puppet Hand

Wire armature wrapped in fabric and cord

Hair sculpt Mother_Short GIF_2_1_1

Hair sculpt Mother_Short GIF_2_1_1

Silicone arm casting process

Silicone arm casting process

Casting in silicone with a wire and ball & socket armature, mould made from polyurethane resin

Wire armature puppet legs with soldered tie-down nuts

Wire armature puppet legs with soldered tie-down nuts

Mothers Days

Mothers Days

Final puppets in a still from the short film

Nan Puppet

Nan Puppet

Sizing up the armature against the original maquette

Nan Puppet Head

Nan Puppet Head

Comparison of In Progress puppet head with armature against the smaller maquette

Barrel sterling rep

Barrel sterling rep

shoulder stock sterling rep

shoulder stock sterling rep

Sterling rep trigger mech

Sterling rep trigger mech

Home Studio

Home Studio

Model Making area of home studio

Nan Puppet

Nan Puppet

In progress stage of adding felt to ball and socket head armature

Mothers Days Puppets

Mothers Days Puppets

Puppets from Mothers Days celebrating after visiting Aardman Studios

Bean puppet casting

Bean puppet casting

Silicone mould to cast polyurethane resin & iron powder mix, rig points incorporated. This resin is now magnetic for easy magnetic replacements facial features.

Bean Puppet build

Bean Puppet build

Magnetic puppet with wire armature limbs

Bean Puppet

Bean Puppet

Closeup - Bean puppet hands inside and out

Closeup - Bean puppet hands inside and out

Soldered wire armature hands wrapped in string and fabric

Bean Puppet Hands

Bean Puppet Hands

Wire armature and finished versions of the arms / hands for the stop motion bean puppet

Bean puppet inside and out limbs

Bean puppet inside and out limbs

Bean puppet and replacement features

Bean puppet and replacement features

Bean puppet with a selection of magnetic replacement facial features. The whole puppet body is magnetic from iron powder allowing for unusual and extreme placement of features anywhere.

Bean Puppet

Bean Puppet

Stop motion puppet made with iron powder infused resin, magnetic facial features and wire armature limbs

Wheelchair

Wheelchair

Stages of model wheelchair construction, designed to look like part of a 'plasticine world' with wobbly lines and character

Wheelchair Wire Frame

Wheelchair Wire Frame

Wire frame stage of wheelchair prop for Mothers Days Animation

Real and Model Wheelchair

Real and Model Wheelchair

Model wheelchair on real wheelchair

Mothers Days Puppet sculpts

Mothers Days Puppet sculpts

Sulphur-free chavant clay body part sculpts

Doris Hand Sculpts

Doris Hand Sculpts

Sulphur-free Chavant sculpted hands for Dorris Puppet, ready the moulding process

Cedric Puppet hand sculpt

Cedric Puppet hand sculpt

Sulphur-free Chavant sculpted hands for Cedric Puppet, ready the moulding process

Calculating resin mixes

Calculating resin mixes

Testing different percentages of fillite to mix with polyurethane resin for adequate viscosity while reducing the overall weight of the cast item

Resin cast & original

Resin cast & original

Resin replica & Original item comparison

Painted resin replica of military item

Painted resin replica of military item

Painted resin replica of some sort of rocket launcher handle for a re-enactment group

Foam Cedric Body

Foam Cedric Body

Furniture foam with armature grooves cut for snug fit before being glued together

Cedric Puppet Arm Cast

Cedric Puppet Arm Cast

De-moulding of silicone cast, armatured Cedric arm

Cedric Puppet head

Cedric Puppet head

Silicone Puppet head made for the film Mothers Days, hidden allen key access to ball and socket joints for tightening

Open mould resin casting

Open mould resin casting

De-gassed resin casting for Fenris Games

Pressure resin casting

Pressure resin casting

Pressure tank resin cast item for Fenris Games

Pressure resin casting

Pressure resin casting

Pressure tank resin cast item for Fenris Games

Mini hand stitching

Mini hand stitching

Neat uniform hand stitching for the clothes of Nan puppet

Cedric body textiles

Cedric body textiles

Measuring to make clothing for the Cedric puppet

Mini Man Mould

Mini Man Mould

Mould making process for Mini Man Armatured silicone puppet

Inside Cedrick Puppet Head

Inside Cedrick Puppet Head

Ball and socket plus wire armature with foam padding inside silicone cast

Silicone and Fabric puppet shoes

Silicone and Fabric puppet shoes

Silicone cast armatured shoes with added fabric and laces

British Fish & Chips model

British Fish & Chips model

Props for animated film 'Mothers Days'

Model Lamp Post

Model Lamp Post

Lathed wooden lamp post for the film 'Mothers Days'

Model Bench

Model Bench

Wooden seaside council bench model for animated film 'Mothers Days'

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