Miles puppet from my degree film 'Between the Trees'. Made using latex skinning, fast cast resin, dragon silicone foam and fabrics over a custom made ball and socket armature, with multiple rigging points and lock offs.
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Chet, the large creature seen in my degree film 'Between the Trees', made in a similar fashion to Miles, but with a sculpey head, and sculpey mouth replacements.
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Rumpole, a grumpy old goblin. This puppet was made using aluminium wire, super sculpey, light weight sculpey, milliput, polymorph, latex and foam.
K+S Technology in the neck and wrists allows for the head and hands to be removed for repairs if necessary.
Tie Down techniques allow screws to be inserted through the set floor into the sole of the foot providing a sturdy base.
K+S Technology in the neck and wrists allows for the head and hands to be removed for repairs if necessary.
Tie Down techniques allow screws to be inserted through the set floor into the sole of the foot providing a sturdy base.
Skoff the Child Eater. This puppet was made using aluminium wire, super sculpey, light weight sculpey, milliput, polymorph, latex and foam.
K+S Technology in the neck and wrists allows for the head and hands to be removed for repairs if necessary. I gave him tufts of fur around his wrists to conceal where the K+S would join the hands.
Tie Down techniques allow screws to be inserted through the set floor into the sole of the foot providing a sturdy base.
K+S Technology in the neck and wrists allows for the head and hands to be removed for repairs if necessary. I gave him tufts of fur around his wrists to conceal where the K+S would join the hands.
Tie Down techniques allow screws to be inserted through the set floor into the sole of the foot providing a sturdy base.
Humphrey Boggart, a bothersome swamp dwelling creature with the characteristics of newts and frogs. Puppet made using aluminium wire, super sculpey, light weight sculpey, milliput, polymorph, latex and foam. His gills, and tail were wired so that they could be animated, giving the opportunity for some subtle secondary animation. Also, there is no solid mandible jaw bone, meaning that the lower lip could be animated and used to form basic mouth shapes for lip synch. "ooh's" and "ahhs" etc.
Nigel Valentine, an over amorous O.A.P. He was the title character of my second year team film "Not Now Nigel!" . I made 3 different scaled puppets. One for long shots (small), one for mid shots (medium) and one for extreme close ups (large). This allowed me and my team to keep the size and cost of the set low, but also the ability to get a lot of detail during close-up shots. The largest Nigel puppet really was a joy to animate as his moustache and eyebrows were fully moveable, allowing me to get some great character across in his animation.
Made using Super Sculpey, Lightweight Sculpey, Milliput, Delren Beads (for eyes), Polymorph, Aluminium Wire, Latex and Foam.
Made using Super Sculpey, Lightweight Sculpey, Milliput, Delren Beads (for eyes), Polymorph, Aluminium Wire, Latex and Foam.