Making a Stopmotion Puppet! (Experimentative Tutorial)
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- Crafting tutorial : Making a fully articulated Puppet for Stopmotion animation.
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Videos and Tutorials I strongly recommend on the subject:
StopmoNick (channel: / stopmonick )
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Edu Puertas (channel: th-cam.com/channels/dEt.html...
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lego latex casting: • LEGO is great for moul...
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bluworm (channel: / @theloneanimator )
wire armature: • Building a Stop Motion...
Building stopmotion monster (part 1, 2&3):
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latex wings: • Wings For Stop-Motion ...
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For those wanting to build the lego amarture I bought the lego pieces from an Ebay seller called Brick& Go here are the links to the pieces I bought 3-4 of each bundle If I recall but I have some spares left, but I have no doubt you can find them elsewere:
(3X) www.ebay.fr/itm/LEGO-x-4-22890-6123814-Plaque-Boule-gris-Plate-Ball-1x2-Towball-NEUF-NEW/122934797712?hash=item1c9f7c2590:g:MiIAAOSwlAZaa0Lr
(3X) www.ebay.fr/itm/6-x-LEGO-14418-Plaque-Rotule-gris-grey-Plate-1x2-Towball-Socket-NEUF-NEW/122444315880?hash=item1c823ffce8:g:FbAAAOSwFmxaa0KG
(2X) www.ebay.fr/itm/6-x-LEGO-14704-Plaque-Rotule-gris-grey-Plate-1x2-Towball-Socket-NEUF-NEW-/122444317136
(4X) www.ebay.fr/itm/6-x-LEGO-Technic-2736-Axe-Boule-Rotule-gris-grey-Cross-Axle-Towball-NEUF-NEW-/122377576399
Dude where is the links
Dude you need to click on "read more" to expand the pinned comment and see the Links.
@@LandvaettrsLair got it
@@LandvaettrsLair since building this puppet how has the lego armature been holding up?
@@skullLOVERGamez very well, but I must confess I didnt get to use it remotely as much as I wanted to...it is curently stored in a dry box and preserved from heat or cold. Then again the legos tecnics ball and sockets joints that me and my brother used as kids are still in a good shape and they did sustain quite a bit of abuse back then.
I've wanted to make a stop motion animation for so long but I didn't know how to make it movable, I had lots of problems with the skeleton and the materials I would put on top but now I think I have a better idea of what to do! Thank you!
My doll will be named Mayuki 😊
Glad I could be helpful, have a nice one building and animating your doll!
That's a beautiful name :)
Omg Mayuki is an awesome name!
How to you making via puppet
I might try this during quarantine
Me too!
Very cool.
For those just getting started, I found that using 3-inch skeletons as a base helped me with getting proportions right. There are a plethora of action figure weapons that fit with them and inuse aluminum foil to build them up so that if a wire breaks, there is still some poseability to the puppet.
I hope to be able to get this detailed one day.
fascinating! I really appreciate your including the multiple attempts at things. It reminds us to keep trying until something works! thanks so much. (Also, really like the new place - so much natural light to work in!!!!!)
Thanks Kat! Glad you appreciated seeing the whole experiment, errors are just as important as acheivements in a creative process, so yeah I figure I'd show most of it. ;) Yes the new flat is wonderful, we really enjoy living here!
There was a lot of trial and error, but you kept developing your puppet until success! It was very enjoyable to watch your character come to life! Look forward to seeing your stop animation movie.
i’m hoping to make a stop motion short before i graduate high school :)
this was a super helpful video!
Do it! Glad this helped, Cheers!
OMG .... The fact that this is your first usable attempt makes me excited for your future endeavors! Can´t wait!
Thanks, can't wait either :)
I Like the way you showed not only succeeds but failures like wire armatures and so on . Thanks, I think it’s important
Yeah I'm no expert, I wanted to show the process. During experimentation shit happens you gotta adapt, figuring out is part of the fun imo...even if avoiding the main errors is a good thing can prevent real frustration, a little tutorial always comes handy😁. Thanks for your feedback, Cheers!
Landvaettr's Lair i just know the feeling ) I made myself a worm puppet out of silicone, with a wire armature inside. I don’t have enough fingers to count how many times it used to brake ...
Love your video! I love that you included your entire journey of failing and succeeding! I am an MFA student for Animation and I have failed so many times, but so many videos only include the parts when it works. It's not as easy as it looks!
Indeed, I wanted to show the process, Im no expert by any means and you always find failure on the path to success. Glad you liked the vidéo ! Have a good one animating! Cheers!
amazing and a great tutorial and even with all the errors you made pointing out your downfalls and your successes well done
Thanks for your feedback. Yes, trial and errors are part of the creative process and deserve to be shared just as much as the successes in my opinion.
Very inspiring. I've been animating miniature poseable skeletons lately and they are almost impossible to work with for a variety of reasons. Your video has got me thinking about the possibility of making my own characters. Thanks! It's also good to see how much trial and error you had to go through; I don't feel like such a dunce now, given all me tries and retries!
That is so cool! Years ago I made a puppet to use to make a children’s book I used the aluminum wire and a foam sculpting medium for the body. I remember making shoes from leather and got my mother to sew the dress. I had issues with flexibility. I only had to do a dozen position. I love the LEGO idea. It is brilliant! I wish I thought of that back then.
Glad you liked, I only thought about the lego because I couldn't really afford the actual articulted metal armature, and aluminium broke... Had to find a cheap but worthy alternative ;)
That's cool! Thank you for showing the whole process, mistakes and all, that is very helpful :)
About making clothing - I saw a good method to make doll clothes. You wrap a doll in some plastic wrap and then put paper tape (like a masking tape) on it. Then you design shape of your clothes on top of the tape and carefully cut and remove tape from the doll. It gives you very accurate template. Hope it's usefull :D
Thanks for the feedback! Sure, mistakes can be frustrating but are a necessary pain to learn, needed to show the process as it was. Thanks for the tip! actually knew about the technique applied for actual tailored clothing but for some reason never thought of using it in puppet making lol (than again I am novice in puppetmaking ). Thanks!
That's an insane amount of work! And to think I was going to give up making my miniature fireplace!
For a first attempt you did very well. Several useful tips as well.
The tremendous work done here... dude, thank you and congratulations. Great job!
Thanks, hope it gave you some ideas & tricks.
Beau travail de patience et de persévérance. Le personnage a une bonne tête. A star is born !
Merci!
I keep coming back to watch this video, it’s so incredible. I’m getting ready to make my own stop-motion video using your rig technique soon, and I can’t thank you enough for the tutorial. I can’t wait I get mine built!
Glad the tutorial was helpful, just Keep in mind Im no expert, just a dexterous enthousiast. The tutorial should defenetly be helpful but be prepared to face failures or setbacks. Figuring out stuff is part of the fun anyway ;)
Fine range of inspiration, impressed by your solving the element of 'dagger/sword' with a cool finish too, thx!
Thanks for your feedback, glad you enjoyed the making.
Have you've ever watch the very, very end of Paranormal movie??? Like maybe the last 20 seconds. It shows in stop animation how the main character Norman was made from being to him walking away in claymation. You will most likely have to go frame by frame to see the whole process, but it is so amazing how he was made.
Never have watched that movie, will check
Negative views on videos like this... Makes no sense.
Loving you work, man! Seriously inspiring!
Thanks! It really doesnt matter It feeds the algorithm just the same and creates just as much traffic as likes. But thanks for your kind words! Support is always appreciated!
@@LandvaettrsLair after a few years hiatus I've been building a lot lately, watching all the usuals. Youts, tho, are definitely different than the norm. You have a different quality and it shows.
Getting back to crafting after a long Hiatus always feels awesome, have a great time doing it and thanks for the kind words.
You are magic! Bravo👏
I loved every minute of your video and I am looking forward to more such experimental videos ❤️🙏🏻 thank you
Wonderfully done.
Are you harry potter? man! its magic thanks! nice tut
Very cool mate! Thx to you i can now make a witcher figure for my son. Thank you for this 👍
Happy this could help. Good Luck crafting your witcher figure, you have quite some work on your hands!
@@LandvaettrsLair i would imaginê so 😁 but it is all part of the fun
youre a wizard,harry.
Came here from Edu Puertas.
This is wonderful.
So smart to salvage leather from old jackets 🙌 Beautiful work 🔥💯
Thanks for your feedback! Yeah leather is durable, can be used for so many things. I'd be a shame to juste throw it away!
Thanks for the tutorials!
Thanks for the feedback! Cheers!
Nice! going to use your eye placement mechanism
Very well done. I really enjoyed your presentation on the build. Nicely done for your first try. I thinks many of us would be happy with those accomplishments as is, let alone making it better as we go and learn. I can't wait for a short video of hi in action!
Didn't have much time for animation lately, i've been focusing on RPGs, but live defenetly got the itch for animation thèse days! Thanks for your feedback!
Absolutely amazing! I was following over on twitter and the end result is brilliant. I'd love to try this one day :) great work! The final animations are so enjoyable to watch.
Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed, the animations were mostly just to give it a try and see if the puppet and the rig worked correctly, I'll try to make something more fluid and polished next time, with a green screen and better lighting :)
@@LandvaettrsLair Looking forward to it! :)
this is really good! thanks.
Amazing .Thank you so much.
Great work dude. Just starting my own project. Inspirational. 👌🏼
thanks, glad it helped with your project!
Holy crap amazing job with the Legos
Thanks!
Thanks a lot for the tutorial!
You're welcome!
I learned a lot - THANK YOU!
Glad you liked! Cheers!
well done! this gives me a lot to ponder and work out BEFORE I make an attempt!
Good! It was the intend of the video. Showing my process to give insight and heads-up on the different issues to attend! Thanks for your feedback !
Your prob!am solving skills.are to be admired my friend I watched start to finish and subscribed and am looking forward to your first full length movie lo!
Nice video! Your work is inspiring, despite the fact that it was painstakingly done though trial and error, nevertheless your patience and determination were decisive to accomplish a task that demanded a great deal of meticulousness.
Thank you for your feedback and appreciation!
Inspiring stuff! Makes me want to get back into stop motion!
Me too lol!
that is amazing dude, keep up the good work
Thanks!
You should use sticker lip sync for you characters face. Somebody call Michel parks did an amazing tutorial on it.
Very interesting and informative! Thank you!
Glad it was useful! Thanks for your feedback!
great work and it has given me some ideas
Thanks, it was the intend! Cheers
Wow clevvvver!
This is a fantastic stop motion puppet! The detail is very well done!😀
Thanks!
@@LandvaettrsLair Anytime!😄
Wow Lve you videos 👍 good job !!
I love this, amazing! :D!
Thanks, glad you like.
Great work! Very inspiring.
For your Rigg, paint it black - cause it‘s easier to remove at postproduction.
I‘m looking forward for your work and wish all the best for your projects & progress.
@Stefan Pfeffer I defenelty need to paint the rig, but I think I'll choose a neon green instead, it'll be easier to select the color range and remove it post production. Thanks for your incentives!
Dear Landvaettr's Lair, neon green is maybe the better choice, for sure. I can also rcommend the making off(s) from LAIKA-Studios. Quite interesting and good for getting ideas.
Haha so I'm not the only one who ordered those lego parts!
It would be grateful, if you advise me the right online place to order it
@@geetsharma8696 I think it was a site like bricklink. I used ldd to put the parts together beforehand then looked at tutorials how to export the list to an online store.
Thank you!
look good i love it
Thanks!
that was great
Glad you liked. Cheers!
Awesome
Thx
Great puppet!
Thanks !
This is so amazing wish I had the stuff to make it😥
So fantastic ! please give us part two
Thanks, Unfortunatelly I'm not working on Stopmotion atm, I have another tutorial for rpg crafting on the making.
k&s brand tubing is great for square tubing. They make telecoping sizes that fit into each other. It's expensive but we don't need much for it.
Thats realy good, big thumbs up 🙂👍
Thank you! Nice animations on your channel Btw!
@@LandvaettrsLair thank you 🙂
I love your work ❤️
Please make a 8inch spiderman puppet with his tight fitting costume so that all the muscles can be seen.
Nice video 👌 👌 bro
From India 🇮🇳
Thank you from France!
Good job man
Thank you.
Little Viking chap
WOW! Great animations at the end there and great model. Very impressed man.
Thanks! the animations were just to give it a try and see if the puppet and the rig worked correctly, I'll try to make smthing more fluid and more polished next time :)
rly cool
Thx
thanks for giving us different options for this
Glad you liked, there are many others options in stopmotion this is mostly my creative process. There are surely other/better ways to do.
Landvaettr's Lair can you make a small 1 please
Thank you
You're welcome!
Not sure how it is you dont have many more subscribers, your work is very incredible. I hear people ask all the time how to make things with cheap or free materials and you do this in spades. I don't know if you watch Bard's Craft and Franky D Crafter but they both have very unique channels using simple easy yo get material that I think you'd enjoy. Cheers and hope your audience continues to grow.
Hey Chris, thanks for your longtime support. I haven't been very productive uploading content on the channel lately so it defenelty doesn't help the channel grow. But the slow growth its probably because I disabled the ads on the vids when I made the channel (my content is free and I wanted the tutorials to be accessible without ads hindering the viewer experience ;) ), but it turns out the TH-cam algorithm doesn't reference the content very well when you don't enable ads...I've just very recently enabled them maybe it'll boost the visibility a little bit... I'm gonna check the channels you shared! Cheers!
Thank you for sharing your experiments, I learned a lot from them. What I have learn about wires is that even aluminium wire can break easily if you don't chose the right one. It as to be as pure as possible, meaning no treatment of any kind. So hardware store aluminium wire is not the ideal one. You have to purchase them somewhere or on some website that is clearly marked "aluminium stop motion wire". Also, Edu Puertas made some tests about twisting wires and it turns out that the wires that lasted the longest are the wires that was twisted a maximum of 5 times.
Thanks brother
You're welcome, glad if it helped!
very well done video this is cool
Thanks, glad you liked.
@@LandvaettrsLair yes its really amazing stop motion thats why i never stop learning to your channel
This is amazing! I'm just starting with stop motion animation, and this was very inspirational. Are you still working on this project? I would love to see some clips.
Glad you liked! I've been quite busy lately and didn't focus on animation much, but it's defenetly something I wanna do, hopefully you'll get notified by youtube's algorythm when I do ;)
Uhhhhh uhhhh uhhhh lol. Im sorry but it was too funny. Thank you for showing us how to make our own puppet!
You're welome.
How about the tutorial "how to make bonfire like in dark souls for D&D"?
That's one very specific demand lol. Did a tutorial a while back to make a D&D fireplace and showed a similar bonfire in the same episode. I'm sure you could easily change it to look like the bonfire from dark souls. th-cam.com/video/VNwWFlsE-l4/w-d-xo.html
I want to do a mashup of this and the book of Genesis.
you done quite well with your puppet development.. I can so relate to the frustrations that your trying to resolve and come up with a puppet that works well enough.. I'm at a stage now where I'm considering learning to make mods and cast in silicone resin from sculpts, but it's a mind field of info to get through.. I'm just watching the pros working on Stan Winston School of Arts, there's a 7 day free trial.. they have hundreds of vids on there you can watch.. I never considered lego parts.. I wouldn't have thought that would work, especially the more weight you add to the frame of the puppet, it all affects the way the armature moves.. and rigging issues etc.. and with the plastic lego joints you ended up using, did you have any issues the more you used it, I recal buying one of those neca toys off eBay of Coraline doll and after a while the joints don't stay rigid, they lose strength, so I don't think it's going to be a long term solution.. but we can only learn and develop by going through the creative process of building and testing... no matter which creative choices we make, there's going to be ongoing technical issues right.. so good luck with this one.. even if you only get so much performance out of the little fellow, that's good, I can relate on the wire always breaking though.. I'm getting fed up with putting so much work into building a puppet with skin and clothes and then the ankle or the shoulder or the hip breaks and it's so hard to repair because we've covered everything over. unless you design your armatures with replaceable joints, so it would be easier to replace parts if / when they break...
In 10 days this will be four years old.
Bravo
Thank you!
great video. you're very talented. I think the lego armature idea is way out of my league on a technical level...but I'm going to give it a go. I have just started getting into this hobby, but it's kind of amazing that so many people on TH-cam talk about wire armatures instead of building with individual lego pieces like you did. Did you buy those individually?
Yeah i ordered the parts i needed on a site called "brick and go" but you can find various other furnishers. Wire armature is a good option to go faster provided the wires are numerous enough and joints long enough to sustain bending ( best for bigger puppets) but if your scale is a little bigger you Can also consider bionicles, you shouldnt have to fiddle as much with separte parts....
@@LandvaettrsLair Ya I was also looking at Bionicles Hero Factory stuff...I might buy both and see what I can do. Not nearly as handy as you. Thanks again!
This is a very good, helpful video and you included many excellent puppetry tips+tricks. Are you planning to make some more stop motion animations using this puppet or another one?
Hi! I'd love to. I actually have quite a few "modular" puppets in mind that I want to create, serveral morphologies that could be used for various characters, but for now I spent time making tabletop terrain for RPG, at least when I get the time to do so. But I'm eager to get back to stopmotion. Thanks for your feedback!
Bom trabalho
Merci!
Lol first ha you were frist. Looking good figured you were going to have to go to ball joints sockets. The Corpse Bride dvd had some interesting added content on the stop motion figures on it.
Thanks, yeah it seemed like the most durable option but it's still too long to create. The next puppets are gonna be larger and wired, i'll just make sure to have enough removable ans spare parts.
hey d is good you build like
hi, I'm sure someone has already asked this but what did you slide over the nails to make them thicker? I've been trying to find something that looks similar to what was shown in the video .
Also this is amazing and one of the most helpful process video that I've found all day, awesome work!
Hi, I've wraped some simple sewing thread to give some extra thickness and also make sure the latex would adhere better. Glad you found the tutorial helpful!
Liked your video a lot! I have a few questions though: I saw you were experimenting with Modibot, how was your experience with that? Did you know you can buy just the ball joints from them (they have a pack of ball joints in their product section) and that way, save a little pain while putting the armature together. Additionally for more sturdiness, you could have used metal balls and rods, and make the joints yourself. Working with latex is not practical at all, why didn't you cast the body on a soft silicone rubber like Smooth'on s' Dragon Skin. This would have helped a lot in your character, because the result is pretty much like human skin, so soft and malleable. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for your feedback, glad you liked the vid! The modibot is great just not large enough for the character I wanted to build and I found the articulations a bit too thick, but i'm defenetly gonna use him to make another pupper of some tiny forest folk. The modibot was actually a gift from my gf when she saw I was having a hard time with my wires haha...I don't remember if I looked at the separate parts but I think I discarded the option because of the articulations width...I'll check it out again for larger puppet tho so thanks for the reminder. I know you can user silicone but in most tutorials I saw the animators used latex so I went with that. Also this was my first attempt and I just didn't wanna cast just yet, I still wasn't too confident with the armature and figured I would handle breakage/replacement better with a puppet mainly constituted of wrapings! I'll defernetly experiment with casting at somepoint! Cheers !
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Welcome on Landvaettr's Lair!! 🙂
Hello! Thanks for the video it helped me a lot with the structure of my doll. I ended up using the thicker LEGO Pieces as I found them easier in my kids box 😅, they work as good but they are bigger, For next time I will order the small ones. Just one quick question, where did you get the latex paint for the skin? And how did you do the hair after all? I’m thinking about cable wire, would that work? Thanks again for the video!
Hi thanks for the feed bac and sorry abot the late reply. I just jused miniature paint that I mixed in the latex. he brand is Model Colors from Vallejo. Still haven't modified the hair lol.
I'm starting to do my own stop motion films
Congratulations and good animating to you!
Good morning
Thanks for this tuto on puppet for stopmotiona animation.I'm beginner in this and I've somme problem to stabilize my puppet (made with a metal squeletton).What do you use to have an holder for yr puppet when a walk is needed.
Many thnaks for yr answer
Thierry
Hi Thierry I use part of an old metal stand tool coupled with a bit of strong eletrical cable, you can see it at the end during the little animation tryouts. I used a strong magnet and a metal plate on his back (under the clothes) to Keep Bjorn airborne. Works good with me but it can become tricky in mid air and the Puppet does come undone sometimes during handling. For more reliablity I suppose its better to use square tubing fixations. Go check the links in the video description, especially Edu Puertas he's a professional and has great vids on rigs and fixations.
Bon j'ai répondu en anglais aux cas ou d'autres lisent le comment pour des réponses mais je te souhaite bonne création avec ta figure articulée!
hey! nice Video man! wich lego sets did you buy exactly? i dont find those, you had there :)
Thanks for your feedback! Bought these from Etsy, the Links are in the pinned comment in te comment section. Cheers!
Very good idea with the lego joints. Use gloves with that Epoxy putty, it's nasty stuff!
Nice build! However keep in mind lick flickers are the enemy of the stop motion-er, be sure to use good quality DC powered lights and dont move your lamps while animating your Stop motion quality will greatly improve! i used to make stop motion with actual lego figures but i've never thought of using ball joints, maybe Bionicle ball joints could work too? (They are much bigger so they might make for some bigger armatures but as far as i remember they cant hold that much weight, maybe some modifications could make it work?)
Hey thanks for your advices ! Rest assured I intend to shoot with a better setup i just used a free app on the holiday vacations to test. This is why i wasn't too concerned by the poor light and the lack of fluidity un mouvement, hindered by very limited onion skin feature of the app. I now have a Real soft for animating and intend to shoot on Green/blue screen under controled lights.
Concering bionicles I did consider it when looking for the parts, but the pieces were way too bulky for the thin articulations I wanted for this character. However for a larger puppet it could work, with a few tweaks... if you ever try tell me what you thought about it! Cheers!
@@LandvaettrsLair
You did a great job.!
I see your comments and if I may make a suggestion....watch your camera settings. You can do away with the lights flickering with camera settings. Again you are doing an awesome job.! I can't wait to see your next one.
EDIT:. I just subscribed to your channel so I don't miss it. Also it looks like you've already put up some nice videos, so I will be checking those out too. Peace.
Hey! Love the build. Could you link the website to where you got the legos please?
Thanks! I bought these on Ebay shop "Brick and Go", because it was a french supplier and the postal fee was low for me, but you can find other similar furnisher online. www.ebay.fr/str/brick-and-go/Pieces-parts/_i.html?_storecat=51454529013&_pgn=2
@vitavat bob Hi I bought my pieces from an Ebay seller called Brick& Go here are the links to the pieces I bought 3-4 of each bundle If I recall but I have some spares left, but I have no doubt you can find them elsewere:
(3X) www.ebay.fr/itm/LEGO-x-4-22890-6123814-Plaque-Boule-gris-Plate-Ball-1x2-Towball-NEUF-NEW/122934797712?hash=item1c9f7c2590:g:MiIAAOSwlAZaa0Lr
(3X) www.ebay.fr/itm/6-x-LEGO-14418-Plaque-Rotule-gris-grey-Plate-1x2-Towball-Socket-NEUF-NEW/122444315880?hash=item1c823ffce8:g:FbAAAOSwFmxaa0KG
(2X) www.ebay.fr/itm/6-x-LEGO-14704-Plaque-Rotule-gris-grey-Plate-1x2-Towball-Socket-NEUF-NEW-/122444317136
(4X) www.ebay.fr/itm/6-x-LEGO-Technic-2736-Axe-Boule-Rotule-gris-grey-Cross-Axle-Towball-NEUF-NEW-/122377576399
Hi :) First of all thank you very much, this tutorial was very helpful and your puppet is amazing! I was wondering if you could tell me a little bit more about how you did the hands, because I think that's a very tricky part. Thank you very much in advance! :)
Hi Rossella! Hands are tricky. The "fastest" and easiest way I know is using several thin and souple wires (think aluminium or copper) twisted together at the wrist and separating at the palm. (Either twist them manually or Maybe you Can come up upon electric wires that are already made of smaller intertwined wires inside the insulation shaft.) I advice you to seal the wires inside the palm of the hand (i used époxy, other hardening pastes could do the trick provided they are reliable). I than rolled some thread around the fingers to bulk them up before I added the latex. In any case I suggest you do a bunch of spares because because the thin wirering make them notoriously fragile. Hope this explanation was somewhat helpful! Happy crafting to you!
@@LandvaettrsLair it was! Thank you very much :) Sorry, I have one last question: could you please also tell me where did you buy the air drying latex? Just to be sure to buy the right one :) Thank you again and have a nice day :)
@@rossellacreti5132 the brand is "Esprit composite" it's french, I bought it in an art store supplier were I live, but I'm sure you can find other similar product were you live in an art supply store or online. Just make sure It's air drying and meant for blanket moulds/masks/puppets making.
What you could have done is instead of letting the clay dry, you could have made a very neutral looking face but you would have sculpted different parts of that's still wet clay animated More expressive that way. You would have still have the same shape of the head but you would have different expressions to go along with it.
yeah i'm defenelty going to redo the head with a more neutral expression and find a way to make the mouths. The idea of the wet clay is interesting but would take too trouble and much time to animate for what im looking for, however i'm gonna experiment this non drying clay for muscles and other softer parts, under a latex skin for future puppets. hopefully it'll give a more natural bend for muscles/exposed limbs/extruding bodyfat.
Hi ! Thank you for your video and experience/advices. Specially for the latex skin "transplant" because I'm curious to try it on my next puppet.
And to take and modify the lego parts was ingenious but then the movements are accurate enough ??
Did you try to use Fimo clay to make the different mousses ? Maybe should be good after to bake it and easier to sculpt it than epoxy (it's not sticky).
Thanks by advance for your answer.
Alison
Salut Alison. Oui, faire l'armature en Lego prends du temps mais le personnage est très mobile et les articulations sont suffisamment jointives pour bien tenir lors de l'animation du personnage. Ce qui est également bien pratique c'est que sous stess les articulations se deboitent au lieu de se briser et il est très facile de les remboiter. Pour les bouches amovibles j'ai opté pour l'epoxy pour sa vitesse de séchage, et dans le mesure où je ne pouvais pas passer la tête du personnage au micro-ondes mon choix s'est vite porté sur l'epoxy (une fois humectée elle colle moins est très facile à sculpter). La pâte Fimo est probablement une bonne idée si le support sur lesquel tu les sculptés passe au micro-ondes!
@@LandvaettrsLair salut ! Je ne sais pas si c'est mon ordi qui a traduit automatiquement en français ou si tu as répondu en français parce que je me suis faite grillée par mon niveau d'anglais😅 mais merci pour ta réponse en tout cas 👍.
J'imagine que je n'ai plus qu'à essayer l'armature en Lego du coup 😁. Concernant la pâte fimo elle passe au four. Cela dit je fais les bouches et les paupières en plastiline car pour un sourire par exemple, cela permet de l'agrandir en le sculptant petit à petit directement sur le visage et ça permet aussi de lisser les jointures. Le restant de la tête est en latex. Cela dit toutes les techniques et conseils sont bons à expérimenter et donc merci encore !
@@AliSsssDTA Ah non pas du tout ton niveau d'anglais est très bon mais je vais souvent sur les chaines de mes abonnés/commentateurs desfois que leur contenu m’intéresse, et tes playlists/chaînes étaient en français :D j'ai peu de francophones sur la chaine ducoup ça fait toujours plaisir de répondre en français ^^! Si tu fais des marionnettes plus grandes tu peux aussi acheter des persos type "Bionics" ou affiliés, tu auras moins de bricolage de pièces à faire, moi les dimensions du personnage étaient trop petites pour cette alternative. La plastiline est une très bonne idée j'en ai acheté pour réaliser la musculature/adiposité de nouvelles puppets, tout en gardant un squelette articulé, et le tout recouvert de latex. Pour le système de bouches mon choix s'est porté sur l'époxy car je voulais éviter d'avoir a modifier ces dernières durant l'animation pour des raisons de stabilité, mais les jointures en l'état ne me satisfont pas et je suis en train de travailler sur une alternative. Je suis débutant et en pleine expérimentation, c'est le plus fun ;)