Making the Mould

So I thought I would post another update regarding the stop motion puppet. I have started work on the mould 'housing' for which the Plaster of Paris will be poured into. The walls are made from Foam Board and held together with duct tape. For the bed that surrounds the sculpt, I used Newplast Plasticine, which is what I used for the sculpt. To avoid problems I used a different colour and also coated the sculpt in Petroleum Jelly (Vaseline) to act as a sealant. That is all for just now. Hope to start adding the PoP tomorrow. Fingers crossed this works out the way I wanted (this is my first attempt at a mould - prob should have tried a test first now that I think of it).

Angus Lamont - Stop Motion Animation/Model-Making: My Inspiration - Mr. Ray Harryhausen

Angus Lamont - Stop Motion Animation/Model-Making: My Inspiration - Mr. Ray Harryhausen: As you will probably know, last May was a sad time for the Entertainment industry as we lost a great figure in cinema history. Ray Harryh...

Scottish Heritage Project (College) - Alexander Graham Bell Phone and Terminal

Our recent college project required us to make a prop that would relate to a part of Scotland's history, so I went with the idea of the telephone, which was invented in Scotland by Alexander Graham Bell.

So here it is, from drawings to the finished model!

Ziegfield Follies of 1946 - Inspiration for the Formby short

On the Stop-Motion Puppet Animation & Claymation Facebook group, I was directed to this very interesting short stop motion sequence from a film I have yet to see. This is the type of style I aim to get for the George Formby short. Check it out!