DARK EARTH - Peter Montgomery

Check this out! A film project planned by Peter Montgomery from Scotland. In the tradition of the classic 70s Adventure/Fantasy monster flicks like "At The Earth's Core" and "Warlords of Atlantis". Some very cool stop motion effects shown off here, gonna be one hell of an awesome film!

More info on the project here:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dark-earth-a-world-beyond-mainstream-fantasy
http://www.stopmotionworks.com/news/index.php/582/dark-earth-indie-feature-hg-wells-sci-fi-fantasy

Second stop motion hand started!

and here is the under-wrap/gauze I was talking about before:

Update on the stop motion hands

Hands have now been wrapped in a thin foam 'gauze' like material, and coated in latex layers. Small details like veins and knuckles were added with coloured acrylic paint mixed into the latex and applied with a cocktail stick.

Stop Motion Puppet Hands

Made for a 10" human puppet I am planning on making.
1mm aluminium wire twisted to make fingers. "Bones" made from Milliput 2-part epoxy putty.

Birthday/Christmas/Updates 2014

Just a quick update regarding what I got for my birthday and Christmas this past year. The first gift I received was the excellent Dragonframe stop-motion software (with USB Keypad!) and a new Canon EOS 700D as an upgrade to my 1100D.

Also I cleared up my garage studio a bit. Still haven't shot any animation up there yet, but I did do a tripod fitting test:

Other updates include:

A 1:6 scale replica model of a Ludwig Banjo Ukulele (made for my girlfriend as a Xmas present). This was made from Styrene and Balsa wood, with printed graphics made up on Adobe Photoshop.

The original advert for the Ludwig Banjo Ukulele.

That's all for now folks!

HND Model Making for the Creative Industries

Some of my work from my new college course:

1:250 Scale model of George Square in Glasgow

(I helped build the City Chambers)

Loch House Construction (architectural model)

not finished yet!