Building a Stop Motion Monster: Finishing the puppet

Fourth and last video clip about how I make my puppets -
Adding skin and painting it. If you have any questions, just fire away in the "comments" section.
Music is "Niles Blues" and "Cold Funk" by Kevin MacLeod.
http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• puppet
• stop
• motion
• stop-motion
• building
• monster
• how-to

[jimbolimboboy]

Without a doubt one of the best tutorials I have seen! :)

[bluworm]

@jimbolimboboy Thanks! I'm very happy if I can pass on some of my tricks.

[snotrat2]

What material dis you use to pad out the frame before you added the latex skins?

[bluworm]

@snotrat2 I use what I call upholstery foam. This is the soft material you find in certain matresses and cushions. It's also called cold foam. I collect old, discarded cushions, and cut out pieces of foam and shape them into muscles. Then I use flexible contact cement to stick the foam pieces onto the wire armature. The foam needs to be quite soft, or it will be difficult to bend the joints of your puppet.

[Puelof]

i have to do a Macbeth project for English class and i wanted to do i stop motion film. how much money did it cost to make this? awesome puppet btw.

[bluworm]

@Puelof I'd say the material cost for a puppet made this way is $15-$30. But it takes time building the puppet, and requires a fair bit of experimenting. I guess you'll be making puppets covered with clothes (?) which is cheaper and faster to produce. If you need any advice during you project, please contact me in my inbox. I'd be happy to help out :)

[gusbest1]

@Puelof

There is a glue called copydex which is latex and i costs from £4 to £9 depending on the size.

[Puelof]

@bluworm thanks.

[Horis573]

Thanks, id gladly continue watching yrtutorials,