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Re: 7 headed demon air neck puppet - what do you think?
Hi BenG,
Awesome stuff! I love seeing all the test footage.
You could make an internal armature, much like a tentacle mech, to provide some structure. It does not have to be cable controlled like a normal tentacle mech, just a flexible center shaft with some attached rings like vertebrae to provide structure. You can then use monofilament to support things like a marionette from key points. This is a common way to puppeteer large tentacles or tails. You'll just need a few people to help control different parts.
You may also want to film this at a higher speed and play it back at 24-30 fps (depending on how it's being shot) to give you smoothed out slower movement. This will help hide some of the short/fast movement the materials can produce and gives a sense of larger scale.
/Chris
Awesome stuff! I love seeing all the test footage.
You could make an internal armature, much like a tentacle mech, to provide some structure. It does not have to be cable controlled like a normal tentacle mech, just a flexible center shaft with some attached rings like vertebrae to provide structure. You can then use monofilament to support things like a marionette from key points. This is a common way to puppeteer large tentacles or tails. You'll just need a few people to help control different parts.
You may also want to film this at a higher speed and play it back at 24-30 fps (depending on how it's being shot) to give you smoothed out slower movement. This will help hide some of the short/fast movement the materials can produce and gives a sense of larger scale.
/Chris
Re: Mold type and resin type?
Hi Max,
If you are looking to cast a rigid resin mask you would want your mold to be silicone with some type of rigid mother mold like plaster bandages, resin/fiberglass, or plasti-paste. You can then either rotocast or brush in layers of resin into the mold to build up the desired thickness for the mask. I suggest working in small batches so you don't end up with big thick areas that set quickly.
For what to cast it in, I would probably use something like Smooth-Cast from Smooth-On. Their 300 series would work for this, or if you feel confident you could use the 300Q which sets up even faster. Though for your first few times I would suggest moving more slowly.
The chapters of this life-casting lesson where they apply the silicone and plaster bandage mother mold would work for this type of molding and casting application.
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/how-to-life-cast-character-creation-tutorial/
If you end up needing to make a multi-part mold based on your design, this mini-lesson can help you figure out where to put your case line.
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/how-to-make-a-mold-finding-the-case-line-mini-lesson
Hope that helps!
/Chris
If you are looking to cast a rigid resin mask you would want your mold to be silicone with some type of rigid mother mold like plaster bandages, resin/fiberglass, or plasti-paste. You can then either rotocast or brush in layers of resin into the mold to build up the desired thickness for the mask. I suggest working in small batches so you don't end up with big thick areas that set quickly.
For what to cast it in, I would probably use something like Smooth-Cast from Smooth-On. Their 300 series would work for this, or if you feel confident you could use the 300Q which sets up even faster. Though for your first few times I would suggest moving more slowly.
The chapters of this life-casting lesson where they apply the silicone and plaster bandage mother mold would work for this type of molding and casting application.
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/how-to-life-cast-character-creation-tutorial/
If you end up needing to make a multi-part mold based on your design, this mini-lesson can help you figure out where to put your case line.
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/how-to-make-a-mold-finding-the-case-line-mini-lesson
Hope that helps!
/Chris
Re: Hi! I'm looking for the most suitable clay for sculpture.
There's really no one best clay. The clay you pick is often based on budget, type of sculpture, and what you feel like working with. For smaller maquettes and figures, Super Sculpey is a popular choice, if you are looking for an inexpensive clay and don't expect the sculpt to take weeks/months WED clay is a popular choice, and if you like oil-based clays Chavant NSP and Monster Clay are both popular choices. I don't know if you would be able to find WED clay in Turkey, though it might be possible. If not, you may be able to find another similar water-based clay locally that is inexpensive.
What materials you should buy also depends on what you plan on sculpting and what clay you end up finding.
/Chris
What materials you should buy also depends on what you plan on sculpting and what clay you end up finding.
/Chris
Re: Best Method for fur transfer onto silicone skin?
Hi Jay, I believe Deborah's original response answers your follow-up question. Silicone caulking is what you should use as an adhesive for silicone skin, working small areas at a time. But as she also says, be sure to TEST first!
Re: Best Method for fur transfer onto silicone skin?
Hi Jay,
We passed your question along to our Fur Transfer course instructor Deborah Galvez and she offers this advice:
"As a good rule of thumb, silicone needs a silicone adhesive. Try a silicone caulking and do small areas at a time as the silicone has a certain amount of work time. Try a TEST first to make sure it works. Hope this helps."
We passed your question along to our Fur Transfer course instructor Deborah Galvez and she offers this advice:
"As a good rule of thumb, silicone needs a silicone adhesive. Try a silicone caulking and do small areas at a time as the silicone has a certain amount of work time. Try a TEST first to make sure it works. Hope this helps."
Re: Hiding a seam in a foam puppet
Hi David,
Things are going well, thanks! Focusing on art and creativity during all the chaos has been a big help for me personally. Hope you too are safe and well!
/Chris
Things are going well, thanks! Focusing on art and creativity during all the chaos has been a big help for me personally. Hope you too are safe and well!
/Chris
Re: What's On Your Workbench? (Summer 2020)
This years project was a 25' crouching gorilla. Combining an animatronic cable eye mechanism, breathing chest and puppetry to bring it to life.
Thanks Stan Winston!
Thanks Stan Winston!
Re: Homework Week One
Hi Guys
This is as far as I have been able to get due to work getting in the way.
its based on a embryo creature.
Hope you like it.
Steve
Re: Hair on my Pennywise buste
Hi Cyrille,
You could use an off-the-shelf wig and dye/style it to work for this character, make your own wig, or hand lay the hair.
Here is one of our lessons on hand laying hair for prosthetics
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/character-hairwork-hair-laying-for-prosthetic-makeup
/Chris
You could use an off-the-shelf wig and dye/style it to work for this character, make your own wig, or hand lay the hair.
Here is one of our lessons on hand laying hair for prosthetics
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/character-hairwork-hair-laying-for-prosthetic-makeup
/Chris
Re: What's On Your Workbench? (Summer 2020)
Here’s what’s been on my bench the past month 😉 hope everyone is well. I’m just plugging away down here 😉 -Kahula
Kahula
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