Making the models!

My stop motion cast is coming together! I created a few models this weekend. Here follows a step by step guide to how I made my actors.

1. I  chose red plastacine for my models and bought it fairly cheaply from a craft shop. I used some regular household metal wire for the model's 'skeleton.'

2. I then cut several lengths of wire to form a basic skeleton including limbs, joints and supports for the head.

3. I then twisted the separate sections together at the various joints to form the complete skeleton.

4. Once the skeleton was complete, I could start applying the plastacine to flesh out the figure.

When all the wire is covered, the figure is complete. The first model I made, I realised, was far too large. So I made another attempt at making a smaller one which came out much better.

A quick coffee break on a busy day of shooting.