Stop Motion King Kong.

Hi, and thanks for dropping by.

This is a quick look at the creation of a stop motion King Kong puppet, that I built a few years back:

First off, you need an armature; Either a ball and socket or wire armature will do, but be aware that both have advantages and disadvantages (I will explain this later).

For Kong, I decided to purchase an b/s armature (Created by Tom Brierton).

First off, I sculpted a face over the replica of Kong's skull.

Here's the sculpt placed onto the armature (I wouldn't end up using this sculpt').

Next job was to pad the armature with sponge rubber and then shape it all into a basic muscle structure (very crude because it was going to be covered with faux fur). In this picture, Kong has another head that I sculpted, and again I scrapped it. 

Next up, it was time to prep' the skull by adding wires for the lips and eye-brows, then giving the mouth a few touches.

More to follow.....