Wednesday 6 June 2012

Stop Motion Plesiosaurus puppet.

I decided to rescue this stop motion plesiosaur puppet, so bought it and now have it at home.

It is in need of quite a bit of TLC, but I will give it a go and hopefully animate it in the near future.

Here's a few pictures of the puppet, and the areas that need to be repaired...





stop motion plesiosaurus puppet

In the UK after the long journey from Los Angeles.



stop motion plesiosaurus puppet

It's missing an eye. I'll replace both of them.





stop motion plesiosaurus puppet




stop motion plesiosaurus puppet




stop motion plesiosaurus puppet

Someone's had a go at making repairs in the past, but they've not held up well at all.




stop motion plesiosaurus puppet
A failed repair attempt from the past.




stop motion plesiosaurus puppet




stop motion plesiosaurus puppet




stop motion plesiosaurus puppet




stop motion plesiosaurus puppet




stop motion plesiosaurus puppet




stop motion plesiosaurus puppet




stop motion plesiosaurus puppet




stop motion plesiosaurus puppet

The foam rubber is still soft ... Just a shame it's cracking.



I'm hoping that liquid latex will do the job, but have never tried using it with foam latex.

I have some cotton wool and latex filling a couple of the splits at the moment.
I will let you know how it goes!














2 comments:

  1. Nice looking puppet Lee! Looks like you have quite a patch job ahead of you. I hope your able to restore it and do some animation with it.

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  2. Thanks, Brian!

    It's coming along pretty well (for now), but once you get up close and in there, it requires more work than I initially thought.

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