Arne Get's a New Look

In an Older Post I revealed some photos of Arne the armature's birth. Well as of yesterday, he has hit puberty. Puberty hit back, and the results are terrifyingly awkward.



Here's a shot of old Arne(or maybe it's young Arne)



I then drew over this image in photoshop to imagine how he might fill out.



Arne in all his tangled glory.



I also stuffed his naughty bits with clay to hide the yellowish epoxy.



Currently listening to Eclectic Electric by Primus

Twisted Metal

The Birth of the armature. This is a wire Armature that is going to remain naked for most of the film. So I'm trying to keep him looking simple.



Twisting Wire.



Finished body



Setting epoxy in small paper molds.



completed.



I need to try to shave down the epoxy and try to get rid of the paper. Besides that he's ready for movement!

2-Ton Crystal Clear

I just bought a whole lot of epoxy earlier today. And have spent the rest of the day tuning up my armature. It appears he has week feet.

This looks like a job for the "Job Box".




Clay is now getting replacement feet. I added metal washers to the base for extra structural support.


So when it comes time to animate Clay, he will have a leg to stand on.



I'm calling him Clay because he's made of clay.

Project Haulted

Well it was a big learning experience.

This company hired me to create a video to play on their website. We would have a meeting or phone talk once a week to discuss what we wanted. after getting a first example animated. The company decided it wasn't what they wanted and canceled the project. sigh...

Here's the original Video I made.


They wanted me to make some changes and here is the revised copy. Let's play a game can you spot the changes?



So Jake and I have a devious plan to continue the video. I had a bunch of unused material laying around and thought I'd post it here.















Super Cabinet aka Electronic Drawer