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Cut half inch square chunks of balsa to fit your character design's shoulders and hips
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Drill spine and limb holes (3 each) equally spaced, all the way through the shoulders and hips
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Hole placement
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You'll have to twist your wire for the limbs and spine
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Put pencil or other round object in the bent end of the wire.
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Tadah! Now make a bunch of them.
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These hips don't lie. Especially when you label them so that you know what you're doing.
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Untwist the wire for the spine and insert as shown in the center spine hole for the hips.
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Twist the wire to secure spine to hips.
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Do the same for the shoulders
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Make sure that your limbs are the right length before you twist them on. Also allow for shoulders in your arms!
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Twist the arms on allowing for a shoulder of wire at the top
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Check the length of the legs before twisting them on
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Make sure your feet can support the figure!
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Tadah!
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This model has wire straps on the bottom of the feet for a model that needs more specific movement articulation and a better walk cycle
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This model has simple feet for a model that doesn't need to worry much about their walk cycle
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Add guts! Quilting batting works great, but anything soft and flexible will do.
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Medical adhesive wrap is our secret friend. Buy two rolls. It is amazing and you won't be sorry.
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Wrap your model in the medical adhesive- it sticks to itself, bulks nicely, and never warps, wrinkles, or sticks to fabric.
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Looking good! Make sure to wrap all of the wires as well- clay likes adhesive tape, it does not like wire.
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If you want to add any gashed out areas for your zombies, make sure that you leave space in the basic armature
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Tiny pants! This is the two piece construction as discussed in class- easier to construct, sort of mom-jeansy
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Simple 1 piece fold over t-shirt
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Non or lightly articulated hand base- make a rounded rectangle shape out of your skin colored clay
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Cut a thumb
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Cut fingers (not yours, please)
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Model hand using handy reference
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Wig making- first, make an aluminum head base a little larger than your model's head
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Form a little skull cap of sculpy
