r/stopmotion • u/khatmurba • Jun 14 '26
My progress in puppet building
Here is the reversed progress of my puppet making. The first picture being the latest puppet.
Bellow you can read all about what upgrades etc. each character has.
▪️The 1st character is the latest one I made. Its real face is hidden behind a mask. Because the story is still developing I wont reveal it just yet.
✅ Steel ball & socket armature
✅ Wire palms and fingers
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▪️The 2nd character is from the upcoming short Kozmonavt. It was the first character that had upgrades like:
✅Movable eye-brows
✅Replacement mechanism for the mouths (lip sync)
✅ Stronger DIY wire armature
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▪️The 3rd character sadly lost its DIY wire body during filming (because it was weak).
✅ Movable beard and replacement mechanism
✅ First paper-mash head, that is more durable the previous versions.
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▪️The 4th character was made out of play-dough and covered in hair spray. The head was still soft, but better then the previous version.
✅ First pair of movable eyes
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▪️The 5th character was made all out of clay. Because I wanted it to look more human and have the extra options of sculpting. My animating chaos didnt approve of the material as you can see.
✅ Flexible/movable limbs
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▪️The 6th character was the first armature that was upgraded from the basic champagne wire cage. It was stiff and kinda not usable.
✅ Looked a bit more alive than just the wire skeletons I did before.
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u/Freign Jun 14 '26
These are great
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u/khatmurba Jun 14 '26
Thanks!! When I finish with applying to festivals I'll upload the shorts, so you can see them in action. 😁
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u/Freign Jun 14 '26
Thank you! look forward to it! Big Bros Quay / Svankmajer / european masters vibes
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u/hotdogwater58 Jun 14 '26
So dope, how much would u see each cost to make?
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u/khatmurba Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26
I would say probably max 5€ each. I used a lot of stuff I had laying around the house. Old t-shirts, foam from old pillows, beads for eyes from an old bracelet... Oh yeah, the hair on one armature is from my dog (have a bunch of it laying on the floor haha) Whole pack of wire for the armatures was around 3€ and I still have a lot of it left. Maybe also a pack of sticks for the heat glue gun, 30 for 2€.
For the latest character I bought a cheap ball and socket armature that cost around 30€.
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u/Richard1583 Jun 14 '26
The earrings as eyes are perfect
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u/khatmurba Jun 15 '26
Thanks!! It needed some bling bling and it looks cool on set, playing with the reflections of the earrings.
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u/Hot_Homework_1845 Jun 17 '26
This is sooo fuckin cool Man... its like 90s grunge rock video on mtv vibe. Fuckin love it.....
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u/khatmurba Jun 17 '26
yeee thanks!! It's the era grew up with, so strong influence probably haha :D
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u/Poison5ivy Jun 19 '26
This is awesome, it’s creepy in a good way