Sensations Of The Seasons : Animators Diary 16

So here we go with attempt two at making a latex mould/armature for Unzie. 

I mixed up some more plaster – this time making sure I didn’t add too much water so it would be stronger. 

Once dry I pulled the cast apart…

I then removed the plasticine from the plaster mould and started adding layers of latex.. 

While doing this I removed the plasticine from the wire armature. Then placed the wire in with the drying latex. Added more latex over the wire and then pressed the two halves of the latex filled plaster cast together. 

Leaving this to dry for twenty four hours. 

The next day was the moment of truth … all is well and good as it seems to have worked perfectly. 

I am now cutting off the excess latex. 

Once i’ve done this I’ll paint the latex and finish off my bendy latex armature Unzie.

Top 50 NASA Photographs

Here is a collection of the top 50 best NASA photographs … including this one of the original cast of Star Trek with the real enterprise. 

The Unfinished Swan

This looks like a lot of fun .. another fantastic idea for a game. HERE.

Bjork On Nattura

Here is Bjork speaking about her recent track ‘Nattura’. 

Muppet Tribute

A lot of blogs seem to be posting vid’s from Jim Henderson’s funeral which are very touching and heart warming .. so here’s mine. 

And Now ….. Bert Kaempfert

Sensations On The Seasons: Animators Diary 15

Today I’m going to talk about my attempt at making another wire armature Unzie. I have given this a go before .. both failing miserably I might say .. but this time I have done a little home work and felt more confident about making one. 

As before I started by forming a wire structure. 

Then I covered the wire with plastercine moulding Unzie’s body.

I then mixed some plaster to get a cast of the model. The idea being that I could then create a latex model from the plaster cast …. yet this happened…..

So again things haven’t paned out as planned, but I’m not letting this get in my way … more to come.

Obamah V’s McCain: The Last Big Debate

John Cleese On Sarah Palin

Ralf Hutter Intervoooow

He very rarely gives them, but he has HERE. Ralf Hutter of Kraftwerk talking about technical stuff, touring and the secretive Kling Klang studio.