Stop Motion Dinosaur (Harryhausen Style)

[TheCopperhead]

Here's a build I have recently finished, much in the style of the classic Willis O'Brien, Marcel Delgado, Ray Harryhausen style. (Step by step photos below)

Finished armature.

Padding out with urethane foam sheets.

Head sculpted in Monster Clay.

Two-part plaster mould made of the head sculpt.

Wooden head skull (I attached wire to create the jaw articulation).

Latex casting with the armatured jaw inside.

Monster Clay skin texture - this was moulded in plaster and then latex castings were made.

Skin applied. The claws and eyes were sculpted with Milliput and the teeth were from carved from toothpicks.

The feet were made up with wooden blocks with wire toes and a tie down nut embedded.

Some animation tests with the model.

 

[Xolin]

Awesome stuff!

That dinosaur really looks like a Harryhausen creature - especially in the stop motion test clip. Well done.

 

[JediMichael]

Always liked stop-motion, even if its so outdated by todays standers.

 

[robn1]

That's some damn fine stop motion work, better than some movies I've seen.

 

[TheCopperhead]

Thanks for the positive feedback! I am a budding stop motion animator/model maker and the work of Ray Harryhausen has been my greatest inspiration. If you are on Facebook, I regularly post under Lamont Creations https://www.facebook.com/anguslamontanimation/?ref=bookmarks and also on my website, https://alamont95.wixsite.com/anguslamontanimation

 

[JoeCS]

Very cool tribute! Keep on making monsters

 

[Axlotl]

Love it!

 

[DonS]

Great stuff, please keep posting!

 

[TheCopperhead]

Thanks for the positive feedback! Another test inspired by Harryhausen's 'Dynamation' process I animated and composited today.

 

[TheCopperhead]

Longer version of previous upload. Still problems with lighting, but this is still the test stages. Enjoyed animating the mini figure of myself! Forgot to add audio, but again this is merely a test video. The reason for the cuts is for insert close ups in between.

 

[Hemble]

That is awesome and the animation test were excellent.

Ron

 

[animator]

Wonderful! Great puppet and videos! Keep up the amazing work.