Stop Motion Dinosaur (Harryhausen Style)

TheCopperhead · Jul 24, 2018

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 · Jul 24, 2018

Awesome stuff!

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

JediMichael · Jul 24, 2018

Always liked stop-motion, even if its so outdated by todays standers.

robn1 · Jul 24, 2018

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

TheCopperhead · Jul 24, 2018

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 · Jul 24, 2018

Very cool tribute! Keep on making monsters

Axlotl · Jul 24, 2018

Love it!

DonS · Jul 24, 2018

Great stuff, please keep posting!

TheCopperhead · Jul 27, 2018

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

TheCopperhead · Jul 29, 2018

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 · Jul 30, 2018

That is awesome and the animation test were excellent.

Ron

animator · Jul 30, 2018

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

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