Ss2- Pre-Production update

 Took a trip to HobbyCraft today which is always an adventure to get there

Recycling Canimation armature and modifying.

 After Hobbycraft i took to the first armature with making sure he's smoother all around to make the cloths easier to fit on with measurements and then also movement looks better from moving the other one, so quickly made sure each arm was same thickness and then glued it in place.

rigging in place in the centre of the armature

Also while going along tightening areas on the armature and seeing what might be changed before carrying on, i was going to change the centre of the him for rigging purposes but then realised that the original is firmly in place and already has the gravity rigging available.

HobbyCraft Adventure 

First thing i realised was the list i had wasn't the greatest, still got a few things like paint and small sketchbook for notes bitty things but also came across this incredible textured looking wall paper which was exactly what i was interested in going for especially to give off the grittiness and urban look of the 1900's.

Ss2- Filling out armature for next stage

My new professional armature

 Today was the task of filling out my armature ready for cloths to be put onto the character, to do this i cut out a block which resembled the space which would be needed to cover each area, then shape it using scissors and a knife to lastly thicken spaces which aren't covered like joints and even out other areas using a thin layer of foam which acts like tape round objects.

cut for each area below the arms

key of where each part goes

eventually there was a lot cut of each part but only to suit the scale 

with the great movement in the armature came problems foaming areas

solving this problem was easy just cut out each part then place the cut out parts on top

parts all in place

black lines mark out where the cuts were to slot the threaded wire

always making sure the rigging hole is kept clear

ready for thin layer of foam on top

found the areas were easily connected using the tape

complete for today, next stage the cloths and attaching the head.

 Ahead of schedule on some things but needing to finalise certain aspects where there lacks problems making sure its not cut to fine il be working thoroughly tomorrow to get ahead of schedule on all aspects of the pre production.