Ss2- Face painting,Mouth pieces and Eyes falling out.

Fixing the eyes in place for less problems when animating

Eye firmly in place ready for animating.

 Images are in the opposite order newly updated from the top down, there was a big problem last time with the Canimation being that the eyes never wanted to stay in place, soon solved the problem but looked like a botch job but this time because of time limitations I'm solving it the same way but trying to leave the face looking like it was supposed to look this way.

thin layer of latex over the top but still leave it loose

Mouth Pieces painted

took many coats & used latex to give the lips an extra shine.

The mouths became intricate and delicate with more coats of paint the get rid of the first layer of black underneath but all in all i believe they have turned out all right just a case of making sure they're all right and if i have enough won't be much of a problem just got to paint them.

First layers of paint to the heads

 To give more of a make-up feel to the eyes i painted the inside of the socket black but i instantly thought of a certain root-scope artist instead of a silent film star ready to go on set, the only problem being with this head was at the start of painting one side below the eye got chipped but luckily got it fixed.

pained the inside of the nose which looked less obvious after giving the skin another layer

looks very sculpted here

 This was where i realised i was going to have problems along the line if i don't change the eyes because as you see the eyes look like their just about balancing.

Second layer of paint compared to the over tanned oopa loompa colour of the first layer

 Long day tomorrow with a list of things to be doing so may put all the blog posts up at the end of the week unless ahead of schedule by tomorrow.

Ss2- Heads Baked & replacement parts

Head Developement 

 Taken from yesterday when i baked both the heads after filling in the bottom of the chin and smoothing out areas, also took the time to create some sculpey pieces for when the characters eyes are open and some moustaches no reason for them though but after watching so much pjs wanted to test how the character would look with one.

replacement parts and heads baked

still hot from the oven took longer because glues used could only go to 110deg

smooth texture finished off

 The only other problem i didn't want to come into was for the space for the eyes to get into the sockets to shrink in size then not allowing the eyes to get back in or worse the outside of the sockets to have a thin layer and so has the possibility to crack causing more problems.

nose detail

eyes currently have a glare because of the top lid

the line to the left of the mouth is the inner wire which will be covered up when painted

Another set of lips made which are similar to this one have been broke but luckily can now be glued back the can be used again that is the only thing making sure not to over bake.

looking pretty parallel only thing you cant see is the ears

Next stage which has already been started the painting of the heads and all replacement parts with a trip to hobby craft in the morning.

Ss2-Friday and saturday update on trying new things

Tackling the K&s to able the head to come off easily while filming.

Time wasted yesterday because i had the same problem which i had to tackle last time, attaching the heads to the body and being able to take the head off without problems, this time wasn't tackled by doing what i had to,but to take the head off was an option with k&s tubing available which i hadn't used for this purposes before.

The k&s tubing is highly expensive but lasts because for each head you'll only need about a centre metre from each one, the idea is to have a larger piece inside the head and the smaller piece on the neck then slide the head in place.

The new armature had no problems with the sizes of k&s which i had, but the first on has thicker threaded wire so i needed larger k&s for the head, which i got the day before then without a junior hacksaw which i left in wales tut tut, got out the files.

Surprisingly enough the files worked a lot quicker than any knife i had to had, just having to level and sand it off once was cut. Then thinking all purpose would work i was wrong and had to scrape all of it off to then use Araldite for metal which seemed to work instantly.

place of work within the set at the moment

smaller k&s fitted in place

k&s fitted to the second head but after cutting away inside to make space

k&s drying in place

k&s fitted nicely into the first head which fits in the above photo

the length is about an inch to go into the second head

Just started cutting away with the file

the thin file in the red and cloth to catch 

This is where the k&s will be fitted once complete see how the hole has been dug away at to create room for the shape of the k&s, once complete then sculpey will be gone over with on the chin then ready to get baked in the oven.

How the body looks painted in a lighter colour  yet still needs more skin colour

Also on the saturday the threaded wire on the neck was still way to long and didn't seem to have any shorter so had to crack open the file again and get it cut which took a lot less time than from ss1.

Character look

This is an outfit which i am aiming to get out of the characters which is a lot simpler which is good because I've never been good at making cloths and as id love to have my characters in full blown suits that will have to wait till eather time is on my favour to order some from japan sadly that can not be done this time round.

Bicycle testing

Just started making the shape of the bike and testing out with miliputty

Replacement mouths

Mouths made on the friday with a cocktail stick and sculpey

decided on going for the sausage mouths

Then baked last night sadly the long mouth cracked but all purpose rescued it

mouths turned out well any longer and i think more would have cracked

The first head after being in the oven for about 3minutes

Photos of the one of the mouths being tested out on a very cockeyed puppet sad i was very tired at this point, of course the colours won't be the same with the inside of the mouth going to be black and the lips being red or pink.

Recommended by a friend to be able to stick the mouth on for a short period of time i am going to use tacky wax which seems to work perfect.