While making the boat, I was also constructing the main character, The Fisherman. I knew that I needed to make a puppet that was sturdy and long-lasting, all the while having the features of complete mobility. I wanted my puppet to to be felted, something see in the likes of Emma De Swaet and Marc James Roels' Fight! and Wes' Andersons Fantastic Mr. Fox. My reasoning behind this is that felt fibres move in a very specific way, which too me looks lovely in the form of stop-motion animation. The armature, sometimes called the "skelton", was constructed from aluminium aramature wire and epoxy putty. I followed this tutorial by Cranbersher, when it came to making it. I've made figures before, a soldier one time for my GCSE Art final piece, so I had a fair idea of the intricacies of making something solid. Below's slideshow shows the progress of the character:
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