Before I was relegated to storyboarding Jess and I were actually able to work together in constructing the set and making the characters, here are some pictures of us working in the studio.
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The armature has to be sprayed before the mould is filled to avoid it rusting. We spent most of a day driving around trying to find the right stuff!
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The mould is painted with liquid latex to form the skin of the puppet.
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Jess pouring some chemicals, note the appropriate safety apparrel.
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The foam latex expanding out of the mould. It looks like we crushed Gromit!!
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Lucky the latex isn't low calorie or she'd have eaten it all!
Si.
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