Lance Squeeze and Poppet first video test: together at last

This is the first test of footage of the two characters in Ties composited to show them together:

(and on Vimeo)

 

There was a lot of learning 'how not to' with this, but, hey, if there was a lot of learning, it's still a good thing. Sound, colour correction, light levels and contrast amongst other things are at the draft/test level, but it feels good to unite the pair of them. Hope you enjoy it!

Creating a Hero 2: Poppet build process

I took a bunch of pictures to keep tabs on the process of putting Poppet together, which I've just dug out.

I'll come back and edit in some comments for each, but just wanted to get them up for now. All the pics are clickable for large versions:

 

Marking out and creating the front/back leather for the limb sections:

 

 

Making some hands:

 

Scratch-building the head. this was probably as time consuming as the body in itself. A bit rough, but first effort at something like this, and it works:

Mostly 'clothed', the final part of that and his mini shirt and waistcoat. Actually, he still needs a bow-tie:

Some 'gunky', organic latex to wrap the joints but leave them accessible for adjustments:

Wing joints and wire and latex wings. I was quite pleased with the final texture on the wings and, although it doesn't show here, they're semi-translucent for a bit of atmospheric back/through lighting goodness:

 

...and that's how the current version of Poppet came to be from the foam covered armature stage. Quite a few tweaks to apply before 'proper' filming, especially to make the face match my original intentions for the possibilities of expressions 'n' stuff, but happy so far...