Plasticine puppets: King

 To save time and money, and because I am making the puppets out of different materials, I have decided that instead of making a whole plasticine maquette to make a mould from, I would only make the elements of the characters that were exposed and not covered by clothes. For the king, that means only the head and hands. 

The hands will be made of silicon, so I will need to cast them in a resin mould. I made the hands with a section of the arm so that it can be tucked way up into the sleeve to give the appearance that it is all connected and so that if the sleeves move up a little while animating, the hands wont pop out of the end. This will also make it easier to attach the clothing to puppet as well. I tried to include as much detail as I could, as silicon is good for picking up details and this will add to the overall quality of the puppet.

The head of the puppet will be made from resin, and so will need to be cast in a silicon mould. I added a fair amount of detail into the head, however I have not sculpted the mouth as I intend to use stick on mouths to create facial expressions. I also haven't sculpted the eyebrows for the same reason. The eyes will be made later and added in so that they can be moved so I have just left holes for the eyes to fit in.