Stop Motion Tutorial: Easy Hands!

Sugru isn't sponsoring this. I just like the stuff.

At last there is a way to make hands for your stop motion puppet without having to make a mold or deal with liquid latex or even clay. Okay, so a package of the stuff that includes all the needed colors is $16, so it's not cheap. But I think it's worth it considering how much faster the puppet-making and animation will go. It takes about an hour to make the hands (including making the wire fingers) and then 24 hours to set up. See what you think and let me know in the comments if you try out this method.

Please see my other tutorials on how to make the rest of the puppet puppet, including the armature and the clothes. I've also done tutorials on Lego animation, cut-outs, lip sync, facial animation, and other stop motion subjects: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL44F7344428AB62FC

Shopping for Puppet-Making:
Sugru: Amazon, Target
Clay (Van Aken, Sculpy III), armature wire, cotton batting to build up puppet: Arts/craft store like Hobby Lobby or amazon.com.
Armature kit: stopmotionstore.com
Puppet clothes (Barbie/Ken clothes: dept store, ebay, amazon.com
16-gauge aluminum armature wire (from an art store or Amazon, not the hardware store)
Epoxy putty (Hardware store)
Pre-wrap (Sporting good or drug store)
Cotton batting or foam (quilting supplies from craft or sewing store)
For the head, aluminum foil or wood ball (craft store)

Just about everything here can be found on Amazon if you don't have all these kinds of stores in your area. You can also get animation supplies from stopmotionstore.com.

Видео Stop Motion Tutorial: Easy Hands! канала Michael Parks