Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists, Black Belamy

Boots and Shirt cuffs cast in Silicone. Hat in Polyurethane

Hand Armitures

Gripping/sword hand arminture fitted into a 3 piece mould

Beard, side burns and hair/head scarf cast in Silicone. (The moutasche was silicone then was made in latex foam as it was more flexible for animating)

Beard Armiture located into the chin of the replaceable mouth pieces

Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists, Cutlass Liz

Cutlass Liz I cast some arms , in 10T Silicone. Also repaired or covered the soles of her Boots when required with either a Sil Poxy and pigment mix or 10T with the Accerator.

Right arm

Arm and hand mould. This mould had very little clearance and could be tricky to set up

Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists, Mr.Bobo

I cast the hands, feet and hair & neck in Silicone

When Bobo is Tramp his hat is cast in 10T with armatured in a core made of fast cast with Fil-lite mix. The armatured clicked off when pressed.The cap brim was wired

Feet armature, I made a second lower foot mould so that we could cast his feet with the soles for shots with them in.The base of his feet would be seen at various times throughout the film (normally the base plate is used for tying down and only occasionally seen)

Final hand armature, using the standard armature and bending the fingers to fit

I made the first right hand proto-type armature made using the thumb from standard hand armature. I was trying to design a hand for Bobo to use whilst carrying a plate, like a waiter. It was not used as one hand (left) was too slim

Initial designs in Ali & copper wire. Used for special hands when required

Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists, Pirate King

His Silicone Hair, Moustache, Beard & Sideburns were all arminture.

Silicone Shirt frills

Silicone Boots

Silicone Hands, shirt frilly cuff. Rings round K&S with 45D ring faces.

Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists, Albino

I cast his hands, feet and hair/head scarf in silicone

Silicone hands cast in 10T

There was very little clearance in the mould, about 1 mm, so it was necessary to locate the armiture in the same place each time with a locator - bolt and half a joint added to the mould later.

Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists, Scarf

Scarf

Scarf before fitting up

 

Shoes- pigmented 10T painted into mould.

Then the armature fitted in place clamped and the leg colour injection cast.



 

Left Hand Armiture, injection mould

Hand cast in 10T then trimed and sanded