TEST VIDEO HERE. I wanted to try a small scale zombie puppet. This could be a great way to do some of the background zombies without having to create them full size. It will save gobs of money on materials and will still allow us to do characters not constrained by an actor's proportions. Out of the water, smaller puppets don't move as smoothly so I think a small scale puppet like this would work best filmed at a higher frame rate or twixtored. This would smooth out the jiggles and make it look better. We haven't yet tried small scale underwater but I think it will work well, if the proportions on the puppet are correct.
Even so, there are some interesting things about this puppet. I cranked this puppet out in 8 days from scratch! In the video test we just tried moving the puppet around a little bit to see how a fleshy silicone rod puppet body would move, and then I just tried a few rough rough comps just to see different backgrounds and visual looks just for fun. There are great possibilities! And this is only above water!
In the pics below, you see the rough sculpture, the fiberglass mold, the armature.
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