Studio Scale Stop Motion King Kong Puppet

[TheCopperhead]

Being a huge fan of the 1933 film, I challenged myself to build an 18” recreation of the ‘Long Face’ Kong model that Peter Jackson now owns. I’m on a bit of a budget, so the armature is aluminium wire, with a resin cast skull (from a clay sculpture based on the original metal skull). The face was sculpted over the clay skull to ensure the latex casting would slip over the resin skull perfectly. Body was padded out with upholstery foam, with the hands and feet build up with cotton and latex over twisted wire. Faux rabbit fur was trimmed and glued over the foam and then styled with scissors. About 90% there, but posting these progress shots for anyone interested!

 

[StevenBills]

Very cool! Will this be a display piece, or are you going to try to do some stop motion animation with it?

SB

 

[scotthothpatrol]

Great job Copperhead. Nice touch including the wires for articulating the brows and lip. I wish there was more studio creature builds.

 

[Apollo]

Yeah man!!

Looking fantastic!!!

 

[enterprise0216]

Damn impressive!

 

[Kidbolexrex]

Being a huge fan of the 1933 film, I challenged myself to build an 18” recreation of the ‘Long Face’ Kong model that Peter Jackson now owns. I’m on a bit of a budget, so the armature is aluminium wire, with a resin cast skull (from a clay sculpture based on the original metal skull). The face was sculpted over the clay skull to ensure the latex casting would slip over the resin skull perfectly. Body was padded out with upholstery foam, with the hands and feet build up with cotton and latex over twisted wire. Faux rabbit fur was trimmed and glued over the foam and then styled with scissors. About 90% there, but posting these progress shots for anyone interested!

 

[Boxcar Bret]

Very cool and inspiring!