Gopher Golf: Building the Golfer Puppet - Part #3

The puppet for the character of the Golfer will now be built from an armature made using Meccano. Meccano produces reusable metal strips, so I used these for building the armature along with separate components for the head and feet.

I had originally planned to use a Ray Harryhausen Armacreature kit, although I couldn't obtain the correct glue and other materials to make it stand up well. Meccano stands up on its own very well and it is a very strong material, so it was the most convenient alternative.

The feet will contain nuts/bolts to hold them down firmly during animating.

To get the main body to its correct shape, I used foam rubber which was sown on to the character.

The arms are made from wire, since these will need to be more flexible.

To get the arms and legs to the correct shape, a thinner type of duct tape was used.