Two steps forward…

One step back.

I realised my previous setup wasn’t accessible enough to allow easy animation, so I changed it up:

• I got rid of the photo box and replaced it with a simple white background
• I was now down a light, so I got a cheap “influencer” ring light that works pretty well
• I realised that my floorboards were moving my camera tripod slightly when I stepped on them, so I fixed the camera to the table instead
• I fixed everything in place with my new favourite thing - Tack-It
• I got some black fabric to cover the windows to keep the lighting consistent

Those are all the positives…
I was really happy with Sculpey III when I was sculpting the models, but after a while the clay hardened to the point where it’s not malleable enough to animate and cracks easily.
So I mixed some Plastilina in and it’s much easier to work with. I don’t like how it feels, and it’s harder to sculpt, but it’s more important to be able to animate it.
Unfortunately this meant destroying my existing sausage model. Fortunately it’s not the most difficult shape to remake, and I only really need to add “skin” to the armature.

Hopefully it all works out, because it’s a real pain to get everything set up to animate and not be able to.

Here’s how the lit sausage was looking before destruction:

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