🎬 Bring Your Characters to Life with Ease!
The DIY Studio Stop Motion Armature Kit is a high-quality, easy-to-assemble metal puppet figure designed for character design creation. Standing at 160 mm tall, this sturdy armature features double-jointed ball and socket joints for natural movement, making it ideal for stop-motion animation, model making, and claymation. Crafted from durable stainless steel, it promises reliability and longevity, ensuring your creative projects are both fun and professional.
| Material Type | Stainless Steel, Metal, Steel |
| Number of Pieces | 29 |
| Item Weight | 0.24 Pounds |
| Item Dimensions | 6.1 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches |
| Additional Features | Stop motion animation capability, metal material, adjustable joints |
| Style | Sturdy |
| Seasons | All Seasons |
| Theme | Animal |
| Color | Bronze, Silver, Green |
G**Y
This is so easy to use. It stays where you put it, shoot it, move it, repeat.
the assembly of the character is the hardest part of using this and even that was not difficult to do. Just make sure you have "RED locktite" when putting it together to ensure the "ball joints" all stay together. Once assembled, it will actually stand on its' own, but, I like to use the stand which really speeds up moving and shooting your character. All in all a great quality built product. highly recommend it for some fun "stop motion" animation.
K**Y
Not assembled
Update. Once I released there are two different ball joint connectors it was very easy to put together. And…. It was in English on the instruction sheet, I’m just dense.Did not realize it came disassembled. I can’t figure out how to get the ball joints connected to the thing a ma gigs. Instruction app is in Chinese so that doesn’t help me. I’m going to try to figure it out once I have more time. Bought for my son who has some minor interest in it. Figured it may be something he will end up loving.
K**Y
But two. You’ll likely jack up the first one.
I get irritated by reviews where dingdong users give a product rating because THEY won’t read the instructions and do something boneheaded.That being said… the directions are crap. There are threaded sections that barely differ in length and it’s very easy to mess up.Sure. Maybe I’m just a dingdong. I won’t be so quick to glue during assembly as suggested.Just sayin’
S**D
It should work, but some simple modifications can make it even better
This is a decent, affordably priced armature - very basic, but it should get the job done. Here are a few things to consider:1. The armature is pretty small. As designed, it stands about 6" tall.2. The torso is a little too short relative to the legs. Fortunately, an extra pair of plates and some extra balls and rods are included. I used these to extend the torso and improve the proportions. Made this way, the armature stands about 6.5" tall.3. The instructions tell you to use a 20 mm rod for the shoulders and a 25 mm rod for the pelvis. These figures should be reversed. The shoulders are wider than the pelvis. Actually, even the 25 mm rod is a bit narrow for the shoulders. If I were doing it over, I would use two medium-size rods for the shoulders, for a total width of at least 30 mm.4. There are no tie-downs in the kit. (Tie-downs are used to secure the puppet's feet to holes in the stage.) You can make some by purchasing "screw eyes" or "eye bolts" and inserting them into the balls used in the feet (instead of the rod-ball attachment in the instructions). A 15/16" screw worked adequately for me, although I had to force it.5. The instructions tell you to secure the balls to the rods with super glue. Permanent (red) threadlocker, such as Loctite 271, will work much better, as long as you follow these steps: Soak the ball and rod in acetone overnight to degrease them. Apply a *generous* amount of threadlocker to the end of the rod, then twist it into the ball. Tighten with pliers. Place the assembled ball-rod piece directly under a bare light bulb and keep it warm for 24 hours. (Low heat assists the curing process. Do not apply high heat or the threadlocker will fail.)6. Finally, "finger cots" are included in the package. These rubber tubes are intended to protect the armature from oils in your fingers. Thing is, I'd never seen them before, and at first I was convinced they were condoms ... So if you think you've found prophylactics in your armature kit, think again!
E**I
Sturdy, easy to assemble, reliable
The DIY stop motion can be used for a variety of things as you can see- I used them as joints for my made-from-scratch action figure, specifically for the legs and neck. Because they are metal and not plastic they offer superb strength and can support the weight of the rest of the figure despite being so small. definitely recommend the kit, whether your building a simply stick figure or using it for more complex projects.
D**Z
Parts didn't work, not great quality and not enough spare parts
2 of the threaded plates didn't work, on one the thread hole was drilled at a slant so it would only hold one side on tightly and the other threaded plate just wouldn't let the screw go through no matter how hard we tried and we stripped the rest of the screws trying to get them in. So since the screw won't go in all the way one foot is floppy because it won't tighten all the way which makes it impossible to stand up. For the money spent I'm dissapointed there weren't more then one extra threaded plate and screws. I don't see an option to just get a couple more threaded plates and screws sent instead of having to get the whole thing replaced, and I don't want to have to replace the whole thing since it took so long to put it together.
R**E
Great project and kit.
Great kit. My 10 year old son has been using it and it is always a great project for starting in to stop motion or jus to make sculptures out of modeling clay or plasticine. Very well fabricated. We have had it for several year now and it is as good as new.
C**C
Work well for introductory work
I bought these for a small class of new Stop-Motion Animation students. They worked well to teach walk sequences and similar exercises. When it came to their final projects, most of the students decided not to use the armature - choosing to make their puppets from scratch with other materials instead.
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