Magic Sandcastle - a silly stop motion of the building and a lego man takeover...

Last week we went on holiday to the Ardnamurchan peninsula. Alex took some lego men with him, of course, and we made them a castle to live in. We took photos as we did it to create a simple stop motion of the castle being built and the lego Hamlet and lego bagpiper climbing to the top. Here's the castle;

I did the decorations, Alex did the fortifications!

And here is the video;

Magic Castle from Alex Pickup on Vimeo.

We also made a timelapse of the tide coming in and destroying it - I'll add than when we have it on Vimeo.

Making plasticine people - for stop motion animation

Evidence that Alex and I came up with the plasticine pirates idea before Aardman! After a trip to 4D model shop on the CS3 cycle route we started our plasticine people experiment.

We made armatures out of wire twisted together using a drill.

We used plastic to cover the armature joints and add bulk. The plastic balls were melted in hot water. We added balsa wood feet so they stood up on their own.

Building the figures.

Finished products.

Me and my pirate.

Alex and his old man