Stop Motion Charctor Creation Help Needed!

[J.C. Rider II]

I have been all over the net and am not quite finding exactly what I am looking for. I am in the process of creating my own stop motion figures for Lil'guy the Graphic Novel. It has taken me awhile to get us to the point where we have time to do the animations and I have found no concise "How To, Instructions". I have found a lot of vague to semi-useful info, but nothing that really helps.

I have used clay and femo in the past. For now, I want to use either rubber or plastic for this project as well as another one I can't wait to tell you all about. Any alternate flexible material ideas you have are welcomed.

For the sake of knowledge, please point me to a solution if possibly. I have some friends in school having the same problem. Thanks!

[Capmconnundrum]

The site that russell mentions is a good one.

It's really a huge subject, and hard to cover all bases, so there are no really concise how to instructions. What kind of characters are you hoping to make? What parts do you see need to be flexible? All this factors into what approach is best to take.

Here are a couple sites that supply silicone and urethane rubber as well as good, old-fashioned latex.

http://www.smooth-on.com/

http://www.silpak.com/

Spend few days rummaging around stopmotionanimation.com There are lots of helpful folks there.

[Kyoshi]

Ardmann's Nick park had a book on this a while back.