Convert a 3,5 bucks wood mannequin into a winning stop motion puppet

[@bethsleepien9817]

Thank you this is very helpful! To anyone struggling with the glued in bits, you can use a heat gun to melt the glue and they come right out without prying or damaging the wood!

[@birberinosherbet320]

Thanks! I was wondering how to do that for a while

[@glutenfreegam3r177]

I came here to post this and express my thanks to Edu. Cheers!

[@remediossilva2311]

SONic

[@remediossilva2311]

SONIC4

[@phoenix-kingz]

Honestly how they should make these things instead of the basic restrictive springs

[@diarts4458]

Phoenix King That’s what I was thinking too. I use these for my illustration work but get so frustrated by its restricted poses. I’m definitely going to adapt mine. Great video, so clever and resourceful :)

[@soy_meraki]

How the doll is made 🤔

[@pd9935]

Wire breaks easily

[@dar1n_fgp]

Holy shit I litterally just found one of those exact mannequins in my drawer, and I found this video right afterwards

[@edupuertasfruns]

+Darin P live is full of surprises

[@kojener]

I just got home with a 10" or so little friend, just like that one, only with stretched out elastic cord, and about three times the size. Now I'm gonna head out to find some aluminum wire. Thanks!

[@pickledpipis8912]

This is wonderful! I’m not exactly a stop-motion maker, but I do enjoy using marionettes! This feels like an excellent jumping-off point to adjusting a massive mannequin a cousin just gifted me.

[@weehudyy]

This is really cool , I already have a bunch of these Made in PRC wooden manikins acquired for just this purpose . I also use ' poseable ' action figures ( I buy whole bunches in big box store toy dept sales )and make my own puppets using wire armatures with air dried clay , then I use coloured Plasticine /Sculpy to make clothes , fingers etc

[@MichaelHurdleStudio]

Dude, that was incredible. I have two of those puppets and never thought of doing that.

[@arsenhere7020]

What model puppet is it? I need that type. Small, upgradeable

[@daslemonke]

I have those too I made a chainsaw man figure and a attack titan figure

[@NSae-ji6eg]

This is awesome. I was fiddling with my wooden mannequin and one of the arms popped out and I was freaking out out because I couldn't get the wire into the joint properly but now I see an awesome opportunity to make a better mannequin 🤩 off to the supply store I go!

[@morsadis]

wow, such a mechanism can probably be used for polymer clay action figures.

[@jims408]

What a cool modification, I can't wait to see the puppet in action (make him fly!)

[@edupuertasfruns]

+jims408 thanks, I animated him this weekend, I don't know if flyes but it moves nice.

[@jims408]

Nice!

[@navycalvin9337]

You Sir! are a genius! and i can see that this is an absolute win.

[@Gabirell]

You're probably the most majo guy in the world. Fantastic idea an realization! Thanks for zooms and all!

[@albertorodrigomolinasortiz471]

Thanks for this video. I have a wood mannequin that my nephew broke in half and I never considered repairing it (because I got me a couple Figma Archetype). Now I want to do to it what you did in this video.

[@K3LT0N12]

I’m making a stop motion with this and tearing my wooden mannequin apart and doing this is the best decision I ever made

[@jamesdale8222]

Dude that is such a cool idea

[@Asemkamal]

can't wait to see Him DANCING :D :D good gob

[@edupuertasfruns]

I must find the right music and choreography, any suggestion? estion?

[@Gabirell]

+edu puertasThriller, Michael Jackson?

[@a1xon]

Darude - Sandstorm

[@MosaddakHelwani]

Incredible work man , I've searched over the youtube long time ago and didn't find anything useful about that till now < many thanks , I've Made My Own wooden dolls in woodturner and scrap wood , but I Couldn't made them accurate poseable till now , many thanks

[@richardpyper3840]

How long did it last please before the wire broke down. Thinking of doing this and expecting some longevity, thanks

[@edupuertasfruns]

It is not forever, aluminium wire allows around 20 bends depending on how hard the angle is.

[@richardpyper3840]

@@edupuertasfruns thanks

[@w_motion]

Very helpful video!! Thank you~~

[@jinxthedraconquus8701]

I love the background music 😅

[@Brixhousedotde]

great idea, i really dig it

[@arsenhere7020]

i need this so much

[@AnnieMcKinnon]

I really enjoyed this, I'm going to give it a try. Thank you!

[@edupuertasfruns]

+Annie McKinnon nice!!

[@anicraftstudio4578]

I like the spring.of course you will not need it for stop motion. But I like for playing around with it. Cooooooool invention bro.🙌✌🙌😉✌🙌😉✌!!!!!!

[@comicsgrinder]

This is great! I am trying to find the best armature to create a model of my cartoon character. Is there an armature you recommend to use with modeling clay?

[@fredericgeraud76]

incredible. I will try it immediatly with my broken figurine. Thx mate :-)

[@77jonathan]

That is amazing! I just received one of these that I bought from China for $ 2.50 and will try this on it.

[@paddybird1]

That, is fantastic, you're amazing. Why do they not make them like this?!? You should patten it my friend. I will never make this because I am not as clever as you in that department ... but I so want one to draw!!!!

[@MrWinstonSmith]

Good. That’s what I wanted to see.

[@hellosajini]

thank you! really informative!

[@annamcaulay5429]

Great job! Me ha gustado mucho!!

[@Dehanzshorts124]

So cool 🥰👍

[@vardellsfolly5200]

I always wanted to add a second pair of arms to such mannequins.. but i do not know how!

[@div6005]

Very nice!!

[@j.pocket]

Fantastic!

[@MrHangman56]

i've been trying to find this video again for so long. this is great because i want to make most of my stop motions with these mannequins. i like the way the arms and head moves, but the legs are awful, the part that attaches to the hip is the part that needs to change the most

[@zadas1132]

Oh My God it's So Awesome.

[@azyfloof]

Nice job, Edu! :D Can't wait to see what you make him do :P

[@pinoybeastmode4555]

Best helpful video i ever saw thanks.

[@hartofstone8380]

I'm not a stop motion animator, but this rigging is so much better even for it's intended purpose. What's the point of using a wood mannequin for art reference if it can't even hold a realistic human pose? Tempted to do this to my own mannequin now.

[@BentleyS6336]

That's what I'm doing, lol. I want my Lil guy to do some actual poses, not just a generic T pose

[@pinpon5058]

muchas gracias por tu vídeo esta genial!

[@uocvlog3344]

Great instruction. Exactly what I want to find.

[@plaguerat6471]

I replaced the springs with long pieces of yarn and turned it into a puppet.

[@VIProach]

need to try this

[@MONTANNICK]

MASTER!!!

[@byronugalde3158]

Way to go mate! Thank you for share this video!

[@arsenhere7020]

When I click to buy the aluminum wire it gives me a few options. Which size should I choose?

[@sajidneo]

You're the best ❤️

[@lumdies6997]

edu puertas: bringing new hope to cheapskates

[@lifemusic9412]

Cool dude now i know how to make

[@migueldc561]

Justo estaba buscando una forma económica de hacer unos muñecos para stop-motion y encontré esta joya de vídeo 🇲🇽👌

[@elpepelindo1234]

Oye cómo te fue son duraderos?

[@mxnsoon3574]

THANK YOU

[@elirs3213]

Thank you very much !!! Now I know what to do with my wood mannequin ;)

[@DaleBasye]

Nice Job

[@portiamaree8637]

my mannequin's arm broke... now I am going to take everything apart and just do this!

[@coleensuarez]

awesommee!!

[@petedako]

Brilliant!!! Thank you so much for this √

[@AA14CBF]

Excellent!!

[@cshula1]

Smart!

[@tortillas5]

Thanks for this video ! :)

[@clear_image_photos5477]

trying to do a stop motion for a class and an arm popped off, freaking out, really hope I can get this to work and still shoot all in one day lol. not sure exactly what wire to get for the miniature manakin.

[@bhuvanlolabhattu9574]

can you give us a link where you got that mannequin

[@alinatopa8532]

I have one of those mannequins but it's bigger

[@dorthesandbeck94]

wow cool

[@GrooveYouVerse]

This is giving me an idea to do this with action figures. Because their joints are not flexible and they snap.

[@pauladrianpogoy1646]

hey were did you get those puppet their are so cool and cheap

[@Marisuki94]

He intentado hacer este tutorial (solo con uno de los brazos) pero creo que mi maniquí tenía una junta diferente en el codo y era demasiado complicado de montar 🥲 Tenía dos muelles pequeños y para sustituir uno de ellos tenía que enroscar el alambre por dentro del antebrazo, no ha habido manera XD Todavía no he podido separar las piernas, creo que probaré lo que sugieren en uno de los coments. ¡Actualizaré si consigo arreglarlo! Si no, buscaré un modelo como el de Edu (el mío era imantado).

[@pixelerodcuadritos1824]

Hola! Hmmm....un tip, ¿Por que no tratas mejor de hacer las piezas del cuerpo con cartón o papel?, con la pintura adecuada, al momento de filmar no se notará si es papel o madera, y menos si lo usas cómo endo-esqueleto para muñecos de plastilina, tela, etc. También se le puede sacar el molde a la pieza, (via silicón/maizena, alginato, papel aluminio/papel/pegamento, etc), y así debe ser más fácil armarlo. Saludos!

[@SuperSam12345]

God that thumbnail is dark, just the mannequin's body parts in trays while the human hand is slowly dissecting him limb by limb

[@Gaaaaaamer]

very cool =D

[@unsubscribe1389]

Thanks so much for showing me how to do this I’m gonna try it

[@someblackguywhowantstogetp1437]

hey! I remember you! your the guy that did the animation video! nice work bro👍

[@eduardogsaezsilva1071]

very good...esta buenisimo...ojala pudiera tener subtítulos en español...gracias. Thank you.

[@edupuertasfruns]

hecho, ahora hay subtitulos en español!

[@eduardogsaezsilva1071]

Super.

[@lucia9705]

Is this doable with one of the bigger mannequin?

[@doctor.sreeraj]

Hello dear. Great one. But once question! How did you fix that thigh ball into the hip socket? I mean mine is quite loose. Any rubber gum would help? I'm in lock down. Can't get aluminium wire. Can i use copper? It's going to be my first stop motion video by the way. Love.

[@edupuertasfruns]

Cooper will work as well

[@ssxkellar1929]

I just bought a couple of dolls to use as a drawing reference, but based on their reviews I feel like I made a bad purchase, thank you very much for the video and greetings from Mexico

[@Zero9061]

Thank you so much for this video! Now i can actually do more like action pose and perspective! Thanks!

[@vocsel]

thanks for this!!

[@felixdietzCGN]

how long is the wire holding up? I'm thinking of the work-hardening of AL and CU

[@edupuertasfruns]

I will be testing it but, this aluminium normally lasts up to 20 turns at same point, something imposible with steel. Braiding changes it's properties but for stop motion animation is usefull as you feel when one of the wires brokes, so you have the chance to end the shoot with extrem caution.

[@festivalexperimentall9594]

Thanks about your video :)

[@MarvelAnimations]

This was really well done! Thank you so much for sharing this video and posting it on KZbin. I just subscribed to you man, and I can't wait to see your next video :D

[@profaguiarsan]

Thanks a lot! You saved mt job!

[@edupuertasfruns]

+Marco AguiarSan a pleasure

[@sebastianlugo8880]

Edu me puedes decir donde compraste el muñeco por favor

[@birdy5475]

Mine is horrible it doesn't keep its shape and its stuck on a pole

[@1surb]

Thanks for sharing! What is the tool called that you used to pry out the hip joints? Is that a chisel or some kind of file?

[@CesarAndreotti]

I loved it! I would just like to know if the mannequin can stay in a deep squat position !! Is it possible with wire?

[@DustinSmith796]

I have that mannequin and those tools.

[@prosediy_]

hi, can you tell me the me the thick of aluminium wire you use? thanks

[@edupuertasfruns]

1 mm

[@prosediy_]

edu puertas Thanks and good job. Regards

[@maryfernanda8249]

Hola en qué tienda puedo encontrar ese alambre? O uno similar para poder empezar a construir ???

[@rodriguevoisin7641]

I have a puppet of this kind but it is 30 cm high, could you tell me how thick my aluminium wire needs to be ?

[@edupuertasfruns]

+Rodrigue Voisin Not sure if this would also work. The joints on a bigger puppet should work better. But if you want to try, I would use 1,5 mm wire.

[@rodriguevoisin7641]

edu puertas thank you very much ! I love your work, it inspires me as a beginner !

[@Eura_T]

I sit possible to add string to make it a marionette or can you only mske stop motion puppet?

[@jigneshrana1448]

I want that song at full

[@arsenhere7020]

Could this be used for animation reference? And what doll did you convert?

[@leoroam2770]

Para mi es un excelente inglés y el hablado es bien pulido sin embargo no se si mi escritura sea lo más lógica y correcta ya que suelo tener muchas confusiones y nunca he hablado con alguien en inglés sólo en el colé en las clases me gustaban muchos las clases espero hallan dado frutos porque voy a perfeccionar más pero nada hablas chevre suena diferente y se entiende perfecto bueno por otra parte...mmmmm no me gustan esos maniquíes yo tengo 2 pero no me parecen tan perfectos y atractivos como lo son las armaduras para stop motion yo desde que vi por primera vez este arte de crear y animar una figura me empeze a enamorar y luche por investigar de como hacer mis propias creaciones y creo que lo logre ya tengo 3 esqueletos hechos por mi y voy a hacer unos personajes con ellos y que buena labor haces yo he aprendido mucho de tus creaciones compartidas aquí!!! Cheeer Up!

[@edupuertasfruns]

Hola, gracias por el apoyo. És fantástico que esté haciendo sus esqueletos y los vaya a animar, mucha ànimo con su proyecto!!!

[@j453]

How long did the wire hold up before breaking?

[@tellme238]

Eres increíble me encantaría conocerte en persona

[@edupuertasfruns]

+Enid torres claro, algun dia en un festival de cine o por ahi

[@1997FOEVA]

Will this work with magnetic mannequins???

[@jakesbros3385]

Free have you seen like one of those moved without stop-motion

[@grantstrange9952]

Can you provide a link to this specific mannequin? I tried this with a different model and it didn't work because of the way the joints were built.

[@edupuertasfruns]

+Grant Strange I bought it in a chinnese basar near my studio so... If that helps

[@kanchour16]

Grant Strange you can buy them on eBay just put this number 301312003722 on eBay search bar and you will find it it's just 2,50 a piece hope this help

[@pumpkinhead2]

Dónde adquiriste el maniquí tan barato, si no es mucho preguntar?

[@edupuertasfruns]

En una tienda todo a un euro asiatica.

[@bearman7869]

Can we customize it to any anime?