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Locked!

While going insane laying the slats on the fourth wall, I built the attic door. It still needs to be painted and distressed, but I'm...

Patrick Fatica

Apr 17, 20151 min read

The fourth wall

Got the fourth wall and dormer windows built today. I also built the window frames and started on the slats. Hopefully by the end of the...

Patrick Fatica

Apr 16, 20151 min read

Slats Slats Slats

All of the horizontal boards are laid out on three walls of the attic. I'm going to try to finish the 4th wall today. After I finish the...

Patrick Fatica

Apr 16, 20151 min read

Attic interior

I started laying out the slats in the attic. The horizontal slats are 1/8" luan that I ripped into 2"x12" pieces. I cut 1x3's in half to...

Patrick Fatica

Apr 10, 20151 min read

Framing

I managed to build the window today. It easily slides in and out of the attic wall, and can be flipped around and used as the outside...

Patrick Fatica

Apr 3, 20151 min read

Break the 4th wall

I got the 4th wall blocked in, and measured up for the gable windows. I glued the wooden dowels into the triangle walls and drilled holes...

Patrick Fatica

Apr 2, 20151 min read

Walled in

Okay, so I started blocking in the walls for the attic set. All four walls need to be removable from the floor and each other, so I can...

Patrick Fatica

Apr 1, 20151 min read

Day one of sets

Day one of set building. This is the box that the sets will rest on top of. There are 2 reasons for this. The first is it makes the set...

Patrick Fatica

Mar 30, 20151 min read

New Teaser

Since I finished the house it was time to put together the new teaser. The music is an original compostion and an early pass at the score.

Patrick Fatica

Mar 25, 20151 min read

Hanna's House

I finished building Hanna's house. It's made of ply and balsa wood, and stands at 22" tall. Mostly it will be used as establishing the...

Patrick Fatica

Mar 25, 20151 min read

Been a while

It's been a while since the last post, but that doesn't mean I haven't been working. I've been working on Grace, and figuring out the...

Patrick Fatica

Feb 17, 20151 min read

Same as the first time.

I followed the same steps as I did with the Hanna puppet. This time around went a whole lot quicker. I got all of Lou's face plates...

Patrick Fatica

Dec 3, 20141 min read

Lou

I followed the same steps with Lou. She didn't take nearly as long to make. I think I may be getting the hang of this. An easy way to...

Patrick Fatica

Nov 21, 20141 min read

Body

I used furniture polyfoam to sculpt the body. I had to remember to make sure I can easily get to the joint screws in case I need to...

Patrick Fatica

Nov 21, 20141 min read

Redo

I resculpted the brow and lowered the hairline. I think I can make enough expressions with the eyebrows. After I cast the brow plates I...

Patrick Fatica

Nov 21, 20141 min read

A Little Paint

So, I started painting the face plates and brows. I want to keep this technique simple. I may need to create another face plate down the...

Patrick Fatica

Nov 3, 20141 min read

Armature Two (Lou)

Lou's character is younger than Hanna, so the armature needs to be a little smaller. Hanna's shoulder height is 18cm while Lou's is 15cm....

Patrick Fatica

Oct 31, 20141 min read

Faces

So, here are the face plates and brow plates. They are sanded and ready to prime. I used a gesso spray to prime them. I used gesso...

Patrick Fatica

Oct 31, 20141 min read

Lip Sync

So, I started sculpting the mouth shapes for the lip sync today. I used Super Sculpey Firm, and used Liquid Scupley as a glue. I've...

Patrick Fatica

Oct 24, 20141 min read

Assembly Line

Poured resin casts in my spare time today. I'm probably good to go with the brows. I need a total of 15 mouths in order to capture all of...

Patrick Fatica

Oct 23, 20141 min read