This is the foam body that i made for Alicia, why foam? well, its cheap to get lots, and its light, it ads close to no extra wieght to the puppet. And its soft and bendible, aswell as easy to carve in.
I use a sharp razor knife to cut out the basic shape, then i use scissors to carefully cut out the shapes. i then cut lines in the foam, preferibly on the back of her body, or inside of the legs, basicly the part thats less visible (not that it makes that big a difference once i put her clothes on). I then carve out a slight hollow space inside each foam part to fit the armature in there without changing the shape of the foam (so i wont need to force it on). cut out the basic body shape, no need to be perfect, i cut the boot shape on her lower legs rather than the shape of her legs because it helps filling out the boots, most important is to consider the final shape with outfit rather than realistic body (to a certain degree).
Finalized body, next step is to sculpt the underside of the boots before i add the boots leather on top of it!.
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