Anik Armature

I made the armature for Anik and I tried out some things so not really sure if it'll work until he's all fleshed and clothed out. For starters I've made him taller than Aluki, as guys are usually taller than girls and since their character designs are very simple I need little things like this to help allude to their genders.The Aluki puppet I made earlier was just a tester and I felt her legs needed to be longer to allow for her to be able to kneel and crawl, as well as her arms being longer as she could barely carry out certain necessary positions. Although her arms looked long enough at the armature stage, when she actually got her bulky coat on it made them seem shorter, as they had to stretch over the bulkiness. So with Anik's armature I have made his arms longer to account for the bulky coat and I have made his legs longer than initially planned, while trying to compensate for the fact that when I make the real Aluki puppet, she will be taller than before as I will increase her leg length, so Anik's height needs to be proportionate to that, not the current prototype one.

I also used Araldite epoxy glue for this, instead of the Z-Poxy glue I used on Aluki. I will be returning to Z-Poxy from now on. It is cheaper, dries slightly slower so you have more time to apply it and actually sticks better and stronger.