Foam Latex Animation Instructional DVD

BoingBoing blogged about How to make latex puppets for animated videos and I immediately went to the website and plunked down my money for the instructional DVD. Foam latex is a casting substance which I have a deficit of information on. This is extremely timely as the fiberglass outer shell on Linux-tan's silicone mold is almost complete. Nobody brought a camera to Sunday's party (which was very successful by the way) or I'd have photos.

I've said before that I intend to make at least two finished Linux-tans, one in flexible foam and one in a hard substrate. I'm still debating what hard substrate to use. I'd rather not make a solid casting, especially of a heavy material such as plaster or expensive material such as Alumilite, because Linux-tan is so large. Fiberglass is a possibility, especially since I'll probably have some left over from creating the outer shell.

Earth: Final Conflict Gadget A Reality

Remember the communicator the characters used on Earth: Final Conflict called a "global"? Its predecessor is here. The futuristic magic-marker-sized pocket videoconferencing gadget envisioned by the TV show expanded to about a six inch diagonal screen. Similarly, Philips' device employs a flexible "paper screen" that displays a crude four shades of greyscale and rolls up when the device is collapsed.