I have started to make the two final armatures for the puppets that I will use in the film. I decided on two puppets being enough as they don't have to do any excessive movements or wild positions, but if one decides to break then I do have a spare!
Wire, bones, K&S and tie-downs all in place:
Against the scale drawing:
(I decided to make the hands slightly bigger for better screen presence and for ease of holding the books.)
With skinned hands:
Wadding applied to the joints:
Hey presto! Time to start skinning...