How to make Claymation Action Figures with spun cotton shapes as fillers

Check out our tutorial and learn how you can make claymation figures using spun cotton shapes as lightweight fillers.

All the projects presented here are courtesy of graphic artist Nick Lockheimers (www.pixelrgb.com. )

Project Materials

Spun cotton shapes. Your choice of balls, eggs, rolls, teardrop shapes, and much more. Spun cotton shapes are made of paper and “grip” very well to clay. They are sturdy and lightweight.
Modeling clay. Nick uses plasticine.
Creativity (as much as you want).

Just integrate the spun cotton shapes directly into your plasticine / modeling clay projects. The shapes can be used “raw”, without any preparation.

For the centaur project presented above, Nick used a ø 30 mm spun cotton ball hidden inside the rump.

Instead of using the shapes as fillers, you can also use them directly as “action figures”.

For example, in the movie set below, the spun cotton shapes are the action figures and clay is used only to accessorize

In the 3 examples below, the eggs are the action figures and clay is used to accessorize. Nick used Tempura paint to paint the eggs.

I hope you enjoyed this page and found some inspiration for your projects. As always, do not hesitate to send us your questions.