Behind the scenes in the making
of
"Clay Fighter II, Judgment Clay"
A "Marquette" is made for
each of the 8 characters in the game. This is for client approval
and for pulling molds.
A silicone mold is made of each character.
Scores of copies of each character get
molded from clay. Then each copy is cleaned up and has the various
details added.
Once a character has been "cleaned
up" the animator has to pose and resculpt the puppet into
the right position. Usually only a few positions can be sculpted
before the puppet must be replaced with a new one.
Even though the image resolution was
only that of a cartridge game, we shot 35 mm motion picture film
so that we would have the maximum resolution to control color
and contrast issues in post.
Each of the character positions had
been determined and tested in pre-production using Cel animation.
The clay animators then matched their sculpts to drawings.