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Starship Troopers (1997): Arachnid Warrior Bug, animatronics testing by Amalgamated Dynamics

An effective use of the full range of tools available at the time: animatronics, practical models, CGI, stop-motion... The DID (Dinosaur Input Device) armature by @tippettstudio.bsky.social enabled stop-motion animators to produce computer animation without learning animation software programs.

Professor Togglebooooootton

@togglebutton.bsky.social

I wish this was still in use for production. There is something about posing things by hand that adds believability. You can so easily animate unreal motions with a digital rig. Taking a stop motion class in college really hemp d me understand animation better than the CG ones.

4/8/26, 1:44 pm0 reposts2 likes

Raptor

@raptornx01.bsky.social

4 Aug

they do. only now they use motion capture tech instead of armatures with sensors.