A look at Fantamation studios

Digital effects are here to stay but in the ever changing world of technology in entertainment there are still some artists who hold on dearly to the old ways. Such is the case with visual effects artist Jim Davidson, who founded Fantamation studios, a company he runs with himself as soul proprietor. Fantamation recreates the stop motion puppets of yesteryear in fanatical detail. His recent projects include an exacting replica of the original King Kong Puppet from the 1933 classic as well as the stop motion miniature of Luke Skywalker and his TaunTaun riding steed from Empire Strikes Back. Davidson builds these pieces from the ground up doing painstaking research into the materials used to make the originals. The final pieces are working stop motion puppets with metal moving armatures. His clients include directors Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro.

a link to his website can be found below

http://fantamationstudio.com/Fantamation_Studios/Homepage.html