Searching for armatures I came across a number of sites related to "stop-motion" animation figure armatures.
The following two links are examples. The first is for a store bought model the second is a do-it-yourself type.
http://www.armaverse.com/
http://www.montereymotiongraphics.com/armatures/
I"m thinking this type of armature might have application for other than stop-motion work?
Maybe build a "full-size" version that could be posed as a model or actual "armature" for clay-to-bronze.
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