Adding to the armature

I haven't got the foam yet, and the mould making workshop won't be for at least another two weeks yet. So I can't do much with the puppet at the moment. But, I needed something to do. So I practiced on the sewing machine. I am still not sure about the fabrics that everyone liked best. I created a quick outfit for each of the colours and put them on the armature to test.

I'm still not particularly fond of the mis-matched outfit. I prefer the blue one still. I will show these images around for more opinions. 

I noticed that the wrists were loose on the armature. I didn't spend the extra money getting the professional armature with ball socket wrists, so mine are just twisted wire. If I tried to twist the hand the wrist would un-wind and become loose. I tried covering with milliput but this just came off when I twisted, so I thought I'd add something a little stronger. 

I used Araldite glue and wound cotton in the still wet glue. This is a tip I learnt from Henry in the workshops. The glue dries with the cotton to make it stronger.

I also thought about making the plastazote stronger, so I covered it with a coat of PVA.