Clay Animation, Stop Motion Links and More

Animate Clay T-Shirts and Mugs

Get your own official Animate Clay T-Shirt and help promote the best site out there for stop motion animators!

Animation Toolworks

For the best, most compact frame grabber in the world, the Video Lunchbox is great for instant animation feedback. This site has a ton of cool downloadable movies of short clay animated segments from various animators.

Armaverse Armature Kits

Medium quality ball and sandwich jointed armature kits. Not suitable for clay animation, but good for light weight puppet construction.

Clay: "Jovi Lera" Sweden

If you are in Sweden, the clay to use is Jovi clay. It has vivid colors similar to that of Van Aken.

Clay: Newplast UK #2

You can buy Newplast animation clay at this Chromacolor site.

Clay: Van Aken Australia

This web site incorrectly calls the large 453g blocks of clay Leisure Clay, but is in fact Claytoon Van Aken brand clay. It's perfect for melting into alginate or silicone molds and great for clay animation.

Dedolight "Lighting Equipment"

The Dedolight and its unique system was conceived and designed by Director of Photography Dedo Weigert of Munich, Germany. The project was initially undertaken to fill his own exacting requirement for a powerful yet highly controllable light source which would occupy a minimum amount of space, draw a minimum amount of electricity and produce unprecedented light quality.

Foam Latex: Burman Industries

Burmans line of foam latex products and sculpting supplies. Not to mention many casting and mold making materials.

Foam Latex: GM

GM Foam Latex kits. MTV used this brand of latex on the Celebrity Deathmatch TV show.

Foam Latex: Monster Makers

Monster Makers line of foam latex products.

Foam Latex: Michael Davey

MD Foam for short. This latex uses less ingredients and is generally more suitable for beginners to mix.

Gray "Firm" Super Sculpey

This is one of the most inexpensive places to buy the new firm Super Sculpey. Great for detailed sculptures you plan to bake and harden in an oven.

Gryphyn Customized Armatures

Precision machining in stainless steel and Aluminium. Any size or configuration catered for.Ball joints feature hardened stainless steel balls. Located in the UK they custom make very expensive armatures.

Kino Flo "Soft Lighting"

Here at Kino Flo Inc., we specialize in providing easily attainable soft light — similar to what you’d find when sunshine reflects off a white wall, or when a candle shines brightly through a paper lantern.

Make Your Mark Art Supplies "Australia"

Australian supplier of mold and art materials.

MOULDLIFE Foam Latex, Silicones "UK"

Sells all sorts of mold making materials including foam latex, silicone and related products.

Newplast Supplier UK: Craft Wise

One of our visitors favorite spots for Newplast in the UK. The same clay used to make Wallace and Gromit.

Perfect Touch Micro Sculpting Tool

If your looking for micro sculpting tools this new company hand makes them. If you know anything about sculpting tools you know that hand made tools are always the best. I would suggest these tools for very small sculptures.

Sculptor.org

If you are interested in learning more about sculpting then check out the largest online site devoted to sculptors and the sculpting craft. Many links to resources and supplies.

Small Parts

Anything you need to build a ball and socket armature can be found here. Thumb screws, threaded rod, aluminum stock, ball bearings, tools, milling machines and more.