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Photos of The Black Scorpion as I prepare his new "cage" (a $300 glass display case)

This photo shows a great image of the ball and socket armature necessary for stop motion animation.  

Screen used stop motion animation puppets must be secured to the set while filming. Imagine spending days on a scene and the puppet accidentally falls over while it is being moved. Most puppets have threaded screw holes in the bottoms of their feet. The scorpion was probably pinned or nailed to the set.

Here you can see a little hair still remains at the base of a couple of legs. I think Pete Peterson built this scorpion. Pete and Willis O'Brien were also the animators.

From the side, you can see the scorpion's teeth. Too bad they used the drooling scorpion face for most close ups in the movie.

I think the film had this big scorpion and three little scorpions. The Art of Stop Motion Animation  website shows Jim Danforth holding the tail of one of the small scorpions. According to Chris Endicott: The smaller scorpion model was used to make the crab puppet for "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth."  D. Allen did the work here in the states while Danforth was in England.  The crab was sent over as a model not unlike the one Ray made for Mysterious Island"--i.e. a realistic crab.  The producers in England felt it needed something more and had Jim and Roger Dicken add the craggy texture to the shell--a nice touch.

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