This was one of the very first puppets I was hired to make, a long time ago.
It was made of two layers of foam latex, where the skin could slide over the body, for better movement, but it only had a wire armature even in the head.
Video: Spar stop-motion dinosaur commercial (sorry, no sound)
Company:Qvisten Animation asWork:Design, sculpting, mould making, casting and painting and armature making of stop-motion puppetsVisit:www.qvistenanimation.no