This armature was built in a similar fashion to the wire one in my previous post. Unfortunately I didn't get a lot of pictures of the process of building it, as all of my time was devoted to making it. I actually found this armature easier to build, despite it looking a lot more complicated, as no wire had to be cut to measurement etc. It was all about securing the ball and sockets to each other (using loctite adhesive. Once built, I applied the same foam onto the armature, securing with tape, to beef out the model while still maintaining flexibility and good movement. As seen in the photos, the armature only reaches to the end of the upper arm - this is because the lower arm and fingers are made using 1mm aluminium wire (in exactly the same way as my previous wire post). This is to allow adequate movement in smaller, more fiddly areas, not making the hands too big for the body. The lower arm was attached to the upper using loctite again. 

Requirements

To make legs for the model, 3 1.5 aluminium wires were wrapped tightly around each other using 2 pliers. This was to add more strength and stability for when heavy clay is added later. 

A joint was place between the two legs to connect them and secured using some grub screws. The feet were also added in a similar manner at each end to make the model stand upright with no help.

Using 5 1mm aluminium wires, and using the pliers again, these were wrapped around each other tightly to make arms, leaving the ends free to be spread for fingers. 

A piece of wrapped (using three pieces of 1.5 mm) aluminium wire was placed into the hip joint and secured with a grub screw in the centre - the torso.

Joints for the head and breast were added, attaching the arms with 2 grub screws (one on either side). These were bent in a way to create shoulders, as seen in the photos. 

So as to not make the model too heavy, I added a light foam to the body, moulded around the ligaments and secured with tape. This means the model's body is plush, while the head, lower arms, hands and feet will be made of clay. 

The final model should measure around 270mm in height without the head, estimating 300mm with the head. This entire process was repeated a second time, creating two out of three models for the final production.