Martin JagoAnimatronics · Puppets · SFX

Dune: Part Two

Warner Bros. Pictures
June - July 2022

Martin designed, prototyped and built a mechanical puppet for Dune: Part Two at Weta Workshop, in June and July 2022.

Sand Worm Created by Weta Workshop

Animatronics Model Designer

Key Animatronics Model Designer for the mechanical underwater sand worm featured in Denis Villeneuve's Dune sequel.

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Dune: Part Two poster

Behind the scenes

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  • Workbench with a steel ruler beside a coiled spring rod assembly, a ring of black spring steel prongs and pliers on paper marked with red dimensions

    Bench Tools

  • Annotated photo of a small mechanism with black spring steel prongs fanned out above a brass guide ring, a white pipe and workshop shelves behind

    Mech Notes 1

  • Annotated photo of the same prong mechanism on a green cutting mat with a brass ring, handwritten notes and yellow drawings explaining how roll pins secure it

    Mech Notes 2

  • Annotated close up of a hand holding a white pipe end with six black prongs folded inside, yellow and red sketches marking the guide ring

    Mech Build Closed

  • Close up of black spring steel prongs fanned out from a round base with a small drilled hole, on a green cutting mat

    Mech Build Open

  • One of the crew in a black t shirt and ear defenders works on a long clear silicone mould on a workshop bench, creature sculpts on shelves behind

    Molding

  • Cast silicone mouth with a pink ridged skin texture and a small opening at its centre, sitting on a mixing cup beside tubs of screws

    Sculpted Hole

  • Home living room floor covered with pipes of various sizes, a toolbox, sandpaper and a notebook laid out on a sheepskin rug beside a brown sofa

    WFH With COVID

  • Finished mechanism on a sheepskin rug, a white and aluminium tube with a brake lever handle and prongs at one end, beside a textured sculpt and a ruler

    Sizing up the Mech

  • Close up of the art-worked sandworm mouth with its jaws closed, a ring of fine pale bristles inside the pink opening at the end of a ridged sandy tube, against a dark grey ground

    Art-worked Closed

  • The art-worked sandworm mouth open, its pink lining pushed outward and a fringe of fine bristles flared around the opening of the ridged sandy tube, against a dark grey ground

    Art-Worked Open

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