Polymer clay sculpting

[mickc22]

Inspired both by Katherine Dewey\'s books and Dragonreach\'s postings (thanks Mike) I\'m having a go at her Deermouse
I\'m using Fimo soft at the moment, but have discovered the Polymer Clay Pit does Premo, Katherine\'s prefered PC

I\'m doing it half the size it is in her book, at this size I\'m having distortion probs, so may have to do some pre-baking
I may also have to adjust KD\'s \"leaching\" process to suit me
I\'ll post some pics shortly, didn\'t have the camera with me at the time

 

[mickc22]

wooo hooo!!!..

....what excellent service :flip:
I ordered 2 blocks(2oz) of Premo, and 2 blocks(3oz) of Kato on sunday, online, from The Polymer Clay Pit
They\'ve arrived this morning, brilliant!

 

[lizcam]

Originally posted by mickc22
....what excellent service :flip:
I ordered 2 blocks(2oz) of Premo, and 2 blocks(3oz) of Kato on sunday, online, from The Polymer Clay Pit
They\'ve arrived this morning, brilliant!

That was fast!

 

[mickc22]

I thought so, no sweets tho

right, I\'m gonna start again, with the Premo first, see what the difference is like Vs the Fimo
Just gotta wait for my pasta maker I won on ebay, says he\'s posting that today
I think I\'ll pre-bake some eyeballs with the black Kato while I\'m waiting, I could also make a start on the new putty oven

so much to do...so little time.....

 

[Pictish Mini Painting]

I have just ordered a bumnch of the new \'grey stuff\' polymer clay from the war store so when it arrives i shall see what its like to work with.

 

[mickc22]

Oh yeah that\'s that new Super Sculpey Firm, I was looking at that on PCP, it\'s £9.49 for the 1lb block(didn\'t have enough on my card for it)

let us know how you get on with it

 

[mickc22]

first pics

here we go then...
for comparison

Before ears

with ears

No fur texture yet, that gets done when the body and head are altogether
I\'m getting to like this stuff

 

[Wolf Fang]

very well done m8 keep up the work!

 

[Wren]

Looking good, I like the folds around the eyes and near the ears a lot.

 

[mickc22]

thanks wren,
I\'m getting the hang of the stuff, surprisingly clay shapers tend to tear at it, where as metal tools smooth it out nicely

 

[freakinacage]

nice one

 

[mickc22]

onto the body

bulking out the Magic Sculpt core

adding the right leg

both legs in place

attached the head

that\'s the basics in place, loads more to do yet tho

 

[mickc22]

moving on a bit...

after looking at the real thing

I felt the eyes were too small, and the ears were the wrong shape
So I\'ve basically been reworking the head

I also started preparing his tush for his tail

as I was pre-baking some eyes and other assorted shapes, thought I might as well bake the core of the rabbit

this will be another WIP at a later stage just wanted to share

 

[supervike]

Oh Mick! That is far to cute for these parts.

Gives it a gun!!


(fantastic job though!!)

 

[PegaZus]

Originally posted by supervike
Oh Mick! That is far to cute for these parts.

Gives it a gun!!

Or fangs at least.

 

[PlaneCrazy]

Maybe he is waiting and is gonna base it on a bed of skulls? :twisted:

 

[mickc22]

Philistines!!
Do you not know art when you see it!!? Humph!

It\'s just a practice piece to get used to this Polymer stuff, anyway I\'m angling for the girlie cutie vote

 

[airhead]

Mick, it is looking very good.

Did you do the eyes in something else? Differnet color? Pre baked?

 

[mickc22]

Thanks Kevin
Yeah the eyes are black pre-baked Kato clay, it seems a bit firmer than the Premo, it also bakes quicker at a higher temp


Sguiiig!!