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BenPhillips — Portrait of Ri
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Published: 2014-09-26 16:45:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 1365; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 7
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A little closeup of both Rí and his rider, Myasma Nettlebrook.Nettlebrook is made of polymer clay. There is as yet no paint finish on the model… which I am staying clear of.
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How did you make the snail? I love the detail
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Thanks.
First I made the form of the shell using basic Sculpey. Then I mixed together different browns and translucent whites into bands then worked them around the shell… I used a needle to sculpt the ridges. When baked I used a scalpel to score sharper ridges. I then over baked it to make it slightly darker and added the translucent ridge around the edge.
I created the snail body by forming a rough snail shape using translucent premo sculpey… I baked it off. I started to build the snail from within using a black band buried deep under the intended surface (when glossed this would darken the core of the snail giving the impression it had internal organs)… more translucent premo with translucent sculpey liquid added was built around the body… bands of dark grey and burned sienna were smeared along the length of the body to produce the patternation. When this was all baked off I then sanded the surface of the snail to make it smooth. I built the skirt (the frilled edge of the snail body) from mixed translucent premo and liquid. I then dipped the whole thing in liquid sculpey and baked it off. I then rolled out a 2 & 3mm sheet of a translucent premo and translucent white (FIMO) mix then applied it using a low heat hairdryer (to stick nicely to the snail body). I then sculpted the scale/wart pattern and worked my way around the snail. refining and refining. The eye stalks were made using piano wire and translucent/white sculpey. The white underside is trans white fimo. I then attached the shell… essentially gluing it in with trans sculpey liquid and dressed it in… there's a breathing hole there which you can't see unless you look under the shell. The whole body of the snail was dipped in trans sculpey mixed with white spirit and drained off… then baked.
The whole process took about 30 hours… not including baking.
Hope that made sense.
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It makes sense Thank you!
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