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Blackout-Comix — Celestia WIP How-To Tutorial Part 6
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Today I have the sixth and final part of my upcoming Celestia sculpt. She is about done with just some final sculpting before I call her finished.I have been asked repeatedly to make a tutorial and since she's going to be my most involved and complicated sculpture to date, I figured it would be the perfect time to just get everything out. These multi-part WIP submissions should include everything I do when sculpting.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Best wishes.
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I love answering questions, so feel free to ask.
Yes. I can rebake her many many times without the clay becoming brittle and weak.
The Fimo puppen clay I use can be rebaked as many times as you like as long as you let it cool inbetween bakings.
The clay is much harder than sculpey and bakes to the consistency of stone while maintaining incredible flexibility. It's great stuff.
However, it is harder to work with. You'll need fairly tough hands.
Hope that helps.
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So ive heard instead of using these wires, you usually just stick thm ono the body instead. Do you ave any tutorials for that and for simple ponies like Lyra?
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I don't have any tutorials for that, but I could describe it in detail for you in a comment. Would that be okay?
I just never got around to doing a tutorial on basic ponies.
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Well sure! I just really don't plan on making any complicated ponies though. ^3^
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To stick limbs to the body, I usually make the body without a head, neck, legs, or tail. I make the legs separately. Once the body and legs look good enough for an initial bake, I jab a toothpick into the top of the leg where it will connect with the body. I make a hole in the body where the leg will connect with the body and stick the leg's toothpick into the hole. This is all before baking.
I then let the figure stand. The joints will be incredibly weak, but we just need the figure to stand long enough for it to bake. In other words, the figure only needs to be able to support it's own weight. I usually spend about 30 min agonizing over the positioning at this point. lol.
Once baked, I put a dab of Super Glue into the joint to hold it in place while I work. I let it dry and start putting clay around the joint and smoothing it out to remove any evidence of the joint attachment.
After another bake, I sand the joint to finish it off.
The head is made the same way. Separately, followed by a toothpick attachment and smoothing after baking.
The head and tail both have tin foil cores. The tails are very very difficult to get show accurate in terms of positioning and height without decreasing the weight. Additionally, the weakest point in the sculpt is the base of tail. The heavier the tail is, the easier that joint will break.
I usually make the tail at the same time as the mane since I use the sculpt itself for support for the tail during baking.
Does that answer your question? If not, keep asking. I'm happy to help.
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How tall is n average pony for your sculpts? From Head to hoof? And if you have ever made a fancy Fleur like pony besides Celestia, How tall are they compared to the average pony?
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They are as tall as I feel like making at the time, but I would say on average they are about 5 inches tall, for the normal ponies.
I've only ever made one pony like Celestia, so I haven't decided on a good height for them, but I would probably go for a sculpt around 8 inches tall. Celestia was bigger, but was also a lot more work. The bigger they are, the easier it is to add details, but the more unwieldy the are. It's a trade-off. I haven't made enough of that size to really make a hard decision either way.
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Oh okay .3. What about when its time to paint? What do you normally use, aryli or watercolor? I've heard ome use Acrylic, others, etc. Or do you not really think there is much of a difference?
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I really prefer Master's Touch Acrylics. The paint is super thick and can be diluted to the consistency you want.(It will need to be diluted a lot otherwise the thickness will result in a poor paint job.) I fully recommend giving the whole sculpt a base coat of white paint before doing any serious painting to help the paint adhere to the sculpt.
I have tried numerous acrylics and they are the best I've tried to date.
Never tried water color, so I can't really comment on them. Sorry.
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Yay thank you 
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Like Celestia's tail. It's so shiny *Q* What do you do to do that?
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The Fimo clay has a layer of oil appear during baking that rises to the top and gives it a sheen. It's why you have to give it a base coat of paint for the actual paint job to adhere. The acrylics don't like the oil. I didn't add anything. Just fine grit sandpaper, 220-320, and clay. That's it.
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can you buy the wip because im bad at sculpting but i can paint it
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She's about 4/5 painted. I just lost interest in sculpting. Haven't worked on anything for months now. Sorry to disappoint.
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I didn't finish it. The news of alicorn Twilight, after the horrible Discord episode, has me doubting if I'll even continue in the fandom let alone finish the sculpt. My enthusiasm is at an all time low.
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Thank you for this wonderful tutorial. Though I think I might start with something a bit smaller and simpler
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Definitely. I made quite a few figures before I made this one and I still felt that I was in over my head.
Best wishes for yours.
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Is there an optimum thickness for the wire?
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The thinner the better. What you really want is high tensile strength so it holds its shape better. The wire in the tutorial was low strength, so I had to weave it together to improve it. The weave made the wire thicker, which is bad, but made ridges which held the clay which was good. Ideally you could find strong, really thin coated wire that you could weave together and still have a thin wire.
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Thanks that's really useful to know 
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An excellent tutorial which covers pretty much everything anyone would need to know!
It'd be very interesting if you could do a tutorial on how you paint your sculptures too
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Thank you. Hopefully I'll get her painted soon. My motivation is pretty low right now. lol.
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just, fantastic. You and White Dove are oozing with too much talent... Why don't you share some of that? lol *makes grabby hands* <3
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This is hands down the best Celestia sculpt I've seen! It's look perfect from every single angle.
I can't wait to see her painted!
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Thank you. I'll do my best to get her painted.
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Oh you better! <3
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It looks*
Stupid uneditable comments...
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It's okay. I wont hold the typo against you.
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...I totally will.
lol.
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Nooo!
You'll end my spelling spree!
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I love how you make everything look so neat and smooth c: It's so awesome!
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She looks fantastic! Your procedure for making her wings is both creative and incredibly show-accurate.
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Genius is taking it a bit far, but I thought it was a decent idea. I still have to tweak them a bit, but that was about as close as I could come to show accuracy.
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It's ten times simpler than what I came up with, and yields better results. I stand by my statement. I can't even get smooth edges on the feathers, you've got yours beautifully curved and tapered.
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This is fine work! I will do my best to use this guide and produce my next sculpt! Thank You!
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congratulations for finishing her ! This is a lovely work, and it's been a pleasure to follow you in this piece. Best wishes too ^_^
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She's looking good man, loved watching how she progressed.
Almost done now
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She looks beautiful. You did any amazing job on her and I congratulate you on your determination, dedication, and craftsmanship. I think it goes without saying that this is by far the best Celestia sculpt to date.
I would love to see her painted. And as I said before, she is amazing. Cannot wait to see the final result. ^_^
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That's so impressive. I would just be making blobs like in Avatar, Sokka's sand sculpture
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She looks AMAZING! I can't wait until she's completed... If you don't mind me asking, because I honestly have no idea, but what do you do with her when you aren't working on her? Do you store her somewhere?
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I keep her next to my computer desk, so I can always keep an eye on her. I'm the type to think about my work 24/7 so I need to see her whenever I'm not working on her so I can come up with ideas or just realize areas of the sculpt that need improvement.
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I see. So the clay doesn't harden if you leave it out?
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Not at all. It takes a very long time for the clay to harden when left out and I bake it every few steps just to be safe. The clay I use can be rebaked multiple times without problems and takes a very long time to dry out when left out.
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