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Published: 2011-05-19 22:14:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 2857; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 55
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Iβm finally getting around to posting this!
My bee hummingbird model that I finished about a month ago. Heβs life sized! So small and cute.
He has a few issues, namely his beak is a little bent and he lost a claw after he was cooked (and I couldn't find it to glue it back on) but actually I'm really pleased with how he came out, especially considering how much trouble I had with him overbalancing. ^^
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YOU CAN MAKE STUFF TOO? Where does the talent END?
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It ends after my death?
Ah, but my model making is far from good. It's fun though.
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ahahah good answer. yeah but the best i can do is like little rounded head blobs. its great.
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Little rounded head blobs sound great to me!
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GAAAAHHH The cuteness and the details, it's so much FUN. I kind of want to pick it up, but I also feel like that would be a really bad idea. It looks fragile and somewhat durable at the same time.
How cute it is doesn't help the urge to pick it up and try to cuddle it, though. XD
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Since he has to live with me, I can honestly say he's very durable (I've only managed to snap his beak of once!
He gets lots of cuddles though, he lives on the mantle piece so veryone who comes in picks him up... and I have to say, he looks adorible on your hand, you can really imagine the real bird there instead.
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D'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWW I need to come to your place now. XD Just so I can waltz in and grab him from that mantle. Then, once I'm done just cuddling it, I may or may not force you to teach me how to do stuff like this. ^ <3
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lol, it's very easy actually, all you need is some tin foil, super sculpty, a pencil, some photos and perhaps 10+ hours. 
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10+ hours... I don't have that kind of incredible patience. DX (what's the tin foil for?)
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Well I do it in small spirts.
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Okay. But... how/ do you take the foil out once it's done cooking? XD I'm assuming you just leave it inside the figurine, or it burns away from the heat or something...
I can't do things in small spurts. Just doesn't work for me, because I lose the exact mood I was in when I started the piece. When that happens, I tend to have different styles throughout the work, simply because of my change in mindset. Which really stinks, since I have to learn how to finish things in a day or less. lol
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You just leave it in there. xD Tin foil is used for coocking at much higher temperatures then you cook these at, so it doesn't burn or melt (that would probably really mess the heat of the model up.
Ah, but the advantage with models is that once you've made the basic shape, you can't change it. XD Also since you are building these things up, you can leave the fine detailing to the very last so you end up with the same style all over.
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Ohright! lol, I forgot about using foil in cooking.
I've tried working with clay and such before. Apparently my patience is lacking for it. I may try it out again, but I dunno... we'll see eventually, huh.
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This stuff is a lot easier to work with then conventional clay. For one thing, it doesn't dry out so you don't get cracking or problems trying to join it together. The other thing is that it's a lot easier to 'fire' which has always been a problem for me since I don't have a kilm (meaning my sculptures were always super fragile).
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Huh... It doesn't dry out, but you can fire it? Cool. The only non-drying clay I have and know of is pretty much kids stuff. It melts if you try to fire it. lol How is it easier to fire? Just wondering.
If I had to spend weeks working on an art project, I'd more than likely forget about it. That exact problem has happened to me multiple times in the past couple months.
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Well you cook it in the oven, I'm not sure what it's tecnically called, bake maybe? Anyway I class that pretty similar to firing.
I don't think you could call this kids stuff considering how much it costs. xD But yeah, it's easier to fire because a) you do it in an oven so there's no need for a kilm and 2) it doesn't distort at all druing firing, which most normal clays will do slightly (or maybe they just do for me?)
xD But you can forget about it then come back to it without there being any trouble! Try doing that with regular clay.
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Yeah, I'd still call it firing. We have a bunch of the kids stuff chilling in our art cabinet. It's annoying. It never comes out anymore. Never. -_-
The problem about forgetting it with me, is that I'll completely forget about it. There won't even be a "hanging in the back of my head" phase. It'll just be gone. At that point, someone's going to throw it out. >->;
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That happens with me a lot too to be honest. Like this lion, it's been a real pain so I haven't really worked on it much. I'm still going, but mostly because I'm determined that I will finish it.
I've learned tons from it though in the process.
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Yeah... I'm working on drawing a beatnik snowleopard for a friend. He's anthropomorphic. It's an idea I got from a conversation with a friend, and I know I have to finish it, but I stopped at the shoulder area. I can't find the right mood to continue on with it. Driving me nuts. Learning from something fun is always great, because you don't get bored with the information. Especially figurines. You have to get the anatomy down, or they just won't turn out right.
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Thanks <3 All you need is a pencil and to know how to roll up susages, and they're actually very easy.
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oh heΒ΄s so cute!
i want one o3o
love the details in the feathers!
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Thanks! I'm tempted to make a flock of them (in different poses) and sell them, but I don't know if I would be able to part with them once I was done.
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