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Published: 2010-02-27 18:23:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 29740; Favourites: 251; Downloads: 385
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I've been wanting to do this for quite a long time now, and I took the photos about two months ago already.But I'm not that satisfied with what the slices look like, so I...didn't want to do it anymore until now xD
Anyway, I'm sorry for the bad quality/exposure of the photos, I had to do this using electrical light.
Also sorry for any language-mistakes, feel free to tell me if there are some significant ones.
The explanations might be a little short sometimes, but I didn't want this to become any longer than it already is.
If you have any questions - feel free to ask.
See also:
Banana Slice Tutorial [link] Kiwi Slice Tutorial [link] Strawberry Slice Tutorial 2 (better method) [link] Domo-kun cane Tutorial: [link] Strawberry Slice Tutorial: [link] Fruit Slice Tutorial: [link]
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You have great cane making skills!!!!!! I'd love it if you did more!
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Thank you!!
I don't know when but I'll definitely do more
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Awesome. Looking forward to it.
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I definitely think if you played with some of the colors it would resemble a tomato more...But your tutorial gives me some ideas! Thank you for posting it!
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Yeah it might xD
Perhaps I'll try again some day but I don't even use tomato slices that often, so I have't tried but once...
Thank you so much for your kind words!
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You have some of the clearest tutorials I've seen! 
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it doesnt really look that much like a tomadoe tho,
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Yep, agree.
Yet they _could_ look like tomatoes using that method
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Pretty cool! I will test it soon.
If you use transparent Fimo/Polymer clay fΓΌr the inner tomato it would seem more real I think. :3
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Definitely, transparent is always good when it comes to fruits and such.
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WOW! i'm not skilled in cane and i have no idea how to do that! Thanks a lot!!!
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I'm glad you find it helpful
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You did it! Yay!
I saw some people use a transparent fimo for the white middle bit. But this, is your own style so well done for that.
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YES
Hm, I've tried it with transparent one the first time I did this and it was sort of TOO transparent in the end. But it might be a good idea anyway, since tomatoes are rather watery in the middle. I suppose it just depends on the method which colours look good. (I still think these colours I used suck completely) I might try some different ones next time xD
Anyway, thank you!
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Could you mix transparent with white?? What would happen?
Your efforts were great, now you could make bread slices for the tomato. ^^
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Of course you could 
Well, it basically looks like white in the end. But if you take 'a bit' more of the transparent clay you might be able to get something nice xD
I'll try that next time. Or I'll just think of a completely different way to make them.
Yeah, and some mozzarella
But...unfortunately I ran out of clay T_T
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I think your talent for this clay modelling is wonderful.
Yes, I also think about these things too. ;D Could you make the yellow parts into actual seed shapes?
Well, there are many reasons to get some more clay, hehe. ^^
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Thank you
Seed shapes...of course, it's a bit more complicated but possible. (Yay, another thing to do differently next time *_*)
Absolutely. Actually I got some more now, but I'll first of all do some cake-thingies I suppose
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You are so good at these! It's wrapping your mind around the slices you need lined up to make the completed round object that really impresses me.
I think the photos and tutorial look great, too. No language mistakes, really. Except you might want to consider saying off-white or pale instead of skin colored. (just because there are so many different skin colors!)
But keep the clay art coming- it's awesome!
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Thank you so much!
You're right about that skin colour-thing. I didn't really think about it. That's to say...Yes, I did, because I wasn't sure which term to use. And then I checked on the wrapping to see what it's actually called, and since they used 'skin colour' I was like 'alright, I'll just use that' xD But 'pale' is good. Thank you
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I know- Crayola crayons had a color called skin or flesh (can't remember for sure) for many, many years until they changed it. Which I always found strange when I was kid because even though I'm caucasian, the crayon sure didn't match the skin of me or anyone I knew. lol
Anyway, I'm sidetracking your comments! Don't mean to take away from the tutorial because you really did a great job, as usual. I envy your clay skills.
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Absolutely, the thing is these so-called skin-crayons are usually like...bright orange
But I should definitely stop babbling about that now xD
Thanks again!
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Oh, this looks really interesting and cute! The last time I had any kind of clay was when I was younger and used to play with it. It was fun!
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Thank you so much! Haha, I also played with it when I was younger, like making hearts and suns and all that kind of stuff xDD But it's still fun, definitely.
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Yeah, it is. This tutorial makes me wanna buy some clay and try to make something cute ^^ Although I don't think I can find the one that can be baked :/ In my town I can only find the one for kids. The other one is the real clay, so it stiffens(before that it's like mud) and then you need to paint it with acrylics or something...
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Oh cute things are great
Too bad. In my town there's only one shop that sells Fimo, I'm really glad about that (it's quite expensive, though >__<)
I'd love to try Sculpey as well, but it's not easy to get in Germany...
I've used the sort of clay that stiffens a few years ago, it's also nice, but much harder to shape.
Anyway, I hope you find some nice clay somehow!
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Yeah, I'll try it some time soon. I don't really have time for it right now, with all of the drawing waiting for me!
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Ah yes...I'd love to draw something right now, buut...exams tomorrow T_T
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Tell me about it! I have 3 exams next week. But I still have to draw beside studying cause I'm preparing for some contest.
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That sounds hard indeed >_<
Anyway, good luck with your exams! And the contest, of course.
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Yeah... one was over today, a history test, I kinda screwed it up. And now I remembered I'm supposed to do something for the school play, me and two other girls are supposed to make two statues of Oscar! And I have no idea out of what to make it!
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Statues!? Oh, I'd so screw that up.
Of course you could always use some close-grained polystyrene or something, at least it wouldn't be heavy then, but it often looks a little cheap or breaks easily. Or perhaps some lightweight wood, that's usually easy to shape.
I mean that typical statue-material is _so_ heavy O.o
Anyway, I have noo idea
But you'll manage! ...Good luck
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Yeah, we thought about making the skeleton out of a wire, cover it with sponge and then just cover the sponge with clay and spray it with a golder spray. But I still don't know if that would work out well. My plan B was to see if we could find two volunteers so we could put body paint on them XD But I don't even know if I could find any kind of a body paint.
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Or you could use papier-mΓ’chΓ© to cover the wire, it usually works very well.
The body paint-idea is great xD Haha, I suppose if I was a statue in that case, I'd ruin everything by laughing during the play or something .____.
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What's that papier-mΓ’chΓ©? It sounds ok, lol.
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It's a mix of paper and some binder, usually paste or some other kind of glue. There you also need some wire as a basis, and then it's just covered with that mixture. Similar to clay when it comes to the method, it's just lighter and, because of the glue-thingy, quite sturdy as well.
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Oh, that's what I need! But damn it, I can't find it in my town!
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Hm yeah, there are basically two 'methods': If the wire has many gaps (or rather: if not that much wire is used) it might be a good idea to just use wallpaper paste/ any glue mixed with water and then take stripes of newspaper, put them into the glue and then cover the wire until there is a decent layer.
It's also possible to use flour as glue, there are some useful videos:
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And the second method is to put the newspaper directly in the glue and actually mix it, like I said before.
Anyway, in both cases, especially the second one, of course, it's useful to put some wadded newspaper among the wires. Of course you could also use sponge, but this is perhaps a little easier. At any rate by doing so it will look much more realistic and it's also easier to put the paper around the wire.
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Oh, that's exactly what I was searching for! Something that involves paper! Yay, thank you very much, you helped me a lot! Apparently, you know a lot about crafty stuff. I only draw XD
Anyway, I think this is way better than using the sponge cause it's not that easy to cut it and shape it, And this is better than any kind of clay or anything cause it's lighter. Really, thanks a lot!
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Sure
Not really, nowadays apart from that fimo-business I only draw as well, I just liked crafting a lot when I was younger *_*
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Wie du dir sowas immer ausdenken kannst xD
Ich find die Teile auf jeden Fall schΓΆn, aber so ganz nach Tomate sehen die nicht aus.. aber das mag vielleicht an der Farbe liegen, oder aber an der Tatsache, dass ich Tomaten meide x'D Hast aber iwie saumΓ€Γig viele davon gemacht.. was passiert jetzt mit ihnen? OO
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Jaa, man kann halt nicht immer alles so realistisch machen xD
Aber es liegt glaub ich vor allem an den Farben.
Ich mag Tomaten auch nicht soo gerne, aber...passt schon
Mit denen passiert gar nichts xDD Also vielleicht verschenke ich die irgendwann mal an Verwandten, wenn mir zu spΓ€t einfΓ€llt, dass die geburtstag haben xD
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Ja, super Geschenk xD
Aber das mit den Farben stimmt schon.. bei normalen Farben, mischt man sich ja auch besser selber was zusammen, damit das realistischer wird, als das aus dem Kasten oder der Tube
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Ja was, meine Verwandten mΓΆgen sowas xD
Gut, vielleicht kommen die Erdbeeren/Zitronen etc. schon etwas besser als Tomaten.
Aaaber stell dir mal vor du willst ne Pizza machen xDD
Stimmt.
Ich hab die Farben hier ja auch gemischt, aber die waren immer komisch und irgendwann hatte ich keine lust mehr
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Das sieht nach viel Arbeit aus, aber die Teile sind toll ^^
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DankeschΓΆΓΆn!
Auch fΓΌr den Fav
Viel Arbeit ist es schon, aber es geht noch. Nicht so schlimm wie die Domo-kun Teile xD
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