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I saw the most adorable charm the other day. It was awesome. I decided to make some and then I decided there needed to be a tutorial on how to do it.
*For a more realistic look to your cakes, use a tooth brush or a stiff paint brush to jab your clay.
*Instead of glazing the whole thing, glaze just the icing on the top and the face to protect it from getting scratched off.
Feel free to use this tutorial.
All I ask is that you link back to me.
Enjoy!
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Sorry to ask, but what is tls?
this is really cute btw, I love it 
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Straight from Wiki. ^.^
A petit four (plural: petits fours) is a small confection generally eaten at the end of a meal (e.g. with coffee) or served as part of dessert. The name is from the French petit four, meaning "small oven".
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No that's not what I was talking about xD But thank you anyway! You said you mixed clay with like "tls" or something. I ended up finding out what it was on a tutorial on how to make another charm. Translucent Liquid Sculpey, genius idea
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Translucent Liquid Sculpey. You can get it online or usually where ever you can buy Clay. Thank you ^.^
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your welcome and is there a specific ratio and way to mix them? because i tried and i got just a little less hard poly clay and it was all sticky DX
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I dont have a particular ratio. It depends on what I need it for. More clay= thicker "sauce/icing" while more TLS= runny "sauce/icing". Sometimes you have to add more clay if it's to runny, or more TLS if it's too thick. It's very sticky always. But soap and water will clean it up. That's why I mix it in a small cup or on tin foil, or a plastic bag.
I hope that helped *sweat drop*
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This is awesome, I'll have to try it out sometime!
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I hope you do!! ^.^
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TLS is translucent liquid sculpey. You can add water to regular clay or you can purchase it from a specialty craft store or online. ^.^
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Lol! I don't think it would make you feel to good xD
I have totally wanted to make some real ones though! They look so good *twitch*
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i just made some yesterday
oh my god, the sponge cake was really dense and the pouring fondant want JUST right and i didnt even buy it, i made it at home *proud*
i used this liquorice sauce (i totally came up with the recipe by myself using just my imagination *MEGA PRIDE* to make a little face on them and just about every one of my classmates asked for the recipe (EVEN THE BOYS)
sorry for boasting but im SO proud of them
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You totally should be proud!!!That's awesome!
Also...you should give me the recipe xD
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i am sooooo very happy right now
you just complimented me and i just finished the gakuen alice manga (its still ongoing but at least im up to date)
im STILL squealing after reading that
and i finished it THREE HOURS AGO!
i'll try and give you the recipe! its in my computer . . .
somewhere
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Awesome! Thank you ^.^
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i was looking everywhere for the sponge cake recipe and then found out that it got removed because the writer claimed they made up the recipe but they actually got it from a book
ill try to find a similar recipe for you
but for the liquorice sauce you basically put some black liquorice and thin pouring cream into a saucepan and melt the liquorice over medium heat
i dont have exact measurements for the liquorice and cream, you kinda need to experiment
as for the pouring fondant
Ingredients:
2-1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup corn syrup
Instructions:
Heat sugar, water and corn syrup to the soft-ball stage (238°F; 114°C). Pour into the food processor fitted with the steel blade. Wash the candy thermometer well and reinsert into the syrup. Let the syrup cool undisturbed in the workbowl to 140°F (60°C), about 30 minutes. Remove the thermometer.
Add any coloring or flavoring (vanilla, almond extract, etc.) and process 2 to 3 minutes, until the syrup completely converts from a glassy syrup to an opaque paste. When thoroughly cooled, store sealed at room temperature for 24 hours. Use or refrigerate for later use.
that is not my recipe, i found it on the internet and put it in my computer because it is SO good
it was the first thing i made with my new food processor
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Thank you so much!!!!
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What eyepins do you use? Mine come out. Always T.T
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I either get a roll of wire and make my own, or I buy the pre-made ones from the craft store.
I had this problem too. I tried the liquid sculpey but that didn't work for me. Now, I am using Gorilla Glue. It's awesome and I haven't had a problem since! You just put a tiny amount on the eyepin after your charm is baked(obviously you already made the hole) then shove it back in there and let it dry for a bit.
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I got mine at Home Depot. I'm not sure where you live but you can always get it online. ^.^
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AH! Thank you for the tutorial! I've been thinking about making some polymer charms, but couldn't think of an easy way to make a smooth frosting like that. Thanks for sharing the tip!
TLS? Is that liquid sculpey?
Oh, and btw, thanks for the watch! X3
~~Bee
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It is liquid sculpey!
But I have read that you can take a little bit of water and mix it with the clay instead of buying the TLS.
I'm very glad you found the tutorial helpful!
And you are very welcome!
I love your My Little Pony re-sculpts. They are amazing!! ^.^
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Ah, so it's basically creating a "slip" then! I'd imagine, though, that using the LS would keep it stronger, since it's all sculpey based.
Going to have to try it out! I think I finally have an idea for my first charms, and really, I already have the charms designed, I just never thought about actually using the design for charms. ^_^;
And thanks! I DO want to work on a "from scratch" sculpture, just have to find some time.
~~Bee
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Yes, exactly.
I look forward to seeing your charms! ^.^ You are very amazing with the apoxy stuff. I would really love to try one of those my little pony re-sculpts. They look like a lot of work but also very fun.
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Thanks!
I'm going to try and make some before the NYC Anime Festival, just have to find TIME. Between commissions, the day job, the not!job, and family stuff, time is pretty tight for the rest of the year.
I came across a few tutorials explaining how I could sculpt the charms I want to make all through here on DA and in this Sculpey tutorial book I found at Michaels. Candies look pretty simple, cakes a little more difficult, given the decorating that's needed to do on them, but it'll be good practice for what I want to do! I'm SO used to using apoxie sculpt that using Fimo and Sculpey is almost like a different language now.
And thanks! Yeah, my latest customs have been pretty sculpting heavy. The more sculpting detail I need to do, the longer it takes to make them. I'm kind of anal about not want ANY finger prints or really hard edges in my sculpting to show ( as in the hard edges you get from carving out sections with tools ), so I'll sit there with an old brush and water, smoothing everything out, and then, so I don't risk screwing my sculpting up on that certain area by sculpting other sections, I have to let it sit and completely dry overnight before I can go back to sculpting again. Sections at a time. Oy.
Too anal about my pieces sometimes. 
~~Bee
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You may be anal but the end result is absolutely gorgeous! I love your pony sculpts and someday hope to buy one from you!
How long did it take you to learn how to sculpt like that? You do a really good job.
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To be honest, I'm not sure.
I just had some really good teachers in a few of my fellow artist friends, studied from what they taught me, and from other sculptors here on DeviantART and over on Fur Affinity. And really, a hell of a lot of trial and error. Good tools help as well, but I refuse to spend a hell of a lot of money on tools if I can just get tools from other aspects in art and use them. I DO have some normal sculpting tools, but my must have is a double ended metal balled burnishing tool that I THINK is used for gold leafing. And an oooooooooooooooooooooooooooold #1 paint brush. Then anything else I can get my hands on, but those two are the must haves.
~~Bee
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Well you really are amazing ^.^
Yeah I know tools help. I have found that simple things around the house are all I need for the Polymer Clay figurines. I use toothpicks and old mechanical pencils a lot. Haha The only real tools I have are an exacto knife, an acrylic roller, and some pliers.
I use needles and such to get the textures I need.
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Love the acrylic roller. It doesn't work as well with the apoxie sculpt ( it sticks to the roller if you don't lubricate the roller with water every few passes ), but it does help.
I was thinking about getting a small pasta press, but again, I'm not sure if the apoxie sculpt would stick to the rollers. Xx;
~~Bee
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I thought about getting a pasta machine too, but the roller works just fine.
I'm never used apoxie sculpt. Is it similar to Sculpey?
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Ooooooh nononono and nope!
It's a chemically "air drying" compound. But it's not like the air drying doll clay you can find in craft stores. It's an epoxy compound, so it comes in two parts. You have to hand mix the two parts together, and only THEN will it start hardening. And you do have to work pretty quickly, or in small parts. This stuff does start becoming stiff quickly. It starts off nice and soft, but within about 15 minutes, it will start hardening. Which is why I recommend using it in small parts. Mix only as you need it.
But you can achieve some AMAZING results with it. And it doesn't shrink. At ALL. And it dries rock hard. If you made a ball of this stuff, let it dry, and threw it at your wall, it would be like throwing a miniature bowling ball THROUGH the wall. It dries THAT hard.
It's a pain in the butt to clean up, though. I ALWAYS end up with a thin film of the stuff all over my hands, so to clean it off, I use either a green dish scrubber or a crap load of baking soda.
I also keep a separate water cup JUST for when I work with the epoxy sculpt and I've recycled an ooooooooooooooooooooold number 1 round brush and am using it ONLY for smoothing down my epoxy sculpt and making an epoxy slip.
~~Bee
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So after it dries you can sand it and carve it then?
Is the epoxy slip just the two parts combined with water like regular clay that has to be baked?
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Yep and yep!
What I usually do to create an epoxy sculpt slip is just mix a tiny bit of the epoxy sculpt, keeping my hands wet, and just keep adding more water as needed until I'm happy with the slip I've made. So yeah, similar to how you create slip using regular clay.
It sands NICELY, but I'll share a little trick with you. To get a REALLY nice and smooth surface, use SEVERAL different grits of sandpaper. My usual arsenal of sanding tools include a 60-d garnet sandpaper, a fine grit sanding sponge, a medium grit sanding sponge, a 320 Grit Norton 3X Contour Sanding Sponge ( ultra fine grit ), and then, a finger nail buffer. Walmart carries the "7 WAY PROFESSIONAL NAIL BUFFER - NAIL FILE", which is FANTASTIC, and cheap. The new ones by SHANY now have tapered ends, so you can buff and smoothen ( to a shine ) in tighter spaces on your sculpture. The same ones by TRIM don't have tapered ends, but they're still great.
~~Bee
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This is so cool! Everyone's going to love them, great job! 
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I use Sculpey III. They sell it at most craft stores, or you can get it online.
I got mine at Michaels.
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Oh okay, I'll have to with that down.
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