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I can't believe I actually finished a tutorial! I always start them but quit part way through, so this is quite a feat. It's huge- about 100 pictures. It is the entire sculpture from wire armature all the way down to hair. Just click "download" on the left hand side. Enjoy.For those who can't use PDFs, the tutorial is also online here: [link]
Let me know if anything is confusing or makes no sense. I've been on a lot of hydrocodone lately *bronchitis*
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Wow! That is gorgeous! You have a true gift!!
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Amazing tutorial! I was actually trying to look for one. I wanted to maybe make a MLP (I know it's different structure but same concept) for a friend but needed to know how to get started. Can one basically follow the same steps if they're using galvanized wire and sculpey?
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Yep, it's all the same stuff as discussed in the tutorial.
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Ok thanks, I wasn't sure as my wire is very thin so I didn't know if it would hold well but that's what foil is for! I'll be sure to show you the finished product if you're interested~
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Well obviously it wont work with very thin wire. The function of the wire is structure and stability, it is pointless to use thin wire.
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Yeah I have 3.5mm that I originally got (and the clay) for the purpose of making little charms and keychain things. But I used foil around the wire to bulk it up a bit, but I don't think it was working. She kept falling forward! My friend suggested it was due to lack of tail and that would balance it out but I was getting so frustrated. 
Maybe the next try will work out better. I think I just need more (or stronger) wire, more clay and a bigger "canvas".
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If it can't stand up with that amount of bulk it's a pretty bad sign! It's often important to double twist the wire together and add more around the places where leg wire meets body wire. But at the end of the day most of the stability simply has to do with balance, just something you will need to tweak.
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Yeah it was ok for a little but then it kept falling forward. That's why in the last image I'm holding it up via the horn.
Thanks for the tips~ ♥
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WOW This is amazing! Thank you so much for posting it, my sister and I are trying to get into sculpting together so this was a great help : )
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This tutorial is amazing! your first steps really helped me out as doing is armatures is where I seem to have the most troubles rather than the actual sculpting steps. It's great to see just how someone works and that you took the time to really get in depth with how you worked (and reworked) on each little detail.
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I've seen people using turpentine to smooth out their sculpture. Do you have any experience with it? I've been afraid to try it out due to turpentine's uh, dangerous nature (don't want any ovens exploding/toxic vapors).
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Thank you for making this tutorial one that can be saved to the computer! I love your pieces.
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I think this is the best tutorial I've seen on dA! Very detailed, extremely helpful and it shows me which tool are paramount for working with clay. And I've always wondered what the hair that's added to sculptures was and now I know!
I can't thank you enough for this wonderfully helpful tutorial!
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Thank you for this tutorial! I just started playing around with polymer clay but reading great tutorials like this gives just a perfect impression of how I could be working when a lot of practise is done. It just helps to learn even for beginners!
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I just read the whole thing, and it is awesome!!I can't do this sort of stuff but it's still great!!
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wow ! I love <3 Unicorn too > <;; I will draw them soon !!
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could you pleaassssee tell me the link for the anatomy of the back? I need it for college work :/ Your work is amazing
xx
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type "Wisconsin veterinary anatomy" into google.
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you're wonderful, your tutorial was really useful and funny and I can't wait to start with my first polymer clay sculpture! I would just like to ask you what kind of steel wire do you use for armatures? and how many large is it in mm? thank you very much!
all of your works are amazing!
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Very detailed and nicely done tutorial. Although I never use clay that requires baking, some of the tips are really useful (e.g. I always use multiple glued cotton layers instead of foil, and I guess this can work for me too). Thank you for posting this!
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Lovely Tutorial ♥ Are the supplies and tools pricey? just wondering...ive always wanted to start sculpting.
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Once you have all your tools the only thing you have to buy over again is clay, and that varies in price. Tools do too, they can be as cheap or expensive as you want them to be!
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Fantastic tutorial, I'm definitely going to try it once!!
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This is an absolutely fantastic tutorial! It's really cool to see all the steps you take in making something so magnificent!
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oh I would like to make one 
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Great tutorial! Thanks for making it available!
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Wonderful! This is the most useful sculpting tutorial I've seen so far!
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Can yoou only use masking tape for it or does other types of tape work to?
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You can't really use masking tape, just floral tape.
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I wasn't even looking for sculptures when I ran into this tutorial but I'm glad I did. Your tutorial is absolutely amazing and I read it all the way through even though I don't even plan on doing it! :3 It was wonderfully written and now I have all this knowledge on how to make a sculpture like this if I wanted to.
First off you make wonderful pieces of art!
Secondly, the detail you put into this is amazing. The quality of a tutorial like this is rare to come by!
Thank you so much for making it! Maybe I'll give it a try someday!
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I've been considering doing this for awhile but I have a bit of a problem.
We don't have a convection oven and I'm not sure how much they cost. Would it be possible to use an a kitchen oven or would that cause chaos? I know its a really stupid question. I don't know anyone who owns one and I can't get access to the school's oven (its only allowed for students who have art classes...and they check).
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You can use any oven, I've even used a gas oven. Get an oven thermometre and make sure you know what you have to do to get the physical temperature at 270f, and you should be fine. Convection ovens are just the best because they heat completely evenly.
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Do You make the plaster cast of your nobreer sculptures?
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I don't make plaster casts, I make silicone casts. For more information about those just look below the favorites on my frontpage.
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Mm.. Can You say how do You make it? )
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I mean, how do You make a silicone casts? ^^
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It's a long, complex, messy, expensive, convoluted process I wouldn't recommend to anyone unless they were very serious about it. Go to smooth-on's website for lots of good information!
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