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SovaeArt — Unicorn Sculpture Tutorial
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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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Your sculptures are amazing. 
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liked the tutorial, was tempted to try it at home,cos my mum would love one of these, but don't have access to a kiln or convector oven, would i get the same effect if i used the craft modeling clay that can be baked in a standard kitchen oven?
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any polymer clay can bake in any oven
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yeah, but highest setting on oven at mine is 220 n on my bf's is gas mark 9, so would it be a case of putting it in for longer or using a modelling clay that has household instructions with it. just a little confused because the clay u used looks more like the stuff we had at college went in a kiln, which would have been 270 or above. (or raku? was in a bucket with newspaper n saw dust n always turned black.) your instructions did simplify the process enough for me to be able to have an attempt (of which would be no where near as gorgeous as your horses), just a case of finding appropriate alternative clay.
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That's incredible. I've started a sculpture recently and I'm only on the wire but I think I've put way too much detail into the wire! Thanks for this! <3
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I am just curious as to where you get your viscose hair from and what kind of die did you use to color the viscose?? I've looked in stores in my area and none carry the hair.. i found viscose on ebay but i just wanted to know if you got it from there or elsewhere?
I also wanted to say that i really am thankful that you took the time to make and put up this tutorial for everyone to view... it has really encouraged and spiked my imagination!! Thank you!!! ^____^
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You won't find it in stores sold as hair, because it'd brought as spinning fibre. The people selling it on eBay are making an enormous profit, selling enough for one doll, and they succeed because people don't want to dye it themselves or don't know where to buy a large amount. I Got an enormous bag of it (like a foot thick) for under $15. I BELIEVE it was from coppermoose but you can fins mass amounts of viscose or ANY fibre that can be used for "hair" from spinning websites. [link] $12 for half a pound of viscose. The dyes are Procion MX. Dying it is a bit of a bitch, you need to mix the dye, apply it to the fibre and then let it dry, wash it, and then once it's dry it'll be all matted up and you need to comb it out and probably straighten it (I just use my hair straighteners) BUT it's a hell of a lot cheaper than buying tiny wads of a few grams for several dollars, and you have more freedom.
I'm glad you found the tutorial helpful!
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Oh wow.. no wonder i couldn't find it anywhere!! wow... so it will be a little harder then i thought, but still way worth it. That gives me alot more to go by, i am glad that i decided to ask you. Thank you for letting me know!
If you dont mind another question, i was wondering if the dye is easier to take to a certain color of the fibre, like white or tan? I've never tried dyeing anything before but i imagine that black probably wouldn't take to a dye.
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It seems to take best to synthetics like viscose. You need another kind of dye for naturals like mohair, but it will go on just about any colour of viscose.
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Cool, that is good to know. Thank you so much for humoring me! I can't wait till i can put this new found knowledge to use! ^_^
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oh. my. god. this is fantastic! I've fallen in love with this one... it really made me want to make a sculpture myself! unfortunately, I don't have clay or any other stuff to make one...
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If you actually look at the tutorial: [link]
You see in the first picture my tools
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I totally get what you mean about the floral tape!!! OMG... I'm about half way through doing my very own unicorn and its all thanks to you 
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Amazing tutorial! It will really help when I get around to sculpting again.
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Lol I love your tutorial! I tried it today, but alas, the neck wound up waaaay thick... I also attempted it with masking tape instead of the floral and I totally get what you mean... I just cant find it anywhere, I'm worried about getting it online, cause I know when its old it can lose stickiness? Anyway I'm going to give it another try tomorrow
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Floral tape's not really sticky so much as it is tacky when light heat (from fingers) is applied. You'd have no problem buying it online, and it shouldn't cost more than a dollar a roll. I do have problems finding it in England (I noted that's where you're from) so I would definitely try the internet. Failing that you can also use a type of glue that's meant for sticking gems and small stones to things, it goes under different brands (like jewel-it) but it's a non-porous tacky glue. If you cover the whole armature with it, it will perform the same function as floral tape.
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Oh perfect thank you so much
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I'm english, just living in america, so I know the woes of being spoiled by a large selection either online or in craft stores that you just can't find in an english store. In the town I'm from there was like one tiny art shop that sold just super expensive oil paints, and that was all XD I had to take the train into brighton to go to a halfway decent store and even then they're tiny. Online is the way to go!
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Haha yeah, we have two in T.Wells; one in the expensive part of town- paints paints paints and the other in the main part- paints paints paints, just cheaper. Hehe I found this website -polymerclaypit and was like aaaaaaaaawwhhh *magical light shines down*
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that's a good website! Check out clay alley too
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cool, thanks. I managed to finallly get some floral tape whoop and wicked cheap too... I don't think they charged the delivery haha.
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amazing! I'm about to search ebay for tools and stuff now, and by the way i love the sculpture that you did there, yayz for bright blue!!
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Just one question.. How do your tablet and laptop manage to stay clean if you're working on the same surface as where they are?
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They don't stay clean
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D: Oh dear. -thephotosliieeeddd-
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Your laptop and tablet look clean in the photos.. Or maybe I was just too tired to notice. :L
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oh no, they're absolutely filthy. I have chocolate melted into my power port, paint all over my kepy, clay stuck to the bottom and smudges, ash, and dust all over the screen. Tablet it similar
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oh question: i want one of those ball-point stylus things. where to buy? cant find.
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Look on ebay and art/craft stores.
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very helpful. im having to make carousel horses that are no taller than 3 inches and the first one i made looks ok...but she doesnt stand, this helps alot with that problem (now i just need to get some wire!)
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This is very, very nice! You are amazing!
Thanks for sharing how you do this fantastic sculpture!
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I have to say, thank you SO much for this tutorial. I just finished a sculpture that just completley fell apart in the oven, so I downloaded your tutorial and already see some gret tips to help, enough help that I actually want to attepmt this again, even after 3 nights or work has been wasted, so thank you for doing this!
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Thanks for the AMAZING tutorial.
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Glad you found it useful
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I definitely did! I'm working on my first sculpt right now.
Thanks once again, and keep up the AMAZING work!
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oooo! thank you so much! this is very helpful ^^
im learning to sculpt and so far its.. icky
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lol, well I'm glad this helped a little
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great work, and really inspiring! my fingers are just itching for super sculpey now. thanks for making this tutorial, it must've taken you quite a bit of time and effort.
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this is an amazing tutorial... makes me want to try!
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So awesome! You inspired me so much, but I don't think that now I'll have materials to do something like your sculpture... Anyway - it's detailed and great tutorial, even for ppls who don't know anything about sculptures (like me, for example
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Wow is this helpful ^^
no offence, but when I first looked at this (the one with three pictures) I didn't really like it. But when I looked through the entire process, I actually said wow to how impressive it is XD
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This was very helpful. I have been asking everyone about what they use before they paint it to get the paint to apply better because I have been having major problems with that. Everyone I have ran into has just said they put the paint straight on but that didn't sound too right to me and didn't work to well either.
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right. You simply have to use mediums if you want the work to endure. People who paint directly onto clay and use no sealer have to expect the paint to chip and flake off.
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Wonderful tutorial, i'll have to try it when I get a hold of some polymer clay. It's nice to see how other people work, so thankyou for being kind enough to share
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