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Published: 2014-06-10 16:51:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 18394; Favourites: 1467; Downloads: 107
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sculpture made as an experiment at my school.What you can see at the sculpture is made with fimo and Cernit. (some plastic clay stuff)
It was really hard! The legs kept breaking in the oven in the end of it. And the horns... AND the hairs!
I cannot say i recommend working so big with this material... D:
But it was still a fun experiment and i learned a lot from it. hopefully
Sprayed with metallic silver car spray.
more pictures of it here:
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbi…
and here: sta.sh/21hpllgy9lx3?edit=1
progress pictures:
sta.sh/2162vu7zn5i?edit=1
other work by me:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArtistSunima
pinterest: www.pinterest.com/sunimo94/
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yes, i used metal strings inside of it, and it worked well at first. But then it might have been too hot too long and the plastic clay started breaking up x)
~ Sunny
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: < that is bummer.
Hope you will have better luck next time.
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Looks fantastic. Very fine detail, and It looks like metal.
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Absolutely beautiful! The kind of thing that makes a person pine for a tangible fantasy world
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Did you use some kind of tool for the hairs? They are all so uniform in size and shape! I have only worked with fine porcelain clay so far and to do what you have done here would be very difficult (mainly the hair) but doable. The result looks wonderful! I too have been the victim of sculptures not surviving the kiln process. 
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Wow, congratulations. I hadn't checked deviant art for a long time and I've just seen you're experimenting with new styles. I really like your artwork. Hope I get to see an exhibition of yours one day; I just moved to Denmark so I'm close to Norway.
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Oooh, beautiful! I know it's probably all the same shade of silver in real life, but here the texture on the hair and scales really makes it look darker there. You did an amazing job with this medium - the hair must have been incredibly hard to do, but it turned out extremely realistic.
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Your hard work paid off big time. Looks great.
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This is amazing. The attention to detail is amazing <3
How did you learn how to create the frame and everything? I really love things like this and would love to learn, but I have no idea where to start. :3
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I didnt learn it anywhere. I just had an idea and started on it really.
but thankyou
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you could have used super sculpy, it's great for big projects, it only comes in one color though (tan)
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I don't know how similar they are to each other, but,
another material I know of like that is called Sculpey.
Here's a link [www.sculpey.com/]
I know one artist on here that uses it to make sculptures
as well, but I have never used it myself.
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I am impressed. This is truly a great piece of art
Ps! It is possible to reinforce legs and other fragile parts with pianowire in future projects.
This is hardened steel so you need a strong wirecutter. Reinforcing may not need a thick wire, maybe not more
than 1 mm. You find it in most model hobby stores. Norwegian Modellers has a web catalog.
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i did use that. see process pictures in the artists comments if interested. still kept breaking though.
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Well, it turned out great
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Wow this looks great, I really like well all of it
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Outstanding and creative! Sorry English isn´t my native language...
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What a fantastic work! 
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Beautiful!
yanno I had the same problem I find if you put a three tooth pick wide wire in the legs while working this that kind of clay it helps(for me anyways) give it a try next time.
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I used metalwires inside its feet. It still kept breaking.
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weird it worked for me
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Wow. This is awesome. Very beautifull!
Hmm, you know, kirins are characters in anime The Twelve Kingdoms (Juuni Kokki).
Here are some pictures if you want to see them)
i27.beon.ru/97/99/1289997/60/7…
images4.fanpop.com/image/photo…
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the first link didn't work. but ok, cool
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Oooh now this is a really interesting. I love the design for this beast~
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Looks good. I like the scales and the mane, and he/she has a nice profile.
Hmm, did you use a metal skeleton (like wires) for internal support? because every oven-baked clay piece that's bigger than, say, a finger's length, should have something solid inside. and even then baking more than 2 or 3 times can get challenging...
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yes, i have used metal strings inside of it. and also some newspaper strips dipped in glue and water
here is a photo of it inside:
sta.sh/03l0wzwf0um
another one when i started to wrap the clay around it:
sta.sh/0245prj0in6n
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aaah. okay. I think the wire is a bit thin. usually when I do something like that, I use rather thick copper wire, and I also fix the wire to a base. the sculpture gets cut off that base only when finally baked (if at all)
hm. might also have been the paper+glue. if there is moisture left, it vaporises in the oven and might help the clay crack. I tend to use aluminium foil to bulk up the inside of clay sculptures - lighter than paper+glue, and it can have a nice rough surface for the clay to stick to.
I just looked at the other pics of it. It's really pretty 
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Nice job! Those materials aren't easy to work with on something like this so I hear from some others.
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This is cool! I think Sculpey woulda worked better for you so far as not breaking
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nah, sculpey breaks just as easily. the only advantage that I know is that its easier to patch (vaseline+fresh raw clay, and rebake)
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bah.. well that just sux... but it still looks awesome
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