Friday, January 14, 2011
Makin' feathers
My current project requires some feathers. I'm using a marble to help with the form. I coat the marble thinly with Vaseline then attach a blob of Kneadatite. The edges of the "blob" are smoothed out and the sculpting begins. I start with typical feather shapes using the toothpick and finally refining with an X-Acto knife.
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Big ol' pile of heads and armatures for the St. Privat project.
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Great technique pard. I just gotta wonder what this is for? :) ~Gary
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