My first attempt of a custom

I got realy inspired when I saw Ana´s beautiful custom animals. It grew even more with HKHollinstone, Yurumi and the rest of your fantastic customs.

So, I got out and bought some clay and paint....

I just have to ask... How do you do it???? The clay is hard to work with, you cant get the animals to stand, as the legs just bent, because the clay is too soft. When you try to do the ears, you totaly flatten the head etc etc etc...

It says that practise maks perfect, right? Hope that there are some thruth in that

Been modeling all week, and this is what I have accomplished.

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actually pretty happy with this one :)
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some more;
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Thats all I had time to do so far. Just have to keep practicing

I'm not an artist myself but you made good attempts Anna !
I will not talk about technical advises, the sculptors here will do that soon I'm sure, but for me you have the most important things : ideas, imagination and you've got a cheek !

Anna they are soooooooooo adorable, gorgeous! You did a fantastic job!

They would be great characters for an animation show!
The rabbit(called him BoBo)is so cute!The cat and mouse are also very creative!

Wildheart wrote:

They would be great characters for an animation show!
The rabbit(called him BoBo)is so cute!The cat and mouse are also very creative!

Great name for the rabbit, he ate to many carrots and passed out

HKHollinstone wrote:

Anna they are soooooooooo adorable, gorgeous! You did a fantastic job!

Thanx First I tried to make some realistic, but when I failed, I got irritated and made some more comic instead, like the rabbit

Kikimalou wrote:

I'm not an artist myself but you made good attempts Anna !
I will not talk about technical advises, the sculptors here will do that soon I'm sure, but for me you have the most important things : ideas, imagination and you've got a cheek ! cheers

Thanx Kiki After a week of sculpting, it feels like all my ideas have run dry, but maybe if I wait some days I´ll get more of them

A koala with a cowboy hat or a boomerang in his hand!
A penguin with glasses!
A platypus!

Wildheart wrote:

A koala with a cowboy hat or a boomerang in his hand!
A penguin with glasses!
A platypus!

Great tips. I´ll try that out

Arrakai wrote:

I got realy inspired when I saw Ana´s beautiful custom animals. It grew even more with HKHollinstone, Yurumi and the rest of your fantastic customs.

So, I got out and bought some clay and paint....

I just have to ask... How do you do it???? The clay is hard to work with, you cant get the animals to stand, as the legs just bent, because the clay is too soft. When you try to do the ears, you totaly flatten the head etc etc etc...

It says that practise maks perfect, right? Hope that there are some thruth in that

Been modeling all week, and this is what I have accomplished.

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actually pretty happy with this one :)
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some more;
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Thats all I had time to do so far. Just have to keep practicing

wonderful work!

They are definately cute. The only thing I can tell you is that most people use a wire frame and that way the legs don't bend or fall off and the ears have something to stick to and the face has a basic shape. I have never tried to do it, but I hope to soon. I think your are very cute. I especially like the sitting up fox and the rabbit.

aandmkw wrote:

They are definately cute. The only thing I can tell you is that most people use a wire frame and that way the legs don't bend or fall off and the ears have something to stick to and the face has a basic shape. I have never tried to do it, but I hope to soon. I think your are very cute. I especially like the sitting up fox and the rabbit.

Hmm, thats a good tip. Any special kind of wire? Or will any do? Have to go buy some of that.

Thanx

Arrakai wrote:

aandmkw wrote:

They are definately cute. The only thing I can tell you is that most people use a wire frame and that way the legs don't bend or fall off and the ears have something to stick to and the face has a basic shape. I have never tried to do it, but I hope to soon. I think your are very cute. I especially like the sitting up fox and the rabbit.

Hmm, thats a good tip. Any special kind of wire? Or will any do? Have to go buy some of that.

Thanx

I'm not sure. That would a question for Ana or Harriet or Phil or Danny. They are the specialists in that area.

I saw wire used for trees,and it was normal one,covered in a glossy coloured plastic wrapping!

What type of clay do you use?You know any sites that sell it and send it to Romania?
What type of paint do you use?

Wildheart wrote:

What type of clay do you use?You know any sites that sell it and send it to Romania?
What type of paint do you use?

The clay I use is called "cernitlera" You can buy it at any hobby store here in sweden.
dont realy know if there are any site that sells it, since I didnt buy it on internet.

I use ordinary acryllic paint, in tubes. the ones I got is called "duncan".

I´m not realy an expert on this stuff, just learning my self. Like amy said, the best persons to ask are the experts, like Ana, Harriet, Phil or Danny.

Sorry if I couldnt help you

Ty for the info...The search beggins!

Arrakai wrote:

I´m not realy an expert on this stuff, just learning my self. Like amy said, the best persons to ask are the experts, like Ana, Harriet, Phil or Danny.

Well, actually, I don't use wire because the clay I use doesn't stick to it. But the clay is reasonably strong, so I don't really need wire. The clay I use is called Mungyo "sculpt dry", it's quite expensive about £5.00 for a packet or 1kg, but I really like using it. So I'm of no help to you in using wire either