Question about Wire amature

Hello,  

I see so many of you in this forum making such beautiful sculptures of animals! I tried it myself sometimes.. but i always fail.
..and I think, the problem lies with how i do the wire amature, i just can't get it right! >.< so my question was:
how do you do the wire amature? do you bend it, burn it together, or you use special products to bend it?
I'd like to know cus i have super sculpey, but never can use it because i always fail!
hope some of you can help me?? Ps. I don't know if i placed this in the right caragory.. correct me if i didnt xD

Thanks, Stardust

I like to use wire, bend it into shape, and use aluminum foil to hold the pieces together and build up bulk.

Good luck, Stardust

Hey, thats good question! I'd like to hear about that too and wanna make my own model some day =)

I also like to uses aluminium foil too, unless it's a very small figure. Also, I make my armature out of one piece of wire. This way it won't fall apart while scupting but it is less easy to reposition the wire.
Here's a little picture of a wire armature:

I wish you good luck with sculpting and I'm curious to see what you're going to sculpt!

I just use regular, cheap wire from the hardware store which you can bend with pliers.  
I cut one section for the body and then two for the legs which I then use masking tape to secure together.  
I bulk up the form with aluminum foil and then start adding clay.
This makes a very sturdy skeleton that will stay together.

Thank you all so much for all the great tips, i feel like i can try soon!  

Hey thats exactly what I was wanting to know!!! Saves me creating a thread Thank you

Yes, thank you A-J and specially Elephas_Maximus, that was very helpful!

Nice topic! I usually make similar wire armature as Elephas_Maximus, similar technique. I buy wires for that purpose in florist shop, florist wire is available in few different thicknesses.

I've never made models before, but if I do, I might use wire.