Being semi disabled lets me spend too many hours in front of the PC looking thru You Tube videos.
This morning I found this French clay artists that created a number of polymer clay plants that I thought could look nice in various dios when plastic aquarium plants just wont do.
I haven't tried any yet, but my next trip to the craft store I WILL be picking up some Fimo in different green colors. Here's the first one -
https://youtu.be/1IjDhItMgJA
These ones are in planters, so unless you want to create an indoor scene you can FF past that part.
In the next one, she creates a home made cutter to create leaves quicker. Then at about 3:28 she blends green and white to create an awesome looking plant (IMHO)
https://youtu.be/A5LvfEeKSwU
I think I will start using these for my dinosaur vignettes.
HTH someone.
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Wow! Thanks for that.
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Very cool.
I think I was even more impressed by the Corpse Bride cake that it linked to.
Lots of potential for making in clay as well.
Sorry to hijack, Carry On.
I think I was even more impressed by the Corpse Bride cake that it linked to.
Lots of potential for making in clay as well.
Sorry to hijack, Carry On.
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Very interesting, Kev! Thanks for posting!
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Nah, thats cool. There are a bunch of these polymer clay people that do outstanding stuff. There's a woman on YT that calls herself Sugar Charm Shop *I think*.Division_6 wrote:Very cool.
I think I was even more impressed by the Corpse Bride cake that it linked to.
Lots of potential for making in clay as well.
Sorry to hijack, Carry On.
She does a whole lotta things but when she sculpts animals and then puts fur on them - it's an awesome lesson in both sculpting AND for putting hair on models.
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Thanks for sharing with us, VERY VERY interesting !
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To beat this thread a little more I went and picked up some Sculpey III and gave it a try. I did some that were more grass like and another that was more typical succulent style.
I learned a few things things. First that Sculpey II is too brittle when baked and 2, I made the leaves too thick.
I snapped one of the grasslike leaves in 1/2 when trying do do a little more sanding. Also the light green clay became VERY yellow looking once I started using it ...
With more work, I could certainly put one on a dio, and leave it there. But if it's one where I'd be taking to shows and meetings I'd be afraid I'd be snapping leaves left and right.
Here's what I came up with -
Another thing I learned is that the number of leaves on the lowest level of the succulent looking plant need to be an odd number. The smaller one only has 4 leaves on the bottom. When I do the next layer in the "spaces," all is well. But when the 3rd layer goes on in the spaces, they want top cover the bottom layer exactly. I had to distort them to make them not look stacked up.
So Anyway, I'm off to Michaels to try and find a clay that remains a little "rubbery" when baked. Or maybe I'll try some Super Sculpey Firm. That seems to have a little more give.
I learned a few things things. First that Sculpey II is too brittle when baked and 2, I made the leaves too thick.
I snapped one of the grasslike leaves in 1/2 when trying do do a little more sanding. Also the light green clay became VERY yellow looking once I started using it ...
With more work, I could certainly put one on a dio, and leave it there. But if it's one where I'd be taking to shows and meetings I'd be afraid I'd be snapping leaves left and right.
Here's what I came up with -
Another thing I learned is that the number of leaves on the lowest level of the succulent looking plant need to be an odd number. The smaller one only has 4 leaves on the bottom. When I do the next layer in the "spaces," all is well. But when the 3rd layer goes on in the spaces, they want top cover the bottom layer exactly. I had to distort them to make them not look stacked up.
So Anyway, I'm off to Michaels to try and find a clay that remains a little "rubbery" when baked. Or maybe I'll try some Super Sculpey Firm. That seems to have a little more give.