by DollyKim » Tue May 25, 2010 3:34 pm
Wow, been awhile since I updated this. Not very much going on yet. The body is looking pretty good, a toilet tissue tube made a great base. Cutting for the waist and hop sockets works well when there's about 1 cm of clay on.
What didn't initially work was the straws inside the limbs. I did catch on to that early enough to fix it with only a smidge of clay on the straws which can be tossed in to the parts box. What does work is wrapping a straw with paper, not too tightly, and then a layer of Rigid Wrap. When dry remove the straw and build up from there. Have put clay on the arms but not the legs yet.
I'm now at the point where I have to decide how to bulk up the legs with the least amount of clay and weight but having enough on there to hold hem together. With paper and Rigid Wrap inside, now that I'm getting better at using it, hollowing out the string hole with a rat tail rasp and little wasted clay should go well. Now That I've started on hip balls I'll have to adjust the hip sockets. Haven't done much on the arm sockets but there are guide holes.