Applied 2: More Baking & Some Painting

Since I really liked the outcome of the first sheep, I went ahead and started to make alterations to the other one that I was to make. This sheep has a brown coat, and since I don't have brown sculpey, I was considering just leaving it as plasticine. However I thought about what if we wanted this character to speak? I didn't want to end up ruining the swirl pattern, so I decided to see if I could potentially paint the polymer clay (which you can!).

I began with the hair. This was much more fun to make than the coat, because it was a much quicker process and was more humorous to put together. These didn't take too long to bake at all because they are lighter colours, but of course they would not stick together. This is because they have been set, so I went and bought some generic adhesive, and stuck them together this way. I tried to replicate Hayley's original curlers moulding and I am quite proud of how it turned out. Like with the teeth that I painted previously, I used acrylic to go over these baked pieces of clay, too. The only difference here is that I had to mix a few colours to get the correct shade, and once it dried, it dried slightly shiny, like a satin finish. This is fine for the curlers, but not as ideal for the coat, so I am going to have to buy something that will make this matte. I already have an idea, clear matte nail polish, so I hope this will work!  

For the coat, this was a much more lengthy process. I did exactly what I did last time, except I painted the polymer clay once it had been stuck on the plasticine. As you can see in the top middle image, I did a paint test to see if it would look okay, and I liked it, so I went and carried on making more pieces for the rest of the body. In total I made around 70 swirls!! However it was well worth it because like the other models, I can move it around, pick it up and not have to worry about the pattern changing. I also made the eyes like the other sheep, and I think that it has come together a bit more. The only part we have to consider now, is legs/feet, as they got somewhat squished when I was putting the clay and the body together.