Thread: My first Witches head sculpt...be gentle with me lol

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I decided to make my Witch a new head, the Witches head I made a few years back sucked..lol the nose ended up looking rather phallic. I've never done sculpting before so I'm not great at it and don't really know the the correct techniques. I haven't quite finished painting her fully yet.

I'm a big fan of Lauriebeasts sculptures and after seeing her wonderful creations they inspired me to make her

From the photo I'd say you did a great job. I like how you included the neck and some shoulder. That's going to go a long way in making the finished witch look real.

The eyes are very intense and the mouth looks great. I'd love to see a pic from the side, so I can see the jaw line and the ears.

What did you use to make her face? Is this a special kind of clay? Mache? Cereal treats?

I used some paperclay I got off ebay, it was quite firm though and hard to use. I'm going to try making some myself, I've seen a few recipes online maybe I can make something a little softer.

I just went through and reviewed Lauriebeast's album. She uses a lot of celluclay for her pieces. It dries without firing, but doesn't shrink and crack like the cheap "air dry" clay (which I made the mistake of using on my first witch).

Thanks, I'll look into the celluclay stuff. The stuff I bought has cracked a little, probably due to it being cheap. Lauries stuff is amazing, she's very talented.

All I can say is "WOW", you are very skilled and you should be more than proud to have made something so cool.. AWESOME!!

Nice job on the witch head! Your better then you give yourself credit for.

Just got off the phone with my local Michael's store and they carry Celluclay in both the 1 lb and 5 lb sizes.

The 1 lb is $6.99 and the 5 lb is $24.99.

i think it looks great!

i can tell you, if I tried to make something from clay, it would look like some sort of play dough creation gone wrong (and not wrong in a good way!) LOLOL

24.99 - 40% = 14.99!

http://www.michaels.com/c/080211-IA-US,default,pg.html