Zelda the Witch

**Deadna** · 02-10-2010,07:53 PM

Another amazing creature! By the way....do these hold up well in storage? I mean do they get chips or cracks if something bumps them. I remember the horrible boobie incident but she wasn't actually finished so I wasn't sure if that could happen at any time down the road.

**Lauriebeast** · 02-10-2010,08:19 PM

Hi Deadna, yes they do hold up well, the Flat Plastic Varnish does an excellent job of keeping the paint intact. However, since they are not made of latex and foam, they would become damaged if hit against a hard surface, most likely resulting in cracking. An occasional bump would not be a problem. The good news is if, for instance, a finger were to get broken, it could easily be glued back on and a bit of spackle and paint could be applied to any chips. It would take a pretty hard hit to actually break these guys and I attribute that to the multiple layers of Sculpt or Coat and the Celluclay base.

**Lauriebeast** · 04-27-2010,05:14 PM

Well I'm back at it after a brief respite due to a wrist injury. Here you can see how I'm starting to bulk up the foot and lower leg with DAS clay. To keep the clay from cracking too much, I only add about 1/2" layer at a time. You can also see a bunch of holes in the clay which allows it to dry faster. Once this layer dried, I added a coat of Sculpt or Coat just to strengthen and seal this layer.

In the pic below, I've added a bit of Celluclay over the wires and let that dry. I did this just to strengthen the toes before adding more clay.

Here you can see how the foot on the right is really starting to take shape although far from done. I'm using Paperclay now instead of the DAS clay simply because I love detailing with it and it dries much faster.

Stay tuned

**Giles** · 04-27-2010,05:23 PM

WOOHOOO!!! I love an update on this project. The foot with the detailing is great and I can hardly wait to see what you do to it from this stage.

Thanks for the pics!

**BeaconSamurai** · 04-27-2010,05:38 PM

Wow, all I can say is YOU ROCK!

**Mad Mad Mark** · 04-30-2010,02:06 PM

Nice to see your progress with this. I like her with bare feet rather than the typical old granny boots. What you are doing seems to raise the creep factor a lot!

I applaud your attention to detail ......very nice work indeed!

**Lauriebeast** · 05-03-2010,06:18 AM

Thankee guys

Here are some updated pics...still lot's to do

**Lauriebeast** · 05-16-2010,08:51 AM

More updated pics.....

In this pic you can see how I made a rubber band clamp to hold the feet in place while checking for duplicity of shape. I also held the feet together sole to sole before making any adjustments.

Here you can see almost all of the sculpting detailing completed except for a few tweaks here and there. This also shows how I'm making her toenails. The foot on the right is done and the other shows the glued on acrylic fingernails. I used Weldbond glue and will cover these with more Paperclay. This makes for a really sturdy toenail.

Stay tuned