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I am soooo glad I went this route. I have learned a lot of technique (and patience, I want it done NOW ) First layer of Celluclay is on and I love it! I tried a trick to see if it would work and so far, so good. I wanted a base color to the celluclay to help with overall look. While looking through Michael's for the stuff, I came across powder dye for mixing with stone mix for mosaic, I decided to try. You can see the results yourself!








And close up detail showing the 'wood grain' or bark look I tried to add.


I think this body is so much better than the first and will work great with the head when all done.

It looks great.

I think your idea is perfect because when I first looked at the picture (before reading the post) I thought you had used wood to creat a skeleton somehow. :-)

I got to agree with Giles, the look is "dead" on! LOL
Now I want to see more!

I, too, am soooo glad you went this route. The branch/grapevine had potential, but this is just awesome. The wood effect is great and brings a "life" to the project that real wood couldn't. How DID you make the grooves? I haven't yet made a figure prop, but will someday (because we have four small grandkids, I am not yet allowed to do "scary" by the CFO. At this point, it's mostly pumpkins, birds, scarecrows, blowmolds and lights.)

Cray

Originally Posted by Cray Augsburg

How DID you make the grooves?

Cray

Strategic use of a fork

looks great!!

It has been a slow process, I did one side at a time with the celluclay and allowed to get totally hard. I made a PVC frame and screwed her to it for extra support and of course a stand! I clayed over that as well. I am on the final stages and I am excited. I painted a 1/2 Latex paint, 1/2 glue mixture to give a coat of protection and am in the final process of dry brushing details.



The PVC frame before celluclay



After celluclay was added



And close up showing dry-brushing. This is the actually the bottom, so this is one part where the original body meets the PVC as well.