Thread: "The Bride" Tutorial Part 3

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This is the point where her head is attached to the torso using tape and covered in Celluclay.



Once that dried, I completely covered the neck and torso in Paperclay and added detail. When that dried I covered the entire sculpt in a product called Sculpt-or-Coat purchased here: http://www.sculpturalarts.com/



Next came the stitches. I used craft wire and bent and inserted it into holes I drilled in the torso after the Sculpt-or-Coat and Paperclay wound slits had dried.



Next she got a coat of primer purchased from the same supplier as the Sculpt-or-Coat.



Next, I prepared her head for hair. I ended up using faux fur purchased at JoAnn's Fabrics. First I glued some fine mesh netting to the edges of her front hairline. Then I added some fiberfill stuffing and brought the netting over the fiberfill, glued the side and back hairline edges and twisted the back of the netting to hold it in place. This allowed for adjustment later on.




Then I added the white fur with a little tacky glue, and the black fur on top of that. I just kept pinning and positioning the fur, adding cuts and trimming off the excess. I used a combination of glue and handsewn seams to make it fit over the fiberfill and netting. Then I cut little slits in the black fur and pulled the white fur through the slits.



Her eyelashes and later on, eyebrows were applied using a push pin to make tiny holes. They were then glued in with a tiny bit of gel type Super Glue

I'll then paint on a product called Flat Plastic Varnish available from Sculptural Arts Coating at this link: http://www.sculpturalarts.com/ to protect the entire sculpt. This is the same place that I purchased the Sculpt-or-Coat and Tough n White primer.

Wow, Great tutorial I can wait till next year to see what you make.

Thank you so much for the tutorial! It's great to learn from a master!! I will never be able to do anything that good, but it will help me with my own creations. Thank you again!!1

LB, you are my hero.
I like the glasses on the vamp.
Safety first!

WOW! Fantastic tutorial and incredible prop! I am looking to make a papier mache witch this year and actually signed on to see the one you did a while back. Can you give tips on making the ears and nose? Thanks.

Thanks again you guys. The only tips I can give on making the nose and ears is to look at pics. Then blow the pic up to the approximate size you want the sculpt to be. Get yourself some oil based clay and practice, practice, and then practice some more. I must have spent at least 20 hours over several days just practicing on one ear. However, once you get it right, the other ear is much easier. In fact, that witch was my first character sculpt and she doesn't even have ears. I knew her hair would cover them anyway. Plus, I didn't want to take the time I knew I'd need to do it right. Actually, none of my character sculpts have anatomically correct ears except for "The Bride". They're more along the lines of suggesting an ear, a distorted ear. I figured, they're monsters, they can be however I want them to be. The nose is practiced in the same way as the ears. Look at pics and practice with some clay. I used a small board to practice on which was very convenient. I hope this helps and let me know if you have any other questions.

Lb gives the best advice practice makes perfect. I to have been scuplting a long time and that is the best way to learn practice ,practice, and more practice.

Thanks...that works for me

You are amazingly talented, Lauriebeast! If I didn't know that you had used a wig head, I'd think that was a real live person with make-up! WOW!

absolutely fantastic job so far!
can't wait to see the Bride finished.