EMILY’S and ALBERT’S HEADS

You will need:
Plasticine, Balsa wood, K&S, FIMO for the hair, White FIMO, SuperSculpey

Step1 : sculpt of the head in PLASTICINE.
Why using platicine : because you can rework it until you’re satisfied, and it allows great precision in the details.

Step 2 : plan your mould, accordingly to the final material the head will be made of. (see MOULDS post)

Step3 : Once the mould is done sculpt a core in balsa wood (I couldn’t find a piece big enough, so I glued some planks together with a special wood-glue) The core is smaller than the final head (obviously)

Step 4 : I fit a K&S tube in the core (not randomly ! the spine is going to fit into the K&S tube)
Step 5 : in the mold I press some FIMO for the hair. The balsa wood core has to fit into the hair

Sep 6 : I bake the FIMO in the oven (you can also bake it by using a hair dryer if it’s not too thick)
Step 7 : I place some white FIMO where the eyes are going to be. And some Dark red Fimo on the inside of the mouth. Then I bake it (yes you can re-bake the FIMO : just be careful that the oven is not too hot, otherwise some ugly bubbles are going to appear )

Step 8 : on some area of the face I put a small layer of SuperSculpey (smaller than the final model’s face)
Step 9 : Last step : press-mould some SuperSculpey on the rest of the face DO NOT BAKE IT. It will remain soft and will allow to re-sculpt the face according to the facial expression you want.
Step 10 : bake some small teeth in white FImo, with a piece of pin inside them : you can fit them inside the mouth when they appear (when the character laugh for exemple)