Princess Kenny 4" Custom Figurine

I actually took more photos, this time! 

This took me a total of 3 days to complete.

Started out with making my shape base out of tin foil and shaping around with polymer clay.

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Once I got the size and shape I was looking for, it was time to bake.

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Nice and smooth from wet sanding with fine sandpaper. 

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As much as I want to get away with sculpting the eyes, this is a situation where I feel it's best to paint and then use clay for the eyelashes since they overlap his hoodie in photos. 

Since this wasn't photoshop where I can hit the back button, I ended up sketching his face as a guideline with pencil. This allowed me to see the outline when I added the first layer of paint for the skin tone.

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This was the most intimidating part. I took my sweet time painting the eyes. The hair was a little rough only because I have no experience. Since Kenny's wig is messy though, I managed to pull it off.

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Then came for all the accessories. I had the perfect sized swarovski crystals and used them for her jewelry with colored clay.

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Final touches and then glazed.

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"Ima kara... PRINCESSSUU KENNY!!!"

Waddle Dee

Was messing with a piece of tin foil and it turned into a perfect shape that looked a lot like Kirby. That's when I grabbed my clay and started sculpting around it. 

I've been messing with polymer for about 7 years now. I never made a custom figurine or anything at this size, always stuck with the miniatures. It's a little intimidating, but a great learning project for myself.

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I wanted to give myself a little more of a challenge make it into Waddle Dee instead of Kirby.

Jumped the gun a little and didn't bother taking any photos until this point.

After shaping the clay around the body, I baked and wet sanded it. Then, primer and first coat of paint.

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Originally, I was going to paint on the face, but after tons of procrastinating, I decided to sculpt the eyes and cheeks, bake, and then glue it onto him. 

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For his parasol, I used wire to shape it before adding the clay to keep it sturdy. Then the same stages as the body. Bake, water sand, prime then paint.

For his base, I used scrap clay, a circle cookie cutter, and black paint.

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Once it came to the part where I had to assemble everything, that's when I learned an important lesson. Super glue hates acrylic paint! I just assumed it would stick. Nope, ate the paint right off.

I fixed it by sanding down the areas that needed to be glued and retouched it after it fully dried. 

Last step was adding gloss.

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Not perfect but not terrible either. He's my new little buddy.

Stands about 3" tall, 5" with the parasol.

Will keep practicing and working on more in the future.

Succulents

Made these as a Christmas gift for my mom. 

I was honestly scared at first thinking she would have no use for it, until she sent me a pic showing how well it goes with her bathroom.

Polymer Miniatures

A bunch of random miniatures I made:

Hot dogs
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Bagels with cream cheese and grapes
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Cheeseburger and potato chips
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Buffalo Wings served with bleu cheese, carrots and celery sticks.

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Fish and Chips with lemon wedges and tartar sauce. 

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Carrots

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 Sugar cookies

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Beef on Weck

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Steak

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Nachos

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Cake roll

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Cookie Ornaments

I try to do at least one holiday craft with the kids. Gives them memories and stuff. 

We made the ornaments out of polymer clay, cookie cutters, acrylic paint then finished off with gloss and a ribbon.

The boys made our cat, Demonikah in a Christmas sweater

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The next below were the kid's ideas that turned into,
 "Mom, do this for me! Mom, make it look like this!"

Say 'hi' to Hatty Hattington!

Wookie Cookie

Fish

Sculpted the little guys using scrap clay.
I used Google image stock photos as reference.

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I colored them by dusting pastels on them prior to baking. After they were cooled, I added extra details with acrylic paint then finishing it up with glaze.

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Cutting boards were made out of paint sticks that were cut and sanded down. I colored them using brown watercolors and sealing it in with a satin glaze after drying. Since I'm not a fan of making dishes, I like to make excuses to use cutting boards more.