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FULL VIEW, PLEASE! :heart:

UPDATED. (I think a lot of you were not going to see the turnaround, so here it is!)

Maquette fanart of Dave Roman's awesome character, Agnes Quill. It's based on a drawing done by Dave that I absolutely fell in love with.
(Dave Roman works for Nickelodeon Magazine, is the comics editor for the Nickmag Specials, creator and artist of Astronaut Elementary, and co-creator of Teen Boat and Quicken Forbidden. Whew!)

The clay I used is a mix of Super Sculpey and Kato Polyclay (1 lb Super Sculpey+ 2 ounces white Kato+ 1 ounce black Kato) over a wire and wire mesh armature.

Together, Agnes and her dragon are about 7" tall.

Techie Notes:
Total work hours was about 50. @_@
The dragon and Agnes are two separate pieces.
Each figure went through a series of 4-5 cures @ 255 F for no longer than 15 minutes at a time. Just enough to set the clay each time, without the cumulative curing time being enough to burn the clay.
My main tools are a pasta machine (for conditioning clay and rolling out sheets), a 79 cent plastic "cuticle pusher" from Walgreens, a needle tool made by pushing a BIG sewing needle into a piece of Fimo shaped into a handle and curing it, some Amaco Clay Shapers, Filbert (that's the name of the shape) brushes in 2, 4, 8 sizes, and Gojo waterless hand cleaner (for smoothing, MUCH safer than mineral spirits).

You can see MORE pics of Agnes at my LIVEJOURNAL SCRAPBOOK! <--CLICK!
You can read Agne's adventures HERE! <--CLICK!
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~Drawrick Apr 24, 2012
Wow great job on this!
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~DivaLea Apr 29, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
THanks!
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*Caraphae May 6, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Well I already squee'd over on Twitter, but: Love the smootheness of Agnes, here, and the way the dragon swoops around her! What cushion do you use to bake them, to avoid panflattening?
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~DivaLea Jan 2, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Many weeks later: I use polyfil stuffing. At 250F, it won't melt.
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Mood: Wow! ~Phoenix001 Apr 14, 2011
So i see people use tinfoil and wire for the skeleton inside to help keep structure and particular kind of wire for baking or is metal all the same to bake safe?
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~DivaLea Apr 30, 2011  Professional Traditional Artist
I can't say if all metal's safe. I know aluminum foil is safe, and 16 gauge wire is safe.
You need to really compress the foil, btw, by crumpling it, then rolling it around until it's solid. Otherwise, the clay over it won't have a good foundation.

Some people discussed using coathangers for the wire, but no one seemed sure that they were safe, so I'd say don't.

You shouldn't cure polymer clay higher than 250 degrees F.
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Mood: Joy ~Phoenix001 May 1, 2011
Thank you very much! I figured out my project a while back ::D Keep up the great work!
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~yaytime May 15, 2009  Professional Traditional Artist
Der...how did I not fav this earlier?
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~DivaLea May 17, 2009  Professional Traditional Artist
I dunno! BUT \^o^/ YOU HAVE NOW!
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~Antharias Apr 11, 2008  Professional Interface Designer
OMG! your work is an inspiration
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