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Today I have the first part of my upcoming Celestia sculpt. She is nowhere near done, but she's coming along nicely.

I have been asked repeatedly to make a tutorial and since she's going to be my most involved and complicated sculpture to date, I figured it would be the perfect time to just get everything out. These multi-part WIP submissions should include everything I do when sculpting. I do not know how many parts this will end up being, but I'll keep making them until she's done.

If you have any questions feel free to ask.

Part 2: [link]

My Little Pony (C) Hasbro

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:iconzzoffer:
Can you bake the clay that many times?
On the instructions to Sculpey it says that you should NOT overbake it
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:iconblackout-comix:
Overbake and rebake are two different things. Regardless, I don't use sculpey for my sculpts. Fimo can be rebaked as many times as you like without consequence. The Celestia has about a 15% mixture of Super Sculpey to 85% Fimo. It still retains the properties of FIMO, but it's a bit easier to work with. I prefer 100% FIMO usually. Super Sculpey can be rebaked, but it's more sensitive to rebaking and you'll have to be pretty careful.
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:iconzzoffer:
My local store only sells soft Fimo, and i was wondering if i could use that as well?
perhaps it will be more like your mixture?
And thank you so much for making this, and for answering my question :)
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:iconblackout-comix:
I think so, but I'm not sure. I've never used Fimo soft. It may be like this mixture, but there's only one way to really know. You'll have to experiment. Try making a few small pieces and bake them again and again to see what happens. It's what I did initially and the knowledge is worth the investment of clay.
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:iconzzoffer:
ok, thanks for your help
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:iconbakki:
=bakki May 16, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
Thank you very much for this ;_;
I will try with paper clay Hope it works
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:iconsimpleplan4life:
~SimplePlan4Life May 4, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
I love this tutorial, I think it's going to be really helpful for me.

Just one problem for me: I can't seem to sand any of my baked sculptures. I usually use FiMO Soft clay or Scuper Sculpey Living Doll clay.
I'm not sure if I have to get myself a "stronger" type of sandpaper...

Also, when you cut the spiral for her horn on Part 6 of this tutorial, was the clay baked?
How do you cut already baked clay?

Tracing the details with pencil, I wish I had thought of that :D
That's an awesome idea
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:iconblackout-comix:
The clay was baked when I cut the spiral in the horn. I used an X-acto knife and cut a wedge >

What do you mean you can't sand them?

I'm glad the guide was useful. If you ever need advice, I always try to be available to help.

Best wishes.
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~SimplePlan4Life May 5, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
I don't think I could be able to do that, isn't the clay really solid? ^^;

Whenever I use the sandpaper on the sculpture, nothing gets smoother or anything, it doesn't do anything at all to the sculpture.

Thank you!
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:iconblackout-comix:
You just have to have a steady hand and a really sharp knife.

You just need the right sandpaper and you have to put muscle into it. The harder the clay is, the harder it is sand, but the better the results are.

If you are having difficulties sanding, try a smaller grit sandpaper that's very very coarse. There's no clay that won't be affected by it and once you've sanded some away, then move to larger grits and smooth it out.
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