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Start with a key lime 260. with about a five to six inch tail on the end. You want it to be a little soft as well.
Then make a 4-5 inch bubble and a pinch/ear twist. After you've done that, make a 1 inch bubble, a pinch/ear twist. Then another pinch/ear twist, a 1 inch bubble and another pinch/ear twist. |
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Then make a bubble the same size as the first bubble (4-5 inches) and secure it around the nozzle end of the first bubble. |
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After that you should make another 4-5 inch bubble and secure it in the middle using the middle pinch/ear twist. The third bubble gives the shell of the head a more accurate shape. Then make a second pinch/ear twist. Secure it pretty well. |
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Cut off the excess and shrink it down to about a 2 inch bubble. Set these two pieces aside for now. |
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Then make two small pinch/ear twists and a bird body roll through, with the bubbles about 2-3 inches long. Then make a pinch/ear twist on the other side of the bird body roll through. |
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At this point, attach the head to the shell using the pinch/ear twist at the back of the head. |
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Take the scrap from before, split it in the middle and attach it in between the head and the shell. |
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Make a small 1 inch bubble for the neck, and 2 small pinch twists.
Break off the excess and shrink down to a 1-2 inch bubble with a longer un-inflated tail on the end. |
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Take a third balloon and make another bird body roll-through, larger than the one for the head. And two more legs the same size as the front two. |
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Make a pinch twist and leave the rest for the tail. The pinch twist before the tail isn't really necessary. I use pinch twists a little excessively, because I hate redoing the whole sculpture if a piece pops. Pinch twists can prevent that from happening.
So you should have a piece left over from the second balloon that looks like this. If you didn't, don't worry make one now. We're going to use it for the front horn. |
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Then attach the horn to the front of the head. If you want you can be finished now, just draw some eyes on. Or you could take a 260. scrap. Preferably yellow or red a make two little pinch twists for the eyes. |
To get a friendly look draw smooth, curved oval shaped eyes. If you would rather a mean/grumpy looking one draw it with jagged lines and sharp edges. The narrower the eyes are the meaner it will look. To add a more mean to any figure draw a thick diagonal eyebrow with a small hook at the tips.
The shape of the eyes dramatically affects the attitude any sculpture portrays. The same is true for the color of the eyes. If you don't want you're figures to look mean you should use cool colors such as blue, lilac, white and gray, instead of warm colors such as red, yellow, orange. Green is actually a cool color also but can sometimes give off a mean energy.
Well, I really hope you liked this sculpture, and have a nice day. - Dustin Queary
