Tutorial: clay penguins!

my friend amy over at the Relentless Bride offers free giveaways and prizes, and she graciously allowed me to participate! as a friend suggested i do a tutorial on my clay, i decided to take some pictures of the creation process of these two little guys..  take a look :)

this is the clay i normally use. sculpey or Fimo, both are very similar in texture. actually i think i'm a bit partial to fimo now. :)   they are very soft and easy to work with. i'd say the only complaint is that sometimes the colored clay gets all over your hands and kinda stains your hands/clothes.

so i used the blue clay and shaped them into the penguin bodies... and i baked them at 230 degrees for 30 min as the fimo clay directions say to do.

then i took my paint (i buy at michael's) and did a first coat for the front of the penguins

this is what it looks like. i think you need to do 2+ coats when using this type of paint if you want it to look more opaque.

I also took some clay in order to create the feet and beaks.  after i bake them, i'll need to paint them yellow (i didn't have yellow clay)...

also, this is how i made some flowers for the bouquet and the one in the girl penguin's 'hair'

here is a close up of the unpainted feet, a pair of wings, and the bouquet the girl will be holding..

here are the pieces i've baked and painted.. the bowtie for the male penguin, the feet painted yellow a few coats, and i went over the white a few more times, probably 4 coats of white paint for the penguin's bodies!

i'm gluing the pieces on w/ krazy glue! slowly but surely it is coming together :)

i used black paint and toothpics to do the eyes. it's pretty easy to mess up the eyes =T!!! sometimes i redo them multiple times. this one wasn't too bad.   almost done!! just need to glue on the bowtie.......

and then glaze!  i think i did 4 coats....i use sculpey Air Drying glaze...

   

tada!!!!!!!!!!!!!