MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - El Diablo Bottle & 6 ft Concrete Moai - Other Crafts

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11080	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Sun, Jan 5, 2025 1:17 PM My 3D printed armature seems to be working out! Covered the 3D print in dampened tissue paper to the clay would not stick. Rolled out slabs of clay and placed over the tissue covered model and smoothed it out. The relief cuts allow the clay to shrink a bit as it dries without cracking. Once the clay has firmed up enough, the pieces were removed from the plastic model and re-assembled. The pieces merged back together, Smoothed out. The bottle neck and bottom added. Facial details added - horns, pointed ears, eyebrows, sharper nose, and goatee. Starting to look like a devil! Now it's time figure out how I want to finish it. Do I leave it a minimalist shape like it it now and go solid red glaze? Do I add a little more detail then glaze the eyebrows and goatee black? Do I add yellow eyes?

My 3D printed armature seems to be working out!

Covered the 3D print in dampened tissue paper to the clay would not stick.
Diablo 1

Rolled out slabs of clay and placed over the tissue covered model and smoothed it out.
Diablo 3

The relief cuts allow the clay to shrink a bit as it dries without cracking.
Diablo 2

Once the clay has firmed up enough, the pieces were removed from the plastic model and re-assembled.
Diablo 4

The pieces merged back together,
Diablo 7

Smoothed out.
Diablo 8

The bottle neck and bottom added.
Diablo 6

Facial details added - horns, pointed ears, eyebrows, sharper nose, and goatee.
Diablo 5

Starting to look like a devil! Now it's time figure out how I want to finish it. Do I leave it a minimalist shape like it it now and go solid red glaze? Do I add a little more detail then glaze the eyebrows and goatee black? Do I add yellow eyes?

Post #814635 by MadDogMike on Sun, Jan 5, 2025 1:17 PM