Starfire 1.0 Finished

I had leftover air-dry polymer resin clay so I decided to make Starfire her own Silky.

To color the clear/white clay I had I added a little acrylic to a blob of it and rolled/kneaded it until the pigment was evenly distributed.

I then set to work rolling, pinching, and sculpting.

I originally considered this Silkie to be a failure, because it kept falling forward onto its face. Then I made a simple hole in it, with a toothpick, so a wooden rod could used to keep it upright later.

After a few days of air drying I primed it with Mr. Superclear and powdered it with chalk pastel pigment to make it less glossy. After fixing it once more with MSC I painted it with acrylic paints.

The Silkie!

Then I set about making a base for Starfire and Silkie.

I found a star-shaped wooden dish for 150¥.

I turned it upside down and drilled a hole into it and inserted a wooden dowel into the hole.

I then used purple wire from the 100¥ shop to make little….body prongs. Not perfect but ok for my first try.

I drilled a tiny hole in the base and inserted Silkie’s toothpick stand…and painted everything with the purple paint I’d used for Starfire’s boots.

And my first Starfire was finished.

The second, 17” Starfire will get the second Silkie.