Introduction: Polymer Clay Serpent Bangle
These are the steps I took to create this polymer clay serpent bangle.
Supplies
Made with Cosclay, aluminum armature wire, steel ball bearings and a Red Bull can.
Step 1:
I am using Cosclay and sculpting onto a 500ml Red Bull can.
Step 2:
Rolling out a long piece for the body.
Step 3:
Wrapping it around the can. Shaping it and pressing it down as I go.
Step 4:
Cutting a groove a long the center of the entire body.
Step 5:
A teardrop shape for the head.
Step 6:
Blending it onto the body.
Step 7:
Pushing some aluminum armature wire into the groove.
Step 8:
Closing up the gap over the wire and smoothing it out with my fingers.
Step 9:
The mutations on this serpent are based off of the online game Ovipets
and it was a lot of fun getting everyone's mutation suggestions.
Step 10:
For the eyes I am using steel ball bearings.
Step 11:
Using a ball tool to create the eye sockets.
Step 12:
Cutting in the mouth with a scalpel.
Step 13:
Shaping it along the sides.
Step 14:
Roll out and lightly flatten a piece for the tongue. Cut a slit, for the fork and place it into the mouth.
Step 15:
To add some texture to the body I am using the handle of my scalpel and rolling that over the snakes body.
Step 16:
For the diamonds on the body, I have rolled out a thin sheet of clay and cut diagonals with a flat blade.
Step 17:
Then again in the other direction.
Step 18:
I started placing them onto the head, using a combination of small and large diamonds.
Step 19:
For the tail I am rolling out short tapered pieces.
Step 20:
Giving them a slight curl to one end.
Step 21:
keep adding them until it looks right.
Step 22:
Moving onto the horns. To keep them consistent in size I press out 2 circles and cut them in half.
Step 23:
Roll each half out, with a point on one end.
Step 24:
Bring them together and twist them in to a spiral.
Step 25:
Figuring out the placement and using a ball tool to indent.
Step 26:
Place in the horns with a bit of bake n bond.
Step 27:
For the wings I am rolling out 3 large teardrop shapes and using a needle tool to create a line.
Step 28:
Then doing the same with 3 smaller teardrops.
Step 29:
Cutting a slot into the body, for the wings to sit.
Step 30:
I added 4 small flattened balls to hide the sharp join of the wings and body.
Step 31:
I then pressed them down with a ball tool.
Step 32:
Now for the long whiskers. I roll out my length, taper one end. And steeply cut the other end.
Step 33:
This end will be laying against the side of the face.
Step 34:
Find a nice, natural flowing position for the wishers to lay.
Step 35:
One last step before baking. And that is to empty out the can of Red Bull.
Step 36:
Now that it has been baked, I am carefully removing the sculpt from the can.
Step 37:
Note:I should have used a thicker gauge wire.
As it doesn't stay tightly clamped around my arm.
Step 38:
I am using a couple of coats of PVA glue as a base.
Step 39:
Then I am going in with a black acrylic paint.
Step 40:
Once the coat of black had dried, I mixed in some drying retardant and black Shimmer pigments.
Step 41:
The Shimmer wasn't staying on as well as I would have liked so . . .
Step 42:
I sealed it in with some more PVA glue.
Step 43:
The colours I choose are black, purple and bronze. 'acrylic paint'
Step 44:
Painted the purple details first.
Step 45:
I am used a small detail brush to do all of the bronze areas.
Step 46:
I also painted around all the diamonds with bronze and the little details on the wings.
Step 47:
The wishers were very time consuming and took a few coats until they finished.
Step 48:
I mixed some pinks in with the purple and I used this to add some depth to the piece.
Step 49:
I then added some black to darken the purple and used this to create the shadows.
Note:a toothpick works great for this.
I painted it around the creases of the horns, around the eyes and the deeper parts of the tail.
Step 50:
I used polyurethane gloss on the eyes and it is finished.
Step 51:
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