December 19, 2000

Looking again at the reference pictures, The face was too sunken in, needed a bit more meat to the sides if you will. So I added a skin layer of sculpy for a less anorexic look.

December 19, 2000

This is what the face looks like with the added sculpey. Much better do you think?

I stamped the stone texture onto the added skin in order to blend it with what I had originally made last week. You can't really tell what was added which is good.

December 19, 2000

I next worked on detailing the back of the head. I needed to do this before placing the ears.

December 19, 2000

This again is what the front looks like so far. Sorry about having to make you tilt your head but the piicture wouldn't fit full the other way.

December 22, 2000

Next up is the ears. I made 2 rectangle box shapes with Super Sculpey and smothed the corners to round out the edges.

December 22, 2000

Then Cut out grooves for the inside of the ears. This will allow the earings to fit inside.

December 22, 2000

I used my instruments to add details just like in the real prop. This is also before applying the stone texture that I've been stamping on since the beginning.

December 22, 2000

Attach the ear to the side of the head and stamp the stone texture.

December 22, 2000

Here is a better view of the side so you can see where the ear goes beside the temple piece.

December 23, 2000

Now for the earings. 3 on each side. 2 inside the ear and 1 at the bottom. I know it's ugly now and looks gross, I heated them up a bit too much and burned the poor things.

December 23, 2000

After completing the sculpt I found a perfect reference of the profile on the Episode 1 Insider's Guide CD. Now why I did not look at this last year I don't know, would have saved me a lot of trouble. The back of the head is much fatter then what I thought. So I removed the back earings I had made on Page 7, and added an extra layer of Sculpey.

December 23, 2000

The back of the ears also have ornaments. I made a tiny rectangle and wrapped a thick slice of Sculpey over it and then attached it to the ear's back. Applied the now famous stone texture and heated them up with the paint stripper gun.

December 24, 2000

Now we must finish the hat piece. I started with a ball of plasticine (much cheaper then sculpey) on the top of the hat and shaped it like a cake. I then wrapped a thin strip of Sculpey all the way around the shape, like if you were icing a cake.

December 24, 2000

Next came the painfull part. I hope you have patience...I thought those curlers were boring to make...HA!. Now came the time to make little flower things and cheerios that circle the entire hat. Just make each piece and stick it to the thin strip. Last step was to add a "snake" shape between each 2 flower things.

Stamp everything very delicately when completed and use the paint stripper gun to harden your creation before you accidentaly squish something :)

January 02, 2001

When I started making the next level on the hat I noticed the "cheerios" were too big. Examining the reference closely I noticed that the 2 levels of rings were the height of 1 of the "cherios". So what did I do? Time to start over :-) I used an exacto knife and cut off the top row of "cheerios" and then made 120 little balls that I placed, and squished with my spatula tool.

I then took a toothpic and poked holes in the center. Now the scale is accurate. I then added a 1.5 inch strip all the way around the top. Used the tools to create arches all the way around and placed little balls of Sculpey inside each arch. A jedi has much patience - LOL.