This article will show you how to sculpt Freddy, the hero of a somewhat unusual horror movie. You will learn how to create a beautiful figure from plasticine, polymer clay or self-hardening mass.
What to sculpt and what tools to use
First of all, decide why you need a Freddy figure. If you want to entertain your child, then buy colored plasticine. If you want to mold a beautiful souvenir, then it is better to pay attention to polymer clay, baked or self-setting mass for modeling. Of the tools you may need: wire cutters, stacks and toothpicks. Prepare a place for modeling: wipe it from dust and dirt. Also, take a damp cloth so that you can rub your hands.
How to sculpt Freddy from plasticine?
You will need clay clay of brown, dark brown, black, white and blue. If desired, eyes can be painted with gouache paints. First blind Freddy's body. Then do legs and arms. Each limb consists of two large sausages and two short ones. Connect the sausages in the following order: short, two long and short again. Then stick the limbs to the body. Roll a ball of dark brown plasticine for the head. Blind muzzle from brown. Make eyebrows, a hat, a nose and a place where your eyes will be from black plasticine. For ears, take two small pieces of brown. Stack the muzzle, giving it the necessary expression. Then, from blue and white plasticine, blind your eyes. Also from the black mass, blind a small bow. Work your fingers and toes. Now you know how to sculpt Freddy from a plate.
If you liked the fashioned figure and you want it to not deteriorate, then make a paper out of it using the papier-mâché technique. To do this, glue Freddy with pieces of paper in several layers. Wait for the figure to dry. Then cut the product in half and remove the clay from it. Using the same paper and PVA glue, reconnect the two parts. After drying, you can paint the figure and varnish.
How to sculpt a polymer clay freddy bear
If you want to make Freddy out of polymer clay, then think in advance how you will bake your product (in the oven or air grill). Baked craft will be durable and flexible. The principle of modeling Freddy from polymer clay is the same as from plasticine.
If you wish, you can make a toy on a wire frame. It is pretty simple! First make a frame, and then douse it with polymer clay. It is better to take a rigid wire so that it slightly bends under pressure.
Be sure to mold your teeth and high hat. Eyes can be made in the form of black dots. Butterfly can be further worked out with a toothpick. You can also dazzle a microphone to a bear. To do this, make a ball of gray clay and a short sausage of black. Put them together. Stick a thin black strip around the ball. After you have made the figure, it can be placed in the air grill. Now you know how to sculpt Freddy from plastic!