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Hextech Crystal Ring
Polymer Clay Tutorial

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For this tutorial I am using a polymer clay called 'Cos Clay'.
For sculpting the ring onto, you can use a ring sizer or a metal cutter
or even a rolled up piece of foil.

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Start by rolling a ball of clay.
Then lightly mark in some jagged cracks.

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I placed the ball onto a tool,
so it was easier to handle.

Deepen and refine the cracks,
then smooth down with some baby oil
on an old paintbrush.

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Place this on to a tile,
then bake.

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Roll out a length of clay.
Then wrap that around your ring sizer.
In my case 'a metal cutter'.

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Flatten out an area on top, for the crystal to sit on.
Then smooth out the edges of the ring band.

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Place on the baked crystal.
Using a small amount of liquid clay to hold the pieces together.

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With a small needle tool I carve in some rune symbols
from the Arcane Hex Core.
I then baked it again, so I didn't squish what I had already worked on.

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With 4 small pieces of clay.
I roll these into cone shapes, then flatten in to triangles.

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Lightly place on the triangles, to see were they would suit.
These triangles are claws that hold the crystal in place.
I then blend these claws to the ring band.

I varied the lengths of the claws to give it
more of an ominous appearance.

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Then carve in some more rune symbols
on the claws of the ring.

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After it has been baked for the final time.
It is time to paint with acrylic paint.

I start with a couple of coats of a medium blue.

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I then paint in all the cracks with a lighter blue,
using a fine detail brush.

I then go in with white on a needle tool.
And paint in the deepest parts.

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With a needle tool and some white paint,
I add some random white lines coming
from the cracks.

This will help it appear to be
producing it's own light.

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I add some fluorescent green in with the blue paint, to create a slightly different hue.
I then brush this over some of the white lines to dull those down a bit.

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I then painted the ring band with a metallic silver
and added black paint into the rune carvings
with a small detail brush.

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To give the crystal some extra shine,
I gave it 3 coats of polyurethane gloss.

The Hextech crystal ring is now complete
and ready to wear.
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