NikitaMaree
Nikita Maree
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How to sculpt a Serpent bangle

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I am using Cosclay and sculpting onto
a 500ml Red Bull can.

Rolling out a long piece for the body.
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Wrapping it around the can.
Shaping it and pressing it down as I go.

  Cutting a groove a long the center
of the entire body.
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 A teardrop shape for the head.

Blending it onto the body.
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Pushing some aluminum armature wire
into the groove.

Closing up the gap over the wire and
smoothing it out with my fingers.
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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.
OviPets

For the eyes I am using
steel ball bearings.
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Using a ball tool to create the eye sockets.

 Cutting in the mouth with a scalpel.
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Shaping it along the sides.

Roll out and lightly flatten a
piece for the tongue. Cut a slit, for the fork and place it into the mouth.
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 To add some texture to the body I am using the handle of my scalpel and
rolling that over the snakes body.

 For the diamonds on the body, I have
rolled out a thin sheet of clay and cut diagonals with a flat blade.
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Then again in the other direction.

 I started placing them onto the
head, using a combination of
small and large diamonds.
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For the tail I am rolling
out short tapered pieces.

Giving them a slight curl to one end.
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keep adding them until it looks right.

 Moving onto the horns.
To keep them consistent in size
I press out 2 circles and cut them in half.
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Roll each half out, with a point on one end.

Bring them together
and twist them in to a spiral.
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Figuring out the placement
and using a ball tool to indent.

 Place in the horns
with a bit of bake n bond.
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For the wings I am rolling out 3 large teardrop
shapes and using a needle tool to create a line.

Then doing the same
with 3 smaller teardrops.
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Cutting a slot into the body, for the wings to sit.

I added 4 small flattened balls to hide the
sharp join of the wings and body.
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I then pressed them down with a ball tool.

Now for the long whiskers.
I roll out my length, taper one end.
And steeply cut the other end.
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This end will be laying against the
side of the face.

Find a nice, natural flowing
position for the wishers to lay.
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One last step before baking.
And that is to empty out the can of Red Bull.

Now that it has been baked, I am carefully removing the sculpt from the can.
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Note: I should have used a thicker gauge wire.
As it doesn't stay tightly clamped around my arm.


I am using a couple of coats of PVA glue
as a base.
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Then I am going in with
a black acrylic paint.

Once the coat of black had dried,
I mixed in some drying retardant
and black Shimmer pigments.
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The Shimmer wasn't staying on as well
as I would have liked so . . .

I sealed it in with some more PVA glue.
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The colours I choose are
black, purple and bronze.
'acrylic paint'

Painted the purple details first.
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I am used a small detail brush
to do all of the bronze areas.

 I also painted around all the diamonds with bronze and the little details on the wings.
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The wishers were very time consuming
and took a few coats until they finished.

I mixed some pinks in with the purple and I used
this to add some depth to the piece.
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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.

I used polyurethane gloss on the eyes
and it is finished.
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If you are into sculpting tutorials,
then you might want to check out
some of my other videos.

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