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 The art of sculpting ears is 10% skill , 10% dexterity and 80% patience . Ears have the ability to drive you loony at this scale , which is why I'm devoting an entire page to them . It is most important to study and understand the basic shapes that form the ear and get used to them . I'd recommend not only trying your first ears on paper first , but when sculpting , do them large first and then strive for miniaturization . Draw one ear and then flip that drawing for use as your models prior to sculpting .   Your initial application of sculpey should be larger than your final ear . You will be shaving and shaping the sculpey down , doing it in such a manner helps build a stong bond to the head , because your final ear will be a very thin application of sculpey . Use the large needle at first to block out the shape of the ear and to cut in your initial details . Switch to your crescent hook as you begin to finely shape and detail the ear , and blend out your attachment to the head . Remember to pull your sculpey from behind the ear lobe to insure it is raised outward from the head .  Ears often have lots of folds and flaps that assist in capturing soundwaves and focusing them to the ear drum . At Kini scale it isn't important to put that much detail into your ears . The gross feature details will suffice and help in maintaining your sanity while still making your ear look like an ear . Again , because of how thin the sculpey will be , it's important to use a gentle touch .  The final bit of sculpting on your ears is done with turpentine and the triple 0 brush . The reason you use a brush , is again , due to the extremely thin sculpey . The brush allows you to very gently push and pull the sculpey with a minimum of effort and deformation . Combined with the small amount of turp the sculpey softens enough that the final smoothing is accomplished as you manipulate your ear to its final form . Hopefully by this stage , you've still enough sanity left to remember to use your hairdryer to give the sculpey its final cure to hardness . Congratulations! You've sculpted your first ear ! | Head Sculpts 101 | Head Sculpts 101 Part2 | Sculpting Ears | | Mail-O-Rama | Geeb's How To | Head Sculpts Using Polymer Clay | Customizing The Batcycle | 1/6 scale diorama | terrain diorama | 1/6 Scale Boots | Re-Rooting Hair | BimBott | Read_A_Book | WorksInProgress | Aki Ross Repaint | Gun-Bashing | painting heads | | Return Home | Updates | The Archive | Gorby Site Map | Geeb-O-Rama's Model Workshop | Geeb's Toy Box | Geeb-O-Rama Goodies | Movie Madness | World Of The Bizarre | Cool Beans | |
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