How to Make a Steampunk Character

Hello everyone! My name is Cinnamon Willis and I am going to show you how I created this cute steampunk sculpture!

Supplies:

Gloves
Mask
Drill with small bits
Copper acrylic paint
Drop cloth or someplace to work on that can support a mess
Small wood circle
Bronze gears and key
Creative Paperclay®
Water
Sanding paper

First start off with getting your materials in order. Cover your work area with a drop cloth (I have a board that I work on instead), gloves,

Get a small drill bit and drill two holes into your wood disk for the feet of your sculpture. Make sure the bit is the same size as the wire so that it fits in snugly.

Begin to make your armature out of the wire. Check to make sure the wire sits snug in the holes that you drilled.

Continue making the armature to how you would like your figure to look. When you are done with the shape, use masking tape to cover the parts that you want to cover with clay. Begin putting the clay on top of the masking tape. Continue building up the sculpture and set it aside to dry before beginning another layer. 

Here I made little nubby hands and a square head.

Sand down the pieces that you would like to get nice and smooth.

Paint the piece black so that you can cover it with the bronze or gold if you like. The coat of black paint makes the metal paint look more like a piece of metal.

Here is a coating of bronze paint that was put on top of the black. Streak the metallic on top of the black sporadically so that it isn't so uniform.

Start getting your gears and key ready to be placed on the piece. Use e6000 glue to put the pieces on the figure and use a small string of wire to hook the key on with to hang from the figure's hand.

Use a protective coating to seal your figure. This is how he turned out.

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