Sculpting Hair

I know this says sculpting hair, but I'm just going to squeeze in making the ears to start, because theres not that much to say about them. 

The ears were sculpted in super sculpey firm and then baked in the oven

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thats it really.

You can now see a post just on that would have been pretty pointless.

Oh and I stuck them to the head with some hot glue to know where the hair line would go. The ears would then be removed later on for painting and stuck securely back in place with some super glue.

Now that's done

On to what the post is actually advertising, the Hair!

This would also be done out of super sculpey firm and baked, as I plan on making a mould of the hair to cast as well. This is to try and keep weight to a minimum. 

Consequently not keeping cost to a minimum though!! 

I started by sculpting where i wanted the hair on to the cast

Once I had a base layer, I knew I wanted Max's hair to look thick and messy.

I used the technique of cutting thick and small strands of sculpey and layering them on to the base of the hair.

This was used to get a lot of depth and texture and also a variety of hair strands on the head.

When I was happy with how the hair was blocked out I started using a ball sculpting tool, and began smoothing and blending the hair together. Once blended I took a rake tool and started raking the hair to ensure everything blended in together and also to get a better blend to the hair.

Finally the sculpey was smoothed out with lighter fluid and it was ready to bake!

Next up, more moulding and casting!