21 February 2011

Third Ship

Finished with ship number three, my favorite design so far.  For this one I used three lengths of chopsticks as the basic press-shape.  I still utilized a little pasta, glued to the sticks, for surface detail.  I used both angel hair and thick spaghetti.  After pressing the basic shape in the mold I detailed as before.  A new homemade tool I tried on this one was simply three beads strung on a piece of metal wire.  The beads were pressed into the basic outline to give the spherical tank look to the starboard side of the spacecraft.

Master Press-shape

Putty cast fresh from mold (2 hour cure)

Poor paint job, but it gets it on the table



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