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The lion's base

July 10, 2018

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So I figured I would do a little write up on how I make my slate and the base for the white lion. First up you are going to need some super sculpey. I use the beige one but you could use any of them

Take a nice size chunk of it out of the box and knead. Then make a “cookie” or any other shape you like about 1/6th-1/8th of an inch. Press the cookie down on some lightly crumpled tin foil. The bake this all at 275F (130C) for like 10 mins. Afterwards you should get something like this.

After it cools down pull from the foil. The foil side will be the top facing for all of your rocks. As it should have lines and divots in it. Next take a pair of pliers and snap off peices. You will get edges that look like this.

After a few nice pieces and some smaller shims you are ready to make your “slate” base. Glue them down with your models footing in mind. And use your shim pieces and some textured past to fill in your gaps. This is how my lions base looked like before the paint