Brothers Grimm - Sculpting the Boar Head Maquette

Tips for using Polymer Clay
1. Use Vaseline to add non-baked clay to baked clay.
2. If the clay is dried-out and hard soften it by beating it with a rubber hammer.
3. You can bake polymer clay in a toaster oven.
4. Use a mirror to check the symmetry of your sculpture.



Wild Boar's Head Maquette

I'm in the process of sculpting a boar head maquette for the upcoming art show / book release:  Iron John & Other Grimm Brothers Faerie Stories.

The final boar head will be about the size of buffalo's head. Also, instead of using Super Sculpy I plan on using spray foam for the final. Maybe if this mini-boar head turns out well I will say it is one of the boar's babies, muahahaha!

You can see some of the illustrations for the book and my trading screens in the background. Sometimes when you trade stocks there's a lot of sitting around and waiting.



How can something so ugly be so freaking cute?!?!

I've started referring to the maquette as Boarby, although in the original Grimm Brothers text the boar is called Wildschwein.

In the story called, The Singing Bone, "Boarby" is an evil forrest boar who has killed tons of people with his terrible tusks. Two brothers set off to rid the land of beast and claim for themselves a prize.

Update, several hours later:


Halfway stage.

Still have to add his "terrible tusks" and right ear.

Resources:
Polymer Clay Fan has some great tutorials and demos, if you are interested in learning more about sculpting. Super Sculpey Polymer Clay - Semi-Transparent Beige-Pink - 1lb.