I have been making the head for Una. I started out by scrunching some tinfoil up tight to form the core of her head, to help keep the weight down. As although the head is very small, polymer clay is not the lightest of materials, so any weight I am able to shed is for the better.
I then covered the tinfoil in Fimo polymer clay. From this ball I built up the shape of Una's face. It was quite tricky working at such a small size and took me a fair while to get a decent result. It was hard to smooth any unwanted marks in the clay out, I needed skinnier fingertips!
I made a hole in the bottom of the head, big enough for the wire that will form the neck when I make the armature to be glued in. It goes quite deep so that the head will fit more securely on the armature.
Next I baked the head in the oven for half an hour, and once it had cooled I had a nice hard head
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