Mr Johnson is taking woodwork today, so out with the glue and chisels!!
Is that a ruler in his pocket or is he just pleased to see us??
So, the tools of the trade.
A bottle top with , yes as usual, babybell wax, a base, a pair of scissors, a CD (this was the kelly family and worth cutting up
) and an old tin lid.
.....a pot of woodglue and some sand, best is sharp sand.
Stick the base on the baby bell, stick the figure on the base. Woodglue again.
From the CD cut out a strip to the required shape/length. The silver backing comes off.
Some sand and a bit of glue on the tin lid.....
...mix to a plyable paste, not too runny and not too thick. Runny gives very flat surfaces and thick gives rough surfaces. depends what you want afterwards. I´ve tried mixing paint in at this stage to save painting it later (I said I was a lazy git), but basically....forget it, it seems to make the mixture VERY runny and dries out about 20 tones lighter than you thought it would.
Then using the spatula, place around the figure.
et Voila!! Let dry. This takes about an hour or so. During the drying process the mixture can be moulded, things pushed into it etc.
Moderator
