Michka's Christmas Frog for my Mother-In-Law...

[michka]

I decided to make a gift for my Mother-In-Law. She collects Frogs, and she has an interest in Geneology. So the obvious thing to sculpt a Frog looking at a Family Tree. Right? Well, that's what I did at least. Here it is...





Here's a shot of the sculpt before I painted it.

 

The body was sculpted out of Super Sculpey. I used Green Stuff to make the eye lids and repair a few holes. The base was made from a 65mm square of Foam Core, with Coffee Stir Sticks glued to the top. The Family Tree is a piece of Plasticard curled back on itself a few dozen times. It was sprayed with Testors Earth Brown, painted in tans and browns. Then the lines and names were drawn on it with a Micron pen.

Let me know what you think.

[justicechest]

Nice! I've never gotten the hang of Sculpey, it never does what I want it to heh. This is a really nice piece, gift shop worthy.

Exalt, for the sculpt, and for taking craft time for the mother in law. . Hope it scores you some points!

[DnDPaladin]

wow, too great !
good thought, good gift !

my only concern is the butt of the creature.
i think both lines makes the back leg seems not part of the frog. i think you shouldn't have made these lines. keep that part of the legs part of the creatures skin.

[stroezie]

Really cool.
Gifts you have made yourself are always 10 times better than anything store bought imo.

[Draklith]

nice job   the base is well made also

you'll definitely get brownie points on that one

[michka]

Thank you everyone. I just gave the Frog to her, and she was well pleased.

Merry Christmas to everyone!

[runningwolf]

Way cool, and means a lot more than something you could could have bought for her.