Squirtle

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Pokémon is one of my childhood games that will always be a part of me. I've always adored Squirtle (though I always picked Charmander as a starter). I spend roughly 45 minutes on making this sculpture, including making it all shiny and taking a picture.

Colours used (Sculpey III unless mentioned otherwise):

• Mint in combination with Blue
• Yellow in combination with Ivory
• Terracotta in combination with Yellow
• White
• Red
• Black

I started out with his head. I just made a round ball of the first colour mentioned, then formed it slightly so that it had a nose. With a knife I carved in his nostrils, mouth and eyebrows. The next part was putting on the eyes. Two equal sized slices of black clay, flattened, with a white dot on top of them. There is red on the bottom of the eyes and a small white line on the side of the eyes.

Then I made the body, which is invisible due to his shield. It was necessary to make it because of the stability of the sculpture and to connect the head to the body well. From the same colour as the head I shaped two arms, two legs and a tail. However first it is time for me to create his shield.

I did the terracotta back first. Just a flattened ball which I modelled around the body. Then I took the yellow part and stretched it all over his tummy, so that there wouldn't be any body visible between the terracotta and yellow clay. Next was putting the shield like template on his yellow and terracotta shield. This I did with a small knife as well. The arms and legs are just pushed against it, the dents (nails) once again made with a knife.

Then I put on the white border around the terracotta shield.This was quite a challenge seeing that white stains very easily and it had to look like a seamless edge. I eventually managed to do that and put the tail over the seam that was still visible. The tail has a little curl carved into it. I glazed it with Varnish.

That's basically the whole sculpture! If you're interested in buying it, feel free to send me an email at claydoodles@gmail.com! Thanks for reading :)