SSo someone commissioned me to make them a custom pony in exchange for some old and
fairly rare comics. (Including Blue Beetle's first appearance in 1966! Woo!)


Anyway, here's what I get to aim for:


Hmmm . . . extensive modifications are going to be required for this one, all right.
That's why it's time for . . .

FUN WITH SCULPTEY!

Materials: Pony
Sculptey baking clay
Pot holder
Cookie tray (not shown)
Tinfoil (not shown)


Now to start!

Unwrap a brick of Scupltey and begin molding it into whatever you want. Happily, it is very soft and easy to work with. Keep an eye out for anything that looks like it would be useful for working with the clay. I got the wooden sticks in the beauty care section of Albertsons. Something to do with cuticles, I think?

Preheat the oven to 275 degrees fareinheit (130 C). After you finish molding the clay, put your pony on a cookie sheet. I put down a layer of tinfoil first. Partly because if, heaven forbid, the pony falls over and the clay breaks, it's easier to clean up that way. But mostly because you can't see what horrible condition the tray is in with the tinfoil over it.

INTO THE INFERNO, PONY! Yes, you can bake your pony at 275 with no ill effects. I recommend baking the pony with the head on, unless you still need to rehair or something. Otherwise you will end up trying to screw the head back on while trying not to flex the pony's body so much that the clay falls off. I've been there, and it's a nightmare.

Set the timer for 15 minutes for every 1/4 inch of thickness in the clay.

Now you have to wait. Boring! Oh well . . . good time to get out the cookie dough ice cream..

Gosh, taking all these pictures is making me thirsty! Good thing the fridge is fully stocked with a selection of beverages--water, vinegar, grape juice, white grape juice, and ketchup!

When you're the only person in the apartment, you don't HAVE to use a glass!

Ah, there's the timer at last! Carefully pull the tray out of the oven. YOUR PONY IS HOT AND JIGGLY! DO NOT TOUCH! Leave your pony alone until it's cooled down unless it's absolutely necessary to touch it, like if its legs have jiggled into the wrong position so it's falling down. (In that case, quickly and carefully reposition them so that the pony cools with its legs in the right position.)

IT BURNS! IT BURNS! No, wait . . . I let the pony cool down for a good fifteen minutes,
so it DOESN'T burn! Yay!
Well, that's it for the baking clay. My next step will be to paint the pony, but that's a project
for another day.

This Wonderful Tuturial is brought to you by the ever wonderful and talented LM

~LM~