Introducing Kat6

Kat5 was abandoned to the scarp heap. I tried to develop it on a bubble and tape structure which was a nightmare.

So Kat 6 here is my next experiment with again a foil armature but this time I tried to stabilise the hind legs by adding Air dry clay and letting it dry. I sprayed with mount spray again to get some adhesion.

As another experiment I mixed up some AirDry with water and pasted onto the foil as a sort of base:

Lester Framed and sent on his Way

Here is the lovely Lester framed up just before he was collected. He is a 21st Birthday present.

Kat4 - a Survival Tail

Ok so the title is a little corny. Well Kat4 is alive and well and just been varnished. Most of my repair jobs worked and the last final crack was dabbed with superglue.

There were a couple of hairline cracks so I coated him with a couple of layers of Acrylic Primer.

Here is Kat4 in all his Glory nothing posh but not a bad start.

Kat4 Gets Doctored

Well Kat4 went and did it cracked all over the place. Here are the cracks : Upside down here between back legs and tail.

Another view

Neck

Front leg

I wasnt sure what to do for the best and as it was just a test go anyway I got a bottle of water and sprayed him wet. Then I wet some of the Air-Dry and moulded it into position. Then got a self-seal poly bag and bagged him up.

Bagged up.

So far one teensy line has appeared. T think this is the draw back of imported no instructions at all.

The Continuing Saga of Kat4

Well I dont hold out a lot of hope for Kat4. I really dont have a clue what I am doing but she who dares wins. I have added a bit of clay to the body and fattened up the paws. Made eye sockets and put big googly eyes in them. I just hope it doesnt just fall apart when dry!!

Adventures with Air Dry Clay

Maybe I shouldnt fess up to this but here we go. Adventures with Air Dry Clay begins here.

Firstly having ignored some of the instruction manuals I wacked together an Armature using baking foil.

Then as most of the books recommended using glue on the foil, of which I had none, I sprayed it up liberally with mount spray.

Now I opened up my pack of Air Dry to find it much stickier and softer than the plasticine I had practised with. Nothing ventured nothing gained I have now plastered the tin foil structure with clay moistening my hands lots to get it smooth and bits to stick together.

You can see here a little mouse I knocked up earlier.

Its just a bit of playing. Now lets see what I can do as it starts drying. The mouse was done 2 hours ago.

Didnt we have a lovely day at Burnham

Bill took me out for the day yesterday. We had a trip to the seaside. My mum is back in hospital and I was quite upset after I had visited her.

So yesterday we went to the seaside. Burnham On Sea is a lovely old fashioned seaside town we walked along the front to the sailing club and on to the nature reserve.

Went into town for lunch had a lovely panini and then walked along to the wooden lighthouse, me with my sandals in hand barefoot in the warm sand. It was lovely and on the way home we bought some Toffee fudge ice-cream.

Then last night the icing on the cake we went and had a meal at the George inn at Cambridge.

Chicken and Bacon Salad followed by a Hot Chocolate Fudge Brownie with lots of Chocolate Sauce and Vanilla Ice Cream!!