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The video follows a sculptor as they create a winter warlock figure, emphasizing their love for crafting mystical characters. The process involves shaping the torso and limbs with aluminum wire, using Super Sculpey and Cosclay for detailed features such as the robe, hands, and staff. The sculptor adds intricate details, including folds, wrinkles, and veins, to bring the warlock to life, utilizing tools like blending tools, ball stylus tools, and clay softener. Significant attention is given to the character's menacing attributes, like elongated fingers, pointy nails, and exaggerated facial features inspired by the winter warlock from the 1970s movie "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." The final steps involve painting, adding fine details, and creating an icy effect using blue tones and glitter. The project concludes with the addition of a snowy shawl and final assembly. The video ends with a promotion for Squarespace, highlighting its benefits for businesses and encouraging viewer engagement.
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In this segment of the video, the sculptor introduces the project of creating a winter warlock sculpture. They express their passion for sculpting mystical characters like wizards and warlocks. After a brief introduction, the sculptor starts the project by shaping the torso and shoulders of the warlock using 12-gauge aluminum wire. Instead of individual legs, they opt to sculpt the robe as a single piece. They mention using floral wire to secure the shoulders and enhance the chest with foil, covered in Sculpey Ultralight for ease in applying clay. After baking, they apply a layer of Super Sculpey Original and smooth out the surface, adding snakes of clay to create folds and wrinkles for a robe-like texture, blending it with firm blending tools.
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In this part of the video, the creator is working on adding details to a sculpted figure. They begin by addressing the top half of the figure with drapey fabric. Using flexible Cosclay, they create a small rope for the waist by rolling out thin clay and twisting it. The surface is then brushed with clay softener to remove fingerprints before baking.
Meanwhile, they start crafting a staff using Super Sculpey Firm and aluminum wire, shaping it to resemble an icicle with a chiseled texture before baking it.
Next, they add long, gangly arms onto the figure, creating sleeves by rolling out clay, folding it over aluminum foil, and adding folds for detail. Finally, they start working on the hands with Cosclay, cutting and shaping each finger before proceeding further.
00:06:00
In this part of the video, the creator enhances the joints and knuckles of a hand sculpture by adding clay and blending it in. They continue this process on each finger, add veins, and then attach long pointy fingernails. The final touch involves creating wrinkles on the joints and knuckles. After finishing the first hand, they repeat the process for the second hand off-camera, attach the hands to the arms using bacon bond, and position the fingers. They then focus on the hand holding the staff, attaching it similarly and positioning the fingers. Next, they add sleeves, blending seams and adding wrinkles, followed by smoothing the surface with clay softener to prepare for baking. Once baked and cooled, the sculpture is bendy. The creator adds an aluminum foil base for a snowy shawl, but first creates a neck and then covers the foil with clay.
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In this part of the video, the creator is sculpting a snow-themed, villainous figure. The process starts by covering a snow lump with clay and using a facial scrub brush to texture it like snow. Pointy pieces of Koz clay are added to give a sinister look, followed by blending with a toothbrush. The creator then combines Sculpey and Koz clay, finding the experience satisfactory. Upward-pointing icicles made from Koz clay on toothpicks are added to the figure’s shoulders to enhance its menacing appearance.
Next, the head is sculpted using Super Sculpey Firm over an aluminum foil core with a skewer for the neck. Eye sockets are created with ball stylus tools, and the eyes are shaped and refined with various tools. The brow bone is exaggerated to give an angry look, inspired by the winter warlock from the 1970s movie “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”. Further details like wrinkles and a frowning underbite are added to complete the character’s head.
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In this part of the video, the creator adjusts the character’s mouth, making it wider with a spoon tool. They then add pointy teeth and create a long, skinny nose using cause clay, attaching and refining it with tools like a color shaper firm detail tool and a medium ball stylus. The creator proceeds to craft long, pointy ears before using clay softener to remove fingerprints and baking the head. After cooling, they inspect the head and start forming the beard from Super Sculpey Firm, shaping and texturing it to appear messy. They attach it with Bake and Bond, add sideburns, and enhance the beard with wispy pieces of cause clay for added effect.
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In this part of the video, the creator details the finishing touches on a wizard figure, including adding hair on the sides and back of the head, and crafting a long, flimsy wizard hat using cass-clay. They texture the hat and refine the details with various sculpting tools before attaching the head and baking the figure. After baking, the painting process begins with light blue for the robes, crafted from a mix of coastal blue, titanium white, black, and dove gray. Folk Art brand matte acrylics are used throughout. The snowy shawl is painted titanium white, darker blue is added for dimension, and light blue is dry brushed on raised areas. The skin is painted dove gray, and the beard is given a distinct color by blending coastal blue, black, and titanium white. Light blue is also applied to the face for depth, and fine details like wrinkles and veins are added with red violet. Finally, the teeth and eyes are painted warm white.
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In this segment of the video, the creator focuses on completing the painting and detailing of a winter warlock figure. Key actions include shading the beard with light grey for dimension, dry brushing warm white on the surface, and painting the hat a slightly darker shade than the robes by adding more black. The staff is painted the same color as the robes, and metallic ice blue is used to give the clothing and staff an icy sheen. Mod Podge and superfine white glitter are added to the snow areas for a nice touch. Finally, glitter is added to the top of the staff, and it is glued to the figure’s hand using industrial adhesive. The project is then deemed complete, and viewers are invited to share their own projects using the techniques shown.
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