Getting a leg up
Feb. 24th, 2018 10:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrNot a lot of visible progress today, just a lot of fiddly bits. I slabbed the belly to the internal cone last night, then assembled top and bottom and scraped and smoothed to match curves. Then had to leave it over night, as I couldn't pull them apart again without messing up the work I'd just done.
I also rolled out a base slab, and textured it with a brick roller I built last year. I'd been experimenting with brick, cobbles, other architectural textures, and this one seemed to be the best-defined. Today I need to pose the legs, attach them, trim the tops to match the curve of the belly, attach it, check the fit, disassemble, put on the saddle. Like I said, fiddly bits, but the result is pretty amazing.
I'm really psyched to start on Harriet herself, but the white clay I want to use is way wet, so I slice out some bits and set it out on drywall to firm up, then bag it up for tomorrow before I go to bed.
I also rolled out a base slab, and textured it with a brick roller I built last year. I'd been experimenting with brick, cobbles, other architectural textures, and this one seemed to be the best-defined. Today I need to pose the legs, attach them, trim the tops to match the curve of the belly, attach it, check the fit, disassemble, put on the saddle. Like I said, fiddly bits, but the result is pretty amazing.
I'm really psyched to start on Harriet herself, but the white clay I want to use is way wet, so I slice out some bits and set it out on drywall to firm up, then bag it up for tomorrow before I go to bed.