So I'm going to start putting her together. Now just between you and me, I have more of the face and head finished than I want to show you. I know that those photos should follow the last ones I posted of the jaws. But the face is just kind of disturbing. I'd rather wait. I'll come back to it later after the body takes shape.
I put together two of the paper mache balls. Remember, everything is really rough right now. I'll sculpt all of this a lot more later. Here are the two paper mache legs I made.
Below on the left you can see that I cut the knee and bent it. For the dillionth time, I love wire clothes hangers inside my paper mache appendages. They keep the knees in the position I want until I can fill them in. On the right is the basic body with the two legs added.
She will be hanging on a wall and I want her to lean out a bit. So I cut her in the back and bent her forward (on the left, below). I added arms, and although it's hard to see, I gave her a six pack belly. She is starting to take shape isn't she?
I cut another of the smaller paper mache balls into two pieces and pulled out the wad of paper in the middle. I added these as cheeks and I also added her tail.
Here she is on her back.
More to come. I'm so excited to be working on this piece again. It's been a long time and I missed her. Have a nice Thanksgiving out there.