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recently i have embarked on a large scale dragon sculpture, using super sculpey and after doing a search on DA i couldnt find any help with making or carving in the scales.

so i decided to make my own tutorial for this very purpose.

this tutorial could be used for many different projects, and i hope it is.

this is what i made with these scales

if you make something using this tutorial, show me. i'd love to see it and i may get featured here.

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THIS TUTORIAL MAY NOT BE REPODUCED ANYWHERE IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT WRITTEN CONSENT FROM KILLSLAY-STEELCLAW.
if you would like to feature this in a DA group, that is fine. if you run a group that is run in the old style club way, please let me know before publishing. if you are doing this, please do not remove any watermarks or signatures.

this is my first tutorial, if you find any mistakes let me know and i will try to fix them. if you have any questions, or want something clarified, please ask and i will try to help
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*Magweno Aug 26, 2012  Professional Artisan Crafter
Nifty trick, I like it! I make my scales in a similar way although I use a brass tube as a cutter ;)
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=Killslay-steelclaw Aug 26, 2012  Professional General Artist
ooo i can see how that would work out great too :)
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~Pyro-Vampire Feb 14, 2012
Do you have to glue the scales if you're attaching them to a sculpture that's completely made of sculpey clay? (Or a wire and foil sculpture with sculpey clay covering it?)
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=Killslay-steelclaw Feb 15, 2012  Professional General Artist
you don't have to, but it will help the clay stick to the other clay. if you can't get hold of the liquid clay, you could try putting the scales on and then blending the bottoms of them into the base sculpture. or you could soften some sculpey in your hands until its very warm and soft, then in a small pot, mix it with a little cooking oil to create a thicker glue.

hope this helps.
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~Pyro-Vampire Feb 16, 2012
Wonderful. Thank you very much :)
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=Killslay-steelclaw Feb 18, 2012  Professional General Artist
no problems :)
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~Sloas Jan 9, 2012  Student Artist
The watermarks are very, very distracting from this tutorial, and really takes it down a notch. You can hardly see the pictures for them.
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~chaddarismyname Oct 14, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
This is awesome. I'm thinking about making a clay fish, this tutorial will help me out a lot. :)
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=Killslay-steelclaw Oct 18, 2011  Professional General Artist
awesome, i'd love to see it when your finished.
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=KT-Silver Oct 12, 2011
Brilliant! I am definitely going to use this tutorial! That is so much easier than the way I make scales!
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