Silver and Gold- Post #2

I started off the video by making Sam the Snowman (Burl Ives). I already had the clay dried out because I made his body the same time I made Hermey and Rudolph. He has a pretty basic body because he is a snowman, of course. So that's 3 snowballs getting larger as they go down. Then I mad a tiny sphere for his nose and I made his hands. Since the Model Magic is already white, no painting was needed. I started off with is vest. Sam wheres a green vest with golden cross lines. I looked a ton of fabrics at Joann's, but they had nothing that would work. So I got a sparkly, festive green fabric and took a small paint brush and painted on the lines with gold paint. His clothes were done!

Another thing I did was make his umbrella and hat out of Model Magic. I painted them green. I painted the handle of the umbrella black and on the hat, I painted a gold stripe and a piece of holly. I glued the hat and his had and started the face. The face was pretty easy. I used paper for his mustache, beard and eyebrows. Then I used a sharpie to color his eyes, and mouth. His face was done and all he needed was arms! I cut 2 equal pieces or wire, wrapped them in white fabric and added the hands. Then I stuck them through the fabric and into the clay. Sam was pretty much done. I dug out my original Sam from 2008 (he was the 3rd character I ever made) Original Sam was supposed to open Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the Song (which was my 2nd video ever). I shot the scene, but Sam's part never made it on youtube. But in 2009, I used Original Sam for "Holly Jolly Christmas". Here is a picture of both Sams:



Sam Through the Years: Left to Right:
2008-2009: Used in "Rudolph the Song" and "Holly Jolly Christmas"
2010 Sam (before arms): "Silver and Gold"

 Then I started making the little animals in the video. I made 2 squirrels, a seal, and 2 birds. They were all very simple. Once they were dry, I painted them. Then I made Sam's Banjo and painted it brown.

Animals before painting

So that is basically it for today! SIlver and Gold will be out December 15th.